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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This December, Garrick Ohlsson returns to Europe and the United Kingdom to perform four enthralling recitals featuring works by Brahms, Szymanowski, and Chopin. Mr. Ohlsson begins his tour in Germany at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater on December 5, performing the program twice that day, first at 11.15 a.m. and then at 1.15 p.m. The final performance will take place in London’s Wigmore…
Today’s release from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series Presented by PNC Bank features the return of Garrick Ohlsson to the Meyerson stage to perform Beethoven’s mighty and magnificent “Emperor” concerto. Carlos Kalmar leads the DSO in a program that also includes Shostakovich’s incisive Symphony No. 6. Streaming now!
On October 2, Garrick Ohlsson joins the Quad City Symphony Orchestra in the opening to their 107th season. He will play Samuel Barber’s passionate powerhouse Piano Concerto, preceded by Dudley Buck’s rousing Festival Overture on the American National Air and followed with Antonín Dvořák’s beloved “New World Symphony.” He then joins the Tulsa Symphony on October 9 to perform…
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…