Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson was born in New York City, New York, United States on April 3rd, 1948 and is the Pianist. At the age of 76, Garrick Ohlsson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Garrick Olof Ohlsson was born in Bronxville, New York, on April 3, 1948, is an American classical pianist.
In 1970, Ohlsson became the first and only American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition.
He also secured first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada.
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994 and the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award.
Ohlsson has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning one in 2008.
Early life
Ohlsson was born in 1948 in White Plains, New York, the sole child of a Swedish father and Sicilian-American mother. He began his piano studies at the age of eight at the Music Conservatory of Westchester and, at the age of 13, began studying at the Juilliard School. Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhévinne, and Irma Wolpe have all influenced his musical growth in different ways by a succession of influential teachers, including Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhévinne and Irma Though Ohlsson is best known for his interpretations of Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, and Schubert, his repertoire spans Bach and Busoni, through Copland, Griffes, Debussy, Scriabin, Gershwin, and contemporary composers who have written new works for him, including Norman Dello Joio. Allan Kozinn, a music critic, has characterized Ohlsson's repertory as "huge."
Personal life
Ohlsson and his partner, historic preservationist Robert Guter, now live in San Francisco. He is a member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's faculty.
Career
Ohlsson, Charlotte, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Houston, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Houston, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Berkeley, among others, appeared in North America with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. He has also assisted violinist Hilary Hahn and contralto Ewa Podles.
Ohlsson is an avid chamber musician, having performed with the Cleveland, Emerson, Takács, and Tokyo string quartets in place of other ensembles. He appeared with the Takács Quartet from 2005 to 2006. He was also a founding member of FOG Trio in San Francisco, as well as violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier.
He appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York from 2006 to 2007. He has appeared at the BBC Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In 2010, he toured Australia and gave concerts in Melbourne.
Ohlsson performed Chopin's entire musical output on Hyperion Records, including complete solo piano music, chamber music, piano and orchestra, and songs. Op. 91, Busoni's five-movement Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 89. Under Christoph von Dohnányi, 39 with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has also performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas for Bridge Records.
There are no fewer than eighty concertos in his remarkably large collection. He is also known for his remarkable keyboard length (a 12th in the left hand and an 11th in the right).
He appeared on ABC's The Dick Cavett Show on February 25, 1971, just shy of winning the Chopin competition in 1970. Sammy Davis Jr., an actor, and Anissa Jones, a young Family Affair actress.