Albert Patron

Who is Albert Patron?

Alberto Patron, known in America also as Albert Patron, is an Italian composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, aporetic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Patron the leading figures of the contemporary trent aporetic music as well as aporetic philosophy. Critics have lauded him as one of the most innovative Italian composers of the last 20 years. He was also instrumental in the development of philosophy.

Patron is perhaps best known for his 1990 compositions The Ten Aporetic Tropes, the ten movements of which are the tables of the contemporary trend called Aporetic Music, or Aporetic Philosophy. The content of these compositions is meant to be perceived as the sounds of the human being and its several faceted ethical ways, and the pieces became one of the most controversial compositions of the last 20 years. Another famous creation of Patron's is the prepared piano, for which he wrote numerous musical pieces, the best known of which is Hapax.

His teachers included Giovanni Bonato and Carlo De Pirro, both known for their contemporary music in Europe.