Dan Visconti's music has been commissioned by ensembles including the Kronos Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, and the Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble, at venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, London’s Barbican Theatre, and the Sydney Opera House. His compositions have been honored with the Berlin Prize fellowship, the Bearns Prize from Columbia University, the International Barlow Prize, and the Cleveland Arts Prize; awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Naumburg Foundation; and grants from the Fromm Foundation, Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Chamber Music America. Visconti resides in Chicago and is a core member of Fifth House Ensemble, an organization that presents innovative concerts that redefine the role of classical music for the 21st century.