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Birth Name: Catherine Anahid Berberian
Born: 4 June 1925 Died: 6 March 1983
Country of origin: 
United States
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Luciano Berio
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Cathy Berberian was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Armenian parents, Yervant and Louise Berberian.Cathy was an American soprano and composer.
She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music composed, among others, by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp Zu Eulenburg, The Beatles, folk songs from Armenia, also by the musical analyst Komitas Vartabed, and her own compositions. Her best known work is Stripsody (1966), in which she exploits
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