While known for his digital, tailor-made International Touring Organ, this performance sees the Grammy-nominated organist return to playing some of country's finest pipe organs--in this case, the famed pipe organ of Memorial Church. His theatrical stage presence and virtuosic technique will be on display in his interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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If Cameron Carpenter had made his mark merely by ruffling the feathers of the organ's stodgy establishment, he'd merit only passing interest. But the young virtuoso has taken a sledgehammer to organ conventions while forcing the cloistered organ world to acknowledge his iconoclastic vision. Winner of the prestigious Bernstein Award (Schleswig-Holstein), Carpenter has devoted himself to expanding the organ's frontiers. Through his numerous transcriptions of non-organ works, collaborations with jazz and pop musicians, and his ambitious original compositions, he ventures into uncharted territory when it comes to technique, repertoire, and presentation. He tops it off with bravura showmanship, presiding over the instrument with all four limbs in furious motion. Carpenter's newest release and his Sony Classical debut, If You Could Read My Mind, is a perfect encapsulation of the organist's non-conformist approach, containing music ranging from reverent readings of the work of Bach, Scriabin and Dupré to surprising takes on Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and Burt Bacharach, as well as his own imaginative compositions. His four-night run marks the Bay Area debut of his custom-built International Touring Organ, a groundbreaking digital instrument and elaborate speaker system that, like its owner, brings the centuries-old pipe organ tradition firmly into the 21st century.
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If Cameron Carpenter had made his mark merely by ruffling the feathers of the organ's stodgy establishment, he'd merit only passing interest. But the young virtuoso has taken a sledgehammer to organ conventions while forcing the cloistered organ world to acknowledge his iconoclastic vision. Winner of the prestigious Bernstein Award (Schleswig-Holstein), Carpenter has devoted himself to expanding the organ's frontiers. Through his numerous transcriptions of non-organ works, collaborations with jazz and pop musicians, and his ambitious original compositions, he ventures into uncharted territory when it comes to technique, repertoire, and presentation. He tops it off with bravura showmanship, presiding over the instrument with all four limbs in furious motion. Carpenter's newest release and his Sony Classical debut, If You Could Read My Mind, is a perfect encapsulation of the organist's non-conformist approach, containing music ranging from reverent readings of the work of Bach, Scriabin and Dupré to surprising takes on Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and Burt Bacharach, as well as his own imaginative compositions. His four-night run marks the Bay Area debut of his custom-built International Touring Organ, a groundbreaking digital instrument and elaborate speaker system that, like its owner, brings the centuries-old pipe organ tradition firmly into the 21st century.
While known for his digital, tailor-made International Touring Organ, this performance sees the Grammy-nominated organist return to playing some of country's finest pipe organs--in this case, the famed pipe organ of Memorial Church. His theatrical stage presence and virtuosic technique will be on display in his interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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If Cameron Carpenter had made his mark merely by ruffling the feathers of the organ's stodgy establishment, he'd merit only passing interest. But the young virtuoso has taken a sledgehammer to organ conventions while forcing the cloistered organ world to acknowledge his iconoclastic vision. Winner of the prestigious Bernstein Award (Schleswig-Holstein), Carpenter has devoted himself to expanding the organ's frontiers. Through his numerous transcriptions of non-organ works, collaborations with jazz and pop musicians, and his ambitious original compositions, he ventures into uncharted territory when it comes to technique, repertoire, and presentation. He tops it off with bravura showmanship, presiding over the instrument with all four limbs in furious motion. Carpenter's newest release and his Sony Classical debut, If You Could Read My Mind, is a perfect encapsulation of the organist's non-conformist approach, containing music ranging from reverent readings of the work of Bach, Scriabin and Dupré to surprising takes on Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and Burt Bacharach, as well as his own imaginative compositions. His four-night run marks the Bay Area debut of his custom-built International Touring Organ, a groundbreaking digital instrument and elaborate speaker system that, like its owner, brings the centuries-old pipe organ tradition firmly into the 21st century.
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If Cameron Carpenter had made his mark merely by ruffling the feathers of the organ's stodgy establishment, he'd merit only passing interest. But the young virtuoso has taken a sledgehammer to organ conventions while forcing the cloistered organ world to acknowledge his iconoclastic vision. Winner of the prestigious Bernstein Award (Schleswig-Holstein), Carpenter has devoted himself to expanding the organ's frontiers. Through his numerous transcriptions of non-organ works, collaborations with jazz and pop musicians, and his ambitious original compositions, he ventures into uncharted territory when it comes to technique, repertoire, and presentation. He tops it off with bravura showmanship, presiding over the instrument with all four limbs in furious motion. Carpenter's newest release and his Sony Classical debut, If You Could Read My Mind, is a perfect encapsulation of the organist's non-conformist approach, containing music ranging from reverent readings of the work of Bach, Scriabin and Dupré to surprising takes on Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and Burt Bacharach, as well as his own imaginative compositions. His four-night run marks the Bay Area debut of his custom-built International Touring Organ, a groundbreaking digital instrument and elaborate speaker system that, like its owner, brings the centuries-old pipe organ tradition firmly into the 21st century.
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