Wendy Carlos
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About
American composer who rose to fame with the release of her debut album, Switched-On Bach. She went on to compose the scores to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining. She was also involved in the development of the Moog synthesizer.
Before Fame
She started taking piano lessons at the age of six. She later went on to study music at Brown University and Columbia University.
Trivia
Switched-On Bach won three Grammy Awards in 1969. Her solar eclipse photography has been published by NASA. She earned her master's degree in Music Composition from Columbia. She met Robert Moog while attending the University, which ultimately foraged their future collaborations.
Family Life
She grew up with one sibling.
Associated With
She collaborated with Weird Al Yankovic on the 1988 album Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals - Part II.
