"Born on 14 November 1939, the Grammy winner-to-be studied music and physics at Brown University from 1958-62, then graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in music composition before meeting Robert Moog - whose invention of the Moog synthesizer in 1964 changed the course of her life. The trans musician won three Grammys in 1970 for her groundbreaking 1968 album Switched On Bach, in which a compilation of Bach's works were performed on Moog's groundbreaking instrument."
"The electronic album flung the musical invention into the mainstream, and it was soon adopted by the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and The Doors among many others. And Carlos even developed her adaptations closely alongside Moog within the synth movement, finessing the instrument's filter banks, pitch-sliding controls, and even a touch-sensitive keyboard. Alongside this musical revolution, Carlos was going through a transformation of her own: over the course of the decade, she underwent her transition and came out to the world."
Wendy Carlos, born 14 November 1939, studied music and physics at Brown University and earned a master's in music composition from Columbia. Collaboration with Robert Moog led to the 1968 album Switched-On Bach, which won three Grammys in 1970 and brought the Moog synthesizer into mainstream use by artists such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and The Doors. Carlos refined synthesizer technology, improving filter banks, pitch-sliding controls and a touch-sensitive keyboard. Carlos began coming out to close friends around 1968, remained publicly closeted for years, and later addressed being a trans woman in a 1979 Playboy interview.
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