Liszt Totentanz with Olympia Youth Orchestra, John C Carpenter, Soloist
Pianist John Carpenter, First Prize Winner of 2018 Intercontinental Piano Competition of New York, Artist/ Pro Division, and First for for best performance of piece by a living composer, which he played in Winner's Concert at Carnegie Hall...also Silver Medalist, International Piano Recording Competition, Winner of Kalamazoo Bach Festival Young Artist Competition, University of Connecticut Concerto Competition, Merit Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music, Full Scholarship and TA for Doctoral Studies at College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati, Ohio, Full Scholarship for special Artist Diploma of the CCM and many other awards. He has played piano extensively as a professional over a period of 60 years. He has played on both coasts of the United states and throughout the country, including two full solo recitals and a competition award appearance at Carnegie Hall, onstage with Cincinnati Ballet, with the Cal State Los Angeles and Olympia Youth Orchestras, the BACH Orchestra, at the NAMM Convention in Anaheim, and on tour with University Symphony in Connecticut 4 performances, twice with Dayton Philharmonic, at Bruno Walter Auditorium Lincoln Center and many more. He has performed also in over 1000 religious services in 25 different churches. He is a radio broadcaster on WAIF Cincinnati, where he speaks about individual empowerment and community involvement. His teachers included Eugene List, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi, Robert Goldsand and Louis Crowder.
