Charlie Albright's guest appearances

Charlie Albright

Classical Performance

Valley Public Radio

Classical 95.9-FM WCRI

Nikhil Hogan Show

The Conditioned Musician

Beethoven: Crisis and Creativity

Raul Midón

Christian Howes

Peter Erskine

James Campbell

Emily Miller

Bruce Broughton

Robert Levin

Jason Vieaux

Jeremy Monteiro

Samuel Andreyev

Robert Clark

Randy Brecker

Tommy Emmanuel

Robert Gjerdingen

William Caplin

OwlTail

Charlie Albright is an internationally award-winning pianist, composer and improviser that has performed in over countless concert halls, given masterclasses and has an amazing story. Charlie has also released a new commercial album (The Schubert Series: Part 2 (Live)). Charlie also teachers some musicians when not busy performing across the globe. I had to have Charlie on the podcast to talk about his story in music and what common problems he sees many student musicians face.  Does this sound familiar? Then we have something for you:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975  Charlie Albright  http://charliealbright.com/  FB: http://facebook.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist  IG: (@CharlieAlbrightPianist)  YT: https://www.youtube.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist David Cartolano - The Conditioned Musician FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975 IG: https://www.instagram.com/theconditionedmusician/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/T1sKur/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theconditionedmusician

Charlie Albright is an internationally award-winning pianist, composer and improviser that has performed in over countless concert halls, given masterclasses and has an amazing story. Charlie has also released a new commercial album (The Schubert Series: Part 2 (Live)). Charlie also teachers some musicians when not busy performing across the globe. I had to have Charlie on the podcast to talk about his story in music and what common problems he sees many student musicians face.  Does this sound familiar? Then we have something for you:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975</a> Charlie Albright  <a href="http://charliealbright.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://charliealbright.com/ </a> FB: <a href="http://facebook.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist</a> IG: (@CharlieAlbrightPianist)  YT: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/CharlieAlbrightPianist</a> David Cartolano - The Conditioned Musician FB Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/464238111031975</a> IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theconditionedmusician/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/theconditionedmusician/</a> TikTok: <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/T1sKur/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://vm.tiktok.com/T1sKur/</a> Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/theconditionedmusician" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/theconditionedmusician</a>

EP 76: Keep It Fun - Charlie Albright

Pianist Charlie Albright joins us to discuss perhaps Beethoven’s most well known and most beloved solo piano pieces, Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight.” How does an artist find new things in a work that is, arguably, overplayed? Rei Hotoda and Charlie Albright explore the work in depth, and Charlie plays. We’ll also hear pianist Awadagin Pratt performing Piano Concerto No.3 in c minor with the Fresno Philharmonic.

Beethoven Episode 2: Charlie Albright

On today’s show, I’m so thrilled to talk to the amazing Pianist, Composer and Improviser, Charlie Albright! Hailed as “among the most gifted musicians of his generation” with a “dazzling natural keyboard affinity” who “made quite an impression” by the Washington Post, American pianist/composer/improviser Charlie Albright has been praised for his “jaw-dropping technique and virtuosity meshed with a distinctive musicality” by The New York Times, and his “extravagance that had showmanship but never felt cheap” with his “ease and smoothness that refuses to airbrush the music, but animates it from within” by the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and Gilmore Young Artist Award, Albright won the Ruhr Klavier Festival Young Artist Award presented by Marc-André Hamelin (Germany) and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In addition to performing, Albright is sought after as a speaker, masterclass instructor, teacher, and competition judge.  His debut commercial recording, Vivace, has sold thousands of copies worldwide and the first of a 3-part Schubert Series of live, all-Schubert recordings was released in 2017. Recently, he made his Main Stage Carnegie debut with the American Symphony in January, and just returned from the Bergen International Festival in Norway (he was asked to fill in for Lang Lang after an injury in 2017, and returned for a sold-out solo recital and to do the honors of performing the yearly Grieg Concerto at Grieg Concert Hall. ----- 1:45 - Did you go to piano on your own as a child? 3:17 - Do you have perfect pitch? Can you play anything you hear? 3:45 - Did you play piano for pleasure or did parents make him practice? 4:38 - Did your piano teacher help train your ear? 6:07 - You can play the organ? 6:18 - When did you start to compose and improvise? 6:58 - Did you know theory at the time or was it all by sound? 8:15 - What kind of music did you listen to growing up? 9:13 - Favorite records or albums or artists growing up? 10:27 - Was it a shock to learn to read after playing by ear? 11:53 - What pieces did your teacher assign to you? 12:55 - Did playing Chopin influence your creativity? 14:01 - Do you have knowledeg in figured bass? 14:58 - The drawbacks of music theory 16:20 - Does the sound come first instead of the analysis? 16:27 - Did you experiment with music, harmonically? 17:42 - Do you take ideas from pieces you play? 18:10 - Give an example of taking an idea from a piece of music 19:33 - Can you imitate composer's trademark sounds? 20:26 - How did the training in Harvard and New England Conservatory influence you? 22:11 - What did the teachers do to develop you? 23:04 - What's been the reaction of your peers to your improvisation? 24:22 - How much time do you devote to repertoire vs improvisation? 25:44 - How did you feel about the music theory study at university? 26:12 - How did the music theory influence your approach to composition? 27:16 - When did you start seriously composing? 27:58 - Meeting Yo-Yo Ma for the first time 29:33 - Were you an undergraduate at the time? 29:53 - What was the rehearsal like? 30:41 - Was Yo-Yo Ma aware of your improvisational ability at the time? 31:33 - Did you feel like changing notes in the score for the concert with Yo-Yo Ma? 32:03 - Any interesting Yo-Yo Ma anecdotes? 32:57 - What is your temperament like? Do you get nervous? 36:34 - Talking about Marc-André Hamelin 37:49 - Was was the phone call with Hamelin like? 38:13 - Substituting for Lang Lang in a concert 39:30 - What do you think of Grieg and his music? 40:24 - Talking about improvising cadenzas 41:38 - What is going through your mind when you improvise in a cadenza? 43:17 - Main Stage Carnegie Hall debut with the Vivian Fine Piano Concerto 44:29 - Performing Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" as an Encore at Carnegie Hall 46:41 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Jazz Musicians 47:36 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Classical Composers before 1900 47:59 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Etudes 48:12 - HOT SEAT: If you could improvise with anyone in history, who would it be? 48:30 - HOT SEAT: If you could meet Chopin, what would you ask him? 49:05 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Composers after 1900 49:16 - HOT SEAT: Proudest Music Moment 50:24 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Piano Concertos 50:49 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Small Piano Pieces 51:18 - Do you know many of your concert pianist peers in the world? 52:45 - Do you know Lang Lang? 52:53 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Concert Pianists 53:21 - Talking about Emanuel Ax with the Avery Fisher Career Grant 53:47 - Advice on Classical Improvisation 55:47 - How to get started with Classical Improvisation 57:45 - Upcoming projects in 2019 58:36 - Social Media Links

On today’s show, I’m so thrilled to talk to the amazing Pianist, Composer and Improviser, Charlie Albright! Hailed as “among the most gifted musicians of his generation” with a “dazzling natural keyboard affinity” who “made quite an impression” by the Washington Post, American pianist/composer/improviser Charlie Albright has been praised for his “jaw-dropping technique and virtuosity meshed with a distinctive musicality” by The New York Times, and his “extravagance that had showmanship but never felt cheap” with his “ease and smoothness that refuses to airbrush the music, but animates it from within” by the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and Gilmore Young Artist Award, Albright won the Ruhr Klavier Festival Young Artist Award presented by Marc-André Hamelin (Germany) and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In addition to performing, Albright is sought after as a speaker, masterclass instructor, teacher, and competition judge.  His debut commercial recording, Vivace, has sold thousands of copies worldwide and the first of a 3-part Schubert Series of live, all-Schubert recordings was released in 2017. Recently, he made his Main Stage Carnegie debut with the American Symphony in January, and just returned from the Bergen International Festival in Norway (he was asked to fill in for Lang Lang after an injury in 2017, and returned for a sold-out solo recital and to do the honors of performing the yearly Grieg Concerto at Grieg Concert Hall. ----- 1:45 - Did you go to piano on your own as a child? 3:17 - Do you have perfect pitch? Can you play anything you hear? 3:45 - Did you play piano for pleasure or did parents make him practice? 4:38 - Did your piano teacher help train your ear? 6:07 - You can play the organ? 6:18 - When did you start to compose and improvise? 6:58 - Did you know theory at the time or was it all by sound? 8:15 - What kind of music did you listen to growing up? 9:13 - Favorite records or albums or artists growing up? 10:27 - Was it a shock to learn to read after playing by ear? 11:53 - What pieces did your teacher assign to you? 12:55 - Did playing Chopin influence your creativity? 14:01 - Do you have knowledeg in figured bass? 14:58 - The drawbacks of music theory 16:20 - Does the sound come first instead of the analysis? 16:27 - Did you experiment with music, harmonically? 17:42 - Do you take ideas from pieces you play? 18:10 - Give an example of taking an idea from a piece of music 19:33 - Can you imitate composer's trademark sounds? 20:26 - How did the training in Harvard and New England Conservatory influence you? 22:11 - What did the teachers do to develop you? 23:04 - What's been the reaction of your peers to your improvisation? 24:22 - How much time do you devote to repertoire vs improvisation? 25:44 - How did you feel about the music theory study at university? 26:12 - How did the music theory influence your approach to composition? 27:16 - When did you start seriously composing? 27:58 - Meeting Yo-Yo Ma for the first time 29:33 - Were you an undergraduate at the time? 29:53 - What was the rehearsal like? 30:41 - Was Yo-Yo Ma aware of your improvisational ability at the time? 31:33 - Did you feel like changing notes in the score for the concert with Yo-Yo Ma? 32:03 - Any interesting Yo-Yo Ma anecdotes? 32:57 - What is your temperament like? Do you get nervous? 36:34 - Talking about Marc-André Hamelin 37:49 - Was was the phone call with Hamelin like? 38:13 - Substituting for Lang Lang in a concert 39:30 - What do you think of Grieg and his music? 40:24 - Talking about improvising cadenzas 41:38 - What is going through your mind when you improvise in a cadenza? 43:17 - Main Stage Carnegie Hall debut with the Vivian Fine Piano Concerto 44:29 - Performing Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" as an Encore at Carnegie Hall 46:41 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Jazz Musicians 47:36 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Classical Composers before 1900 47:59 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Etudes 48:12 - HOT SEAT: If you could improvise with anyone in history, who would it be? 48:30 - HOT SEAT: If you could meet Chopin, what would you ask him? 49:05 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Composers after 1900 49:16 - HOT SEAT: Proudest Music Moment 50:24 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Piano Concertos 50:49 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Small Piano Pieces 51:18 - Do you know many of your concert pianist peers in the world? 52:45 - Do you know Lang Lang? 52:53 - HOT SEAT: Top 3 Concert Pianists 53:21 - Talking about Emanuel Ax with the Avery Fisher Career Grant 53:47 - Advice on Classical Improvisation 55:47 - How to get started with Classical Improvisation 57:45 - Upcoming projects in 2019 58:36 - Social Media Links

64: Charlie Albright

The Washington Post calls him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” Robert Schumann, trans. Franz Liszt:  Widmung Frederic Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25:  No. 1 in A-flat, No. 2 in F major, No. 7 in C-sharp minor, No. 9 in G-flat major, and No. 12 in C minor. Charlie Albright, piano Recorded at WCRB's Fraser Performance Studio on May 5, 2011.

The Washington Post calls him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” Robert Schumann, trans. Franz Liszt:  Widmung Frederic Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25:  No. 1 in A-flat, No. 2 in F major, No. 7 in C-sharp minor, No. 9 in G-flat major, and No. 12 in C minor. Charlie Albright, piano Recorded at WCRB's Fraser Performance Studio on May 5, 2011.

Charlie Albright plays Liszt and Chopin