Performances with Mementos Music Group

Described by the Dallas Morning News as a pianist who “plays with rhetorical grandeur, romantic warmth, and a surefire technique”, and by the Toronto Concert Review as “exuding a depth of artistry”, 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 Artist Worldwide Auditions and the 2019 Astral Artists National Competition in Philadelphia, Christopher has since 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. He has also received top awards at the Washington, Dallas, Iowa and Seattle International Piano Competitions and the Serge Koussevitszky Competition in New York. 

In recent years, Christopher has appeared as soloist with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Bucks County 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. American music features prominently in 2025-26, where Christopher will perform Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra as well as tour with an all-American recital program alongside colleague and pianist Kara Huber.

Christopher draws from experiences that feed his curiosity and 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 string orchestra and piano.

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, Yale School of Music and the Peabody Institute, where his teachers were Richard Goode, Hung-Kuan Chen, Jerome Lowenthal, and Peter Frankl.

Outside of performing, Christopher is passionate about teaching. 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. Some of his recent and upcoming guest teaching work includes masterclasses at the University of Arizona (Tucson), University of Louisiana (LaFayette), Pasadena Conservatory, University of Missouri Kansas City, College of Charleston (South Carolina), Wake Forest University (North Carolina), and the Piano Academy of Bangkok (Thailand). Since fall of 2024, Christopher has been full time piano faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where he mentors a studio of talented young pianists.