Christopher Guzman, piano

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT

Galvin Recital Hall

Pianist Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career that showcases a broad range of styles from the Baroque era to the avant-garde. Since winning top prizes in international competitions such as the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music Competition, and the Isang Yun Competition, 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 France, he has toured that country extensively, giving performances and teaching master classes. His CD of music of Paul Reale on the Naxos label, Chopin’s Ghosts, was included in Fanfare magazine’s top five releases of 2018. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with the classical music world’s most exciting soloists, including Ilya Gringolts, Antoine Tamestit, David Fray, and Jeremy Denk. Guzman joined Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony Orchestra as a keyboardist in 2024. 

Franz Liszt, “Sposalizio” from Années de pèlerinage 
George Walker, Piano Sonata No. 2 
Robert Schumann, Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op. 26 
Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3 
Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in B Major, Op. 56, No. 1 
Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in F-sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3 
Béla Bartók, selected Bagatelles, Op. 6 
     IV. Grave (Hungarian Folk Song)
     V. Vivo (Slovak Folk Song)
     VII. Allegretto molto capriccioso
     IX. Allegretto grazioso
     X. Allegro
     XI. Allegretto molto rubato
     XIV. Waltz ("My Dancing Sweetheart")
Enrique Granados, “Los requiebros” from Goyescas, Book I 

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