Event Detail

Pianist Christopher Guzman will visit the Conrad Prebys Music Center as a special guest performer. Guzman was a piano student at University of Texas at Austin, New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School before landing his current position as an assistant professor at Penn State University. Lauded by the New York Times for his "coiled, explosive playing," Guzman has performed with several distinguished orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He is an award recipient of the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music Competition, the Isang Yun Competition of South Korea and the 10th Concours International de Piano d'Orleans in France. Guzman's program will include:

• Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 by Robert Schumann

• Twelve Etudes, Op. 8 by Aleksandr Scriabin

1. Etude in C-sharp minor

2. Etude in F-sharp minor

3. Etude in B minor

4. Etude in B major

5. Etude in E major

6. Etude in A major

7. Etude in B-flat minor

8. Etude in A-flat major

9. Etude in G-sharp minor

10. Etude in D-flat major

11. Etude in B-flat minor

12. Etude in D-sharp minor