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Christopher Guzman
pianist

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, Tai Murray, 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.

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 classes throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit christopherguzmanpiano.com.

Past Performances

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Community Arts Center
Williamsport, PA
Williamsport Symphony Orchestra
Gerardo Edelstein, conductor

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
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Saturday, October 21, 2023
Yaniv's Salute to the Boston Pops
Coronado Performing Arts Center
Rockford, IL
Rockford Symphony Orchestra,
Yaniv Attar, conductor

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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Sunday, August 06, 2023
Vivace Music Festival
Wilson Center
Wilmington, NC
Ani Kavafian & Sunmi Chang, Violins
Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins and Piano, op.71

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Friday, August 04, 2023
Vivace Music Festival
Wilson Center
Wilmington, NC
With Dmitri Berlinsky, violin, and Andrew Shulman, cello
Beethoven: “Ghost” Trio in D Major, op.70 no.1

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Faculty Recital at the Atlantic Music Festival
Colby College
Waterville, ME
Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Pierre Jalbert: Ephemeral Objects

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Saturday, July 01, 2023
Recital for the Matthay Festival 2023
Recital Hall
University Park, PA
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Chamber Music at Music at Penns Woods
Recital Hall at Penn State University
University Park, PA
Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano with Max Zorin, violin
Rachmaninoff: Selections from Etudes-Tableaux, op.39

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Monday, June 05, 2023
Concert for Ukraine
Grace Lutheran Church
State College, PA
All proceeds go to Nizhyn, Ukraine, State College's new sister city. www.SistersSister.org
Valentin Silvestrov: Postludium DSCH
Myroslav Skoryk: Spanish Dance


Friday, June 02, 2023
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association: Penn State Faculty Conc
Recital Hall at Penn State University
University Park, PA
Poulenc: Oboe Sonata and Ravel's Habanera
Ian Clarke (b. 1960): Maya for two flutes and piano
Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44

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Sunday, May 28, 2023
Recital at the McNay
Leeper Auditorium, McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, TX
Bach: English Suite in G minor
Chopin: Mazurka in E minor, op.41 no.1
Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in F-sharp minor, op. 23 no.1
Rachmaninoff: Selections from Études-Tableaux, op.39

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Monday, May 22, 2023
Chamber Music with the Olmos Ensemble
Laurel Heights United Methodist Church
San Antonio, TX
Camille Saint-Saëns - Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
Richard Strauss - Violin Sonata
Georges Hüe - Fantasy for Flute and Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb Major K. 452

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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Recital with Naomi Seidman, flute
Recital Hall, Penn State University
University Park, PA
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Soloist with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra
Recital Hall, Penn State University
University Park, PA
Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Yaniv Attar
Mozart Concerto in D minor, K. 466
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Sunday, November 03, 2019
Recital with Timothy Deighton, viola
UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center - Bezanson Recital Hall
Amherst, MA
R. Clarke: Viola Sonata
Hindemith: Sonata for viola and piano, op.11 no.4
Bloch: Suite for viola and piano

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Sunday, October 27, 2019
Recital with Milan Milisavljevic, viola
Recital Hall, Penn State School of Music
University Park, PA
Brahms: Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat Major, op.120 no.2
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, op.70, for Viola and Piano

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Friday, October 25, 2019
Recital with Timothy Deighton, viola
Recital Hall, Penn State School of Music
University Park, PA
R. Clarke: Viola Sonata
Hindemith: Sonata for viola and piano, op.11 no.4
Bloch: Suite for viola and piano

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Monday, October 21, 2019
"Sabores Latinos": Chamber music with the Olmos Ensemble
Laurel Heights United Methodist Church
San Antonio, TX
Villa-Lobos, Fantasia Concertante, clarinet, bassoon, piano
Turina/arr. S. Jutt – “Sonata Espanola”, for flute and piano
Granados – “Los Requiebros” from Goyescas, piano solo
Piazzolla- Histoire du Tango, violin, piano
Miguel Del Aguila: Tango Trio, violin, cl., piano

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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Recital with Timothy Deighton, viola
Shangraw Performance Hall, Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall at Lyc
Williamsport, PA
R. Clarke: Viola Sonata
Hindemith: Sonata for viola and piano, op.11 no.4
Bloch: Suite for viola and piano

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Friday, October 04, 2019
Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition
Rudi E Scheidt School of Music, University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Granados: "Los Requiebros" from Goyescas
Debussy/Ravel : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune for Four Hands with Jonathan Tsay

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Sunday, July 07, 2019
Soloist with Monteux Music Festival Orchestra
Forest Studio at the Pierre Monteux School and Summer Festival
Hancock, Maine
Gershwin: Concerto in F
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Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Chamber Music at the Monteux Music Festival
Forest Studio at the Pierre Monteux School and Summer Festival
Hancock, Maine
TBA
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April 4-6, 2014
with Orchestre Symphonique d'Orléans
Théatre d'Orléans
Orléans, France
Shostakovich: Concerto no.1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings (with David Guerrier, trumpet)
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Peter Ablinger
Voices and Piano
Jorge Luis Borges
Christopher Guzman
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M. Ravel
"Scarbo" from Gaspard de la Nuit
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F. Chopin
Prelude in F-sharp minor, op. 28, no.8
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A. Scriabin
Feuillet d'album, op.45 no.1
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F. Chopin
Prelude in D-flat Major, "Raindrop," op.28, no.15
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S. Barber
Piano Concerto, op.38
III. Allegro molto
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Juilliard Orchestra
Andrew Litton - conductor
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Jörg Widmann
Elf Humoresken
Anfangs lebhaft
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Publicity Photos


Scriabin's Sonata No. 7, "White Mass," op.64
Christopher Guzman performs Alexander Scriabin's Sonata No. 7, "White Mass"
Scriabin
Christopher Guzman
A. Scriabin - Prelude in B-flat Minor, op. 37 no. 1
A. Scriabin - Etude in D-flat Major, op. 8 no. 10
A. Scriabin - Feuillet d'album, op. 45 no. 1
A. Scriabin- Etude in D-sharp Minor, op. 8 no. 12
The 7th Seoul International Music Competition presented by LG 2nd Round(Sunday, April 17, 2011)
Griffes and Granados
Christopher Guzman
C. T. Griffes - Sonata, A. 85
E. Granados - Los Requiebros (from Goyescas)
The 7th Seoul International Music Competition presented by LG 1st Round(Thursday, April 14, 2011)
Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op.109
Christopher Guzman plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata #30, Opus 109 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church for the San Antonio International Piano Competition's Beethoven Festival.

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, Tai Murray, 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.

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 classes throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit christopherguzmanpiano.com.