Cameron Carpenter

I recently bought Cameron Carpenter‘s CD “Revolutionary” having briefly seen him play on BBC2 late one evening on one of the arts shows.

Cameron is an accomplished player with amazing pedal technique and is apparently an ice skater in his spare time. This might explain his dress sense, which is rather unorthodox for classical music: tight white t-shirt studded with crystals, tight white trousers and white shoes with enormous heels.

There are a number of videos of his playing on YouTube, which are worth watching. I’m not sure why, but the audio is out of sync with the video. This seems to be a problem with many YouTube videos, which is a pity. I’ve included a couple of these videos below. The CD is well worth buying.

Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa

Bugler’s Holiday

Leroy Anderson

Read more about Cameron Carpenter at his website and in a recent article in New Yorker Magazine.