A leading exponent of the music of Chopin who also commands an enormous catalogue of works, ranging from the Baroque to the 21st Century.

ABC Classic: American pianist Garrick Ohlsson20 Feb 2020

ABC Classic

The master recitalist recalls how a performance by Sviatislav Richter changed him forever as a musician, how and why the music of Chopin became a defining passion in his life, and he describes the challenges that Scriabin’s mystical works hold for a pianist. His duet with Tamara is, fittingly, a piece by Chopin, but it’s not what you might expect…