Pietro Grossi

Pietro Grossi
Grossi in 2001
Born(1917-04-15)15 April 1917
Venezia, Italy
Died21 February 2002(2002-02-21) (aged 84)
NationalityItalian
EducationConservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini Bologna
Occupation(s)Composer, programmer, visual artist, artist computer scientist
StyleElectronic, Computer music
PartnerAlbert MayrSergio Maltagliati
Websitepietrogrossi.org
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Pietro Grossi (15 April 1917, in Venice – 21 February 2002, in Florence) was an Italian composer pioneer of computer music, visual artist and hacker ahead of his time. He began experimenting with electronic techniques in Italy in the early sixties.