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Miguel Frasconi is a composer and improviser who has created through-composed operas, ensemble music, scores for modern dance, and also performs concerts of improvised music, both solo and ensemble. Miguel specializes in 20th and 21st century repertoire music, and has been playing experimental glass instruments for over 45 years. He also plays keyboards, but these days in addition to composing, likes to improvise on modular analog electronics, most often controlled in other ways than using a keyboard.

I think I decided to be a musician and composer when I was around 8 years old. My school class went to see the local orchestra play Charles Ives’ "Third Symphony." I had of course listened to music before, live and otherwise, but this music did not sound like anything I had ever heard. To my young ear this did not sound like music but more like weather; as turbulent and unexpected as a storm. I left there thinking, if a human being can create something that sounds like weather, that is what I want to learn how to do. I was hooked on wanting to make something that seemed more than just “music.” I started playing piano then later discovered recordings of early electronic music and kept following that lead.

Full show notes on Modulisme's website.

Modulisme is a platform that aims to support original composing, for analog modular systems but not only… A radio program airing music made using modular systems… Each program lasts one hour and is especially dedicated to one composer and featuring some exclusive music made for us.
https://modular-station.com/modulisme/sessions/

Furthermore, Modulisme also produces Early ElectroMIX shows to document the history of experimental Electronic music from the 50s to the 80s…
https://modular-station.com/modulisme/early-electromix/