Salvatore Sciarrino

Salvatore Sciarrino is a contemporary Italian composer, and influential leader in avant-garde music. His music often utilizes unconventional methods of tone production such as harmonics, percussive sounds, and silence. He is one of the most well-known and frequently performed composers, with over 100 of his works recorded. He was born in Palermo in 1947, and his first childhood interest was painting. He discovered his fascination for music later and started teaching himself around the age of 10. He received some musical guidance from Antonio Titone in 1959, and in 1962 his mus...