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with sadness we learn of colleague jean claude risset passing way
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_electronic_music_pioneer_jean-claude_risset
French electronic visionary Jean-Claude Risset has sadly died.
According to French media reports, Risset passed away on Monday
(November 21) in Marseille. He was 78.
Alongside the likes of Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre
Boulez, Risset brought early electronic music into new, unexplored
territories. With a training in physics, piano and composition, he is
often seen as the first French musician to ever use computers for
composition and music production.
Born in 1938, Risset began his music career in his early 20s when he
studied composition under the guidance of André Jolivet, before
joining fellow electronic music pioneer Max Matthews in 1964 at Bell
Labs in New Jersey. Together, Risset and Matthews help create the
MUSIC IV software to digitally recreate the sounds of brass
instruments.
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