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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Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University
Stanford, CA, United States
Shriver Hall
Baltimore, MD, United States
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY, United States
Symphony Hall
Boston, MA, United States
On August 29, Garrick Ohlsson makes his Idagio Global Concert Hall debut with an all-Chopin programme, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his top prize win at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Ohlsson was the first American to receive this accolade and his historic performance launched a celebrated international career, which has taken him across Europe, North America, Asia,…
On Tuesday, August 28 at 10pm EDT, Jed Distler’s Between the Keys program will feature Garrick Ohlsson in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. In 2002, the Cleveland Orchestra brought out a limited edition box set celebrating Christoph von Dohnanyi’s tenure as their music director, featuring previously unreleased live broadcast recordings, with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 among them.…
On Thursday, August 13th at 2:00pm EST / 11:00AM PST, join the tonebase Piano Community Group to tune in LIVE. Published in 1833, Frederic Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10 were “a revolution in his time,” according to Garrick Ohlsson. Dedicated to Franz Liszt, the twelve studies explored uncharted pianistic and coloristic territory. Four years later their sequel, Op. 25, revealed twelve…
Garrick Ohlsson returned to The Conrad in downtown La Jolla Saturday, November 9, to play another all-Brahms piano recital. With his evident affection for the repertory, his superlative technique, and his insight into what makes Brahms’ piano music distinctive, his recital also turned into a graduate level master class for anyone who plays piano or has ever studied the instrument.
“From Brahms’ early Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5, and the Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book II, to the mature Op. 79 Rhapsodies and the Op. 116 Fantasies, Ohlsson’s every phrase illuminated important aspects of this rich body of piano music, amplifying the sheer joy of experiencing Brahms played with such command and panache.” San Diego Story
Ohlsson used his pianistic soft power — a commanding technical arsenal deployed with judicious restraint — in the service of Beethoven’s penchant for insistence, pushing the first movement’s boil of trills and passagework to the foreground, making the slow movement’s pleas hushed and voluble by turn.
“Ohlsson used his pianistic soft power — a commanding technical arsenal deployed with judicious restraint — in the service of Beethoven’s penchant for insistence, pushing the first movement’s boil of trills and passagework to the foreground, making the slow movement’s pleas hushed and voluble by turn. By the rambunctious finale, ensemble and soloist were on the same quirky page,…