Sonatine: II. Mouvement De Menuet

"A first-rate pianist." - Seymour Lipkin ~ "A pianist of extraordinary musicality." - Jacob Lateiner ~ "A pianist of uncommon musicality and sensitivity." - Adele Marcus ~ "A musician of depth and maturity". ~ William Lincer ~ "When I first heard Lisa Sitjar in recital, it was shortly after I'd returned from England where I'd attended a recital by the man who was generally considered to be the leading living interpreter of Beethoven. As it happened, he and Lisa both played Beethoven's Sonata, No. 30 in E Major, Opus 109. To my happy astonishment, I preferred Lisa's - and by a goodly margin. All of her recitals since then have corroborated that early impression that Lisa Sitjar's is a world-class talent." - Thomas J. McCormack

For over 30 years, Lisa Joy Sitjar has performed extensively in New York City, Los Angeles, Canada, and abroad. Her recital performances include appearances at Alice Tully Hall; Merkin Concert Hall (New York debut); semiannual recitals at Lincoln Center, the Museum of the City of New York, Trinity Church; New York University; the United Nations; the Center for Inter-American Relations; Federal Hall; Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace; the New York Historical Society; and Greenwich House. Since 1985, Ms Sitjar has performed semiannually at the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Ms Sitjar has also performed recitals at the Palais d’Athenée (European debut) as a participant of the Concerts Atlantique Music Festival and the International Museum of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland; the Musée de Saint-Laurent, Christ Church Cathedral, and Place des Arts in Montréal, Canada; Musikverein, Brahms-saal in Vienna, Austria; Steinway Hall, Brand Library and the Donald Rice Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Ms Sitjar has inaugurated the Five Cities Philharmonic Association Concert Series in San Luis Obispo, California, and has opened the concert season at the Deutsches Haus at New York University. Born in Los Angeles of musical parents, Ms Sitjar began her study of piano at age five. Formal training commenced four years later, under Mme. Ethel Leginska. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School, where she studied with Jacob Lateiner and Adele Marcus. Chamber music studies were under William Lincer, Antonio Janigro, and Paul Doktor. Thereafter, she spent five culminating years of coaching with Seymour Lipkin. Originally from Los Angeles, California, Ms Sitjar received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School and is a recipient of the Morris Loeb Memorial Award and the Ruth D. Rosenmann Memorial Award. Since October, 2000, Ms Sitjar has made several solo and collaborative recordings.

RECORDED: October 26 and November 4, 2000 at Sean Swinney Recording
REMASTERED: June, 2012
RECORDING ENGINEER: Sean Swinney
ART DESIGN: Henry Sene Yee/Hot Monkey Design
PHOTOGRAPHY: Christian Steiner