Oscar Bianchi (born 1975 in Milan) is a Gaudeamus Laureate composer of Italian and Swiss citizenships. He is a recipient of several international prizes and honors. He is noted for his large scale works, in particular his cantata Matra for six voices and large ensemble and his opera Thanks to My Eyes. Biography Oscar Bianchi began music studies at the age of 7 under the guidance of Gabriella Montalbetti. In his teenage years, he enrolled at the Milan Conservatory and studied composition with Adriano Guarnieri, Sandro Gorli, Umberto Rotondi and with Salvatore Sciarrino in Città di Castello. At the Milan Conservatory He also studied Choir music and choral conducting with Franco Monego and electronic music with Riccardo Sinigaglia and with at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini inBologna. In 2003 Oscar Bianchi will eventually foster his education in composition with Fausto Romitelli at the Royaumont Abbey. In name of the friendship that the two composers had established since the early 2000 and after the loss of who was seemingly becoming a mentor, Oscar Bianchi dedicated his composition Mezzogiorno to the memory of Fausto Romitelli. In 2003 he settles in Paris to attend to the yearlong composition and electronic music master course at IRCAM In 2005 he settles in New York City thanks to a fellowships from Columbia University to pursue doctoral studies under the guidance of Tristan Murail In 2009 he spends a year in Berlin as guest of the DAAD Künstlerprogramm Berlin in 2010 he spends several months in Warsaw as guest of Pro-Helvetia Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle Catalog His works are published by Universal Music Publishing Group Large ensemble, orchestra Orango, for ensemble and audience (2018) Roar, for symphonic orchestra (2017) Contingency, for ensemble (2017) Exordium, for symphonic orchestra (2015-2016) Inventio, for symphonic orchestra (2014-2016) Celeste discontinuità, for cello concertante and string orchestra (2013-2014) Oneness, for clarinet, basset horn and orchestra (2013) Permeability, for 19 instruments and electronics (2013) Ajna Prelude, for orchestra (2010) Vishudda Concerto, for ensemble (2009) Anahata Concerto, for ensemble (2008) Trasparente II, for ensemble (2007, rev 2008) Aqba, nel soffio tuo dolce, for percussion ensemble (2005) Mezzogiorno, for ensemble (2005) Vocal and staged works Sinatra in Agony, music-theatre (2018) Circled Existence, for electric guitar and six voices (2018) Partendo, for countertenor and ensemble (2015) Here, for soprano and string orchestra (2014) The Past, for 11 performers (2014) Approve, for countertenor and 8 instruments (2014)