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In the summer of 2012, Carl Peterson is invited to three international music festivals. The most prestigious is in the Czech Republic where the city Hukvaldy organizes its 19th month-long festival this summer in memory of it's cities great composer, Leos Janacek. In addition to this festival Carl will  be heard in Cracow, where he is invited to play an evening concert at the Royal Palace of Wawels courtyard and at the castle in Debnie in Poland.

2012 is the German opera composer, Friedrich von Flotow's 200th anniversary. To celebrate this, Carl together with Polish cellist Estera Rajnicka, recorded the "6 Melodien" Flotow wrote together with Jacques Offenbach - which in turn is best known for his operettas. The music, written in Paris by then, two famous composers, is easy-listening as it's best; full of love and life, to be enjoyed by everyone. Perhaps that is why Estera and Carl have been invited to perfom these pieces at two international music festivals this summer. The disc? It will be released by Sterling in June.

Together with the award winning polish Archetti Chamber Orchestra, Carl is scheduled to perform Camille Saint-Saëns most famous composition. Under the direction of the upcoming Polish conductor Maciej Koczur and together with polish pianist Ewa Ksiazek, they will present this, by Camille Saint-Saëns hated - but by the audience loved orchestral work. The suite was originally designed as exercises for Saint-Saëns's own students and the composer forbade all performances of the work during his lifetime. Ironically, today, this is one of Saint-Saens today most played works. Two performances are given in the Polish city of Jaworzno, June 2012.

May 2012 will be most interesting for the theatre going public in Copenhagen when a newly written play will be introduced to the audience. The story about the relation of a small girl and an excentric hero is going to hit the headlines, for sure. Incidental music to the play is written by four young award winning composers from Scandinavia and Canada, these are; Gordon Wiliamson, Ville Raasakka, Ansgar Beste and Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki. The music enseble will consist of Sofia Kayaya, Anna Sairanen, Carl Petersson and Ying-Hsueh Chen.

Please click on the picture to believe and a link to the trailer is easily found on YouTube.

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The released discs Carl made for Sterling keep on getting glowing reviews. The CD with Godowskys "Java Suite" was picked as the classical album of the month in the Swedish edition of Hi-Fi & Music and the acknowledged swedish newspaper "Göteborgsposten" called it a baffeling showcase of virtuosity. American Record Guide does not only say that Carl executes the showmanship of the works but that he also is a very fine musician and that he should record Debussys preludes. Fanfare Magazine recommends and agrees that this is an impressive performance captured; a significant alternative to the famous Budiardjo recording. The CD with Flotows piano concertos is by the American Record Guide called a fascinating disc - and they are not alone, the German "Klassik Magazin" wrote that it is due to Peterssons spirited interpretation the music is as good as it is and the French "Diapason" awarded the disc a prestigious recommendation.

The 2011 edition of the Gothenburg Piano Festival takes place from October 29 to 31, and Carl Peterson has been invited as a guest teacher in piano and chamber music together with among others Maria Rostotsky and Romuald Sztern. This year the festival also boasts the french world pianist Doninique Merlet. The years composer is without any doubt Franz Liszt, who would have his 200th birthday on October 22. The festival, which in part will take place at the Music Academy in Gothenburg, has become one of the cities most important cultural attractions thanks to pianist Ha-Young Sul.

Carl has been invited to participate during Patrik Jablonski's music festival in Västerås, Sweden: the Lux Festival. "Luxfestivalen" which this year will focus on China, its culture and its artists will include Carl to show up with Far Eastern inspired music and other assorted classic pearls. The festival takes place from September 29 to October 2.

In the spring of 2011 Carl and Polish cellist Estera Rajnicka established a cooperation and formed "Duo Setareye". Their first Swedish tour will take place in July 2011 where they will perform a program that will consist of well-known classic pearls for cello and piano as well as for solo piano. The concerts in July are presented in Scania (south of Sweden), where they will appear in Degeberga, Ängelholm, Österslöv and Helsingborg.

In February 2012 they are scheduled to record their first CD together with the duets that Jacques Offenbach wrote together with Friedrich von Flotow during the time they both were active in Paris. The CD will be out just in time to Flotows 200th birthday.

Carl Peterson received the first prize "Grand Prix" in the the 24th piano competition, to the memory of Fryderyk Chopin in the castle in Antonin, Poland in 2011. The castle was one of Chopin's favorite places where he spent a great deal of time to compose before he left for Paris.

After the successful concert tour in Skåne together with mezzo soprano Petra Jablonski and London National Opera tenor John Hudson, Carl continued with a collaboration together with Mrs. Jablonski, recording pieces exclusively on Spotify.

The tracks were recorded in November 2010 and are updated on Spotify - to eventually be released on CD for the British Altara label.