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"Seth Carlin am Hammerflügel – eine Offenbarung "
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Seth Carlin
zählt zu den weltweit führenden Hammerflügelspezialisten. Sein innovativer Interpretationsansatzeröffnet einen unverbrauchten Zugang zur klassischen und romantischen Klavierliteratur. Nach Studien in Paris, Harvard und an der Juilliard School in New York gewann er Preise bei verschiedenen Klavierwettbewerben, darunter beim renommierten Busoni-Wettbewerb. Er musizierte u.a. mit Roger Norrington, Anner Bylsma, Malcolm Bilson und dem Tafelmusik Orchestra Toronto. Er konzertierte u.a. bei den Festivals in Marlboro, Newport und Spoleto. Seth Carlin ist Professor an der Washington University in St. Louis. Verschiedene, vielbeachtete CD-Einspielungen mit Sonaten von Schubert und Beethoven sind bei Titanic erschienen. Er gilt in der Alte-Musik-Szene als Geheimtip.

"Sparklingly transparent."
The New York Times

Seth Carlin’s  career began at the age of nine with a broadcast performance over radio station WNYC, performing a work written especially for him. Although he continued to concertize, it was only after a period of  study in Paris, on leave from Harvard College, that Carlin decided definitely on a professional career in music in preference to his early interest in science

Since then Carlin has been acclaimed by audiences and critics on for his sensitive and moving performances on both modern piano and on eighteenth and   nineteenth century fortepianos. The wide compass of his artistry has been revealed in his appearances as soloist with orchestras such as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque and Boston “Pops”, with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Nichloas Mcgegan and Roger Norrington, in recital with performers such as Pinchas Zukerman  and Malcolm Bilson, and in performances at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, the Marlboro Music Festival, the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Great Performers at Lincoln Center Mozart Marathon, Cambridge Society for Early Music in Massachusetts, and “On Original Instruments” at Merkin Hall in New York. In addition he has made appearances on French, Swedish, German and mainland Chinese national television and radio, and recorded for Titanic and Naiad records. Recent concerts have taken him to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Mr. Carlin performed the cycle of complete Schubert fortepiano sonatas, including the “Wanderer” Fantasy, in New York City during the 1991-92 season. The concerts were broadcast nationally on National Public Radio’s program “Performance Today.”

Seth Carlin was a prizewinner in the International Busoni Competition, a recipient of a special scholarship from the French goverment, and one of only two fully funded National Endowment for the Arts recitalist grant winners in the United States in 1989. He holds degrees from Harvard University (B.A. in music, cum laude), the Juilliard School (M.S. in piano) and the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (Licence de Concert, premier nommé à l’unanimité), and has studied piano with Rosina Lhevinne, Jules Gentil and Morton Estrin, as well as interpretation with Wilhelm Kempff.  His CD recording of  Sonatas and Bagatelles by Beethoven was named “Recording of the Month” by Alte Musik Actuelle magazine. Carlin is Professor of Music and head of the piano program at Washington University in Saint Louis.

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