Marc Widner

Marc Widner has several decades of experience as a performer, as soloist and chamber musician, with numerous radio broadcasts and recordings to his credit. In May, 1998, he was soloist in the first canadian performances of the Concertos of Laszlo Weiner and Erwin Schulhoff at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. In 1999, he performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in a concert marking the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra. More recently, he has performed in several summer music festivals with violinist Moshe Hammer, and appeared as soloist with the Huronia Symphony Orchestra.

Marc Widner has developed a strong presence in the twin fields of piano teaching and pedagogy. Over the past few years, he has presented lectures and workshops across Canada, and, in 1994, in several cities in Texas. In 1996, he gave the opening address at the National Piano Pedagogy Conference in Chicago; thereafter, he spoke at the meeting of the German section of the European Piano Teachers’ Association in Darmstadt. In the fall of 1998, he presented a recital along with workshops and master classes in Seoul, South Korea, at the invitation of Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations of Korea.

Marc Widner is one of the writers of the Celebrate Composers anthology currently being published by The Frederick Harris Music Company. He maintains an active teaching studio in Barrie.