Bernardo Feldman

Bernardo Feldman (b. 28 September 1955, Mexico City) is a Mexican-American electronic and electro-acoustic composer, musician, and pedagogue based in Santa Monica, California. Feldman is Emeritus Chair of the Music Department at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, where he has taught as Professor of Electronic Music Production since 1989. Born and raised in Mexico City, Bernardo began his education at Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, later studying at Conservatorio Nacional de Música México, D.F. under Daniel Catán, Jesús Villaseñor, artist 6071535, and Mario Lavista. Between 1982 and 1985, Feldman attended the California Institute Of The Arts, where Bernardo studied with Morton Subotnick, Louis Andriessen, Bernard Rands, and Mel Powell, earning both his Bachelor's and MFA degrees in Music Composition. He received a PhD in Music Theory and Composition from UCLA (1992–2000).