Best Known As: Music Performer

Gist:  Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today. He is best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape.

Life Facts:  *Koussevitzky fellowship (1958)

*Rockefeller fellowships (1963,1964)

*Guggenheim fellowships (1960,1971)

*Williams Foundation Fellowship

*Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship

Career Facts:  *The American Academy of Arts and Letters' Academy Award (1965)

*Pulitzer Prize (1971)

*Brandeis University Creative Arts Award

*Aaron Copland-Tanglewood Award

*SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)

*Naumburg Award

*Peggy Guggenheim Award (1982)

*Barlow Endowment for Music Composition - Commission (2003)