Marc-André Hamelin, pianist

                   

Marc-André Hamelin, pianist
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"Artists and organizations hoping to revitalize classical music should look to Mr. Hamelin"
~ New York Times

"Hamelin's legend will grow - right now there is no one like him"
~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker

"Marc-André Hamelin ranks among the small handful of performers in every generation whose abilities defy the imagination."
~ John Terauds, Toronto Star

"One of the most adventurous and certainly the most courageous pianists of recent times."
~ International Piano Quarterly


Meet Mr. Hamelin (1:09)

In this Gramophone Magazine blog, Jed Distler reviews Hamelin’s performance of the Liszt B Minor Sonata, recorded live on April 14, 2010 at the WGBH Fraser Performance Studio.  You can also listen to “extraordinary” Liszt yourself!
  Jed Distler reviews Hamelin's Liszt B Minor, recorded live for WGBH

Hamelin performs the Chopin Ballade No. 3 in a broadcast on Mezzo TV.
  Chopin Ballade No. 3

Hamelin performs his Etude No. 7 “After Tchaikovsky” and speaks with Radio Canada about “le concert idéal”: his ideal concert.
  Hamelin Etude No. 7, speaking about “le concert ideal”

Hamelin performs the Strauss-Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on “Wine, Women and Song” in concert at Les Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad in Switzerland
  Strauss-Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on “Wine, Women and Song”

Hamelin plays his transcription of the lovely Alexis Weissenberg/Charles Trenet “En Avril, à Paris” as an encore in concert at Les Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad in Switzerland
  Alexis Weisseberg/Charles Trenet “En Avril, à Paris”

Ethan Iverson of the audacious jazz trio The Bad Plus conducts an extensive, personal interview for with Marc-André, touching on everything from repertoire to practice habits to score exploration to a pop listening quiz. Posted on The Bad Plus blog, DO THE MATH, on March 31, 2009.
  Ethan Iverson interviews Marc-André Hamelin.

Hamelin plays his Etude No. 6, "Ommaggio a D. Scarlatti" live in recital.
  Hamelin Etude No. 6 "Ommaggio a D. Scarlatti"

From the "Supervirtuoso Documentary", Hamelin plays Alkan's Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages" live in concert.
  Alkan Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages"

Hamelin plays a live in-studio recital for Boston’s WGBH, on January 24, 2008, with Alexis Weissenberg’s “Sonata in a State of Jazz”, Chopin’s Barcarolle Op. 60 and his own “Erlkönig” etude.
  Live in-studio recital and interview at Boston’s WGBH.

At his home, Hamelin plays his response to concert-going cell-phone offenders: "Valse Irritation", based on the Nokia ringtone.
  Hamelin “Valse Irritation d’après Nokia”