Cameron Carpenter

“Carpenter is one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument… He is a smasher of cultural and classical music taboos. He is technically the most accomplished organist I have ever witnessed… And, most important of all, the most musical.”
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

“No other musician of Carpenter’s generation has more adeptly fused shrewd showmanship, dazzling technique and profound thinking about his instrument and his
place in the musical cosmos...”
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“The Maverick Organist... he is a player with extraordinarily glib fingers and Astairelike
footwork... a first-rate talent with a sense of how phrases move.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Not Your Grandma’s Organist”: Alternatingly dazzling and subtle, and always fired by a profound musical intelligence.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

“To say that Cameron Carpenter is a virtuoso is to say nothing. He is an exorbitant
virtuoso, the Vladimir Horowitz of the organ. In his playing there is the wild passion
of virtuosos of the past, who destroyed borders of genres and broadened repertoire
for their instruments. What he lacks, however, is cheap populism.”
KOMMERSANT (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

“A madly original organist whose programs careen across centuries of musical
history and sashay deep into popular culture. He’s a force of nature...”
Alex Ross, on TheRestIsNoise.com
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