Through some ninety works composed for a wide range of performance genres, Orlando Jacinto Garcia has established himself as an important figure in the new music world. The distinctive character of his music has been described as "time suspended- haunting sonic explorations" with "a certain tightness and rigor infrequently found in music of this type" - qualities he developed from his studies with Morton Feldman among others. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1954, Garcia emigrated to the United States in 1961. In demand as a guest composer and lecturer at national and international festivals, he is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from a variety of organizations and cultural institutions, most recently including the Rockefeller, Fulbright, Dutka, and Cintas Foundations. With performances in most of the major capitols of the world by numerous distinguished soloists, ensembles, and orchestras, his works are recorded on O.O. Discs, CRI, Albany, North/South, CRS, Rugginenti, Capstone and Opus One Records and are available from Kallisti Music Press, BHE and North/South Editions. The founder and director of several international festivals including the New Music Miami Festival and the Music of the Americas Festival, he is Professor of Music and director of the Composition Program as well as Graduate Studies for the School of Music at Florida International University.