deaths
May 27, 2003
Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925)

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