Luciano Berio

Italian composer (1925-2003) · Italy · On the map · Musicians · Died at 77

Luciano Berio was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work, and for his pioneering work in electronic music.

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2003Died27 May 20031996Praemium ImperialeAward1995Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)Award1991Wolf Prize in ArtsAward1989Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAward1968Guggenheim FellowshipAward1925Born24 October 1925

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Awards

Praemium Imperiale1996

Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)1995

Wolf Prize in Arts1991

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize1989

Guggenheim Fellowship1968

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Feltrinelli Prize

Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art

About this person

His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition.

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Italy