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Bernard Parmegiani

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His career took off with “Violostries”, created in 1964, a 'mixed' piece for violin and tape. Today, the catalogue of his creations extends over 78 works, as well as numerous musical compositions for movies, dance, theatre, radio, television, and so on. He left the GRM in 1992.