Cathy Berberian
Singer, Composer
1925 – 1983
Who was Cathy Berberian?
Catherine Anahid Berberian was an American soprano and composer. She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music composed, among others, by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp Zu Eulenburg, arrangements of songs by The Beatles, and folk songs from several countries and cultures. As a composer, she wrote Stripsody, in which she exploits her vocal technique using comic book sounds, and Morsicaty, a composition for the keyboard based on Morse code.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1925
Attleboro - Spouses
- Luciano Berio
(1950 - 1964)
- Luciano Berio
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Armenia
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Died
- Mar 6, 1983
Rome
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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