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Artist Recital - Carl Cranmer, pianist
Artist Recital
Carl Cranmer, pianist
Performing Works by Haydn, Faure', Schumann and RachmaninovDr. Carl Cranmer performs in a rare Delaware performance at Steinway Recital Hall at Jacobs Music of Delaware.
There is no charge for the recital. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by calling 302-478-1888 or email slynne@jacobsmusic.com.
Carl Cranmer, pianist
Carl Cranmer made his debut with
the Philadelphia Orchestra at nine, playing Mozart’s Concerto No. 23 in A, K,
488. Since then, in addition to solo
recitals in Europe, Asia, and North America, he has performed in concert with the Royal Philharmonic of England, the Gulbenkian Orquesta of Portugal, the Juilliard Orchestra and several other orchestras on the Eastern Seaboard. This past season he performed the Beethoven 1st Concerto and Choral Fantasy, as well as the Barber Piano Concerto with the Helena (MO) Symphony Orchestra. He also performed Rachmaninov’s Second Concerto with the Valdosta (GA) Symphony. In addition to his eclectic solo repertoire, ranging from Sweelinck to Kapustin, he also has performed chamber music with violinists Axel Straus, Akiko Suwanai, the Takacs Quartet, tenor Robert White, and baritone Randall Scarlata. He has had summer performances at the Olympic Music Festival, Tanglewood, Pianofest in the Hamptons, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and the Sommerakademie at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
Cranmer has performed in Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Hall in New York,in the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and in the Academy of Music, Verizon Hall and the Perelman Theater in Philadelphia. Of his performance of Liszt’s piano concerto No. 2 in Avery Fisher Hall, James Oesterreich of the New York Times Wrote: “He made light work of Liszt’s fiendishly demanding octaves, scales, and glissandos, showing a fine lyrical strain to boot. And he did it all with lovely, controlled tone.” His performances have been televised in Madrid, Tokyo, Missouri, and Philadelphia, and have been
aired on American National Public Radio, and on radio stations in Tokyo, New
York, Montreal, Boston, and Atlanta. In
addition to performances in Austria, France, England and Japan, Cranmer has twice given a concert tour of Spain. In
2002, Cranmer was invited to perform the inaugural recital in a concert series
in Panama City, sponsored by the American and Spanish Embassies in Panama. In his concerto repertoire this season were
Rachmaninov’s Second and Fourth Piano Concertos, and Beethoven’s Choral
Fantasy.
Cranmer was the Grand
Prize winner of the 1994 Missouri
Southern Piano Competition, and also won the Spanish Music Prize and
Finalist Prize in the 1995 Santander
Paloma O’Shea International Piano Competition in Santander, Spain. He won Fourth Prize in the 1999 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati,
and was a finalist in the Washington
International Competition in Washington, D.C. He has performed and given master classes in
Oxford, England, Xi’an and Guizhou, China, Seoul and Pusan, Korea, and in
several musical institutions in the United States. For one year he was a visiting professor at
both Kookmin and Yonsei Universities in Seoul, Korea. He is an Associate Professor of Piano at West
Chester University of Pennsylvania, and maintains an award-winning piano studio
in the Philadelphia area. In 2009, he
recorded Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto with the Russian Philharmonic in
Moscow, and in 2013 he recorded a CD of Barber’s complete solo piano works in
Seoul, Korea. In 2014 he will be recording the complete Etudes of Chopin. In
summer, 2014, he will be giving concerts and master classes in cities in
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Korea.
Cranmer received his Doctoral and Masters Degree and Professional
Studies certificate from the Juilliard School, and his Bachelors degree from
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying with Martin Canin and Robert
Shannon. As a scholarship student at the
Sommerakademie in the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, he also studied with
Karlheinz Kämmerling, Jacob Lateiner, and Hans Graf. Currently he is an Associate Professor of
piano at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Prize winner of the 1994 Missouri
Southern Piano Competition, and also won the Spanish Music Prize and
Finalist Prize in the 1995 Santander
Paloma O’Shea International Piano Competition in Santander, Spain. He won Fourth Prize in the 1999 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati,
and was a finalist in the Washington
International Competition in Washington, D.C. He has performed and given master classes in
Oxford, England, Xi’an and Guizhou, China, Seoul and Pusan, Korea, and in
several musical institutions in the United States. For one year he was a visiting professor at
both Kookmin and Yonsei Universities in Seoul, Korea. He is an Associate Professor of Piano at West
Chester University of Pennsylvania, and maintains an award-winning piano studio
in the Philadelphia area. In 2009, he
recorded Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto with the Russian Philharmonic in
Moscow, and in 2013 he recorded a CD of Barber’s complete solo piano works in
Seoul, Korea. In 2014 he will be recording the complete Etudes of Chopin. In
summer, 2014, he will be giving concerts and master classes in cities in
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Korea.
Cranmer received his Doctoral and Masters Degree and Professional
Studies certificate from the Juilliard School, and his Bachelors degree from
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying with Martin Canin and Robert
Shannon. As a scholarship student at the
Sommerakademie in the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, he also studied with
Karlheinz Kämmerling, Jacob Lateiner, and Hans Graf. Currently he is an Associate Professor of
piano at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
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