10 Facts About David Tudor

David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.

David Tudor studied piano with Irma Wolpe and composition with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music.

David Tudor gave the first American performance of the Piano Sonata No 2 by Pierre Boulez in 1950, and a European tour in 1954 greatly enhanced his reputation.

David Tudor gave early performances of works by Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and La Monte Young.

David Tudor selected the works to be performed for the 25th Anniversary Retrospective Concert of the music of John Cage, and performed in the premiere of the Concert For Piano and Orchestra given as the closing work for that concert.

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David Tudor wrote mostly electronic works, many commissioned by Cage's partner, choreographer Merce Cunningham.

In 1969, David Tudor set up India's first electronic music studio at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.

David Tudor died after a series of strokes in Tomkins Cove, New York at the age of 70.

From 1951 until the late 1960s, David Tudor regularly performed the indeterminate work of John Cage.

David Tudor chose to 'fix' his interpretation, such that he never improvised from the score, and rather each performance of Winter Music by Tudor was consistent across time.