Mr. Ghezzo received his education in theory, conducting, and in composition at the Romanian Conservatory in Bucharest (1964 & 1966), and subsequently earned a PhD. in composition at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1973. He was till summer 2007 a professor of music at New York University, and director of the NYU Composition Studies. Dr. Ghezzo is much involved in national and international music projects, as founder and director of the INMC Inc. (International Music Consortium), the Assisi International Music Days, among others. He is a recipient of a honorary doctorate from Ovidius University, Constanta (Romania), and of many awards, prizes, residences, and commissions: Fulbright Senior Scholar (2006), visiting composer at the American Academy in Rome, composer-in-residence at Dresden Festival and guest composer at the Berlin Hochschuel der Kunste (Germany), at the Jerusalem Music Academy (Israel) and at the Music Academy in Krakow (Poland), CAPS Award - New York, George Enescu Awards, ASCAP Awards, NYSCA and NEA Grants.