Featured Soloist: Mark Kroll, fortepiano
March 3 & 5, 2006

Mark Kroll makes his third appearance with the Boston Classical Orchestra at these concerts and his second on fortepiano. For more than three decades, he has performed on four continents, winning critical praise for his expressive playing and virtuosity. Kroll is the first American harpsichordist to appear in several countries, including recent concerts in Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. He has appeared as concerto soloist with some of the world's major orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, the Belgrade Chamber Orchestra and I Solisti di Zagreb. Since 1979 he has been official harpsichordist for the Boston Symphony.

His extensive list of recordings includes solo harpsichord works of J.S. Bach, Handel and D. Scarlatti; a world-premiere recording of Mozart's "Haffner" and Linz" symphonies as transcribed by J. N. Hummel for fortepiano and instruments; and two compact discs of contemporary American harpsichord music. A noted authority on performance practice and period instruments, Kroll has contributed to scholarly publications and general readership magazines and journals. He is a proponent of the harpsichord music of the 20th and 21st centuries and has premiered, commissioned and recorded many new works.

As a conductor, he has directed both orchestral and vocal ensembles, and served as the Artistic Director of Opera New England. He has received a Senior Fulbright Award from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and in 1989 served as Fulbright Professor and Artist-in-Residence in Yugoslavia, later returning for recitals in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Zadar. In 1991 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Padua, Italy and in 1993 he served as Professor at the Conservatory of Music in Würzburg, Germany. He has conducted master classes in the music academies of Warsaw, Krakow and Ljubljana and the Athens Conservatory in Greece. Kroll is Professor Emeritus at Boston University, where for 25 years he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Historical Performance.

Mr. Kroll plays F. Haydn's Concerto for Violin & Fortepiano in F major with violinist Carol Lieberman on March 3 & 5, 2006.

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