| Seth Carlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1945 East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 2016 (aged 71) Mont-de-Marsan, France |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, music professor |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, fortepiano |
Seth Carlin (February 8, 1945 – July 28, 2016) was an American pianist and fortepianist. A student of Morton Estrin, Jules Gentil, Wilhelm Kempff, and Rosina Lhévinne, Carlin was especially noted for his performances of the music of Schubert. He appeared on French, Swedish, Chinese and German national television and radio and performed as soloist with orchestras including the Boston Pops and St. Louis Symphony under such conductors as Leonard Slatkin and Nicholas McGegan.[1] He was a prizewinner in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and performed a complete cycle of Schubert piano sonatas in New York broadcast by National Public Radio.