Daniel Pesca, pianist and composer, is both a passionate advocate for new music and a committed performer of the chamber music repertoire. He has shared the stage with many leading new music ensembles, including Ensemble Signal, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. He has recently performed at the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Columbia University’s Miller Theatre, on the Dame Myra Hess concerts in Chicago, at June in Buffalo, and at festivals devoted to contemporary music in Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vermont. Among his concerto credits are a performance of the Carter Double Concerto at Zankel Hall, and solo appearances with the Orchestra of the League of Composers, the Slee Sinfonietta, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and the Oberlin Sinfonietta. Daniel is featured on CDs from Centaur Records, Block M Records, and Urtext Classics. He holds a doctorate from Eastman, where he led a class on contemporary keyboard music and studied piano with Nelita True. He has held teaching positions at Ithaca College, Syracuse University, and Northeastern Illinois University. He is director of the University of Chicago Chamber Music Program, and is a lecturer and artist-in-residence in the Department of Music.
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