Rich, eerie and ripe for horror: 90-year-old synthesiser visits Australia for first time

The trautonium is most famous for its use in the soundtrack for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds

For the first time since it was invented, the rich, eerie, mournful music of the trautonium, the 90-year-old synthesiser and one of the world’s first electronic musical instruments, will be heard live in concert outside of Europe.

German musician Peter Pichler, the only touring artist in the world who performs live with the instrument, will take the trautonium on tour to Australia in April.

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