About the artist
Mr. Beisner has been active as a classical pianist throughout the United States and Europe since his solo recital debut in 2005. A year later in 2006 he gave his debut concerto performance with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37.
Notable performances have included recitals at the Conservatoire Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, the Liszt Saal at the Accademia d’Ungheria in Rome, Italy, numerous recitals throughout Switzerland, including an all-Liszt recital in the famous “Le Troi Rois” hotel in Basel, repeated invitations at the Schmiedenhof Zunftsaal, also in Basel, various concerts in Budapest, Hungary, and performances at the Summer Liszt Academy in Schillingsfürst, Germany.
In the United States, he has been invited to perform by Chopin societies in Connecticut, Texas, the Chopin Foundation in Florida, the American Liszt Society, and the Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut.
Mr. Beisner has performed with symphony orchestras in Indiana, Connecticut, and Nevada in the U.S. and in Switzerland and Italy. He also frequently collaborates with colleagues in chamber music and vocal accompaniment.
He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, USA (BMus) and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem) in Budapest, Hungary (M.A.).
Mr. Beisner received rave reviews in the German/Swiss newspapers “Die Neue Fricktaler Zeitung” and “Badische Zeitung” for his recitals, notably his performances of the music of Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Liszt. He is also a 1st prize winner of the London Liszt Society Competition, and holds the “Marie Hohenlohe” medal for pianistic excellence from the Summer Liszt Academy at Schloss-Schillingfuerst, Germany. His debut CD, presenting the works of Franz Liszt, was released in late 2020 under the German label “Perfect Noise”
Upcoming projects in 2024 include a new recording and live performances of the cello sonatas of F. Chopin and S. Rachmaninoff with world-renowned cellist Ignacy Gaydamovich, Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with the New Britain Symphony under maestro Toshiyuki Shimada, and various recitals in Connecticut, USA, France, and Switzerland.
Reviews
LAUFENBURG/SCHWEIZ
Schwere Klavierstücke mit Leichtigkeit
vorgetragen, das war zu erleben beim Konzert von Liszt-Fachmann Corbin Beisner im Rehmann Museum Laufenburg
Liszt-Fachmann Corbin Beisner spielt im Rehmann Museum auch Werke von Domenico Scarlatti und Frédéric Chopin. Der Pianist stellt sich gern Herausforderungen und meistert diese virtuos.
Meisterlich: Corbin Beisner zeigte sein virtouses Spiel am Flügel im Rehmann Museum. | Bild: Peter Schütz
LAUFENBURG
Pianist Corbin Beisner zeigt ein glückliches Händchen für romantische Musik bei seinem Auftritt im Laufenburger Rehmann Museum
Der amerikanische Pianist Corbin Beisner beeindruckt bei seinem Konzert im Rehmann Museum in Laufenburg/CH mit Liszt.
Accolades
“Corbin Beisner (USA, b. 1988) is already a distinguished pianist with a burgeoning career. His playing of the Petrarch Sonnet 104 and the Dante Sonata showed the wealth of artistic experience that lay behind very assured and absolutely note-perfect accounts. His apparently unperturbable demeanor at the keyboard affords him a justified air of true musical authority, and his performance was masterly.”
-Leslie Howard, pianist, pedagogue, and president of the jury, London Liszt Society
“Er ist ein Ausnahme pianist, dessen Klavierspiel Zug und Größe hat.“
(“He is an exceptional pianist whose playing has impact and greatness.”)
-Mario Venzago, principal conductor and artistic director of the Bern Symphony Orchestra, Bern, Switzerland
“He has a technical accuracy that is astonishing, combined with an easy relaxed way at the keyboard…he is one of the best of the new generation of pianists. If you have an opportunity to hear Corbin in concert, run-don’t walk to hear him.”
-Paul Bisaccia, American pianist and author, from “Piano Player-Memoir and Master Class”
“Corbin Beisner is an outstanding young pianist with quasi limitless technical abilities. In addition to this he has a refined touch and a well developed sense for tone colour.”
-Ádám Fellegi, concert pianist and Liszt Prize winner of the Hungarian State
“The moment that Beethoven wrote in the elaborate embellishments in the variations, (op. 34), the music was allowed to flow naturally in Corbin’s expert hands…a superb shape and dynamic range, but above all a sense of style that left no doubt about his remarkable musicianship….”
“It was obvious from the opening C-sharp of the Chopin Barcarolle that here was a pianist who listens attentively and plays with superb musicianship and a sense of control…he allowed Chopin’s outpouring of continuous song to flow with a pulse that ebbed and flowed with a very subtle sense of rubato…never exaggerating but allowing the music to speak so naturally…it was the absolute clarity and musical intelligence that was so refreshing to hear in a work that too often is reduced to a showpiece for virtuosi!”
“…Corbin was an ideal interpreter of some of these lesser known works (of Liszt). They were played with an intelligence in totally convincing interpretations that made one, like contemporary scores, want to hear all over again.”
-Christopher Axworthy, Keyboard Charitable Trust and Critic, London Liszt Society