Furman University will host Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Professor (piano) Norman Krieger Thursday, March 22 at 8 p.m.in Daniel Recital Hall.<\/p>\n
Krieger is Furman\u2019s Distinguished Visiting Professor in Piano. His performance is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Furman Department of Music.<\/p>\n
A native of Los Angeles, Krieger is one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation and is regarded as an artist of depth, sensitivity and virtuosic flair.<\/p>\n
Zubin Mehta, Marin Alsop, Myung-Whun Chung, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, JoAnn Falletta, Jeffrey Kahane, Donald Runnicles, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Keith Lockhart are a few of the conductors with whom Krieger has collaborated.<\/p>\n
Krieger regularly appears with the major orchestras of North America, among them the New York, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Dayton and Rochester philharmonics, the Minnesota Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, National Symphony, Pacific Symphony and the symphony orchestras of Austin, Baltimore, California, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, El Paso, Florida and dozens more.<\/p>\n
Abroad, he has been guest soloist for national and regional symphony orchestras in Germany, Czech Republic, Turkey, New Zealand, Taiwan, China (Hong Kong and Shanghai), and Great Britain.<\/p>\n
In recital, Krieger has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Mexico and Asia, while chamber music collaborations have included appearances with sopranos Beverly Hoch and Sheri Greenawald, cellists Jian Wang and Zuill Bailey, and the Tokyo and Manhattan string quartets. His debut at New York City\u2019s prestigious Carnegie Hall and Mostly Mozart Festival earned him an immediate invitation to Lincoln Center\u2019s 2005-06 Great Performers Series.<\/p>\n
At age 15, Krieger became a full-scholarship student of Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School, where he earned both bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees. Subsequently, he studied with Alfred Brendel and Maria Curcio in London and earned an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory.<\/p>\n
A champion of contemporary music, he features the music of John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, John Corigliano, Daniel Brewbaker, Donald Crockett, Judith St. Croix, Lukas Foss and Lowell Liebermann among his active repertoire.<\/p>\n
Krieger\u2019s solo recordings include five albums available on the Artisie 4 label: \u201cNorman Krieger: Transformations,\u201d \u201cGershwin in Prague,\u201d \u201cTomas Svoboda: Piano Concertos,\u201d \u201cNorman Krieger: Piano Recital,\u201d and \u201cAmerican Piano Concertos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Krieger\u2019s chamber music collaborations include \u201cRaising the Roof,\u201d (Artisie 4); \u201cThe Prince Albert Chamber Music Festival,\u201d (Artisie 4); \u201cVoices Through Time,\u201d (Summit) and \u201cSummerdays,\u201d (Well-Tempered).<\/p>\n
Joining the faculty at Indiana University\u2019s Jacobs School in 2016, Krieger previously served nearly 20 years as professor of keyboard studies at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thornton School of Music.<\/p>\n
Krieger is the founding artistic director of The Prince Albert Music Festival in Hawaii. Since 2008, he has served on the summer faculty at the Brevard music festival in North Carolina.<\/p>\n