Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948 in New York) is an American classical music pianist.
Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada. Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994 and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ohlsson began his studies at the age of eight at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains and, at the age of 13, began studying at the Juilliard School. His musical development has been influenced in completely different ways by a succession of distinguished teachers, most notably Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhévinne and Irma Wolpe. Ohlsson is noted for his masterful performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire.
Ohlsson has performed in North America with symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Houston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C., and Berkeley; and the National Arts Centre, St. Paul Chamber, and the London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center.
Ohlsson is an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with the Cleveland, Emerson, Takács and Tokyo string quartets, among other ensembles.
Ohlsson toured with the Takács Quartet in 2005-2006.
Ohlsson is a founding member of San Francisco's FOG Trio, together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier.
In 2006-2007, he opened the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. He will also perform at the BBC Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Ohlsson possesses an unusually vast repertoire that ranges over some eighty concertos. He is also known for his exceptional keyboard stretch (a 13th in the left hand and a 12th in the right).
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简单的说，欧尔颂拥有超绝的技巧，但却是相当内敛而不外显的。由欧尔颂其后在hänssler的两张钢琴协奏曲(柴一、拉二、Grieg A小调钢琴协奏曲)与在Telarc的Busoni钢琴协奏曲来看，皆不难发现欧尔颂技巧的扎实、高超、甚至凌厉。但在萧邦独奏作品中，他不飙速逞快洒狗血，也没有杜鹃泣血的病态矫情；与那虎背熊腰络腮胡的形象形成强烈反差的，却是细腻无比的诗情。以叙事曲为例，欧尔颂不刻意强调其与史诗或叙事诗之间的形象连结，所以你可能不会听到澎湃激昂的沸腾热血，却是发自内心与回归音乐的自然起伏。而欧尔颂惯用的，是贝森朵夫(Bösendorfer)钢琴，其音色比较不像Steinway那么清亮，现场听的话可发现其音色较沉厚，但在录音中很容易略显闷涩，与Steinway在录音之中相较，是稍微比较不吃香的。大抵这是这套全集的「唯一」弱点。 zH~g5xgh
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