Eugene "Gino" Piserchio (September 5, 1944 â€" March 22, 1989) was an
American actor, composer and musician. Piserchio was noted for being
an accomplished musician. He was one of the first musicians to master
the Moog synthesizer.Piserchio was born in Orange, New Jersey, to Joe
and Jennie Piserchio. In the early 1950s, the Piserchio family moved
from their Central Avenue home in Orange to Northfield Avenue in
Livingston, New Jersey. It was there that Piserchio completed his
grammar and high school educations. He graduated from Livingston High
School in 1962. Piserchio graduated from the Mannes College The New
School for Music in New York City and did graduate work at Columbia
University.In 1965, Piserchio co-starred with Warhol Superstar Edie
Sedgwick in the underground films Space and Beauty No. 2, directed by
Andy Warhol. Two years later, he composed and performed the original
music for what would become Sedgwick's final film Ciao! Manhattan,
released a year after her November 1971 death.In 1970 Piserchio
presented three evenings of electronic music in the Moog synthesizer
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. In 1971, he and
his future wife, Gillian Spreckels Fuller, produced an experimental
16-mm color movie, The Tacky Woman. The film stars Holly Woodlawn.
That same year, Bell Labs selected Piserchio to score a movie about
molecular dynamics.
American actor, composer and musician. Piserchio was noted for being
an accomplished musician. He was one of the first musicians to master
the Moog synthesizer.Piserchio was born in Orange, New Jersey, to Joe
and Jennie Piserchio. In the early 1950s, the Piserchio family moved
from their Central Avenue home in Orange to Northfield Avenue in
Livingston, New Jersey. It was there that Piserchio completed his
grammar and high school educations. He graduated from Livingston High
School in 1962. Piserchio graduated from the Mannes College The New
School for Music in New York City and did graduate work at Columbia
University.In 1965, Piserchio co-starred with Warhol Superstar Edie
Sedgwick in the underground films Space and Beauty No. 2, directed by
Andy Warhol. Two years later, he composed and performed the original
music for what would become Sedgwick's final film Ciao! Manhattan,
released a year after her November 1971 death.In 1970 Piserchio
presented three evenings of electronic music in the Moog synthesizer
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. In 1971, he and
his future wife, Gillian Spreckels Fuller, produced an experimental
16-mm color movie, The Tacky Woman. The film stars Holly Woodlawn.
That same year, Bell Labs selected Piserchio to score a movie about
molecular dynamics.
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