Paul Carlson

Paul Carlson performs frequently in the Boston area both as a solo recitalist and as a collaborative musician. In 1998 he received the degree, Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, from Boston University. Dr. Carlson's teachers have included Tong-Il Han, Raymond Hanson, Maria-Clodes Jaguaribe, Boris Berman and Fred Broer. His recent venues have included the Newton Free Library, Tufts University, St. Stephen's Concert Series in Cohasset and an all-Norwegian concert at the Longy School with Hardanger fiddler, Hauk Buen. He has taught at Gordon College in Wenham, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in Lenox and the Lexington Music School. While at BU his research focused on Claude Debussy's piano performance style, and included extensive analysis of early sound recordings made by pianists close to the composer, as well as by the composer himself. In addition to performance of Debussy, Dr. Carlson is keenly interested in the playing of pianists active during the three or four decades before World War I. His recitals often feature music from this period, as well as unfairly neglected music from the early 20th-Century and music of living composers. His recent premiers include works by Massachusetts composers Hayg Boyadjian and John McDonald.