Christopher Guzman
piano
A pianist of varied interests, Christopher Guzman has entertained
audiences throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since
his orchestral debut at age 13, he has performed as soloist
with many large ensembles, including the San Antonio Symphony,
the Fort Worth Symphony, the Corpus Christi Symphony and The
EOS Orchestra of New York City. He has performed concerti
with the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher
Hall, and in Spoleto, Italy during the orchestra's first summer
residency at the 2003 Festival Dei Due Mondi. Engagements
in the 2005-2006 season included recitals in Boston at the
Gardner Musuem and Jordan Hall, in Washington at the Phillips
Collection, and in New York at Weill Hall.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Guzman has performed in such
venues as Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, the
Kennedy Center, San Francisco Performances, the Vancouver
Recital Series and others. He performs regularly with acclaimed
violinist Ilya Gringolts, and their 2002 recital on National
Public Radio's Saint Paul Sunday continues to broadcast across
the United States and online. Mr. Guzman also frequently collaborates
with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston.
Of special interest to Mr. Guzman is music of our time. He
has collaborated with one of the nation's preeminent contemporary
chamber ensembles, Speculum Musicae, and numerous times with
the New Juilliard Ensemble, including tours of the U.S. and
France. The New York Times hailed his "coiled, explosive
playing" of works by Christopher Theofanidis and Joseph
Pereira at New York's Society for Ethical Culture in 2002.
He is a member of Second Instrumental Unit, a provocative
new music ensemble based in the Northeast, and has given world
premieres by such composers as Donald Martino, Bernd Franke
and Paul Schoenfield.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Christopher Guzman
began studying piano at age nine and violoncello two years
later. He has studied with Kenneth Thompson in San Antonio,
and with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald at The Juilliard
School, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees.
Now living in Boston, Mr. Guzman is currently working towards
an Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory of Music,
studying with Patricia Zander.
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