Born and raised in Ottawa, Canadian pianist and composer Carson Becke has performed worldwide. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK, and at the University of Oxford, where he completed a doctorate in musicology.
As a chamber musician, Carson enjoys frequent collaborations with sopranos Meghan Lindsay and Lavinia Dames, pianist Suren Barry as Duo Octavian, and cellist Julia MacLaine. As a composer, Carson’s work is often inspired by his surroundings in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec; his 2025 song cycle The Forest is based on newly commissioned poetry about trees by six Gatineau Hills-based poets. As an arranger, he has written transcriptions of music by Mendelssohn (Hebrides Overture — solo piano), Puccini (Fantasy on themes from Tosca — solo piano), Holst (The Planets — piano duo), Richard Strauss (Vier Letzte Lieder — piano and voice), and others.
Carson is also the founder and director of Concerts Enchantés, an organization that presents intimate chamber music concerts across the Gatineau Hills region. Carson lived in the United Kingdom for fifteen years. In 2019, he moved home to Ottawa, and now lives in Wakefield, Quebec, with his family. In 2024, he was inducted into the Chelsea Wall of Fame for his contributions to the cultural life of the Gatineau Hills.
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