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**World Premiere Recording** of Joseph Martin Kraus’s Viola Concerto and Viola & Cello Concerto to be released by Ondine Records David Aaron Carpenter Directs and Solos with the Tapiola Sinfonietta

Leonard Bernstein Award 2011, announced to be given to David Aaron Carpenter. He will be the first violist in history to receive the award and will be presented by members of the Bernstein family in Germany on August 27th, 2011.

Hector Berlioz’s “Harold in Italy” and Niccolo Paganini’s “Grand Sonata” with the Helsinki Philharmonic under the direction of Vladimir Ashkenazy. Promo video.

Musical America Artist of the Month “New Artist of the Month: David Aaron Carpenter” by Dennis Rooney

The Avery Fisher Artist Program announced that David Aaron Carpenter is a recipient of a 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant. David Aaron Carpenter, Joyce Yang, Kirill Gerstein and Yuja Wang are the four 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients.  Information … Continue reading →

Last February, David performed with Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, and Tzimon Barto the Brahms G minor Quartet at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The quartet also gave the World Premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s ‘Three for Two.’

David Aaron Carpenter’s debut recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra directed by Christoph Eschenbach receives sensational reviews by the top critics of the world: Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award October 2009 Gramophone Editor’s Choice

“A New Star at the Forefront of Violists”- Die Welt Von Manuel Brug October 20, 2009 Die Welt