Carl Petersson
Born in 1981 in Lund, Sweden, Carl Petersson graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with degrees in piano and pedagogy under José Ribera. He studied with renowned pianists Pnina Salzman and Nikolai Petrov at the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes. In 2013, Carl earned his PhD from the Music Academy in Kraków, Poland.
Petersson has performed in Canada, the United States, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, France, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Israel. He has collaborated with notable conductors, including JoAnn Falletta, Kerry Stratton, and Peter Gülke, and has played with prestigious orchestras such as the Buffalo Philharmonic, the National Czech Radio Orchestra, and Krakow Philharmonic. He is frequently invited to perform at international music festivals, including Music and Beyond in Canada and the International Chopin Festival in Antonin, Poland. Petersson inaugurated the Beethoven Festival in Teplice with a gala concert featuring the Teplice Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra chorus.
Carl’s discography includes piano concertos by Friedrich von Flotow with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra and Leopold Godowsky’s Java Suite, on the Sterling label. His 2015 recording of Percy Grainger’s edition of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, coupled with Helge Evju’s Piano Concerto based on sketches by Grieg, received considerable acclaim. Further recordings include world premieres by Danish composers and a popular album of Burgmuller’s Etudes, also on Grand Piano, and two acclaimed recordings with music by Beethoven for Naxos.
As a lecturer, Carl has been a guest speaker at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, the University of Toronto, the New England Conservatory, and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
