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Éliane Radigue, a pioneering French composer and electronic music visionary, has died at the age of 94 in Paris. A student of musique concrète founders Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, Radigue became renowned for her meditative, long-form compositions created primarily on the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer. Her work, deeply influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, focused on the subtle, sculptural qualities of sound and "barely perceptible" sonic shifts.
While rooted in avant-garde music, Radigue’s influence extended deeply into the visual arts through her conceptual approach to sound as a physical presence. Her work has been featured in major art institutions including the Pinault Collection and Pace Gallery, and she was the subject of extensive archival projects by Blank Forms. Her death comes just ahead of a major planned exhibition of her installations and performances at the Dia Art Foundation in New York, cementing her legacy as a cross-disciplinary icon of minimalism.