Gerard Pape was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1955. He holds degrees in psychology and studied composition privately with David Winkler, George Cacioppo and William Albright, and electronic music with George Wilson. From 1991 to 2008 he directed Les Ateliers UPIC in Paris, the computer music studio founded by Iannis Xenakis in 1985 and renamed CCMIX in 2000. He has written more than 70 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronics, and later founded CLSI, a laptop orchestra in Paris. His Mode releases include Ascension to Purgatory and Electroacoustic Chamber Works.
Gerard Pape was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1955. He holds degrees in psychology and studied composition privately with David Winkler, George Cacioppo and William Albright, and electronic music with George Wilson. From 1991 to 2008 he directed Les Ateliers UPIC in Paris, the computer music studio founded by Iannis Xenakis in 1985 and renamed CCMIX in 2000. He has written more than 70 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronics, and later founded CLSI, a laptop orchestra in Paris. His Mode releases include Ascension to Purgatory and Electroacoustic Chamber Works.