Peter Zinovieff, composer and synthesizer innovator, dies at 88
Peter Zinovieff, composer and synthesizer innovator, dies at 88 EMS Synthi AKS. (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Peter Zinovieff, a composer and inventor whose pioneering synthesizers shaped albums by Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk, died on June 23 in Cambridge, England. He was 88. His death was announced on Twitter by his daughter Sofka Zinovieff, who said he had been hospitalized after a fall. Zinovieff oversaw the design of the first commercially produced British synthesizers. In 1969, his company, EMS (Electronic Music Studios), introduced the VCS3 (for voltage controlled studio...
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