"An Italian composer born in 1952 in La Plata (Argentina).

Daniel Teruggi studied the piano and composition at the Conservatory de la Plata as well as physics at the University. Arriving in France in 1977 he completed his training in the electroacoustic composition and musical research class of the Paris Conservatory. In 1981 he joined Ina-GRM (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel - Groupe de Recherches Musicales) where he became head of musical production as well as of development and of Syter pedagogy, a system of real-time digital transformation and synthesis. He subsequently became director of the GRM (1997-2017) and director for research and experimentation at Ina (2001-2016). He currently works for the preservation of the digital collections, of works on support and of electroacoustic music, and for this he received the 'SMPTE Archival Technology Medal Award' in 2016.

With a passion for the transformation of tone-colour, Teruggi sculpts sound matter with a very particular attention to space and musical perception. Aiming at the concert yet also the stage, cinema and dance, he composes music on support, music for small ensembles and support, as well as music for instruments with real-time treatment. His works include: Eterea for tape, first performed at Radio France (1984); Xatys for saxophones and real time treatment, first performed by Daniel Kientzy in Berlin (1988); Syrcus for percussion and real-time treatment, first performed by Florent Jodelet and Daniel Teruggi in Paris (1992); Spaces of mind for support (2004); Parole perdue, acousmatic drama premiered at the Festival of Radio France and Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon (2009); Remembering, an acousmatic work premiered in Paris (2017); Nova puppis for support (2020).

Holding a doctorate in art and technology from the University of Paris VIII, Daniel Teruggi has taught working on sound associated with the visual arts at the University of Paris I, as well as the analysis of electroacoustic music at the University Paris-Sorbonne."