[1][2][3] Anthony di Bonaventura was born on November 12, 1929, in Follansbee, West Virginia.
He has given solo recitals at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Concertgebouw, and Musikverein, as well as performances at festivals of Spoleto, Ann Arbor, Saratoga, Bergen, Lucca, Zagreb, and Donaueschingen.
[8] World premieres of specially written works by Berio, Kelemen, Persichetti, and Ginastera.
[11] Many distinguished composers such as György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Alberto Ginastera, Milko Kelemen and Vincent Persichetti wrote works especially for him.
[citation needed] Anthony served as the Director of the Summer Piano Institute, Colby College and later West Chester University.
[13] Among his notable pupils were Horia Mihail, Aidas Puodziukas and his protégé Konstantinos Papadakis.