Background
Biscardi, Chester was born on October 19, 1948 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Chester Frank and Anne Rose Biscardi.
(With a Guggenheim Fellowship, Ives Scholarship and the Pr...)
With a Guggenheim Fellowship, Ives Scholarship and the Prix de Rome behind him, Biscardi, one of the young American "wunderkind," has composed a work that he calls " a celebration of the contrasting sonorities (incisive/lyrical) which are naturally and dramatically suggested by the piano." The title of this work, from the Italian, means "craft, business, occupation, whatever is necessary to one's profession or art." The craft in MESTIERE is unmistakable. Biscardi has penned a bold, imaginative single-movement work flickering with both delicate and powerful moments. It was commissioned by Tulane University for the Festival of Piano Music, 1979. 1981 piano competition, studios, colleges, libraries, professional. Difficult. - Piano - THEODORE PRESSER - 680160023028 - 1/1/2008 - 8 Pages.
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Biscardi, Chester was born on October 19, 1948 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Chester Frank and Anne Rose Biscardi.
Student, Università di Bologna (Italy) and Conservatorio di Musica G. B. Martini, Bologna, 1969-1970; Bachelor in English Literature with honors, University of Wisconsin, 1970; Master of Arts in Italian Literature (Ford Foundation fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1972; MM in Composition, University of Wisconsin, 1974; Mobile Marketing Association, Yale University, 1976; DMA, Yale University, 1980.
Teaching assistant Italian, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970-1973; ad hoc instructor Italian for reading knowledge, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973-1974; teaching assistant theory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973-1974; teaching fellow Italian for singers, Yale University, New Haven, 1975-1976; seminar instructor, Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wisconsin, summer 1978; faculty member music department, Sarah Lawrence College, since 1977; seminar and program faculty, Academy Year in New York City, 1984; department chairman music, Sarah Lawrence College, since 1987; William Schuman chairman music, Sarah Lawrence College, since 1995. Visiting professor summer program in Florence at Villa Corsi-Salviati in Sesto Fiorentino with University of Michigan, 1987, 94. Composer-in-residence University of Wisconsin, 1985, The Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East, Bennington, Vermont, 1990.
(With a Guggenheim Fellowship, Ives Scholarship and the Pr...)
(Chester Biscardi Companion Piece for Piano Solo.)
Member American Composers Alliance, American Academy in Rome, American Music Center, Broadcast Music, MacDowell Colony, Century Association, also others.