Garrick Ohlsson to Perform at A2SO's Beethoven Festival at Hill Auditorium, 9/19

Experience first-hand, the award-winning command of pianist Garrick Ohlsson. Ohlsson is especially lauded for performances of Beethoven's work. He was the first American to win 1st Prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition. He also received a Grammy award in 2008, further proving himself to be a "musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess." The pairing of the Third Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy will give audiences a double treat: both pieces will feature piano soloist Ohlsson on piano.

Beginning at the age of 8, Ohlsson started his studies at the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains. He began studying at the Julliard School at the age of 13. Ohlsson's extreme talents from a young age spurred his desire to perform and have continued to benefit him through worldwide recognition of his talents. A longtime lover of Ann Arbor, Ohlsson received the University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in 1998.

The Grammy-award winning UMS Choral Union is also featured on the Beethoven Festival, prepared by the newly appointed Music Director and Conductor Scott Hanoian. The Choral Union is known for its "definitive performances of large-scale works for chorus and orchestra." Most recently the Choral Union was nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award in the category "Best Opera Recording" for its Naxos recoding of Milhaud's L'Orestie d'Eschyle.

• Beethoven Symphony No. 3
• Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 with Garrick Ohlsson
• Beethoven Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, "Choral Fantasy"

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