FRITZ STEINEGGER -- a native of Phoenix, Arizona -- studied in New York with Wolfgang Rose, at the Akademie in Vienna with Ludwig Czaczkes, and at the Conservatoire in Geneva with Nikita Magaloff. A prize-winner at the International Casella Competition, he went on to play recital tours of Europe, appearing as soloist with such leading ensembles as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Radio Cologne Orchestra, and the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples. Steinegger's recent activities have been centered in Latin America, where he concertizes widely, from Mexico to Argentina. Mexico City´s leading newspaper, Novedades, recently hailed him as "something quite different: a free spirit in the world of classical music". This recording was made possible by a grant from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.