“John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, philosopher, poet, music theorist, artist, printmaker, and amateur mycologist and mushroom collector. A pioneer of chance music, electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde .”

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“Luc Ferrari, French composer born on February 5, 1929 in Paris – deceased on August 22, 2005 in Arezzoin Italy.”

“He participated from 1954 to 1958 in the “Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt” – international vacation courses, where he had friendly relations with Karlheinz Stockhausen , Luigi Nono , Luciano Berio , Henri Pousseur , John Cage , Edgard Varèse .”