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Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition
Sinfonia for voices and orchestra) and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.
He was born in Oneglia (now Borgo d’Oneglia, a small village 3 km N of Imperia) and he was taught the piano by his father and grandfather, who were
both organists. During World War II he was conscripted into the army, but on his first day he injured his hand while learning how a gun worked. He
spent time in a military hospital, before fleeing to fig ...read more
Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition
Sinfonia for voices and orchestra) and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.
He was born in Oneglia (now Borgo d’Oneglia, a small village 3 km N of Imperia) and he was taught the piano by his father and grandfather, who were
both organists. During World War II he was conscripted into the army, but on his first day he injured his hand while learning how a gun worked. He
spent time in a military hospital, before fleeing to fight in anti-Nazi groups.
Following the war, Berio studied at the Milan Conservatory under Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Giorgio Federico Ghedini. He was unable to continue
studying the piano because of his injured hand, so instead concentrated on composition. In 1947 came the first public performance of one of his
works, a suite for piano.
Berio made a living at this time accompanying singing classes, and it was in doing this that he met American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian, whom
he married shortly after graduating (they divorced in 1964). Berio would write many pieces exploiting her versatile and unique voice.
In 1951, Berio went to the United States to study with Luigi Dallapiccola at Tanglewood, from whom he gained an interest in serialism. He later
attended the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik at Darmstadt, meeting Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti and Mauricio Kagel
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