Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess.
Although long regarded as one of the world’s leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Mr. Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano literature. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Mr. Ohlsson has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. To date he has at his command more than 80 concertos, ranging from Haydn and Mozart to works of the 21st century, many commissioned for him.
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Herbst Theatre
San Francisco, CA, United States
Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
La Jolla, CA, United States
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA, United States
Stude Concert Hall
Houston, TX, United States
Most pianists will learn one Brahms piece. Some pianists will learn a whole Brahms Opus. Garrick Ohlsson will learn every piece Brahms ever wrote, and he’ll perform them all from memory in under a week. Join Garrick Ohlsson for a dive into Brahms’s solo piano music. Having recently performed the cycle at Tanglewood, the composers’ Intermezzi, Rhapsodies, Sonatas, and Variations are all…
On September 3, Garrick Ohlsson will return to the Ravinia Festival for a thrilling concert featuring the Music of the Baroque ensemble under the baton of their music director, Dame Jane Glover. Mr. Ohlsson has been seen at the festival numerous times in the past, with his appearance last year marking the 40th anniversary of his Ravinia debut. Mr. Ohlsson will be featured in Mozart’s…
This August, Garrick Ohlsson will return to Tanglewood for four enthralling concerts featuring the entire repertory for piano of the revered composer, Johannes Brahms. Mr. Ohlsson has had a close bond with the festival, having first performed there in 1971 and returning for regular performances. Equally close is his relationship with the composer to whom these concerts are dedicated to, with the…
Ohlsson played with an intense tenderness, striking the keys with finality but also gently.
Ohlsson played with an intense tenderness, striking the keys with finality but also gently. […] Ohlsson’s lullaby encore, the second movement to Beethoven’s “Pathetique” piano sonata, was a fitting end to a long-needed reunion. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ohlsson is justly acclaimed as a titanic force at the keyboard.
“Ohlsson is justly acclaimed as a titanic force at the keyboard. At moments over the years, listeners have practically needed seatbelts. On this occasion, however, he was a subtle presence, a weaver of gossamer musical fabrics and a wellspring of humble and seemingly effortless virtuosity. He approached the concerto not as a solo showpiece but rather as an outsized work of chamber music. At…