American pianist and Steinway Young Artist Christopher Goodpasture is establishing himself as an imaginative programmer of the classical repertoire.

As the winner of the 2020 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Auditions and the 2019 Astral Artists National Competition in Philadelphia, Christopher has given recitals at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Koerner Hall in Toronto, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Weill Recital Hall in New York City, as well as in the festivals of Ravinia, Aspen, Caramoor, and as fortepianist in the Valley of the Moon Music Festival.  Additionally, he received top prizes at the Washington, Dallas, Iowa and Seattle international piano competitions and the Serge Koussevitszky Competition for Pianists in New York.  

His orchestral performances of late include concertos with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Oakville Symphony in Toronto, and the Joven Orquesta Leonesa in Léon, Spain, among others.  In 2024-25, he will perform Saint-Saens’ Concerto No. 2 with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, return to the Dallas Chamber Symphony in a performance of Liszt’s rarely heard Malediction and Joaquín Turina’s Rapsodia Sinfonica, and appear with the Bucks County Symphony in a performance of Beethoven’s Concerto No. 5.  

Christopher draws from a wealth of experiences that continue to feed his curiosity and influence his musical versatility.  He has held an active interest in commissioning contemporary music, an endeavor that has led to residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and has resulted in original compositions by Jules Matton, and jazz pianist Benoît Delbecq.  Most recently, he gave the world premiere of Drumming and Dancing for solo piano by composer George E. Lewis at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia and is working with award winning composer Douglas Knehans on a new commission for piano and string orchestra.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Christopher’s musical life began at the Pasadena Conservatory, where he studied piano, chamber music, theory, and composition.  He furthered his studies with Stewart Gordon and John Perry at the University of Southern California and the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and pursued graduate degrees at The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music where his teachers were Hung-Kuan Chen, Jerome Lowenthal, and Peter Frankl.  At present, Christopher is finishing his doctoral candidacy at the Peabody Institute, working with Richard Goode. 

Outside of his performing life, Christopher is passionate about education.   From 2018-20, he was a member of the New York-based Ensemble Connect, a fellowship program of Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School which emphasized chamber music, audience engagement, and mentorship for young musicians.  Since fall of 2024, Christopher is full time piano faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan where he coaches chamber music and maintains a studio of talented young pianists.