“It was indeed evident in his performance that he has experienced the piece to perfection. He performed it with obvious insight, with complete sovereignty and stylistic clarity. He delivered it with apparent composure, absolute mastery, and stylistic purity. The outer movements were played with amazing vigor and infectious youthful enthusiasm […]. In the slow movement, we could appreciate…
Ohlsson praises Van Ostrand’s early teachers for doing a “magnificent job” and suggests that his work as a mentor is largely to avoid undoing the marvelous results.
Viewed through the prism of a program he will perform Aug. 25 at the San Francisco International Piano Festival, pianist Parker Van Ostrand is ready for any challenge. That ambitious solo recital includes a Haydn sonata, Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23; Claude Debussy’s “Brouillards” from Préludes, Book II; Maurice Ravel’s La valse; and Franz…
Piano superstar Garrick Ohlsson performs Chopin live in the ABC Classic Breakfast
‘Coquettish, painfully poignant and an abyss of dangerous feeling’ – welcome to the soundscape created by American concert pianist Garrick Ohlsson, who joined Dr Megan Burslem in the ABC Classic Breakfast studio for stunning renditions of Chopin’s ‘Nocturne for piano no. 5,’ and ‘Mazurka, Op.50: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor’. Says Garrick: “This…
Ohlsson’s extraordinary grasp of musical architecture was immediately apparent in Schubert’s popular Impromptu in C minor, where his elegant control of musical line was beautifully complemented by a subtle sense of colour in both the inner and outer parts.
“Last visiting on the cusp of COVID, American pianist Garrick Ohlsson has made a welcome return to Melbourne, confirming his undeniable artistic prowess in a program that radiated conviction and finesse. Ohlsson’s extraordinary grasp of musical architecture was immediately apparent in Schubert’s popular Impromptu in C minor, where his elegant control of musical line was beautifully…
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