Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky was best known for his work in electronic music, which he espoused in the late '50s. His Synchronisms for various acoustic instruments with electronic sounds demonstrated an interest in presenting live performers with taped music, and these are his most influential contributions to the genre. Associated with Milton Babbitt and other uncompromising avant-garde composers, Davidovsky became associate director of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. From the 1970s, Davidovsky devoted his energies to writing primarily for traditional instruments, except for a return to electronic music with his Synchronisms No. 9 and Synchronisms No. 10.