Gerardo Teissonnière (born March 29, 1961, in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican pianist and teacher.
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Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano, four hands D.940
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BACH: Aria in G Major, BWV.988
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata no.32 in c minor, op.111 II. Arietta
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Education
Gerardo Teissonnière studied at the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico with Jesús María Sanromá and at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Vitya Vronsky (Vronsky & Babin), both disciples of Artur Schnabel and Alfred Cortot, and at the Aspen Music Festival with Jeaneane Dowis, former assistant to Rosina Lhévinne at the Juilliard School. He also pursued post-graduate studies in Europe with Dmitri Bashkirov and Joaquín Achúcarro.
Professional career
Since his American debut at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Gerardo Teissonnière has given première performances of music by 20th-century composers such as Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, Alberto Ginastera, Lowell Liebermann, Darius Milhaud, Arvo Pärt and Heitor Villa-Lobos.[1] In 2004 he embarked on a five-recital cycle presenting the complete Mozart piano sonatas. In 2005 he was invited to perform in Poland in conjunction with commemorative events of the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death and the fifteenth Chopin International Piano Competition.[2] Teissonniere has recorded for the Steinway & Sons label and is a Steinway Artist and faculty member of the Cleveland Institute of Music.[3]
Awards and honors
Gerardo Teissonnière is a recipient of the Arthur Loesser Memorial Award and the 2008 Alumni Achievement Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2008 he was awarded the Judson Smart Living Award in Education. He has also been nominated for the Ohio Arts Council's Governors' Award for the Arts.[4]
Discography
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| Beethoven: The Last Sonatas[5] |
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| Schubert: The Complete Impromptus[6] |
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See also
References
- ^ "BB#4 in Cleveland | Heitor Villa-Lobos Website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Events - Gerardo Teissonnière and Konrad Binienda Recital". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ^ "Gerardo Teissonnière | Cleveland Institute of Music".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Product Family | BEETHOVEN Gerardo Teissonnière". Steinway & Sons. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Product Family | SCHUBERT Gerardo Teissonnière". Steinway & Sons. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
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