Mario Davidovsky
- Fred Sherry, Robert Rinehart, Rachel Rudich, Karl Kohn, Aleck Karis, Rolf Schulte, Margaret Kampmeier
- Jon Donald, Benjamin Coelho, Catherine McClure Jackson, Diana Gannett, Cora Kuyvenhoven, Andrew Carlson, Takuya Horiuchi, Christine Rutledge, Pam Weest-Carrasco, Christine Bellomy, New York New Music Ensemble, Mark Weiger, Tadeu Coelho, David Gompper, Kristin Thelander, Annette Machetta, David Bryant, Miki Yuasa, Pat Anderson, San Francisco Chamber Players, The University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble
- Pamela Frame, Amherst Saxophone Quartet, Margaret Kampmeier, Richard Killmer, Brad Lubman, John Beck, Kenneth Grant, David Burge, Peter Kurau, Meyer Kupferman, Samuel Adler, Ramon Ricker, John Hunt, Steven Doane, Eastman Players, Oleh Krysa, Barry Snyder, Susan Narucki, Margaret Kohler, Bonita Boyd, Carol Meyer, Barbara Hardgrave
- Robert Rinehart, Karl Kohn, Aleck Karis, Rolf Schulte, Margaret Kampmeier, Fred Sherry, Rachel Rudich
Biography
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.