Fred Karpoff has concertized as both soloist and collaborative pianist on four continents, including at the Franz Liszt Hochschüle für Musik in Weimar, Germany; the Theatre d'Esch in Luxembourg; the American Cultural Center in Brussels, Belgium; the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, the Bulawayo Academy of Music in Zimbabwe, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; Merkin Hall in New York City, and several venues in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China. He has performed at major music festivals in the U.S. and Europe, and collaborated with musicians such as the Cassatt Quartet, Larry Combs, Eric Ruske, and members of the New World, Chicago, Tokyo, and Audubon String Quartets in concert.

Karpoff has served as Artistic Ambassador for the United States Information Agency, and is a prize winner in the San Antonio, Dublin, and 2005 Competition Internationale international piano competitions. He has studied with Ann Schein, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Robert Weirich and holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he was a frequent performer in the master classes of Leon Fleisher; his undergraduate training took place at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He has also worked with renowned artists such as Jeffrey Kahane, Richard Goode, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, and the late Karl-Ulrich Schnabel.

Dr. Karpoff is highly sought for his keen understanding of interdependent piano technique. He has presented master classes and workshops at universities, festivals, music teachers' associations and conventions throughout the United States and across Europe and Africa. Formerly on the faculties of Peabody and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, he is Associate Professor of Piano at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University. In addition to his critically acclaimed CD release, Heroic Tales: Piano Music of Edward MacDowell, Renegade Classics has issued his live Beethoven Trio performances with musicians at the Skaneateles Festival. With award-winning documentary film director, Richard Breyer, he is producing a DVD series on piano playing and teaching that will be released in 2008.

Website
www.fredkarpoff.com

Contact
Telephone: 315-443-1424
Email: fskarpof@syr.edu

Audio
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI: 48, Andante con espressione, Franz Joseph Haydn
To the Sea, Op. 55 No. 1, Edward MacDowell

Discography
Heroic Tales: Piano Music of Edward MacDowell
Beethoven Trios: Op. 70 No. 2 and Op. 97, "Archduke"
This Moment: Rebecca Karpoff and Friends, Live