Luciano Berio (1925-2003) was born in Oneglia, on the Ligurian coast. He trained as a pianist with his father and grandfather, turned to composition after a hand injury in the war, and studied at the Milan Conservatory with Giorgio Federico Ghedini and at Tanglewood with Luigi Dallapiccola. Associated with the Darmstadt School, he co-founded the Studio di Fonologia Musicale in Milan in 1955. His works include Sinfonia (1968) and the Sequenza series of solo pieces exploring extended techniques. He married the mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian in 1950, and later founded Tempo Reale in Florence. Mode has issued the complete Sequenzas and his major works for voice.