- Morton Subotnick was born on April 14, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Dreamwood (1972), Hungers (1987) and Capio (2025). He is married to Joan La Barbara. They have three children.
- SpouseJoan La Barbara(? - present) (3 children)
- He is a classically-trained musician who studied with the French composer Darius Milhaud. He started out playing clarinet and composing music for chamber ensembles and orchestras.
- He is a pioneer in electronic music and multi-media performance whose work has had an influence on Daft Punk and Kraftwerk, among others.
- In 1984 he was commissioned to write a performance piece with director Lee Breuer and visual artist Irving Petlin for the Olympics Arts Festival in Los Angeles.
- When he finally accepted an invitation to play at New York City's Knitting Factory in 1987 the show quickly sold out.
- Herbert Blau, the director of the Actors Workshop, asked him to write music for their production of King Lear.
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