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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University.
ウェンディ・カルロス （Wendy Carlos、 1939年 11月14日 - ）は、 アメリカ合衆国 の シンセサイザー 奏者、 作曲家 。 元の名前は ウォルター （Walter）で、1972年に男性から女性への 性別適合手術 を行った [1] 。 姓は「カーロス」と表記されることもある [2] [3] 。 経歴. ロードアイランド州 ポータケット に生まれた [4] 。 1953年、セント・ラファエル・アカデミーに入学。 1958年から1962年まで ブラウン大学 で音楽と物理学を学んだ [5] 。 コロンビア大学 で作曲の修士号を取得した。 1968年10月、最初のアルバムである『スウィッチト・オン・バッハ（ Switched-On Bach ）』を発表 [6] 。
Wendy Carlos. Profile: Electronic musician born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on November 14, 1939. Born as Walter Carlos, she pursued her M.A. in composition under Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening at Columbia University's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Wendy Carlos is one of the most important composers living today. While primarily connected to the fields of electronic music, sound design, and alternate tunings, her compositions transcend these genres.
Composer Wendy Carlos spurred electronic music to new commercial heights during the late '60s, popularizing the synthesizer with the enormously successful Switched-On Bach album. Born in Pawtucket, RI, on November 14, 1939, Carlos pursued her M.A. in composition under Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening at Columbia University's famed Columbia ...
Jun 28, 2023 · KEYS WEEK 2023: Wendy Carlos is one of the greatest living pioneers in the worlds of both music and technology. Indeed, without her work and the release of the seminal recording, Switched-On Bach, you could easily argue that the history of synthesizers and synthesizer music would be very different.
Feb 8, 2023 · Wendy Carlos won three Grammy awards in 1970, making her the first trans woman ever to win at the prestigious awards ceremony. Here’s her story...
Dec 12, 2022 · Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electronic music pioneer. The musician helped create the Moog synthesizer and composed groundbreaking albums and film scores, but lived in...
Her haunting Sonic Seasonings in 1972 predated the now popular environmental-ambient forms of New Age music by over a decade. After recording several more albums in a classical vein, Carlos wrote horror music for Kubrick's The Shining, and composed the score for the 1982 Disney film Tron.
Oct 22, 2020 · The composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos at work in her New York recording studio in October 1979. As she broke new ground in her career and gained fame, Carlos faced...
