Edmonton Chamber Music Society Presents Charles Richard-Hamelin

For the second performance in their 2022/23 Season, Edmonton Chamber Music Society (ECMS) presents Charles Richard-Hamelin, on October 29 at Robertson-Wesley Church (10209 123 street), at 7:30 PM.

2022 Juno Award winner, Silver medalist and laureate of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin stands out today as one of the most important musicians of his generation. In 2014, he won the second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and the third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea.

Richard-Hamelin is the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec and the prestigious Career Development Award offered by the Women's Musical Club of Toronto. Charles Richard-Hamelin has recorded ten albums to this day. In 2015, he first recorded acclaimed performances of Chopin's last works. Launched in 2016, his second album brings together works by Beethoven, Enescu and Chopin, recorded in concert at the Palais Montcalm in Québec City.

The evening's program will feature: Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, Prélude and Le Tombeau de Couperin, along with Frédéric Chopin's 24 Preludes, op. 28.