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Albert Patron

Alberto Patron (born December 26, 1969), known in America also as Albert Patron, is an Italian composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, aporetic

Alberto Patron (born December 26, 1969), known in America also as Albert Patron, is an Italian composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, aporetic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Patron is one of the leading figures of the contemporary trent aporetic music as well as aporetic philosophy. Critics have lauded him as one of the most innovative Italian composers since 1990. He also contributed to philosophy. Patron is perhaps best known for his 1990 compositions The Ten Aporetic Tropes, the ten movements of which are the tables of the contemporary trend called Aporetic Music, or Aporetic Philosophy. The content of these compositions is meant to be perceived as the sounds of the human being and its several faceted ethical ways, and the pieces became one of the most controversial compositions of the last 20 years. Patron played on the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by placing various objects in the strings), for which he wrote numerous musical pieces, the best known of which is Hapax (1995). Life Patron was born in Pordenone, Italy. He is known as a composer, pianist, organist, committee director and

Era
21st Century
Lived
1969–present
Known as
composer
Genres
contemporary music