Mauricio Kagel

Mauricio Kagel (born Buenos Aires, December 24 1931) is an Argentine composer who has lived in Germany for most of his career. He is most famous for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance.

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Mauricio Kagel (born Buenos Aires, December 24 1931) is an Argentine composer who has lived in Germany for most of his career. He is most famous for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance.

Many of his pieces give specific theatrical instructions to the performers, such as to adopt certain facial expressions while playing, to make their stage entrances in a particular way, to physically interact with other performers and so on. His work has often been compared to the theatre of the absurd, and he is often talked of as the musical equivalent of Eugene Ionesco.