Private composition studies with Edgar David Grana, The Juilliard School, NYC
BM, Manhattan School of Music
Has conducted the Prague Philharmonic and Hollywood Studio Symphony
Engineered for Ashford and Simpson, working on songs for them, as well as Chaka Khan, Teddy Pendergrass, Maya Angelou and Nina Simone, amongst others
Worked on several Grammy nominated discs for Chesky Records with jazz luminaries such as Luiz Bonfa, McCoy Tyner, Tommy Flanagan, Phil Woods, Joe Henderson and Paquito D'Rivera
Voting member of NARAS since 2000 (Didier is a GRAMMY Awards voter)
ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop participant and a Sundance Composer Lab finalist
Produced/Composed/Arranged Christy Baron’s CD, Steppin’ featuring David Johansen
Composed music for several modern dance works for members of the Pilobolus Dance Theatre
