In two decades of appearances and partnership with SF Performances, Marc-Andre Hamelin has consistently given recitals that are as illuminating and insightful as they are musically satisfying. His technique is larger-than-life and his generosity of spirit informs every note.
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivalled 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-in concert and on disc.
The coming season includes Mr. Hamelin's return to Carnegie Hall for a recital on the Keyboard Virtuoso Series plus recitals in Montreal, Seattle, Berlin, Florence, Salzburg, Wigmore Hall, Istanbul, among others. In repertoire from Haydn and Mozart to Ravel and Rachmaninoff, Hamelin appears with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles, Stuttgart, and Moscow State Philharmonics, the Vancouver, Cincinnati, and Oregon Symphonies, and tours in Europe with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
With orchestra, he debuted at the Orchestre de Paris with Alan Gilbert conducting the Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand; played the Schoenberg Concerto with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in the opening weeks of Vladimir Jurowski's inaugural season; the Ravel Left Hand Concerto with Juanjo Mena and the Toronto Symphony; Ravel's G Major Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony and John Storgards; Stravinsky with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot; Haydn with Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra; Mozart with Nicholas McGegan conducting the Cleveland Orchestra; the two Brahms concerti with the Moscow Philharmonic; and the Brahms D minor concerto with Andrew Manze conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.