Jean-Pierre Drouet

French-born avant-garde percussionist and composer Jean-Pierre Drouet is a familiar figure in modern European experimental music, having worked with storied figures like Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen, as well as creating his own bizarre multi-media extravaganzas. Born in Paris in 1935, Drouet originally studied piano until an accident forced him to switch to percussion while still a student. Upon graduating, Drouet fell into friendship with Italian composer Luciano Berio and his vocalist wife Cathy Berberian; the three explored the United States together in the 1950s...