MTD Events
Guest Artist Recital: Dr. Chris Guzman, piano
Date and Time
Monday, December 2, 2024 7:30 PM
Location
Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall
Description
Pianist Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career,
showcasing a variety of styles from the Baroque era to the
avant-garde. Since winning top prizes in international competitions
such as the Walter M. Naumburg Competition (USA), the Seoul
International Music Competition (S. Korea), and the Isang Yun
Competition (S. Korea), Mr. Guzman has performed across Europe, North
and South America, and Asia. As a result of winning the top prize at
the Concours International de Piano d'Orléans in Orléans, France, he
has toured France extensively, giving performances and teaching masterclasses.
Mr. Guzman has appeared in major international venues such as
Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Buenos Aires's CCK,
Carnegie's Weill Hall, and London's Wigmore Hall, among others. As a
chamber musician, he has collaborated with the world's most exciting
soloists in classical music, such as Ilya Gringolts, Antoine Tamestit,
David Fray, and Jeremy Denk. He continually performs with members of
the world's finest orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker,
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Guzman began the keyboards position in
Chicago's Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in 2024.
Although Mr. Guzman has earned several international accolades
for his performances of the Western canon, much of his career
showcases music written after 1900; his performances have included
world premieres by Donald Martino, Nico Muhly, and Paul Schoenfield.
The New York Times hailed his performance of Christopher Theofanidis's
Statues as "coiled" and "explosive." His CD of
German and Austrian music from the past one hundred years, Vienne et
après, is available on the Tessitures label; his CD of Paul Reale's
compositions on the Naxos Label, "Chopin's Ghosts," was
included in Fanfare magazine's Top Five releases of 2018. He has
subsequently recorded two additional albums of Reale's music,
including chamber music and concerti, to much critical acclaim. Mr.
Guzman will release a premiere video recording of the piano works of
Mexican composer Carlos Chávez in 2024.
Born in Texas, Christopher Guzman began studying piano at age
nine and violoncello two years later. His teachers include Jerome
Lowenthal and Robert McDonald (The Juilliard School), Anton Nel
(University of Texas at Austin), and the late Patricia Zander (New
England Conservatory). In addition to performing, he is also a
Professor of Piano at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern
University. He previously taught at Penn State University and has
taught masterclasses throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
For more information, please visit christopherguzmanpiano.com.
Program:
Five Jazz Etudes Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Charleston
Blues
Chanson
Tango
Toccata based on Zes Confrey's shimmy
"Kitten on the Keys"
Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Modéré très franc
Assez lent avec une expression intense
Modéré
Assez animé
Presque lent dans un sentiment intime
Vif
Moins vif
Épilogue: lent
Piano Sonata n.2 George Walker (1922-2018)
Theme & 10
Variations
Presto
Adagio
Allegretto tranquillo
Carnival Scenes of Vienna, op.26 (Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Allegro
Romanze
Scherzino
Intermezzo
Finale
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Contact
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
(616) 331-3484