Charles Richard-Hamelin (born 17 July 1989) is a Canadian concert pianist from Joliette, Quebec.[1][2]
Charles Richard-Hamelin | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 17, 1989 Lanaudière, Canada |
| Instrument | piano |
| Labels | Analekta |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
editRichard-Hamelin was born in Lanaudière, Quebec,[3] and took his first piano lessons with his father.[1] He studied at McGill University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 2011. He completed his master's degree at Yale School of Music in 2013.[4]
Career
editIn 2014, Richard-Hamelin won second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea. The next year, he participated in the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw, 2015), where he received the silver medal[5][6][7] and the Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a sonata.[8][9] He also received the most prize money in the competition.[10][11]
Richard-Hamelin then toured across Canada, mainly performing works by Chopin.[12] The Fryderyk Chopin Institute later released a two-disc album of his audition performances for the competition.[13] He also completed three concert tours in Japan.[14]
In 2016 he received the Choquette-Symcox Award, conferred by the JM Canada Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Canada, accompanied by a $5,000 excellence scholarship,[15] and participated in a Jeunesses Musicales Canada tour in Quebec and Ontario.[16]
In 2018 Richard-Hamelin and Andrew Wan released an album, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8;[17] in 2019 it was nominated for a Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year.[18] In February 2019, Richard-Hamelin gave a solo performance at Koerner Hall in Toronto, which was recorded by CBC Radio 2.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Rapturous Chopin with Charles Richard-Hamelin and I Musici de Montréal". Ottawa Sun, Natasha Gauthier, July 12, 2016
- ^ "Piano star Charles Richard-Hamelin brings chutzpah to Chopin". Georgia Straight, by Alexander Varty on November 2, 2016
- ^ a b "Quebec pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin charms Koerner Hall". By John Terauds, Toronto Star, Feb. 4, 2019
- ^ "Quebec pianist finishes second in Chopin competition". Montreal. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "South Korean Seong-Jin Cho wins Chopin piano competition". BBC News. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Charles Richard-Hamelin wins silver at prestigious Chopin Competition". cbc.ca. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ Jagran Josh. Current Affairs October 2015 eBook: by Jagran Josh. Jagran Josh. p. 330. GGKEY:A5K6AXA9EC0.
- ^ "Near double-joy for Canada at the Chopin Competition". Slipped Disc. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Seong-Jin Cho wins the Chopin Competition". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Chopin Competition 2015 – 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition - Main prizes". chopincompetition2015.com.
- ^ "Chopin Competition 2015 – 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition - Special prizes". chopincompetition2015.com.
- ^ "Charles Richard-Hamelin Brings Rare Strength and Feeling to an All-Chopin Recital". Seen and Heard International, 13/11/2016
- ^ "Charles Richard-Hamelin: Chopin". Gramophone, review.
- ^ "Charles Richard-Hamelin: 5 pieces that changed my life". CBC Music, By Robert Rowat
- ^ "Choquette-Symcox Award". www.jmcanada.ca. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "concerts". Charles Richard-Hamelin. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Classical Album of the Week: The Coziest Beethoven with Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin". WRTI 90.1 Radio. By Debra Lew Harder • Nov 26, 2018
- ^ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.