John Cage » Biography

Los Angeles, California, USA, 1912 — New York City, New York, USA, 1992

John Cage was born in 1912 in Los Angeles, and died on August 12, 1992. Composer and thinker, he was part of the American avant-garde for a number of years—perhaps the American composer which had the greatest impact on all contemporary music. Constantly exploring new possibilities, John Cage’s music always found different ways of expression: prepared piano, radios, unusual percussion instruments, electric and electronic sounds, chance, the I Ching, silence… During the 1960s, his quest was directed toward a greater integration of life in art, a quest met by many vicious attacks.