Aleck Karis

Aleck Karis is a highly regarded American pianist, especially well known for his work in contemporary American music. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and his masters from the Juilliard School in New York, and teaches piano at the University of California San Diego. He lists his main teachers as Artur Balsam, Beveridge Webster, and William Daghlian. Although his repertory extends over the three centuries of piano music, he is best known for his work as pianist for such groups as Speculum Musicae, the Contemporary Music Group, the League-IS...