David Eugene Tudor (January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. Read full biography of David Tudor →
If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.
Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.
I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition... →
Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling... →
I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.
I persist in performing.
I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.
Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.
The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument... →
David Eugene Tudor (January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.