Luigi Nono

An Italian avant-garde composer of classical music (born: January 29, 1924, Venice, Italy; died: May 8, 1990, Venice, Italy). He remains one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century. He studied with at the Venice Conservatory (1941-5) and with and , both of whom orientated him towards 12-note serialism (he married 's daughter Nuria in 1955). His avant-garde partisanship was inseparable from a commitment…