PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

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MUSIC SAMPLES

• MacDowell: Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 50 “Eroica,” mvt. 3 (5:36) [mp3 clip]

• Beethoven: Trio in E-Flat, Op. 70 No. 2, mvt. 1, with Curtis Macomber, violin and Lindsay Groves, cello (10:13) [mp3 clip]

• Copland, arr. Bernstein: El Salón México (9:49) [mp3 clip]

• Shostakovich: Polka from L’age d’or (2:21) [mp3 clip]

• Greer: Hi Sooky, Ho Sooky (Valse serenata) (3:21) [mp3 clip]

• Marx: Selige Nacht (2:19) [mp3 clip]

• Benshoof: The Cow (1:01) [mp3 clip]

Pianist FRED KARPOFF has performed at venues in Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Finland, Italy, China, and the U.S. A former USIA Artistic Ambassador and a prize winner in several international piano competitions, he was awarded the DMA from the Peabody Conservatory. His major teachers include Ann Schein, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Robert Weirich, and he was a frequent performer in the master classes of Leon Fleisher.

Highly sought after for his keen understanding of interdependent piano technique, Fred Karpoff has presented master classes and workshops at universities, festivals, music teachers' associations and conventions throughout the United States, Europe and, most recently, China. Formerly on the faculties of Peabody and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, he is Associate Professor of Piano at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University.

With award-winning documentary film director, Richard Breyer, he is producing a DVD series on piano playing and teaching that will be released in late 2008. Fred Karpoff is a Steinway Artist. More information is available at www.fredkarpoff.com.