Biography
Horacio Vaggione, born in Argentina, built his professional path across Europe within the musique concrète network. Compositions that explore multiple time scales earned him distinguished awards from scholarly institutions, yet they failed to attract a broader listenership. Individual pieces appeared on Wergo, Fylkingen, ADDA, Le Chant du Monde, and Ampersand, although dedicated full-length collections remain scarce. At the University of Paris VIII he instructs computer-assisted composition and directs its Centre de Recherche Informatique et Création Musicale (CICM, the Center for Computer Music Research).
Vaggione entered the world in 1943 in Cordoba, Argentina. He pursued instrumental composition studies at the National University in Cordoba. A 1966 Fulbright Fund grant took him to the University of Illinois, where computers first entered his practice. Thereafter he concentrated primarily on musique concrète and computer music while retaining some work for conventional instruments. Between 1969 and 1973 he lived in Madrid, Spain, joining the electronic ensemble ALEA and, together with Luis de Pablo, establishing an electronic studio plus the Projects Music and Computer initiative at the Autonomous University in Madrid. Subsequent travels carried him through every European electronic studio from Italy through France, Germany, and the Netherlands. During those years he produced looped pieces using computers and synthesizers; Cramps issued La Maquina de Cantar in 1978, later reissued on CD by Ampersand.
In 1978 Vaggione moved permanently to France and worked in its principal academic facilities, including GMEB in Bourges and both INA-GRM and IRCAM in Paris. His output entered a period of formalization, aligning with approaches associated with the Parisian and British schools. He received his first Bourges award in 1982 and a NEWCOMP prize for computer-assisted composition the following year. Two years later the University of Paris VIII named him Professor of Music, after which he established the CICM. The Bourges Electroacoustic Festival conferred its Euphone d'Or upon him in 1992.
Vaggione entered the world in 1943 in Cordoba, Argentina. He pursued instrumental composition studies at the National University in Cordoba. A 1966 Fulbright Fund grant took him to the University of Illinois, where computers first entered his practice. Thereafter he concentrated primarily on musique concrète and computer music while retaining some work for conventional instruments. Between 1969 and 1973 he lived in Madrid, Spain, joining the electronic ensemble ALEA and, together with Luis de Pablo, establishing an electronic studio plus the Projects Music and Computer initiative at the Autonomous University in Madrid. Subsequent travels carried him through every European electronic studio from Italy through France, Germany, and the Netherlands. During those years he produced looped pieces using computers and synthesizers; Cramps issued La Maquina de Cantar in 1978, later reissued on CD by Ampersand.
In 1978 Vaggione moved permanently to France and worked in its principal academic facilities, including GMEB in Bourges and both INA-GRM and IRCAM in Paris. His output entered a period of formalization, aligning with approaches associated with the Parisian and British schools. He received his first Bourges award in 1982 and a NEWCOMP prize for computer-assisted composition the following year. Two years later the University of Paris VIII named him Professor of Music, after which he established the CICM. The Bourges Electroacoustic Festival conferred its Euphone d'Or upon him in 1992.
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