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, the most recent being “Oceans Apart” by Justin Dello Joio commissioned for him by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and now available on Bridge Recordings. Also just released on Reference Recordings is the complete Beethoven concerti with Sir Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
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Lobero Theatre
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Santa Barbara, CA, United States
InConcert Sierra in Grass Valley
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Grass Valley, CA, United States
The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Miller Auditorium
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Kalamazoo, MI, United States
This November, Garrick Ohlsson embarks on a series of performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Madison Symphony Orchestra in works by Beethoven and Grieg. On November 9 and 12, Mr. Ohlsson performs Beethoven’s Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 4 with the Cleveland Orchestra as part of their Beethoven Concerto Cycle, a special series running from November 6–17. The two concertos are…
This fall, Garrick Ohlsson will grace the UK with two exceptional performances. On October 30, he will give a recital at Wigmore Hall in London, showcasing a captivating program that includes Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque, the UK premiere of Thomas Mission’s Convocations, and a selection of Chopin works, featuring the Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major,…
The Jury for this year’s auditions of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition will consist of eminent Chopin specialists: former winners of the Competition, teachers, and experts on the life and work of Fryderyk Chopin. The Head Juror of the 19th edition will be Garrick Ohlsson, the first Jury Chairman in the history of the competition born outside of Poland.
The Pianist: Conversations with Ohlsson is both an autobiography in interviews and a record of a life in music, including photographs and musical examples.
Conversations with the greatest pianists of the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries is a new book series of The Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Garrick Ohlsson is the main character of the first book in the series, authored by Kamila Stępień-Kutera, who has an impressive resume in music theory and Polish philology, and a PhD from the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Pianist:…
In Wisconsin to perform with the Madison Symphony...
Wisconsin Public Radio In Wisconsin to perform with the Madison Symphony, pianist Garrick Ohlsson and guest conductor Michael Stern get into a spirited conversation about what it takes to bring life to a piece of music and what it means to take risks during a performance. Garrick Ohlsson and Michael…