Frank Abbinanti

Frank Abbinanti is recognized as one of the prime movers in Chicago's contemporary music scene. Abbinanti's first instrument was trombone, but he later switched to piano. In 1972, Abbinanti and his wife Ruth founded the Modern Music Workshop, a group devoted to giving concerts of contemporary music at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and playing the lecture circuit on college campuses. During those years, Abbinanti also maintained a full course of musical study, taking piano with Frederic Rzewski and composition with Richard Teitelbaum, and later, Ralph Shapey. Like m...