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Described as a "young pianist who is obviously a thinking, serious-minded professional" by G. George of The Statesman in New Delhi, India, pianist Jason Cutmore has performed solo recitals and collaborative concerts throughout North America, Europe and India. Mr. Cutmore has won critical praise for his “brilliant technical finesse” and “deep emotional penetration” (Offenbach-Post, Germany), and for the “charismatic generosity of communication in his music.” (The Telegraph, Calcutta, India).

Mr. Cutmore made his Chicago recital debut in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series in 2005 with an all-Liszt programme broadcast live on WFMT radio, and shown on Chicago Cable TV 25.  Elsewhere in North America Mr. Cutmore has concertized in New York City, Cleveland, Calgary, Edmonton, Oberlin, Princeton, Rochester, and in Purchase, NY where he was honoured to inaugurate the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra's "Tuning Up" series.

Jason Cutmore’s performances, and an ardent interest in foreign travel, have frequently taken him abroad to Germany, Lithuania, India, and most recently, to Hungary, where he performed recitals at the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest, and in Bartok Hall in Szombathely. During two concert tours throughout Lithuania, Mr. Cutmore collaborated with pianist Guoda Gedvilaite in concerts of duo and solo piano music at the Thomas Mann Haus Museum in Nida, the Amber Museum in Palanga, and at numerous other venues.  He has twice traveled to India, where he performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Bombay, the India International Centre in New Delhi, the Alliance Francaise in Bangalore, and elsewhere throughout the subcontinent.

Upcoming engagements will take him to Chicago’s Cultural Center, the University of Calgary’s Celebrity Series, the Colours of Music Festival in Ontario, and to numerous other venues throughout North America.

Mr. Cutmore’s debut solo commercial recording, a CD of Manuel de Falla’s piano music, was released on the Centaur Records label in 2008. He has also collaborated with Robert Shannon and Haewon Song on recording the music of George Crumb for Bridge Records.

In 2007, Jason Cutmore and concert organist Daniel Sullivan formed the New York Piano-Organ Duo, an ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing the wide-ranging concert repertoire for this unique instrumental combination.  Their upcoming concerts, which will include works for piano-organ duo by Franck, Langlais, McCune and others, will take them to venues in Canada and the United States in the 2008-09 season.

Jason Cutmore holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music in New York.  His major teachers have been Robert Shannon, Stephanie Brown, and Michael Massey.  Originally from Edmonton, Canada, Mr. Cutmore now resides in a suburb of New York City.

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Described as a "young pianist who is obviously a thinking, serious-minded professional" by G. George of The Statesman in New Delhi, India, pianist Jason Cutmore has performed solo recitals and collaborative concerts throughout North America, Europe and India.

 Mr. Cutmore made his Chicago recital debut in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in 2005 with an all-Liszt programme broadcast live on WFMT radio, and shown on Chicago Cable TV 25.  Elsewhere in North America he has concertized in New York City, Cleveland, Calgary, Edmonton, Oberlin, Princeton, Rochester, and in Purchase, NY where he was honoured to inaugurate the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra's "Tuning Up" series.

Jason Cutmore’s performances, and an ardent interest in foreign travel, have frequently taken him abroad to Germany, Lithuania, India, and most recently, to Hungary, where he performed at the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest.

In 2008 Mr. Cutmore’s debut solo commercial recording, a CD of Spanish composer Manuel de Falla’s piano music, was released on the Centaur Records label.  The year before, Mr. Cutmore formed the New York Piano-Organ Duo with concert organist Daniel Sullivan, an ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing the wide-ranging concert repertoire for this unique instrumental combination. 

Mr. Cutmore’s major teachers have included Robert Shannon, Stephanie Brown and Michael Massey.  Originally from Edmonton, Canada, Mr. Cutmore now resides in a suburb of New York City.