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Mario Davidovsky was born March 4, 1934 in Medanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His early composition studies were with Guillermo Graetzer and culminated with his graduation from the University of Buenos Aires.
In 1958, Davidovsky came to the United States to participate in the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood with a specific interest in electronic music. At Tanglewood he worked with Aaron Copland and, from Milton Babbitt, learned of the forthcoming electronic music studio at Columbia University.
In 1960 Davidovsky took up permanent residence in New York City. From 1961 to 1963 he was a Guggenheim Fellow at Columbia University where he sat in on the composition seminars of Otto Luening at the Composerís invitation.
Davidovskyís early tape pieces displayed his talent in the electronic field was Jan La Rueís reaction to a performance of Electronic Study No.1 at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in 1961.
Davidovsky achieved success combining live performers and pre-recorded electronic sound as well. He is perhaps most widely recognized for his contributions in the realm of electro-acoustic music, with his series of Synchronisms for instrument(s) and tape, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for Synchronism #6 for piano and tape. Davidovsky has also composed numerous acoustic works, including his recent Concertino for violin and orchestra for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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