Garrick Ohlsson and Parker Van Ostrand Thread the Mentorship Needle
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…
