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Martin Piecuch
Sunday, 28th March @7:00PM
Martin Piecuch (pronounced PQ in USA and Pietsook in Europe). In 16 trips to Russia, Maestro Piecuch has conducted and performed with her finest orchestras as well as jazz bands. In 2005 he made his debut as guest conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. In 2003 he was named Permanent Guest Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic, and has appeared on the podia of the orchestras of Archangelsk, Khabarovsk, Omsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok, He is the holder of a Bronze Medal presented by Russia's Minister of Culture. He has also conducted the Seoul National Symphony and next year will debut as conductor with the Helsinki (Finland) Philharmoni. He has conducted opera productions in Washington DC, New York, St. Petersburg, Yakutsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Graz, Austria.
Martin Piecuch made his Kennedy Center conducting debut in 1996: the world premiere of LanYing, which was his first of six collaborations with Stage Director Elizabeth Falk. In September 2001 he made his New York debut at the Society for Ethical Culture, leading A Puccini Ring Cycle: Gianni Schicchi, Messa di Gloria and Le Nozze de Martin e Elizabeth, which also served as their on-stage wedding. In Spring 2004 he led a new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Yakutsk, the world's northernmost opera company, which Elizabeth Falk directed..
His CD as soloist with the Stravinsky String Quartet of St. Petersburg is now being published by Boston Records.
Martin Piecuch is Music Director and Conductor of the USA Ballet and of PALA Opera Association. From 1990-98 as Music Director & Conductor of Washington Symphony Orchestra, he led the orchestra through a growth period of budget, audience, and artistic development with concert seasons at Constitution Hall. Crowning his tenure with WSO he produced an international orchestra with musicians from the WSO, the Bohuslav Martinu Orchestra from Zlin, Czech Republic, and the Ukraine Radio/TV Orchestra in a 21-Concert Tour of Germany and Austria. In 1995 he was the first American to conduct the Krasnoyarsk (Siberia) Symphony Orchestra in the International Music Festival of Asian Pacific Countries. He returned in 1996 to conduct two KSO concerts and Die Fledermaus. In 2002 he conducted Verdi*s Il Trovatore and four symphonic concerts with the orchestras of Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok, where he also led the Russian Far East's first playing ever of Stravinsky’s Firebird.
Martin Piecuch has led Indiana University Orchestra in Bloomington, Hradec Kralova Philharmonic in Czech Republic, the Danville (IL) Symphony Orchestra, and the Vogtland Philharmonie of Greiz/Reichenbach, Germany as the first American conductor. He was resident conductor, orchestra manager and chorusmaster at Wolf Trap, Music Director/Conductor of Washington Civic Opera and Symphony, and Conductor of Alexandria Choral Society. He has led over 800 performances including those at Wolf Trap, Carter Barron and Kennedy Center and was Music Director of Aldersgate Choir which he led on tour in Germany, Austria and Hungary.
This native of Maine became the saxophone soloist with the U. S. Marine Band. He studied saxophone with Himie Voxman and Sigurd Rascher He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in each woodwind instrument, Summa Cum Laude, and an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from Catholic University of America, studying with Frederick Fennell. He was Founder/ Director of Washington Woodwind & Saxophone Quartet, guest flutist at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, and from 1963-1992 Saxophone Soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under Aaron Copland, Antal Dorati and Julius Rudell. He accompanied Beverly Sills, Henry Mancini, Dinah Shore, Johnny Mathis and Anthony Newley at Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, National and Ford's Theaters. He's served on the faculties of St. Mary*s College, Howard University and Catholic University of America.
