Hamelins legend will grow - right now there is no one like him -Alex Ross, The New YorkerMarc-Andre Hamelin ranks among the small handful of performers in every generation whose abilities defy the imagination. -John Terauds, Toronto Star Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelins unique blend of musicianship and virtuosity brings forth interpretations remarkable for their freedom, originality, and prodigious mastery of the pianos resources. Long known for his bold exploration of unfamiliar pianistic terrain, Hamelin has increasingly turned his attention to the established masterworks of the piano literature.Hamelin begins 2011/2012 at the BBC Proms with a late night recital of Liszt works and with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing Rachmaninovs Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini. He debuts with Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Szymanowskis Symphony No. 4, and appears with the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Danish Radio Orchestra and the Helsingborg Symphony. In North America he performs with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Montreal, Quebec and Seattle; he also performs the epic Busoni Piano Concerto throughout the season, in dates with the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, the Orchestra Symphonique de Trois-Rivieres, and the New Jersey Symphony and Jacques Lacombe at Carnegie Hall for the Spring for Music Festival.Highlights of his 2011/12 recital appearances include dates in San Francisco, Philadelphia Toronto, Montreal, Washington, at Londons Wigmore Hall, the Lucerne Piano Festival and in Denmark, Germany, Italy Portugal, Russia, and Sweden. Hamelin also returns to the Far East for appearances with the Singapore Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic, and recitals in Hong Kong and Seoul.In recent seasons, Hamelin has performed with orchestra and in solo recital at New York Citys Lincoln Center; in recital and in chamber music on the various stages of Carnegie Hall; on an international tour of the Schumann Piano Quintet with the Takacs Quartet; and was celebrated by the Pro Musica Society of Montreal with a six-concert series, The Art of Marc-Andre Hamelin.A prolific recording artist, Hamelins recent releases include a critically acclaimed solo disc of works by Liszt, and Reger and Strauss concerti with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin for Hyperion Records. An album of his own compositions, Hamelin: Etudes and other works, received a 2010 Grammy nomination (his ninth) and a first prize from the German Record Critics Association; the works are published by Edition Peters. His complete Hyperion discography includes concertos and works for solo piano by composers such as Alkan, Busoni, Godowsky, and Medtner, as well as brilliantly received performances of Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt and Schumann.A resident of Boston, Marc-Andre Hamelin is the recipient of a lifetime achievement prize by the German Record Critics Association, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier de lOrdre du Quebec, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
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