Gandolfi was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. He taught himself guitar as a child, studied for a year at the Berklee College of Music, and then entered NEC, where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees.[1] In 1986, he was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he studied with Leonard Bernstein and Oliver Knussen. He has served on the faculty of Harvard University, Indiana University, and the Phillips Academy at Andover. He was served for a while as composer in residence with the New England Philharmonic. Since 1997, Gandolfi has been the coordinator for the Tanglewood Music Center's composition department.
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