Piano Recital
Charles Richard‑Hamelin
Prizewinner of the 17th International Chopin Competition Warsaw 2015
Program
Grand Piano Shigeru Kawai
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Suite bergamasque L. 75
- I Prélude
- II Menuet
- III Clair de lune
- IV Passepied
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonatine in F-sharp minor
- I Modéré
- II Mouvement de Menuet
- III Animé
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Napoli – Suite for Piano
- I Barcarolle
- II Nocturne
- III Caprice italien
Intermission
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Start:
8:00 PMIntermission: approx.
8:50 PMEnd: approx.
9:50 PMBiography
Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation. He has been invited to many major festivals such as La Roque d’Anthéron and the Nohant Festival in France, the Prague Spring Festival, the Chopin and his Europe Festival in Warsaw, the Lanaudière Festival and the George Enescu Festival in Bucarest. As a soloist, he has performed with many ensembles including the major Canadian symphony orchestras as well as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, OFUNAM (Mexico) and Les Violons du Roy He has worked with such renowned conductors as Kent Nagano, Rafael Payare, Bernard Labadie, Antoni Wit, Vasily Petrenko, Jacek Kaspszyk, Aziz Shokhakimov, Peter Oundjian, Jacques Lacombe, Fabien Gabel, Carlo Rizzi, John Storgårds, Alexander...
