Stephen Dydo has received performances of over 80 works for a wide variety of media, including chamber, orchestral, choral and electronic pieces. Much of his recent work has been involved with ancient music; as a teacher and performer of Chinese guqin, he is involved with preserving some of the world's oldest music. In addition, his field recordings made on the western Tibetan Plateau have been released by Pan Records. He is past president of the New York Qin Society and on the board of the Association for the Promotion of New Music. He has also transcribed and performed music from Medieval Italy, and developed it for a modern English production of Dante's La vita nuova. His awards include the Bearns Prize and a BMI composer's award. He developed computer music in Utrecht for two years under a Fulbright grant, and has received fellowships from the Ora Lerman Trust, Weir Farm, Meet the Composer and the Composers Conference. He studied at Columbia University, where he received a doctorate in composition.
