3. Blüthner Meister-Konzert / Terrace Concert with Benjamin Carter

Terrace concert at the Weißes Haus in agra-Park

Programme

J. S. Bach / F. Busoni - Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, "St Anne", BWV 552
W. A. Mozart - Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
F. Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49

……… Interval ………

F. Mendelssohn - Fantasia, "Scottish Sonata", Op. 28
R. Schumann - Fantasia in C major, Op. 17

Benjamin Carter

Benjamin Carter is from Wellington, New Zealand, and has played piano and cello since early childhood. In 2021 he performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), playing the first movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto under James Judd. He has since appeared regularly with the orchestra, giving a piano recital to mark the NZSO's 75th anniversary. From 2021 to 2023 he was principal cellist of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra, and in 2022 won first prize at the New Zealand Young Performing Arts Awards in cello.

In 2022, supported by the Deane Endowment Trust, he began piano studies at the New Zealand School of Music with Dr. Jian Liu. In 2023 he performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and won third prize at the 5th International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians in Zhuhai, where he performed the same concerto with the Salzburger Kammersolisten and received the award for best interpretation of a Chinese work. He is currently in his second year at the Royal College of Music, studying piano with Prof. Vanessa Latarche and cello with Prof. Richard Harwood (as an ABRSM scholar).