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Fritz Steinegger performing Concertos
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- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Genre: Classical » Symphonic
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A native of Phoenix, concert pianist Fritz Steinegger has made a name for himself in famed symphony halls from Cologne to Naples. Steinegger is distinguished by an earnest, direct style that prizes emotional depth over frilly ornamentation. As a result,
Biography
FRITZ STEINEGGER -- a native of Phoenix, Arizona -- studied in New York with Wolfgang Rose, at the Akademie in Vienna with Ludwig Czaczkes, and at the Conservatoire in Geneva with Nikita Magaloff.
A prize-winner at the International Casella Competition, he went on to play recital tours of Europe, appearing as soloist with such leading ensembles as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Radio Cologne Orchestra, and the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples.
Steinegger's recent activities have been centered in Latin America, where he concertizes widely, from Mexico to Argentina. Mexico City's leading newspaper, Novedades, recently hailed him as "something quite different: a free spirit in the world of classical music".
