"Hamelin's legend will grow-right now there is no one like him," according to The New Yorker. The legendary Canadian piano titan Marc-Andre Hamelin returns to SF Performances with the type of deliciously eclectic and technically demanding program that consistently affirms his versatile artistry, intelligence, skill, and humor.
A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess" (The New York Times), pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.
Highlights of Mr. Hamelin's 2023-24 season include a vast variety of repertoire performed with the Philharmonische Hagen (Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Reger's Piano Concerto), and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (music by Franck and Boulanger). Recital and chamber music appearances take Mr. Hamelin to Prague, Poland, Oslo, Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, Portland Piano International, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Cliburn Concerts and Brevard Music Center with Johannes Moser, and across the U.S. with the Takacs Quartet. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Le Festival de Lanaudiere, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Schubertiade, and Rockport Chamber Music Festival.
The program will include:
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
FRANK ZAPPA: Ruth Is Sleeping
STEFAN WOLPE: Passacaglia
JOHN OSWALD: TIP
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Improvisation in B Flat Minor Op. 31 No. 1; Danza festiva, Op. 38 No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 5; Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version)
$85/75/65.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess" (The New York Times), pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.
Highlights of Mr. Hamelin's 2023-24 season include a vast variety of repertoire performed with the Philharmonische Hagen (Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Reger's Piano Concerto), and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (music by Franck and Boulanger). Recital and chamber music appearances take Mr. Hamelin to Prague, Poland, Oslo, Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, Portland Piano International, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Cliburn Concerts and Brevard Music Center with Johannes Moser, and across the U.S. with the Takacs Quartet. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Le Festival de Lanaudiere, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Schubertiade, and Rockport Chamber Music Festival.
The program will include:
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
FRANK ZAPPA: Ruth Is Sleeping
STEFAN WOLPE: Passacaglia
JOHN OSWALD: TIP
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Improvisation in B Flat Minor Op. 31 No. 1; Danza festiva, Op. 38 No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 5; Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version)
$85/75/65.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
"Hamelin's legend will grow-right now there is no one like him," according to The New Yorker. The legendary Canadian piano titan Marc-Andre Hamelin returns to SF Performances with the type of deliciously eclectic and technically demanding program that consistently affirms his versatile artistry, intelligence, skill, and humor.
A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess" (The New York Times), pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.
Highlights of Mr. Hamelin's 2023-24 season include a vast variety of repertoire performed with the Philharmonische Hagen (Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Reger's Piano Concerto), and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (music by Franck and Boulanger). Recital and chamber music appearances take Mr. Hamelin to Prague, Poland, Oslo, Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, Portland Piano International, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Cliburn Concerts and Brevard Music Center with Johannes Moser, and across the U.S. with the Takacs Quartet. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Le Festival de Lanaudiere, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Schubertiade, and Rockport Chamber Music Festival.
The program will include:
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
FRANK ZAPPA: Ruth Is Sleeping
STEFAN WOLPE: Passacaglia
JOHN OSWALD: TIP
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Improvisation in B Flat Minor Op. 31 No. 1; Danza festiva, Op. 38 No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 5; Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version)
$85/75/65.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess" (The New York Times), pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.
Highlights of Mr. Hamelin's 2023-24 season include a vast variety of repertoire performed with the Philharmonische Hagen (Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Reger's Piano Concerto), and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (music by Franck and Boulanger). Recital and chamber music appearances take Mr. Hamelin to Prague, Poland, Oslo, Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, Portland Piano International, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Cliburn Concerts and Brevard Music Center with Johannes Moser, and across the U.S. with the Takacs Quartet. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Le Festival de Lanaudiere, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Schubertiade, and Rockport Chamber Music Festival.
The program will include:
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
FRANK ZAPPA: Ruth Is Sleeping
STEFAN WOLPE: Passacaglia
JOHN OSWALD: TIP
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Improvisation in B Flat Minor Op. 31 No. 1; Danza festiva, Op. 38 No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 5; Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version)
$85/75/65.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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