Presents

Kristian Bezuidenhout
November 21, 2015 (Saturday) at 7:30
Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The World of the Fortepiano:

Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
& Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
C.P.E. BACH

Rondo in C Minor, Wq.59/4

MOZART

Suite in C Major, K.399

Ouverture (Grave); Allegro
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande (performed in a completion by Robert D. Levin)

MOZART

Menuet in D Major, K.355/576b

MOZART

Gigue in C Major, K.574

INTERMISSION - RECEPTION

C.P.E. BACH

Sonata in E Minor, Wq.59/1

Presto
Adagio
Andantino

MOZART

Rondo in A Minor, K.511

MOZART

Fantasy in C Minor, K.475

MOZART

Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K.333

Allegro
Andante cantabile
Allegretto grazioso

About the Artist

KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT was born in South Africa in 1979. He began his studies in
Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music and now lives in London. After initial
studies as a modern pianist with Rebecca Penneys, he explored early keyboards, studying
harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson and continuo playing and
performance practice with Paul ODette.
Bezuidenhout first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious
first prize as well as the audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition.
Bezuidenhout is a frequent guest artist with the worlds leading ensembles including The Freiburger
Barockorchester, Orchestre des Champs Elyses, Orchestra of the 18th Century, English Concert,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concerto Kln, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and
Collegium Vocale Gent, in many instances assuming the role of guest director. He has performed
with celebrated artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brggen, Trevor
Pinnock, Ton Koopman, Christopher Hogwood, Pieter Wispelwey, Daniel Hope, Jean-Guihen
Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Viktoria Mullova, Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore.
Bezuidenhout now divides his time between concerto, recital and chamber music engagements,
appearing in the early music festivals of Barcelona, Boston, Bruges, Innsbruck, St. Petersburg,
Venice and Utrecht; the festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh, Schleswig Holstein, Tangelwood and
Luzern and Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center, and at many of the worlds most important concert halls
including the Berlin and Kln Philharmonie, Suntory Hall, Theatre des Champs Elyses, Symphony
Hall, Konzerthaus Vienna, Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall.
Since 2009, Bezuidenhout has embarked on a long-term recording relationship with Harmonia
Mundi. Recent recordings include Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the complete keyboard music of Mozart
(prizes include Diapason D'or, a Caecilia Prize, and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik);
Mendelssohn piano concertos with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Schumann
Dichterliebe with Mark Padmore (both won Edison Awards). His recording of Beethoven violin
sonatas with Viktoria Mullova (ONYX label) won an Echo Award for the best chamber music
album of 2011. A disc of Mozart Piano Concertos (K. 453 & 482) with the Freiburg Baroque
Orchestra was released in November, 2012.