Composer John Jesensky and I talk about music, Inspector Gadget, Thomas Newman, piano, and more!

Composer/conductor JOHN JESENSKY earned his B.M. in Music Composition from the Hartt

School of Music under the tutelage of composer Stephen Gryc, as well as leading wind ensemble

conductor Glen Adsit. John was awarded his M.M. in Film Composition from New York

University, where he studied with renown film composers Ira Newborn and Sonny Kompanek.

During his tenure at NYU, Jesensky’s score for Michael Daugherty’s short film, "Season’s

Greetings," won the Skirball Film Scoring Competition.  Upon graduation, he was presented the

Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Composition.

His film scores have made appearances and won awards at events such as the Cannes Film

Festival, L.A. Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival, D.C. Film Festival

and Phoenix Film Festival. He has collaborated with some of the film world’s finest composers

including John Williams, and Danny Elfman.

During his conducting tenure, he has directed premiere ensembles of North and South

America, Europe, and Asia in performances of his original music, The Harry Potter Film Concert

Series, Star Wars, The Godfather, Titanic, It’s a Wonderful Life, along with countless other

works from both the film and classical worlds.

Jesensky remains an active composer/conductor in New York. www.johnjesensky.com