Francis Dhomont has been played on NTS shows including NKISI, with Allegro first played on 29 May 2018.

Francis Dhomont (born in Paris in 1926, died in Avignon in 2023) is a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music and musique concrete.

He studied under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger. In the late 40’s, in Paris (France), he intuitively discovered with magnetic tape what Schaeffer would later call “musique concrète” and consequently conducted solitary experiments with the musical possibilities of sound recording. Later, leaving behind instrumental writing, he dedicated himself exclusively to electroacoustic composition.

An ardent proponent of acousmatics, his work (since 1963) is comprised…