Paul Pignon was born and grew up in the UK. He began playing jazz at 15 and studied physics at Oxford. While there in 1961, he made his first forays into non-idiomatic improvisation and abandoned his Ph.D research at Oxford in favor of music. He moved to Yugoslavia and co-founded the Radio Belgrade Electronic Studio where he spent 14 years working with the Synthi 100, which was originally custom built for the Studio. He was active as composer of chamber, vocal electronic, and improvised music there, leading the group Interaction.

"After helping to found the Electronic Studio at Radio Belgrade I worked there for some 14 years teaching, making my own music, assisting other composers, and making incidental music and sound effects for various radio programmes, on the Synthi 100. I also wrote a comprehensive manual for the Synthi 100.

In 1986 he moved to Sweden, composing and developing computer music software at Elektronmusikstudion (EMS Stockholm). He was a member of FST and Fylkingen and was producer at Fylkingen 1988-1992. He has been active as composer of electronic and instrumental works, and real-time composer on single reeds, didgeridoo, recorders, voice, laptop; currently with BOP, BONON, 2+(with Liisa Pentti), Free Speech, The Great Learning Orchestra, and other ensembles in Sweden and abroad. He is currently chairperson of SEAMS and, until recently 2nd vice-chair person of Fylkingen.

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