HORATIO GUTIERREZ
Saturday, May 2, 8pm
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Considered among today’s foremost pianists, Horacio Gutiérrez is consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for the poetic insight and technical mastery he brings to a diverse repertoire. Since his professional debut in 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Gutierrez has appeared regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras and on its major recital series. In recent seasons, Mr. Gutierrez has given recitals at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and New York’s Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, as well as in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Cleveland. He also toured Japan with Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra in performances of the two Brahms piano concertos. Upcoming concerts include performances on subscription and on tour with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Frankfurt Gesellschaft E.V, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and the orchestras of Memphis, Madison, Reno, Rhode Island, Honolulu, Arkansas, and Edmonton. He also opens the Barcelona International Festival and performs at the Amelia Island Festival with Lynn Harrell and Helen Nightengale. A favorite of New York concertgoers, Mr. Gutierrez has performed on numerous occasions at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in recital and with orchestra. He is also a frequent soloist at the Mostly Mozart Festival and has appeared on its season-opening Live from Lincoln Center telecast. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Guarnieri, Tokyo and Cleveland quartets as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 1982, he was the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. Mr. Gutierrez is a strong advocate of contemporary American composers. Of special importance were his performance of William Schuman’s Piano Concerto in honor of the composer’s 75th birthday at New York’s 92nd Street Y and of Andre Previn’s Piano Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony with Mr. Previn conducting. He frequently includes George Perle’s Phantasyplay on his recital programs and Mr. Perle has recently written a set of nine bagatelles for Mr. Gutierrez. Mr. Gutierrez’s Telarc recordings include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 with Lorin Maazel and the Pittsburgh Symphony, nominated for a Grammy Award. Also available on that label are separate discs of the two Brahms Concertos, both with Andre Previn and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony. For the Chandos label he has recorded Prokofiev’s Concertos No. 2 and 3 with Neeme Jarvi and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. His television performances in Great Britain, the United States and France have been widely acclaimed, and won him an Emmy Award for his fourth appearance with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has also been welcomed three times by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. A great film and theater fan, he has performed in recital with Irene Worth and Mariette Hartley. Born in Havana, Cuba, Horacio Gutierrez appeared at the age of 11 as guest soloist with the Havana Symphony. He became an American citizen in 1967. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he resides in New York City.

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