Jean-Claude Risset's “Jean-Claude Risset” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 1987, category Digital Musics & Sound Art. Explore 1 other work by Jean-Claude Risset below.
The Computer - a Tool to Shape the Sounds Around 1969, Max Matthews pointed out a general procedure of sound synthesis. The computer directly calculates the sound wave in every detail, comparable somehow to a direct scribing of the groove of a record.
About Jean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Risset (F), born 1938 in Puy/France. Scientific studies and study of music at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure, piano and composition with André Jolivet.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.