Extravaganza by protean International Chopin Piano Competition laureate

Widely recognised for his exceptional elegance and sophisticated interpretation of Chopin, young Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin is one of the most gifted and captivating pianists of his generation. A student of Janina Fialkowska, protégé of Arthur Rubinstein, Richard-Hamelin made his breakthrough after winning the silver medal at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, as well as the Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best sonata performance.

In the upcoming Festival, audiences will be treated to a panorama of Richard-Hamelin’s talent in three online performances, including a programme featuring the complete cycle of Chopin’s 24 Preludes and the coruscant Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante. As part of the Beethoven 250th celebration, Richard-Hamelin will also appear as a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4. The triptych closes with Ernest Chausson’s chamber concerto for piano and strings, dedicated and premiered by the violin virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe.

Programme 1
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

^{With Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Conductor: Bernard Labadie}

Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30, No 2

^{Violin: James Ehnes
Piano: Charles Richard-Hamelin}

"Conquering Performance Anxiety in Piano Competition" Artist Sharing

National Theatre Brno -
Piano Recital by Jan Bartoš

National Theatre Brno -
The Diary of One Who Disappeared