Albert Mayr

Who is Albert Mayr?

Albert Mayr is an Italian composer of experimental and contemporary music. He studied music and composition in three different cities: at Conservatories in both Bolzano and Firenze and at the "International Ferienkerse fur Neue Musik" in Darmstadt.

In 1965, Mayr graduated in Musica and Canto Corale at the Conservatory of Florence.

From 1963 to 1969, Mayr worked with Pietro Grossi at "Fonologia Musicale's study" in Florence and received commissions from Musicologycal Division of CNUCE/CNR. He received commissions from Sudtiroler Kunstlerbund, from "Brixner Iniziative Musik und Kirche" and from Sound Art at Mobius, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities.

From 1969 to 1970, Mayr earned a "Canada Council Fellowship" for electronic music.

From 1970 to 1973, Mayr was in Montréal at Faculty of Music at McGill University.

From 1973 to 1990, Mayr taught electronic and experimental music at Conservatory of Florence.

Between 1974 and 1975, Mayr organized musical sessions at a psychiatric hospital in Volterra.

In 1975, Mayr worked with the World Soundscape Project.