"Kris's songwriting and creative artistry goes to another level. He peels back the first and second layers to express depth with lyrics and with musical themes. He's able to wrap them all in a great variety of musical genres."
-Wayne Watson, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter
"Becker is a white guy with ridiculous rhythm."
-Jade Simmons: Founder, Impulse Artist Series
-->Kris with a K: Compositional power with piano skills that make Becker a modern-day Rachmaninoff, jazz-influenced concepts, and intense keyboard-driven rock. NU-CLASSICAL/JAZZ/ROCK
KRIS BECKER (Kris with a K) is undefinable. His fervent expressions through original nu-classical, jazz, and rock works flow from the eclecticism that colors his own personhood, while his continuing dedication to excellence as a multi-genre keyboardist makes him a unique interpreter of music. He is a serious classical pianist who has played Carnegie Hall and he is a touring rock keyboardist who hauls his own gear into the grassroots clubs of America. He grew up for eighteen years in a rural Northern town of 2,000 then became citizen of a Southern metropolis of millions. He has spent summers working for the family horse business and others pursuing artistic greatness in the capitals of Europe. He has scored top prizes in over 15 international performing and composing competitions and earned high degrees with highest honors from America's best conservatories, and elsewhere has been told that he has nothing valuable to say as a musician. He has been on the verge of leaving music behind for good and he's been so dedicated to it that his astronomical sacrifice of sleep once landed him a near-death experience in a foreign hospital.
ASCAP and the International Songwriting Competition have bestowed honors upon him for his own compositions while the Yamaha Young Performing Artist, Texas International Chopin, Lee Biennial International, and Artist Presentation Society competitions have deemed his piano artistry gold medal-worthy. Frontman of his band Kris Becker & The Frozen Heat and occasional keyboardist for other critically acclaimed rock bands (The Literary Greats, Sara Van Buskirk), Kris has also found himself performing with the company of such giants as Glenn Leonard of The Temptations.
Keyboardist, composer, songwriter, lyricist, singer, arranger, and producer, Kris Becker cannot be defined by old worn-out notions and categories. Kris' earnest desire to say something valuable to as widespread an audience as possible with as much craft and visceral enjoyability as possible—
this defines his artistry.
http://krisbeckermusic.com
"Kris is a virtuoso. I am especially impressed with his own compositions."
-Bob Katz, Grammy award-winning mastering engineer and founder of Digital Domain
"There are many brilliant performers these days; however, very rarely the intellectual and brilliant young composer can be found. Then, I believe that these few young composers must not only have a wonderful musical sense but have a strong spiritual inspiration as well. The young American Kris Becker is such a pianist, and composer." -Borah Kang, concert pianist
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