Brooklyn College is pleased to welcome back distinguished alumnus and acclaimed chamber musician, recording artist, scholar, and teacher Mark Kroll ’68 for a special series of events this month. Kroll has performed worldwide as a harpsichordist and fortepianist, in both solo recitals and as a collaborative chamber musician. In the United States, he has performed in every state and at festivals such as Aston Magna, Tanglewood, Saratoga, Northwest Bach, Newport, La Jolla, Cabrillo, Grand Teton, and Mostly Mozart. The first American harpsichordist to appear in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and in Bangkok, Kroll’s most recent foreign appearances have been in China, Thailand, Israel, Colombia, Germany, Poland, Hong Kong, and Canada. Highlights of his career include an appearance as the official guest of the city of Barcelona, Spain; featured soloist in Germany’s Regensburg Early Music Festival, and France’s Festival d’Ambronay and the Bordeaux Hummel Festival; performances and lectures in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; two concerts for the Czech Republic’s Prague Spring Festival; and recitals at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Foundation, Rome’s Conservatorio Santa Cecilia and Associazione Musicale Romana, Poland’s Dni Bachowski, and Slovenia’s Radovljica Festival. He has also made numerous radio and television appearances, including Czech Radio and Czech Television, Radio Nacional España, Catalunya Ràdio, National Public Radio, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, France Musique, the BBC, and the CBC. You can read more about his amazing career here. The performance schedule is as follows. These events are open to the public. Wednesday, September 10, 2 p.m. Vocal Workshop: Mark Kroll Don Buchwald Theater (free) Wednesday, September 10, 5 p.m. Chamber Music Masterclass: Mark Kroll will conduct a masterclass for Conservatory of Music instrumentalists. Don Buchwald Theater, (free) Thursday, September 11, 1 p.m. Guest Lecture-Recital: Mark Kroll on harpsichord Don Buchwald Theater ($5) Monday, September 15, 5:30 p.m. Composers’ Forum: Mark Kroll (Zoom, TBA) Illustrious Brooklyn College alum, harpsichordist, scholar, and Boston University emeritus professor will give a talk to top off his week of concerts and masterclasses at the Conservatory.
