Richard Festinger [SEP] date of birth
Richard Festinger
Richard Festinger (born 1 March 1948) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist and educator.
Biography.
Festinger was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. in Music, Magna Cum Laude, from San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founding director of Earplay, a new chamber music ensemble based in the Bay Area. He has been a resident artist at the MacDowell Colony, Camargo Foundation,
links.
- Richard Festinger bio at San Francisco State University
- Official Richard Festinger website
- review of Festinger CD on Bridge Records
- Review at the Journal of the Society for American Music, Volume 4 – Issue 02 – 2010
- Festinger page at publisher C.F. Peters