Horacio Gutiérrez

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Horacio Gutiérrez (born August 28, 1948 in Havana ) is a Cuban American and classical pianist.

youth

Gutiérrez is the eldest son of four children of Tomás V. Gutiérrez and Josefina Fernandez Gutiérrez. His mother, an experienced pianist herself, was his first piano teacher. At the age of four he was already playing in front of an audience. At the age of eleven he made his debut as a soloist with the Havana Symphony, with a piano concerto by Haydn . He received his first regular piano lessons from César Pérez Sentenat .

When Fidel Castro took power in Cuba in 1959 , his family decided to leave the country. However, it was two years before the family was able to flee to the United States in 1961 . They found their new home in Los Angeles , where Gutiérrez, at the age of 13, was lucky enough to find a new, competent teacher in Sergei Tarnowsky , who came from Russia . Von Tarnowsky had already received piano lessons from Horowitz in the early 1910s at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kiev . This was followed by studies at the Juilliard School with Adele Marcus , a student of the Russian pianist Josef Lhévinne . He then received further intensive piano lessons from the American pianist William Masselos , a student of Carl Friedberg , who in turn had studied with Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms .

Career

Gutiérrez made his first television appearance on American television when he played the last movement of Modest Mussorgsky's composition Pictures at an Exhibition , The Golden Gate of Kiev , as a soloist in the Young People's Concerts series designed by Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1972 .

On August 23, 1970, he made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta , with Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto . The German-American music critic Martin Bernheimer described Gutiérrez's performance as spectacular in the Los Angeles Times .

Gutiérrez lives in the United States with his wife, the pianist Patricia Asher , whom he met as a student at the Juilliard School. She was also a student of William Masselos and Adele Marcus. He was Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Houston from 1996 to 2003 . Then his path led him to the Manhattan School of Music . His career as a pianist spanned four decades, and he is known especially among connoisseurs of classical music as a particularly outstanding virtuoso of the 20th century

Gutiérrez suffers from bursitis and chronic back pain.

Work and honors

In 1970 Gutiérrez won the silver medal in the international Tchaikovsky competition and was then engaged as a soloist by major orchestras from all over the world under the management of Sol Hurok . After his debut in London, music critic Joan Chissell wrote for The Times . His virtuosity is of the kind of which legends are made . Gutiérrez played with and under conductors such as Lorin Maazel , Andrew Davis , Josef Krips , Mstislav Rostropovich , David Zinman , Gerard Schwarz , Andrew Litton , Kurt Masur , James Levine , Gennady Rozhdestvensky , Christoph Eschenbach , Zubin Mehta , Eugene Ormandy , Valery Gergiev , Seiji Ozawa , André Previn , Erich Leinsdorf , Yuri Ahronovitch , Klaus Tennstedt , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Daniel Barenboim and many more.

In 1982 he won the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize in recognition of his musical merits. He also won an Emmy in 1986 for an appearance with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center .

He received a lot of praise for his interpretations of romantic music and for the large repertoire of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms that he had at his disposal.

He recorded records for EMI , Telarc and Chandos Records . Underneath

Gutiérrez is also a strong patron of contemporary American composers. His favorite piano concertos include pieces by William Schuman , André Previn and George Perle . One of his recordings of "George Perles, A Retrospective" was hailed as one of the best recordings of the year by The New Yorker in 2006. Pearl dedicated nine bagatelles to Gutiérrez.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Muller, Alberto, "Horacio Gutiérrez: El Mejor Pianista del Mundo", Diario de Las Americas , Oct. 20. 2007
  2. ^ The Leonard Bernstein Collection ca, 1920-1989, Young People's Concerts Scripts: Young Performers: Pictures At An Exhibition The Library of Congress, Image . Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. ^ Martin Bernheimer: Gutiérrez makes LA debut . In: Los Angeles Times , August 24, 1970. “His name is Horacio Gutiérrez. You won't forget it! ..... Actually, spectacular covers only one facet of his performance. " 
  4. ↑ Horacio Gutiérrez. (No longer available online.) Manhattan School of Music, archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; accessed on January 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msmnyc.edu
  5. ^ Harold C. Schonberg: The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present . Simon & Schuster, New York 1987.
  6. ^ Johanna Keller: Gutiérrez, Milanov dazzle Chautauqua audience . In: The Chautauquan Daily , August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015. "Gutiérrez has matured into a truly great pianist, one with a mastery of architecture, whose long-lauded technical prowess serves a penetrating musical intelligence." 
  7. ^ Muller, Alberto " Horacio Gutierrez, el mejor pianista del mundo ," Diario Las Américas, Oct. 20, 2007
  8. ↑ Kyle MacMillan: Last-minute pianist was key to fine CSO performance Read more: Last-minute pianist was key to fine CSO performance . In: The Denver Post , November 21, 2010. 
  9. ↑ Horacio Gutierrez Cancels . In: New York Times , August 10, 1993. Retrieved November 21, 2010. "Because of a back injury, the pianist Horacio Gutierrez has canceled his appearances with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra tonight and tomorrow at 8 PM at Avery Fisher Hall. " 
  10. ^ Gutierrez Recital Canceled . In: New York Times , April 17, 1990. Retrieved November 21, 2010. "The pianist Horacio Gutierrez has canceled his Carnegie Hall recital tomorrow because of bursitis." 
  11. ↑ Joan Chissell: Horacio Gutierrez Queen Elizabeth Hall . In: Times of London , November 25, 1974. “His virtuosity is of the kind of which legends are made. ... he could become one of the very great pianists of the century. " 
  12. ^ Avery Fisher Artist Program Avery Fisher Artist Program (Avery Fisher Prize Recipient) . (1982)
  13. ^ Emmy Awards, PBS Series: Live From Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society with Irene Worth and Horacio Gutierrez, 1986 . Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  14. ^ Bernard Holland: Classical Music in Review . In: The New York Times , November 10, 1992. Retrieved July 4, 2011. "... was a model of how intimacy can, through technique and musical intelligence, be translated for the benefit of large audiences in big halls." 
  15. ↑ Arthur Kaptainis: Great Vibrations Under This Baton . In: The Montreal Gazette , April 28, 2002. "Cuban pianist Horacio Gutiérrez realized all the regal splendor of the opening allegro and the pearly romance of the slow movement." 
  16. ↑ Lawrence B. Johnson: Detroit Symphony ends the season with a flourish . In: The Detroit News , June 5, 1999. Retrieved September 27, 2013. “From his eloquently ruminative turn through the concerto's solo opening phrase, Gutierrez displayed an unfailing sensibility for the psychological sunlight and shadows that flicker in this music's every facet. " 
  17. ↑ Lawrence BUDMEN: Cleveland Orchestra gives riveting performance . In: The Miami Herald , April 9, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  18. ^ Zachary Lewis: Faces new and familiar produce dynamic Cleveland Orchestra program . In: The Plain Dealer , April 1, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  19. ^ Robert Croan: Gutiérrez Ends Y Music Series in Grand Style . In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , April 14, 2001. Retrieved September 26, 2013. "Gutierrez is an artist who revels in the biggest, most technically demanding works in the keyboard repertory, and he carries it off magnificently." 
  20. ↑ John Henken: Gutiérrez Makes Dynamic Return to LA . In: Los Angeles Times , March 27, 2000. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  21. ↑ Gerald Fisher: Gutiérrez, Kalmar strike sparks in Brahms concerto . In: Chicago Classical Review , August 19, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2011. "... coupled with a sterling performance of the Brahms First Piano Concerto." 
  22. ↑ Allan Kozinn: Framing Flights of Fantasy With Sonata's Formality . In: The New York Times , April 22, 1999. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
  23. ^ Lesley Valdes: Pianist Gutierrez Interprets Brahms Concerto at the Mann . In: The Philadelphia Inquirer , July 22, 1992. Retrieved July 17, 2011. 
  24. ↑ CMA ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cramermarderartists.com
  25. ↑ Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice September 2009 .
  26. ↑ Platt, Russell, Classical Notes Best Of 2006, The New Yorker , January 15, 2007
  27. ↑ George Perle A Life in Music .: "Completed in 1999 and dedicated to Horacio Gutiérrez"
personal data
SURNAME Gutiérrez, Horacio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pianist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana