Jean Claude Risset Computer Suite From Little Boy (1968)

Composer JeanClaude Risset was a pioneer in the field of computer music and recipient of a great many honors for this music and research (especially in the area of sound synthesis). After studying the sciences, in addition to composition and piano with teachers like André Jolivet (Le Jeune France cofounder), Risset went on to work at Bell Labs, with Max Matthews, for a few years in the late 60s, working on applications that would imitate instruments and others sounds. He brought sound synthesis to Orsay in the early 70s, and Marseille and Paris to the Institute for Acoustic Music Research and Creation, with Pierre Boulez in the mid 70s. He became IRCAM s computer music director from 19751979, after which he served as Director of Research at facilities including CNRS; Risset received the CNRS Bronze Medal in 1971, the Silver Medal in 1987, and the Gold Medal in 1999, for his work and related writings, such as his computerized sound synthesis catalogue of 1969. His other awards