David Tudor
David Eugene Tudor (January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. After playing the U.S. premiere of the Piano Sonata No. 2 by Pierre Boulez in 1950, he premiered works by American composers including Morton Feldman and especially John Cage written for him; Karlheinz Stockhausen dedicated a work to him. He turned to composing, including many projects for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He set up India's first electronic music studio at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad in 1969. After Cage's death in 1992, he succeeded him as music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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