Marc-André Hamelin

Marc-André Hamelin (2003)

Marc-André Hamelin (born September 5, 1961 in Montreal ) is a French-Canadian pianist and composer .

Life

He studied in Philadelphia with Yvonne Hubert , Harvey Wedeen and Russell Sherman.

Hamelin is particularly dedicated to the works of little-known composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, but also plays the standard international repertoire. He is known for playing rarely performed pieces with extreme technical and interpretational difficulty (for example by Godowsky , Ornstein , Roslawetz , Catoire , Ives and Sorabji ). His interpretations of the works of Charles Valentin Alkan and Paul Dukas caused a sensation . As one of three pianists, he also recorded Leopold Godowsky's 53 studies on F. Chopin's etudes . This recording received the Gramophone Instrumental Award in 2000.

He has recorded many albums for the Hyperion label , including works by the composers mentioned as well as works by Albeniz , Brahms , Busoni , Chopin , Debussy , Eckhardt-Gramatté , Grainger , Haydn , Janáček , Kapustin , Korngold , Liszt , Joseph Marx , Medtner , Reger , Rzewski , Shchedrin , Shostakovich , Schubert , Schumann , Scriabin , Szymanowski and Villa-Lobos .

Hamelin also appears as a composer of piano music. Between 1986 and 2009 he created a cycle of twelve études in all minor keys ( 12 études in all the minor keys ), which he performed in full for the first time on 23 August 2010 in Husum as part of the music festival Rarities of Piano Music . In 2010 he recorded the etudes along with other original compositions on the CD Études . He premiered his Variations on a Theme of Paganini from 2011 on August 22, 2011, also in Husum. For the ARD competition 2014, Hamelin wrote the cycle of variations Pavane variée on the dance song Belle qui tiens ma vie by the Renaissance composer Thoinot Arbeau as a commissioned work and compulsory piece for all semi-finalists in the piano category .

In Germany, his Original Compositions in the Tradition of Nancarrow have also been published so far .

Compositions for piano solo

• 12 Études in all the minor keys (1986–2009)
• Variations on a theme of Paganini (2011)
• Pavane variée (2014)
• Circus Galop for player piano (1994)

Prizes and awards

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• 1985 - 1st place at the Carnegie Hall American Music Competition (he was described as an over- virtuoso after his victory by Harold Schonberg, the piano specialist of the New York Times )
• 1989 - Virginia-Parker Prize (Canada)
• 1992 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 1994 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 1996 - Juno Award
• 1996 - Cannes Classical Award
• 1996 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 1997 - Juno Award
• 1997 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 1998 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 1998 - Juno Award
• 1998 - Opus Award (Canada), Performer of the Year
• 1999 - Juno Award
• 1999 - Opus Award, Personality of the Year
• 2000 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 2002 - Gramophone Award
• 2002 - Australian Soundscape Award
• 2002 - Prize of the German Record Critics (represented three times on the best list)
• 2003 - International Grand Prize of the Franz Liszt Academy
• 2003 - Order of Canada , Officer (highest Canadian honor for civilians)
• 2004 - Ordre national du Québec , Chevalier
• 2004 - International Record Award in Cannes
• 2005 - Echo Klassik
• 2005 - German Record Critics' Prize (best list)
• 2006 - Certificate of Honor from the German Record Critics
• 2008 - Juno Award
• Honorary Doctorate from Laval University , Québec
• 2011 - German Record Critics' Prize
• 2014 - ECHO Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year (piano) for the recording Ferruccio Busoni - Late Piano Music ; Hyperion CDA 67951 (3 CDs)

literature

• Robert Rimm: The Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The Eight . Ed .: Amadeus Press. Portland, Oregon 2002, ISBN 1-57467-072-7 (English).

Web links

• Literature by and about Marc-André Hamelin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official Homepage (English)
• Discography at Hyperion Records (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernhard Neuhoff: Interview with Marc-André Hamelin: "I wish they wouldn't talk so much about my technology." BR-Klassik , June 22, 2016, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
2. ^ Rarities of Piano Music, Husum - Monday, August 23, 2010 - Marc-André Hamelin. (No longer available online.) Förderverein Raritäten der Klaviermusik, Husum, archived from the original on December 28, 2011 ; Retrieved August 25, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Hamelin - Études. Hyperion , accessed August 25, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Rarities of Piano Music, Husum - Monday, August 22, 2011 - Marc-André Hamelin ( Memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Honorary Awards 2006. German Record Critics Award, accessed on October 11, 2011 . 
6. ↑ Volume 2011 ( Memento from October 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Marc-André Hamelin: Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year 2014 (piano) ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.