Fred Karpoff

Performances and Recordings

"In terms of musicality, Karpoff is one of the most exciting pianists
to watch and hear in the history of the Skaneateles Festival.
His involvement and intensity at the piano are at once apparent,
and his phrasing invariably superb."
~ SYRACUSE HERALD-JOURNAL

"Technically excellent and deeply emotional, he turned the dynamic
succession of the expressive and lyrically restrained passages
into a sound experience."
~ THÜRINGISCHE LANDESZEITUNG (Weimar, Germany)

"deeply committed, with penetrating insight. The performance
you're about to hear is superlative. It is powerful, emotional, thrilling,
and deeply moving."
~ CLIVE LYTHGOE (WCLV-FM, Cleveland)

"Among his many strengths as a chamber music performer, Karpoff has a
knack for timing: he can sense exactly where the tension within the music
is to begin, how much of it to make, and when to let it all go.
Moreover, he's got the technique to make it sound all so convincing.
As a result, Karpoff's interpretations consistently reveal not only a
keen dramatic sense of purpose, but also a deep understanding of a
work's architectural structure."
~ SYRACUSE POST-STANDARD

PERFORMANCES (partial listing):

  • National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
  • Merkin Hall, New York City
  • East China Normal University, Shanghai
  • American Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium
  • Theatre d'Esch, Luxembourg
  • Teatro dei Rossi, Siena, Italy
  • Rochester Memorial Art Gallery
  • Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik, Weimar, Germany
  • University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Zimbabwe Academy of Music, Bulawayo
  • Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
  • Hangzhou Academy of Art and Foreign Language
  • Qianjiang College
  • Purdue University-Calumet
  • Brattleboro Music Center
  • Indiana University
  • Royal Dublin Society, Ireland
  • Bösendorfer Center, New York City
  • Brookline Music School
  • Kilbourn Concert Series, Eastman School of Music
  • Rutgers Summerfest
  • Skaneateles Festival
  • Over 30 American colleges and universities

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RECORDINGS:

  • Heroic Tales: Piano Music of Edward MacDowell. Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Opp. 50 & 57, and Sea Pieces, Op. 55; Sonatabop, 2003.
  • Beethoven Trios-Live from the Skaneateles Festival: Opp. 70 No. 2 & 97 "Archduke," with Curtis Macomber, violin; Peter Rejto and Lindsay Groves, cellos. Renegade Classics, 2005.
  • This Moment: Rebecca Karpoff and Friends. (Fred Karpoff, producer, and pianist for most works). Music of Bernstein, Bucchino, Bolcom, Shire, Sondheim, Greer, Benshoof, Kingsley, Rorem, and Duke. Renegade Classics, 2006.
  • Snapshots, with Rebecca Karpoff. Music of Schubert, Sheng, Corigliano, Schwantner, Schoenberg, Marx, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff. Renegade Classics, upcoming 2008 release.

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 Fred Karpoff Performance Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca


Fred Karpoff Performance Barber: Sonata for Piano-Fuga:
Allegro con spirito (excerpt)