Ariel Kalma , the pioneering French new-age musician, electronic composer, and multi-instrumentalist, has died. The news was confirmed in a statement from record label Rvng Intl., who throughout the 2010s put out a compilation of Kalma’s previously unreleased early recordings as well as several collaborative albums between himself and other artists. “After contending with many health challenges over the past several years, his departure was sudden though peaceful,” it reads in part. He was 78.

Born in Paris in 1947, Kalma’s first instruments of choice were the recorder and saxophone. At the University of Paris he studied computer science and met the Belgian-Italian crooner Salvatore Adamo. After being invited by Adamo to join his touring band, Kalma learned how to play the flute within

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