ABOUT THE ARTIST
- Paul Fejko (Piano)
Paul Fejko is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music (class of '75) where he studied with Alexander McCurdy, Vladimir Sokoloff, and Max Rudolf, and was mentored by Rudolf Serkin. His first taste of opera came at Curtis from Dino Yannapoulos - a long-time stage director formerly at the Met in New York. In 1980 he headed east to become a musician with Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century in Brussels, Belgium. From there he headed south to become Music Director of the Ballet of Lyon in France, and to work with Gilles Chevassiex at his Theatre Les Ateliers, also in Lyon. The 1990s saw his return to the US where he then worked with and became music director of Convergence - Musicians & Dancers and later with Blue Wing Dance Company. He has won first prizes for improvisation in Lyon (1981) and San Anselmo, CA (1990). At their Atlanta convention in 1992, the American Guild of Organists awarded him a second prize. In 1987, Dino Yannapoulos commissioned an opera - Matteo Falcone - for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia where Dino was Artistic Director at the time. He previously released 14 recordings on large European and American organs, covering a wide range of existing repertoire and his own improvisations. Downloads are available at paulfejko.bandcamp.com