On May 25, 27 and 28, Garrick Ohlsson will make his highly celebrated return to Toronto to play Beethoven’s magnificent Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall. The first half of the program will feature two exciting world premieres by Canadian composers, with the first being Mithrā: Celebration Prelude by Afarin Mansouri and the other being…
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:…
This Friday, February 11 at 5:30pm EST, join Garrick Ohlsson as he explores his all-Chopin recital program, featuring the Barcarolle, Fantaisie, and the mighty Third Sonata, alongside students from the Colburn School. Tune in on the tonebase‘s website and be part of the session by contributing your own comments and questions in the live chat.
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…
On September 9, Garrick Ohlsson stars at the Season Opening Weekend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, a work full of magnificent flourishes with smashing chords, and regal bearing from one of the all-time greatest composers. Also on the program that evening is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which might be the most famous symphony…