Craig Ketter, a native North Carolinian, is rapidly distinguishing himself as a leading pianist of his generation, performing as soloist and chamber musician throughout the world. Critically acclaimed for “transporting the listeners to extraordinary heights” and “into a world beyond time and space.” Mr. Ketter is known for playing with “powerful sonority combined with long-lined, dulcet lyricism.”
"Craig Ketter brought an absolute, calm, technical prowess to the work. The showmanship came from playing an intense, technically difficult work of huge proportions with virtuosity – no lugubrious dips over the keyboard or ecstatic grimaces here – just sheer beautiful, musical ability. He is someone to watch for in the future.”
Pat Pinson, The Mobile Harbinger
Craig performs frequently in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. Venues include NPR’s Performance Today series, CBS Sunday Morning, Sirius Satellite Radio, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, The Savannah Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, Maine, “Music in the Mountains” in Colorado and The Marilyn Horne Foundation. Some of the orchestras he has appeared with include the Mobile Symphony, the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Raleigh Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the Durham Symphony, the Rocky Ridge Music Festival Orchestra, the American Festival for the Arts Orchestra and the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
As a chamber musician, the pianist has performed with, among others, Meliora Winds, Brazos Strings, Monte Verde String Quartet and Aurelia Trio. Craig collaborates frequently with renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman. He has also joined forces with clarinetists Stephen Williamson and Ricardo Morales, cellists Robert deMaine and Eric Bartlett, and violinists Kelly Hall-Thompkins and Roy Malan.
Craig recently accompanied opera luminaries Samuel Ramey and Paul Plishka in concert for the New Jersey State Opera. Other great singers he has collaborated with include Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, Cythia Lawrence, Ben Heppner, Cliff Forbis, Robert white and the esteemed actress Claire Bloom.
The pianists numerous awards include first prize in the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, The Saunderson Award at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Los Angeles and the Richardson Awards National Piano Competition.
Craig received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Eastman School of Music with post-graduate studies at the Julliard School.
"Craig Ketter brought an absolute, calm, technical prowess to the work. The showmanship came from playing an intense, technically difficult work of huge proportions with virtuosity – no lugubrious dips over the keyboard or ecstatic grimaces here – just sheer beautiful, musical ability. He is someone to watch for in the future.”
Pat Pinson, The Mobile Harbinger
Craig performs frequently in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. Venues include NPR’s Performance Today series, CBS Sunday Morning, Sirius Satellite Radio, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, The Savannah Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, Maine, “Music in the Mountains” in Colorado and The Marilyn Horne Foundation. Some of the orchestras he has appeared with include the Mobile Symphony, the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Raleigh Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the Durham Symphony, the Rocky Ridge Music Festival Orchestra, the American Festival for the Arts Orchestra and the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
As a chamber musician, the pianist has performed with, among others, Meliora Winds, Brazos Strings, Monte Verde String Quartet and Aurelia Trio. Craig collaborates frequently with renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman. He has also joined forces with clarinetists Stephen Williamson and Ricardo Morales, cellists Robert deMaine and Eric Bartlett, and violinists Kelly Hall-Thompkins and Roy Malan.
Craig recently accompanied opera luminaries Samuel Ramey and Paul Plishka in concert for the New Jersey State Opera. Other great singers he has collaborated with include Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, Cythia Lawrence, Ben Heppner, Cliff Forbis, Robert white and the esteemed actress Claire Bloom.
The pianists numerous awards include first prize in the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, The Saunderson Award at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Los Angeles and the Richardson Awards National Piano Competition.
Craig received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Eastman School of Music with post-graduate studies at the Julliard School.