Krzysztof Meisinger
a concert of music from Poland, Spain, and ItalySunday, February 15, 4:00 pm, Hatch Recital Hall, ESM
Variations on a theme by Mozart, op.9 ‒ Fernando Sor (Spain, 1778-1839)
Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s “La Traviata” ‒ Francisco Tarrega (Spain, 1852-1909)
To a sorrowful girl (Zasmuconej) ‒ Mieczysław Karłowicz, arr.
K. Meisinger (Poland, 1876-1909)
Cavatina ‒ Aleksander Tansman (Poland, 1897-1986)
Danza Pomposa ‒ Aleksander Tansman
Koyounbaba ‒ Carlo Domeniconi (Italy, b. 1947)
Tickets $10, $5 for students, available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office
The event is sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, University of Rochester, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, and the Polish Heritage Society of Rochester.
Krzysztof Meisinger is a Polish musician who has been hailed internationally as one of the most fascinating and charismatic young classical guitar players. As a soloist, he has performed in the United States (most recently at the Hatch Recital Hall in Rochester, NY in February 2014), Germany, France, England, Serbia, Austria, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine, with ensembles such as Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Kiev, the Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Quartet Berlin. Since the beginning of the artistic season 2013/14, Krzysztof Meisinger has been a Permanent Guest Conductor of one of the best Polish chamber orchestras, the Capella Bydgostiensis. Krzysztof Meisinger plays on Roger Allan's guitar, "Hauser Model," and Augustine strings.
Selected reviews and opinions:
"No musician has appealed to me so superbly in my national music, as guitarist Krzysztof Mesinger on a Guitar Concerto by Heitor Villa-Lobos. He is an artist who combines a talent with hard-working, discipline, musicality and sensitivity, which is so unique."
Jose Maria Florencio - conductor
"Meisinger is a musician who has already achieved an astonishing maturity…Meisinger has technique in abundance and truckloads of onstage charisma. As the Danza Pomposa reached its stirring conclusion, no-one in the room could have been in any doubt that we were in a presence of a young artist who needs only a few turns of good fortune to see him on his way to global stardom."
Paul Fowles - Classical Guitar Magazine
"For ages I have not heard such a fascinating personality as Krzysztof Meisinger...The world deserves his playing, virtuosity, individuality and passion!"
Rainer Aschemeier - The Listener - (Germany)