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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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit, MI, United States
Werner Recital Hall CCM
Cincinnati, OH, United States
Brevard Music Center
Brevard, NC, United States
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center
Bellingham, WA, United States
Although we cannot gather in person this summer, Tanglewood Festival will be able to keep its spirit alive through the Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival, a series of digital offerings for all to enjoy. The festival will include both free-of-charge archival offerings as well as newly created content available for purchase. Video and audio streams begin on tanglewood.org July 1, with the ability to…
Join the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for another performance From the Vault. In this recording of a January 2018 livestream, Music Director Krzysztof Urbański leads the ISO’s performance of “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin, and Garrick Ohlsson joins the orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Watch the video on YouTube.
As stages across the globe go dark and many of us shelter at home, SFCM is joining together, apart. From Friday, March 27 through Friday, May 15, the entire SFCM ecosystem of students, faculty and alums serenades the world with live streamed performances and masterclasses from each of their own personal concert halls, whether a dorm or living room or wherever they may be. On May 8, Garrick…
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,…