| Luciano Chessa Luciano Chessa received his Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, Davis. Previously, at the Conservatory of Bologna, he earned a D.M.A. in piano and a M.A. in composition. His areas of research interest include 20th-century music, experimental music, and late 14th-century music, and he has been interviewed at the CBS (KPIX/KBHK) television channel as an expert on Italian hip-hop. His scholarly writings can be found in Musica e Storia, the Journal of the Levi Foundation, Venice, and the Festschrifts for Max Seidel, published by Marsilio, among others. Dr. Chessa is also active as a composer and performer. Five of his scores (including a large work for orchestra and double children choir, and a piano and three turntables duo) have just been published by RAI TRADE, and distributed in the U.S. by The Theodore Presser Company. Since 1999 he has been musical program coordinator for the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, where he produces concerts of Italian contemporary music. O1C Performances: Quadri da una città fantasma Chronicle Hotel |
