Horacio Gutierrez

Horacio Gutierrez (born August 28, 1948, in Havana) is an American pianist of Cuban origin. He studied in Havana with Cesar Perez Sentenat before emigrating with his family to the United States in 1961, and he became a U.S. citizen in 1967.

In the United States he continued his training in Los Angeles with Sergei Tarnowsky and later at the Juilliard School with Adele Marcus. In 1970 he won Second Prize at the Fourth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and in 1982 he received the Avery Fisher Prize.

Gutierrez is noted for major recordings that include the complete piano concertos of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. He has also devoted significant attention to contemporary American music, performing William Schuman's Piano Concerto at a concert marking the composer's 75th birthday and playing Andre Previn's concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. Gutierrez teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.

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