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Carlo Curley

Carlo Curley: Encyclopedia - Carlo Curley

Carlo Curley (b. 1952, North Carolina, USA) is a flamboyant and popular concert organist, sometimes characterised as the "Pavarotti of the organ". Curley was born into a musical family and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He studied organ with Virgil Fox and Sir George Thalben-Ball. Curley was famously the first classical organist to give a solo organ recital at the White House, and he has also played for several European heads of state. He has toured extensively through ...

Carlo Curley

Carlo Curley: Encyclopedia - Carlo Curley

Carlo Curley

Carlo Curley (b. 1952, North Carolina, USA) is a flamboyant and popular concert organist, sometimes characterised as the "Pavarotti of the organ".

Curley was born into a musical family and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He studied organ with Virgil Fox and Sir George Thalben-Ball.

Curley was famously the first classical organist to give a solo organ recital at the White House, and he has also played for several European heads of state. He has toured extensively throughout the world, and has a large and loyal following.

He uses a substantial Allen touring organ where the venue lacks an instrument of sufficient scope to support the repertoire. Although unashamedly populist he is acknowledged as a gifted classical organist and has recorded much of the classical organ repertiore.