Luciano Berio
1925 Born on October 24 in Oneglia, Italy; first music lessons from grandfather Adolfo and father Ernesto who are both musicians; discovers his love of piano
1944 Drafted; hand wound prematurely ends piano career
from 1946 studies counterpoint (Giulio Cesare Paribeni) and composition Federico Ghedini) ot Milan Conservatory
1950 Marries singer Cathy Berberian
1951 Diploma in composition
1952 Composition course with Luigi Dallapiccola ot Tanglewood (Berkshire Music Festival); attends first public electronic music concert in the USA
1955 Maderna and Berio found Milan's Studio di fonologia musicale (RAI), ltaly's first studio for electro-acoustic music
1956-59 Publishes „Incontri musicali“ magazine and organizes concert series of the same name
from 1960 Principal residence in the USA; teaches at varlous institutions
1960 Instructs composition course at Tanglewood
1961-62 Instructs courses at the Dartington Summer School
1962-64 Teaches at Mills College in Oakland
1965 Marries psychologist Susan Oyama
1965-71 Teaches at the Juilliard School in New York, founds the Juilliard Ensemble (1967), and expands conducting activities
1972 Returns to Europe
1974-80 Head of the electro-acoustic section of IRCAM, Paris
1975 Conductor/artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra
1975-76 Artistic director of the Accademia Filarmonico Romana
1977 Marries musicologist Talia Pecker
1980 Honorary degree from the City University of London
1982 Artistic director of the Orchestra Regionale Toscana
1984 Artistic director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
1987 Founds Tempo Reale, the Florentine Institute for live electronics. artistic director since then
1989 Ernst von Siemens Prize, Munich
1991 Wolf Foundation Prize, Jerusalem
1993-94 Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
1994 South Bank Centre London festival "Renderings" dedicated to Berio‘s music; Mario Novaro Prize, Geneva
1995 Leone d‘oro at the Venice Biennale; honorary degree from the University of Siena
1996 Featured composer at the Milan Musico Festival; Praemium Imperiale (Japanese Imperial Prize for the Arts)
1997 Featured composer at the Presences Festival in Paris
1998 Featured composer at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival
1999 Honorary degree from the University of Turin
1999 Interim director of the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia, Rome; Artistic director of the Saarländischer Rundfunk festival "Music in the 21s Century“; Elected President and Artistic Director of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
2001 Premio Internazionale "Luigi Vanvitelli“ (Caserta)
2001 Artistic Director of the European project „L‘Arte della Fuga" (Spoleto, Den Haag,, Lyon, London)
2003 Luciano Berio passes away on 27 May in Rome.
1944 Drafted; hand wound prematurely ends piano career
from 1946 studies counterpoint (Giulio Cesare Paribeni) and composition Federico Ghedini) ot Milan Conservatory
1950 Marries singer Cathy Berberian
1951 Diploma in composition
1952 Composition course with Luigi Dallapiccola ot Tanglewood (Berkshire Music Festival); attends first public electronic music concert in the USA
1955 Maderna and Berio found Milan's Studio di fonologia musicale (RAI), ltaly's first studio for electro-acoustic music
1956-59 Publishes „Incontri musicali“ magazine and organizes concert series of the same name
from 1960 Principal residence in the USA; teaches at varlous institutions
1960 Instructs composition course at Tanglewood
1961-62 Instructs courses at the Dartington Summer School
1962-64 Teaches at Mills College in Oakland
1965 Marries psychologist Susan Oyama
1965-71 Teaches at the Juilliard School in New York, founds the Juilliard Ensemble (1967), and expands conducting activities
1972 Returns to Europe
1974-80 Head of the electro-acoustic section of IRCAM, Paris
1975 Conductor/artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra
1975-76 Artistic director of the Accademia Filarmonico Romana
1977 Marries musicologist Talia Pecker
1980 Honorary degree from the City University of London
1982 Artistic director of the Orchestra Regionale Toscana
1984 Artistic director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
1987 Founds Tempo Reale, the Florentine Institute for live electronics. artistic director since then
1989 Ernst von Siemens Prize, Munich
1991 Wolf Foundation Prize, Jerusalem
1993-94 Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
1994 South Bank Centre London festival "Renderings" dedicated to Berio‘s music; Mario Novaro Prize, Geneva
1995 Leone d‘oro at the Venice Biennale; honorary degree from the University of Siena
1996 Featured composer at the Milan Musico Festival; Praemium Imperiale (Japanese Imperial Prize for the Arts)
1997 Featured composer at the Presences Festival in Paris
1998 Featured composer at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival
1999 Honorary degree from the University of Turin
1999 Interim director of the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia, Rome; Artistic director of the Saarländischer Rundfunk festival "Music in the 21s Century“; Elected President and Artistic Director of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
2001 Premio Internazionale "Luigi Vanvitelli“ (Caserta)
2001 Artistic Director of the European project „L‘Arte della Fuga" (Spoleto, Den Haag,, Lyon, London)
2003 Luciano Berio passes away on 27 May in Rome.