Chester Biscardi (b. Kenosha, Wisconsin, October 19, 1948; nicknamed Chet) is an Italian American composer and educator.

He received a B.A. degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1970); he studied during 1969-1970 at the University of Bologna and the Conservatorio di Musica "G. B. Martini"; he received an M.A. in Italian literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1972); he received an M.M. in composition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1974); Major compositional study with Les Thimmig; electronic music with Burt Levy; he received a M.M.A. in composition from Yale University (1976); and he received a D.M.A. in composition from Yale University (1980).

His composition instructors have included Les Thimmig, Mario Davidovsky, Robert Morris, Yehudi Wyner, Krzysztof Penderecki and Tōru Takemitsu.

He has been a member of the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College since 1977, where he is openly gay.^[1]

Biscardi's music has been released on the CRI label.

References

1. ^ Who Are You? Dialogue, Sarah Lawrence College magazine, Spring 2003, http://www.slc.edu/magazine/who-are-you/Dialogue.php, retrieved on 2007-11-03 

External links

• Chester Biscardi official site
• Chester Biscardi page
• Chester Biscardi page
• Chester Biscardi papers (dealing mostly with his opera Tight-Rope), in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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