Joseph Cisar

The Chicago Tribune reviewed and described Joseph Cisar’s Orchestra Hall debut as “a fleet fingered soloist with talent.” The Chicago Sun-Times declared him “a pianist who can find the charm and make it thoroughly beguiling for all of us.” Past performances included two tours with Leonard Bernstein through Israel and Europe. He has performed numerous times with orchestra. Favoring the highly popular lecture-recital format, he performs and speaks to audiences about repertoire, music history, and the historical times of the composers. Presentations included both books of the Chopin Études in performance and lecture recital demonstrating the fusion of the technical and musical aspects of the studies in their entirety.

Studies with Dr. Karen Shaw at Indiana University and further studies in New York with master teacher Germán Diez joined him to an impressive pedagogical lineage. Mr. Cisar, through study with Mr. Diez, continues a lineage linking him to Claudio Arrau, Martin Krause, Franz Liszt, Carl Czerny, and finally to Beethoven. Mr. Cisar maintains a private teaching studio.