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Nicola Cisternino
Nicola CisterninoComposerNicola Cisternino (born in San Giovanni Rotando, Foggia, Italy, 1957), graduated from the Conservatory of Parma and obtained a degree from the Institute DAMS (Disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle), University of Bologna. He has also studied analysis and composition with Sylvano Bussotti at the Flessole and Genazzano schools of music.Since 1980, his compositional interests have centered on new musical notations, elaborating his own graphic-sonic universe (sonic graffiti), which have been shown and performed ... Read More

Julio Estrada
Julio EstradaComposerBorn in Mexico City in 1943, Estrada's family was exiled from Spain in 1941. A composer, theoretician, historian, pedagogue, and interpreter, he began his musical studies in Mexico (1953-65), where he studied composition with Julián Orbón. In Paris (1965-69) he studied with Nadia Boulanger, Messiaen and attended courses and lectures of Xenakis. In Germany he studied with Stockhausen (1968) and with Ligeti (1972). He earned a Ph. D. in Musicology at Strasbourg University (1990- ... Read More

Jean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Risset Born in 1938, composer Jean-Claude Risset studied the piano, musical writing, then musical composition with André Jolivet, in parallel with his scientific studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. While he has always written instrumental works, from the Prélude for orchestra of 1963 to Filtres for two pianos, from Phases for large orchestra to Triptyque for clarinet and orchestra, he is most well known as one of the principal pioneers of computer sound synthesis ... Read More

Brigitte Robindoré
Brigitte Robindoré Composer Brigitte Robindoré (b. 1962), a French composer, studied composition and performance practice at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Ton de Leeuw and Jaap Schröder, followed by 2 university degrees, including an Advanced Masters (DEA) from the University of Paris VIII, under the direction of Horacio Vaggione. She was also trained in the classic electroacoustic school of the Groupe de Recherche Musicale (GRM) at Radio France, where she was in residence in 1992. From ... Read More