Mario Davidovsky

Composer

Birthday March 4, 1934

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Argentina

DEATH DATE Aug 23, 2019 (85)

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About

Pulitzer Prize-winning Argentine-American composer who came to the United States in 1960. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1982.

Before Fame

His first musical lessons were on the violin, which he began at age seven. He dove into composing at age 13. He studied composition theory at the University of Buenos Aires with Guillermo Graetzer.

Trivia

He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his composition "Synchronisms No. 6," which used both acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

Family Life

His family emigrated to Argentina from Lithuania. He and Ellen Blaustein were married in 1961.

Associated With

He studied with Aaron Copland at the Berkshire Music Center, which later became the Tanglewood Music Center.