The debut recording by the latest winner of the Swiss Liszt Society’s competition: Corbin Beisner. On his debut CD, the young pianist Corbyn Beisner indulges in the complexity, mysticism and passion of major piano works by Franz Liszt, recorded in the beautiful acoustics of the Menuhin Forum Bern.

Since his performing debut in 2006 playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no.3, op.37, Corbin Beisner (born 1988) has been active as a classical pianist throughout Europe and the United States. Notable performances have included recitals at the Conservatoire Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, the Liszt Saal at the Accademia d’Ungheria in Rome, Italy, all-Liszt recitals throughout Switzerland, including a recital in the famous “Les Troi Rois” hotel in Basel, numerous concerts in Budapest, Hungary, and performances at the Liszt Summer Piano Festival at Schloss Schillingsfürst in Schillingsfürst, Germany.

In the United States, he has been invited to perform by Chopin societies in Connecticut, Texas, the Chopin Foundation in Florida, and the American Liszt Society. Mr. Beisner has also performed with symphony orchestras in Connecticut, Nevada, and Indiana in the USA and in Basel, Switzerland, and has also collaborated with many other instrumentalists.

He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, USA (BMus) and of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem) in Budapest, Hungary (M.M.) In 2018 and 2019, he received rave reviews in the German/Swiss newspapers Die Neue Fricktaler Zeitung and Badische Zeitung, notably for his performances of the music of Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Liszt. He is also the 1st prize winner of the 2018 London Liszt Society Competition.