{"id":99684,"date":"2023-10-13T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=99684"},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:17:35","slug":"scoop-pianist-filmmaker-james-carson-returns-canada-premiere-film-cabin-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/10\/13\/scoop-pianist-filmmaker-james-carson-returns-canada-premiere-film-cabin-music\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Pianist And Filmmaker James Carson Returns To Canada To Premiere His Film Cabin Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE SCOOP | Pianist And Filmmaker James Carson Returns To Canada To Premiere His Film Cabin Music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

James Carson walked away from a fledgling career as a concert pianist to rethink how music itself was made. After backpacking the world, and then settling in New York, he’s back in Toronto for the Canadian premiere of his documentary Cabin Music.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Planet In Focus Film Festival<\/a> will host the premiere screening on October 20. The project, nearly two decades in the making, chronicles his journey towards making music in a new way.<\/p>\n

James Carson<\/h3>\n

Now based in New York City, Carson grew up in Alberta, Canada. He was a child prodigy with perfect pitch who was composing songs by the age of four. At 16, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra premiered one of his compositions.<\/p>\n

He went on to attend the New England Conservatory, but just when it seemed like he was on an assured trajectory into a performing career on the international concert circuit, he walked away from music study entirely. James would spend a two-year period backpacking and working on farms as he travelled from Spain to Japan.<\/p>\n

When he got back to Alberta, he built a cabin by hand. It became a five-year project. The goal was to have a place to practice his music.<\/p>\n