STEFAN STROISSNIG | PIANO RECITAL | CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
MARCH 22, 2011 | 07:30 PM
In March, Stefan Stroissnig, a talented young pianist from Austria performed works by Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Friedrich Cerha, and Franz Schubert in the framework of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York Chamber Music Series.
Born in Vienna in 1985, Stefan Stroissnig attended his first piano lessons at the age of seven. He completed his studies with Oleg Maisenberg in Vienna and has received further artistic advice from Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Kehrer, Dmitri Bashkirov and Vadim Suchanow.
Since the age of eleven Stefan Stroissnig has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestras (The Bruckner Orchestra, The Vienna Chamber Orchestra, among others) in Europe’s most important concert halls such as the Wiener Musikverein, the Wiener Konzerthaus, and the Berlin Philharmonic Hall as well as in America and Japan.
Furthermore, he won first prize and the EMCY award at the International Greta Erikson’s Piano Competition in Karlstad (Sweden), and received an award at the International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen (Germany). In 2003 Stefan Stroissnig, together with Dalibor Karvay (violin) and Milan Karanovic (cello), formed a piano trio, which received the Karajan-Fellowship in Vienna the same year. Their chamber music performances have been given high praise in major European cities such as Rome, Berlin, London and Vienna, and at various festivals around the world.
Audio recordings from the event:
Liszt: Bénédiction de dieu dans la solitude S 173/3 (Harmonies poétiques
et religieuses)
Part 1
Part 2
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F minor
Part 1
Part 2
Photos of the event (click to enlarge):
