First prize - 20,000 euros

photo Wojciech Grzędziński
photo Wojciech Grzędziński

Carter Johnson

Special Prize for the best performance of a composition by Stanisław Moniuszko ? 1, 000 euros

Special Prize of the Pianist magazine including a two-year package of online editorial support

Invitation to a recital on 1 October 2022 opening a chamber concert series at the Gorzów Philharmonic Hall during the artistic season 2022/2023 founded by Centrum Edukacji Artystycznej ? Filharmonia Gorzowska

Invitation to a concert with the Sudety Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra on 11 November 2022 founded by Filharmonia Sudecka im. Józefa Wiłkomirskiego w Wałbrzychu

Invitation to a concert during the artistic season 2022/2023 founded by Filharmonia Krakowska im. Karola Szymanowskiego

Invitation to a concert with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra during the artistic season 2022/23 founded by Filharmonia Śląska im. Henryka Mikołaja Góreckiego

Invitation to a concert in the ?Stage for the Youth? concert series during the artistic season 2022/2023 founded by Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach

Carter Johnson began the study of piano at age five with Shelley Roberts, with whom he studied for 12 years. He continued studies with Michelle Mares and then with Mark Anderson at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He completed his studies of piano performance and piano pedagogy with distinction, winning the national gold medal for the highest marks in Canada. He is currently completing his MM at the Juilliard School in New York, and will be commencing an MMA at Yale University in New Haven later this year. Johnson has established himself as one of Canada?s most exciting young pianists. 

In 2018, he won the top prize in two of Canada?s most important competitions, winning both Grand Prize in the OSM Manulife Competition in Montreal as well as First Prize (along with the prize for the best performance of the test piece) in the CMC Stepping Stone competition in Quebec City. He also won the first prize at the Thirty-Sixth Valsesia Musica International Competition in Varallo in 2020. The artist has performed with orchestras, including l?Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, l?Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestra of the Americas, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Northern New York. His playing has been broadcast by medici.tv and Radio-Canada. In addition to his musical career, Johnson is an accomplished actor: he holds an ATCL with distinction in speech and drama from Trinity College London. He lives in New York, where he is active as a soloist, collaborator and teacher.

PROGRAMME

First stage

?    Karol Mikuli 

Mazurka in F minor, Op. 4

?    Teodor Leszetycki 

La Piccola. Étude, Op. 43 No. 2 from Deux morceaux 

?    Henryk Pachulski 

Prelude in F minor, Op. 8 No. 2

?    Fryderyk Chopin 

Etude in D flat major, Op. 25 No. 8

?    Karol Szymanowski 

Twelve Etudes, Op. 33

VII. Allegro molto (con brio, burlesco)

VIII. Lento assai mesto (espressivo)

IX. Animato (capriccioso e fantastico)

?    Miłosz Magin 

Triptyque polonais

I. Mazur

II. Kujawiak

III. Oberek

 

Second Stage

?    Maria Szymanowska 

 Mazurka in C major No. 17 from Vingt-quatre mazurkas

?    Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński 

Mazurka in A minor, Op. 37 No. 2

?    Władysław Żeleński 

Gavotte in A minor, Op. 45

?    Artur Malawski 

Five Miniatures

I. Moderato

II. Molto vivace

III. Andante

IV. Presto

V. Allegro

?    Stanisław Moniuszko 

Three Waltzes

I. Waltz in A major

II. Waltz in E flat minor

III. Waltz in E flat major

?    Grażyna Bacewicz

Piano Sonata No. 2

I. Maestoso ? Agitato

II. Largo

III. Toccata (Vivo)


Final

?    Grażyna Bacewicz 

Piano Concerto

 I. Allegro moderato

 II. Andante

 III. Allegro