David Fiuczynski
Position
Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-2884
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Guitar shredder, researcher, composer, and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, David Fiuczynski explores the microtonal universe like few others. A recent project is Jointly dedicated to 20th century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and innovative hip-hop record producer J Dilla. Over the last ten years Fiuczynski has explored music widely with the goal of furthering guitar language, technique, and technologies by incorporating foreign music traditions, harmonies and styles to create a unique idiom that transcends them all.
Career Highlights
- Guggenheim Fellow 2011
- Massachusetts Arts Council Fellow 2009
- Leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos
- Performances with Stewart Copeland, Dennis Chambers, Jack DeJohnette, JoJo Mayer, Marcus Miller, and Bernie Worrell
- Recordings with Billy Hart, Hasidic New Wave, Hiromi, John Medeski, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Ronald Shannon Jackson
- Performances at festivals in Argentina, Canada, Europe, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Africa, and the United States
Education
- B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
- M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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