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Garrick Ohlsson (b1948)

Since his triumph at the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, the American pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of extraordinary interpretive power and prodigious technical facility. Although he has long been regarded as one of the worldÂs leading exponents of the music of Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire that encompasses virtually the entire piano literature. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, he is noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. Garrick OhlssonÂs concerto repertoire in particular is unusually wide and eclectic, ranging from Haydn and Mozart to the contemporary, and to date he has at his command some eighty works for piano and

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Discography

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 / Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65	HERVIG: Off Center / HIBBARD: Handwork / ZIOLEK: Nocturnes / No. 16 (The University of Iowa Center for New Music 25th Anniversary, 1966-1991)	HIBBARD: Parsons' Piece / String Quartet / Bass Trombone, Bass Clarinet, Harp / Menage / Schickstuck / Handwork
LAZAROF: Tableaux / Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2	PIANO VIRTUOSO	SCHONSTEN MELODIEN DER KLASSIK (Der) (The Beautiful Melodies of the Classic Period)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 / RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18	WOLPE: The Man from Midian / Violin Sonata