LAMAMIMET

Born in Paris on 24 January 1932, Radigue studied piano before encountering Pierre Schaeffer’s musique concrète, becoming his student and later assisting Pierre Henry at the Studio d’Essai. During the 1950s she learned tape techniques and began composing experimental pieces that explored feedback and long loops.

In the 1970s she turned to analogue synthesis, adopting the ARP 2500 which she used exclusively for over two decades to create slowly evolving sound worlds, exemplified by the Adnos series. After embracing Tibetan Buddhism, she composed works such as the Songs of Milarepa and the three‑hour Trilogie de la Mort, which reflected her meditative practice and earned critical acclaim.

Around 2000 Radigue shifted to acoustic instrumentation, writing pieces like Elemental II and receiving the Golden Nica at Ars Electronica in 2006. She continued to compose until her death from complications after a fall in Paris on 23 February 2026, aged 94.