Composer/conductor JOHN JESENSKY began his collaborative career with CineConcerts as the music copyist for The Godfather. Since then, he has worked alongside the CineConcerts creative team to forward the company’s dedication to the preservation and concert presentation of film, TV and media music set to picture.
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 John Hughes’ longtime collaborator, composer/conductor Ira Newborn.
During his tenure at NYU, Jesensky’s score to Michael Daugherty’s short, Season’s Greetings won the Skirball Film Scoring Competition. Upon graduation, he was presented the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Composition.
Several of his 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.
During his CineConcerts conducting tenure, he has directed some of the finest ensembles within North America and Europe in performance of Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, The Godfather: Live, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: In Concert.
Jesensky remains an active and prolific composer in Los Angeles, writing music for short and feature-length films, while also composing/conducting classical works for chamber and orchestral ensembles.