Alvin Curran

Biography

American composer based in Rome, co-founder in 1966 of the live-electronics collective Musica Elettronica Viva with *Frederic Rzewski* and *Richard Teitelbaum*. His wide-ranging work includes the environmental solo album 'Canti e Vedute del Giardino Magnetico' (1975), harbor and lake concerts under the title 'Maritime Rites', the radio piece 'Crystal Psalms' (1988) and 'Inner Cities', the still-growing cycle of solo piano pieces he began in 1993.