Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Welcome to Sebastian's Universe of Music

Born in Buenos Aires in 1975, Sebastian Forster studied with Maestro Aldo Antognazzi, former pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and finished his studies at he Liszt Academy of Budapest.
He has been hailed as the best young Argentine pianist by the world- renowned master pianist Ralph Votapek, judge of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Performing since the age of ten, he has been a featured soloist in Argentina, Uruguay, The Netherlands, Chezc Republic, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Chile, Germany, Ukraine, and USA.

He lived most of his life in Holland, where he has regularly performed in the world- famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Mr. Forster made his debut at the Concertgebouw with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, performing Mozart Piano Concerto N 23, which was recorded live by BMG Victor Red Seal.

Since then, his international career includes tours with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Berliner Symphoniker, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the Linz Bruckner Orchestra, the Budapest Concert Orchestra Mav, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, and the Flemish Radio Orchestra. At the Sala Verdi in Milan , he gave Solo Piano Recitals that included works by Ginastera, Liszt, Prokofieff, and Mozart.

In Buenos Aires he opened the season of the very prestigious Concert Series like Asociation Wagneriana Serie & Mozarteum Argentino at the Colon Theatre.
Performed as a soloist with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, under Franz Paul Decker and others.At the Colon Theatre Filarmonica Series and with the National Symphony Orchestra of Buenos Aires under its principal chief conductor, Pedro Ignacio Calderon.

He recorded the following CD's, Rachmaninoff's Second and Third Piano Concertos with the Radio State Ukrainian Orchestra in Kiev, conducted by Dwight Bennett; Solo piano Works with music of Argentinean Composer Uña Ramos; the Beethoven third Piano Concerto for "Clasica Magazine" of Argentina; Muzio Clemente's sonatas; The 23rd Mozart Piano Concerto for "BMG Victor Red Seal" and Volume I of the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas.


He is the founder member of the “Trio Fundacion Astor Piazzolla " which toured in Belgium , The Netherlands, USA , and Argentina , including concerts through Holland , with the Argentinean Mayo Chamber Orchestra, and a CD released by "World Connection" Seal sold worldwide, with Piazzolla's Nacar Concerto World Premiere.

He opened the 47th Chopin Festival in Marienbad, 50th anniversary celebration for Edelman World Public Relations Firm at the Historical Society in NYC, and for the Raoul Wallemberg Foundation at the East Park Synagogue in NYC,commemorating the life of Carl Lutz, a Swiss diplomat that saved many lives in the Holocaust,the Endless Mountain Music Festival in Pennsylvania, Jazz at Lincoln Center for the PSNYC, Steinway Hall in NYC and the Harvard Club in NYC.

Mr.Forster lives in the US as a teaching artist and Faculty at the Piano School of NYC since 2005 and is actually recording the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas as part of his artistic legacy.

Sebastian Forster's Repertory

CLASSICAL REPERTORY

J. S. Bach :

* French Suite N.1, in D minor
* Fifteen Two- Part Inventions
* Goldberg Variations
* Chromatic fantasie and fuge, BWV 903
* Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052


W. A. Mozart :

* Sonata N.4, K.282
* Sonata N.5, K.283
* Sonata N.12, K.332
* Sonata N.14, K.457
* Sonata N.16, K.545
* Fantasy in D minor, K.397
* Four hands Sonata N.2, K.381
* Sonata for Violin & Piano in G Major, K.301 / 293a
* Piano Concerto N.19, in F Major, K.459
* Piano Concerto N.21, in C Major, K.467
* Piano Concerto N.23, in A major, K.488
* Piano concerto N.24, in C minor, K.491
* Concerto for two Pianos, in E flat major




Ludwig van Beethoven:

* Sonatas N. 2, 7, 32, and 42 L. V. Beethoven :
* Sonata N.1, Op.2 N.1
* Sonata N.2, Op.2 N.2
* Sonata N.3, Op.2 N.3.
* Sonata N.4, Op.7
* Sonata N.5, Op.10 N.1
* Sonata N.6, Op.10 N.2
* Sonata N 7, Op.10 N3
* Sonata N.8, Op.13
* Sonata N.9, Op.14 N.1
* Sonata N.10, Op.14 N.2
* Sonata N.11, Op, 22
* Sonata N.12, Op, 26
* Sonata N.13, Op, 27 N,1
* Sonata N.14, Op.27 N.2
* Sonata N.15, Op.28
* Sonata N.16, Op.31 N.1
* Sonata N.17, Op.31 N.2
* Sonata N.18, Op.31 N.3
* Sonata N.19, Op.49 N,1
* Sonata N.20, Op.49 N,2
* Sonata N.21, Op.53
* Sonata N.22, Op.54
* Sonata N.23, Op.57
* Sonata N.24, Op.78
* Sonata N.25, Op.79
* Sonata N.26, Op.81
* Sonata N.27, Op.90
* Sonata N.28, Op.101
* Sonata N.29, Op.106
* Sonata N.30, Op.109
* Sonata N.31, Op.110
* Sonata N.32, Op.111

* Rondo in C major, Op.51 / 1
* 32 Variations in C minor Op.120
* Sonata for Violin and Piano N.5 " Spring ", Op.24

* Triple Concerto, in C major, Op.56

* Piano Concerto N.3, in C minor, Op. 37


F. Chopin :

* Etudes Op.10
* Sonata N.2, Op.35
* Scherzo N.2, Op.31
* Polonaise Op.26, N.1
* Polonaise Op.53, N.6
* Nocturnes, Impromptus, Preludes, Mazurkas, and Waltzes.

Piano Concerto

* Piano Concerto N.1, Op.11

J. Brahms :

* Piano Concerto N.1, in D minor, Op. 15


F. Liszt :

* Sonata, in B minor
* Mephisto Waltz N.1, Ca 1860
* Funerailles
* Hungarian Raphsody N.6, in D flat major


* Piano Concerto N.1, in E flat major


R. Schumann :

* Quintet in E- flat major, Op.44
* Papillons, Op.2

* Piano Concerto, in A minor, Op.54


E. Grieg :

* Sonata, Op.7


* Piano Concerto, Op.16



S. Rachmaninoff :

* Piano Concerto N.2, in C minor, Op.18
* Piano Concerto N.3, in D minor, Op.30


P. I. Tchaikovsky :

* Piano Concerto N.1, in B flat minor, Op. 23


Kurt Atterberg : ( Swedish, romantic style)

* Piano Concerto, Op.37 ( 35 min. Similar to Rachmaninoff Piano concerto N.2 )


S. Prokofieff :

* Sonata N.7, Op.83


* Piano Concerto N.3, in C, Op. 26


G. Gershwin :

* Three Preludes for Piano - Piano Concerto, in F


M. Mussorgsky :

* Scherzo


ARGENTINEAN COMPOSERS REPERTORY

A. Ginastera :

* Sonata N.1 ( 20 min. )
* 12 American Preludes ( 15 min. )


J. J. Castro :

* Toccatta ( 6 min. )


A. Piazzolla :

* Adaptation for Trio ( Bandoneon, Cello, and Piano) and String Chamber Orchestra ( 65 min. of music )
* Adios Nonino ( Farewell Nonino, also for solo piano )
* Nacar Concerto
* The Four Seasons ( two of them, also for solo piano )
* Fuga and Mistery
* Concerto for Quintet
* Tango for Maxima ( the Argentinean Princess in Holland )


Uña Ramos ( Classical folklore, romantic style ) :

* Solo Piano Works.