Composer Richard Festinger has garnered international recognition for his extensive catalogue of vocal and instrumental compositions. Writing for the 2011 Tanglewood Music Festival, Frank J. Oteri describes Festinger’s music as “notable for its combination of propulsive energy with an impeccable sense of poise and balance,” and WQXR Radio in New York has dubbed him “an American master.” Festinger is a professor of music theory and composition at San Francisco State University. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in composition from the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1985 co-founded the acclaimed San Francisco based modern music ensemble Earplay. Festinger’s music is published by C.F. Peters Corporation and Wildcat Canyon Music Press, and his works have been recorded for the Naxos, Bridge, CRI, Centaur, and CRS labels. He is the recipient of major awards and commissions from the Fromm and Koussevitzky Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Composers Forum and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.
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