MACHINE OPERATOR / MUSICAL MAVERICK
A “smasher of cultural and classical music taboos” (LA Times) and “a young superstar whose flamboyant presentation goes hand in hand with unquestioned virtuosity” (The New Yorker), American organist, composer, and inventor Cameron Carpenter is spearheading a movement of both musical and technological advancement through his work.
INTERNATIONAL TOURING ORGAN
Following a massive developmental effort spanning over a decade, Cameron Carpenter fulfilled his lifelong dream of creating a world-class, mobile, digitized organ. The International Touring Organ was debuted in Lincoln Center and the Vienna Konzerthaus in 2014 and is now virtually the exclusive organ on which Carpenter performs.
The organ follows the musical and design influences of the American municipal pipe organs built to support a vast range of classical and popular playing styles in concert halls, theaters, and other public venues. The organ utilizes a unique, purpose-built mainframe computer system and a 72-channel touring sound system. The organ travels by air, sea and truck and can be installed at a concert venue in about 3 to 5 hours by its crew.
Watch a time lapse load-in here.
Left to Right:
John von Neumann, Claude Shannon, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Georg Cantor, Percy Grainger, Edwin H. Lemare
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PRESS
“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.”
“He is a true pioneering musician, and a classic by-the-book virtuoso.” —Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“On Monday Carpenter played in the Philharmonie and what he did there was so disconcerting that it could probably only be compared to what Liszt must have evoked 170 years ago.”
“Extravagantly talented… the audience’s response was raucous… everything he touches turns fantastical and memorable.
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“A young superstar… Flamboyant presentation goes hand in hand with unquestioned virtuosity.”
“A fallen angel who gives the organ back its sin.”