Frank Fezishin, trumpet soloist and arranger, was born in Budapest, Hungary. His first trumpet lessons were from his father, János Feczisin, solo trumpet of the Hungarian State Opera in Szeged.
His first professional performance at the age of 14 was alongside his father in Puccini’s “La Bohème.”
Frank Fezishin pursued his studies at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest until the Hungarian uprising in 1956. Following his escape from Hungary to the United States, he continued his studies with Edward Treutel at the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a full scholarship. He also studied with Carmine Caruso, and was the recipient of help and advice from trumpeters Maurice André, Jerry Callet and Kálmán Kovács, Sr.
A teacher of brass instruments and music appreciation, Frank Fezishin taught at the Horace Mann and St. Luke’s schools in New York City. For more than ten years, he was the artistic director and featured soloist at the Fordham University College at Lincoln Center’s alumni holiday concerts. Known in North America and Europe as a Baroque and Classical trumpet recitalist, Frank Fezishin regularly performs with organist Dr. Walter Hilse in the United States and pianist-organist-composer Jozsef Ács in Europe.
In addition to the compact discs, “Trumpet Music from the Baroque” and “The Classical Flugelhorn” released in 2002 and 2003 with the Caritas Chamber Orchestra on the Tromba Classics record label, in 1986 Frank Fezishin was the featured soloist on a recording with Maestro Ács and the Eschweiler Choir on the BON label.
