- David Aaron Carpenter
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David Aaron Carpenter (b. 1986 in Great Neck, New York) is a US-American violist and was the first Prize Winner of the 2006 Walter E. Naumburg Viola Competition. In June 2007, David was selected as the new Music Protégé in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, sponsored by Rolex. As the first American and youngest protege in the Initiative’s history, he will study with world-renowned violinist, violist and conductor Pinchas Zuckerman.
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Biography
Early years
Born into a family of musical siblings, David began studying the violin at the age of six. At the age of 12, he embarked upon learning the viola and by age 16, the viola became his primary instrument. He continued to pursue both instruments at the pre-college divisions of Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music, Italy’s Accademia Chigianna, Switzerland’s International Music Academy, and the Verbier Festival Academy, studying with world-renowned pedagogues Pinchas Zukerman, Roberto Diaz, Seiji Ozawa, Robert Mann, Nobuko Imai, Boris Belkin, and Yuri Bashmet.
2003 - Present Day
Since 2003 David has been performing with leading musicians and orchestras in the United States and Europe. As the First Prize winner of the 2005 Philadelphia Orchestra Young Artists Competition, David performed the Walton Viola Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach, who describes Carpenter’s viola playing as “breathtaking, convincing and highly charismatic.” He has been acclaimed by Die Welt as “A New Star at the Forefront of Violists”; by The Philadelphia Inquirer as "an overnight-star violist"; and by The Strad Magazine as a violist whose "soulful sound, committed playing and dazzling technique leaves little to desire." David has made his recital debuts in the United States at well-known venues including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. This past November, he made his debut in Germany with the Dresden Staatskapelle performing the Schnittke Viola Concerto. In 2008, he was Maxim Vengerov’s last-minute replacement for performances of Benjamin Yusupov's Viola, Tango, Rock Concerto with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland. He has performed in the United States at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Chicago’s Krannert Center, and San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, among other venues. In September, David released his first recording on the Ondine label of the Elgar Cello Concerto (arr. Lionel Tertis/Carpenter) and the Schnittke Viola Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Maestro Christoph Eschenbach. The disc received international acclaim and received numerous awards such as the Editor’s Choice Award by Gramophone Magazine and Disc of the Month by The New Yorker. Most recently, David was the recipient of the prestigious 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
He collaborated in recital and chamber music concerts with Emanuel Ax, Sarah Chang, Leonidas Kavakos, Sol Gabetta, Julian Rachlin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Yuja Wang and performs regularly at the Schleswig-Holstein and Verbier Music Festivals. David was designated a Presidential Scholar and received the Presidential Gold Medal at The Kennedy Center. In addition to his musical accomplishments, David received his A.B. degree in Political Science and International Relations from Princeton University in 2008.
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Categories:- American classical violists
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