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Horacio
Gutiérrez
June
28, 2008
Considered one
of the great pianists of our time, 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 past 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.
Last season he performed on subscription and on tour with the
Cleveland Orchestra, and returned for his bi-annual concerts
with the San Francisco Symphony among many other orchestras.
During the 07-08 season, in addition to several recitals, he
opens the seasons of the Dallas Symphony and the Oregon Symphony
and also performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta
Symphony, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony,
the Seattle Symphony, the Utah Symphony and the San Diego Symphony.
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 has been 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 New York Philharmonic 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
dedicated to 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 most
recent recording, “George Perle: A Retrospective”,
was named one of the ten best recordings of 2006 by The New Yorker.
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 is married to pianist
Patricia Asher and resides in New York City. |
