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World’s first video game opera “PermaDeath” premieres this month in Boston

September 25, 2018

The world premiere of Dan’s new video game opera PermaDeath takes place at Boston’s Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater from September 27-29. PermaDeath is the “intrepid and artistically ambitious” (Opera magazine) Jacobs’s most technologically sophisticated work to date,…

Rave Reviews for New Cello Concerto

May 1, 2018

Concluding Visconti’s three-season engagement as the California Symphony’s Young American Composer-in-Residence, the new concerto Tangle Eye for Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev was warmly-received in its premiere performance…

The Philadelphia Inquirer has announced Visconti’s new appointment as Artistic Advisor at Astral Artists

February 21, 2017

The Philadelphia Inquirer has just announced Visconti’s new appointment as Artistic Advisor at Astral Artists, a nonprofit intensive mentoring program that specializes in developing the early careers…

Dan creates “ANDY: A POPera” a collaboration with Opera Philadelphia and The Bearded Ladies

May 8, 2016

Dan receives his first major opera commission to create ANDY: A POPera, a collaboration with Opera Philadelphia and experimental theater group The Bearded Ladies that blends pop…

Dan Visconti new Director of Artistic Programming of Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble!

May 7, 2016

Dan has joined Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble as Director of Artistic Programming! Dan will collaborate with other 5HE artists in creating new compositions, arrangements, and educational workshops.

Fifth House Ensemble joins forces with Mediterranean folk band Baladino

May 6, 2016

Dan’s music organization Fifth House Ensemble (noted for its “conviction, authority, and finesse” by the New York Times) joins forces with Mediterranean folk band Baladino for an…

Virtuoso pianist Gabriela Martinez has released a new music video of Dan’s solo composition Amplified Soul

May 1, 2016

Virtuoso pianist Gabriela Martinez has released a new music video of Dan’s solo composition Amplified Soul, commissioned by Gabriela as part of her upcoming CD release produced…

Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux premieres Dan’s new guitar concerto Living Language

April 21, 2016

Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux premieres Dan’s new guitar concerto Living Language this May under maestro Donato Cabrera. The work is inspired by folk music from around the…

Visconti appointed Composer-in-Residence at the California Symphony for 2014-2017 and Composer-in-Residence at the Arkansas Symphony for 2015-16

April 21, 2016

Dan has been appointed Young American Composer-in-Residence at the California Symphony from 2014-2017 as well as Composer-in-Residence at the Arkansas Symphony for the 2015-16 season.

Dan Visconti named a 2014 TED Fellow and will deliver a TED talk at the March 2014 conference in Vancouver, BC.

April 21, 2016

Dan has been named a 2014 TED Fellow and will deliver a TED talk at the March 2014 conference in Vancouver, BC. Stay tuned for more details!

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