page_title: Charlie Albright
section_title: 2011
hierarchical_section_title: Charlie Albright / College/graduate school career / 2011
caption_attribution_description: English: Charlie Albright and Keith Lockhart with the Boston Pops at Boston's Symphony Hall
context_page_description: Charlie Albright is an American-born classical pianist, composer, and improviser. He is an official Steinway Artist, 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient, 2010 Gilmore Young Artist and former Young Concert Artist. He graduated from Harvard College and the New England Conservatory as the first classical pianist in the schools' five-year AB/MM Joint Program, was named the Leverett House Artist in Residence for 2011–2012, and was one of the 15 Most Interesting Seniors of the Harvard College Class of 2011. He graduated from the Juilliard School of Music with his post-graduate Artist Diploma in 2014.
  Albright is a frequent collaborator with Yo-Yo Ma. The New York Times has praised "the accomplished pianist Charlie Albright" and his "jaw-dropping technique," describing his playing as "virtuosity with a distinctive musicality throughout." The New York Concert Review wrote that Albright's playing is "as good as it gets."The Washington Post declared that "Albright is among the most gifted musicians of his generation."
context_section_description: On May 26, 2011, Albright graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in economics.
  Albright released his first commercial album, Vivace, in February 2011.
  He performed with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Boston's Jordan Hall on May 14, 2011, and with the Boston Pops Orchestra at Boston's Symphony Hall on May 17–18, 2011.
  In June, 2011, Albright was accepted to the roster of Steinway Artists.
  Albright was the first Artist-in-Residence of the 2011-2012 season of American Public Media's Performance Today, hosted by Fred Child. As such, he gave a weeklong series of performances and interviews for the national radio program.
caption: Keith Lockhart with Albright in May 2011
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