Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US where he lives today. He is best known for his series of compositions under the name Synchronisms which during live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electro-acoustic sounds played from a tape. (electro-acoustic music is also called electronic music.)

Biography

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Davidovsky was born in Médanos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; a town nearly 600km southwest of the city of Buenos Aires and close to the seaport of Bahía Blanca. He is a first generation Argentinian, his family having emigrated there from Lithuania. Along with the surrounding South American culture including a strong agrarian economy and Catholic faith, his family's European values and Jewish history shaped his growth and education. At seven he began his musical studies by learning to play the violin. At thirteen he began composing. He studied composition and theory under Guillermo Graetzer at the University of Buenos Aires where he eventually graduated.

In 1958, He studied with Aaron Copland and Milton Babbitt at the Berkshire Music Center (now the Tanglewood Music Center) in Lenox, Massachusetts. Through Milton Babbitt, who worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, and others, Davidovsky developed an interest in electro-acoustic music. Copland encouraged Davidovsky to emigrate to the United States, and in 1960, Davidovsky settled in New York City where he was appointed associate director of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

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New blog post: Mario Davidovsky: Celebrating One of the Synthethizer’s Pioneers at Merkin Hall http://bit.ly/7SQdTb
avantmusicnews (Avant Music News) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:46:14 -0000
New blog post: Mario Davidovsky: Celebrating One of the Synthethizer’s Pioneers at Merkin Hall http://bit.ly/7SQdTb
Mario Davidovsky, get well soon! (NY New Music Ensemble had bracing 75th birthday tribute at Merkin on Monday, but alas, no honoree.)
bhodgesnyc (Bruce Hodges) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:20 -0000
Mario Davidovsky, get well soon! (NY New Music Ensemble had bracing 75th birthday tribute at Merkin on Monday, but alas, no honoree.)

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