“Larsen is the Chopin of our age”
Sheryl Carlin: Paramount Studios Music Department
LARSEN MASTERCLASSES
Masterclasses are a rare opportunity to work with a major living piano composer.
Larsen offers valuable insight into the process behind interpretation from the Pianist/Composers point of view.
Major composers were Pianist/Composers. To study with a living composer gives important insight to performing Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and other great composers. (Carter Larsen wikipedia)
“Larsen’s innovative artistry has set the course for the next wave of contemporary music”states Omega Medina, twelve year Senior Manager – Classical for the GRAMMY®Awards.”
Twenty-first century composer Carter Larsen has, since 1973, written more than 150 substantial solo piano works. (The Larsen Foundation)
The current excitement of Larsen’s music originates from his background as a young pianist in Europe.
He became renowned for performing over 500 concerts to electrifying public and critical acclaim, including solo performances with the Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, as well as appearances and broadcasts on BBC television and Europe’s largest FM stations.
Larsen is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, pursuing a dual career as composer and pianist. Larsen studied under Mack McCray (piano) and the legendary John Adams (composition), subsequently working with Peter Feuchtwanger and Ruth Nye in London, as well as Vlado Perlemuter (Maurice Ravel’s assistant) in Paris. Larsen teaches and demonstrates the classics as well as his own compositions. Participants are encouraged to prepare classical repertoire as well as solo pieces from Carter Larsen’s six volumes of solo piano repertoire.
Competitions now require contemporary pieces and original compositions are important to perform.
Authentic interpretation demands indepth study and endorsement by the composer.
Larsen’s new repertoire offers the opportunity to perform virtuoso and romantic contemporary piano repertoire, classically written and accessible to all pianists and audiences.
Larsen became “famous for his 21st century neo-romantic approach…” CNN
Larsen Masterclasses availability:
carterlarsen@hotmail.com
