Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin can play anything just about better than anyone else on the current international piano circuit. Or so it would appear from his fascinating recitals whose diverse and ambitious programmes range from Alkan to Ives, Liszt to Weissenberg &#; and much more.
Hamelin has been much lauded for his exceptional technique, a word which is often mistaken for “piano mechanics”. It is not the ability to perfectly execute thousands of scales and other ‘technical exercises’ with amazing dexterity, but rather an aggregate of many skills which enable the pianist to play a million different passages, and to adjust finger and arm weight and touch accordingly to achieve particular effects and sounds, as well as learning to ‘speak’ the language of music through one’s playing. Another crucial aspect of technique is control – something Marc-André Hamelin has in spades.
His manner at the piano is modest, almost devoid of gesture. He has remarkable economy of movement, yet plays with an enviable ease and fluidity which gives him extraordinary stamina and the ability to create long-spun narrative flow and momentum even in the most complex and seemingly disparate work
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin, a “performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times), is known worldwide for his unrivalled blend of consummate musicianship. He continues to amass praise for his brilliant technique in the great works of the repertoire and for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Hamelin’s – season began with recitals in Asia at Beijing Concert Hall, Xi’an Concert Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, and in duo recitals with Charles Richard-Hamelin in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Fukuoka, with later solo recitals in Gulangyu, Chengdu, and at Shanghai Symphony Hall. European highlights include recitals in Warsaw, Ascona, Copenhagen, Toulouse, Cremona, Florence, Budapest, Detmold, Nijmegen, Hannover, Ruhr, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and London’s Wigmore Hall. Orchestral appearances include the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, the Bruckner Orchester Linz, and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.
He returns to Carnegie Hall for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Bernar
* (Montréal)
Teachers:
Yvonne Hubert, Rita de la Croix, Harvey D. Wedeen, Russell Sherman
Important pupils:
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A super-virtuoso.
&#; Harold C. Schonberg
(New York Times, )
To be strong is to be gentle, and because he didn&#;t have to struggle for the notes, Hamelin appeared to let the piano itself do the work. Such relaxed elegance. The sound in Thalberg&#;s cumulative Don Pasquale Fantasy was huge, yet produced without apparent effort. Sometimes the lack of tension in Hamelin&#;s playing reduced the music&#;s power and sense of excitement. Yet he was never merely slack.
&#; Adrian Jack (condensed)
(The Independent, )
At the time, that really excited me [Schonberg calling him a &#;super-virtuoso&#;]; I even quoted the term in my official bio. Now, I avoid it like the plague. I am primarily concerned with being a medium for composers&#; thoughts.
&#; Marc-André Hamelin
(Chicago Tribune, )
Marc-André Hamelin
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin, a “performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times), is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship. He continues to amass praise for his brilliant technique in the great works of the repertoire, and for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time, and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.
Mr. Hamelin’s season began with recitals in Asia at the Beijing Concert Hall, Xi’an Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, and in duo recitals with Charles Richard-Hamelin in Tokyo, Yokohama and Fukuoka with later solo recitals in Gulangyu, Chengdu and the Shanghai Symphony Hall. European highlights include recitals in Warsaw, Ascona, Copenhagen, Toulouse, Cremona, Florence, Budapest, Detmold, Nijmegen, Herrenhausen, Ruhr, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and London’s Wigmore Hall. Orchestral appearances include the RTVE Madrid, Bruckner Orchester Linz, and Prague Radio Symphony. He returned to São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in the fall for Mozart Pia
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