A titan of the piano returns in Garrick Ohlsson. Virtuosic yet powerful, Ohlsson showcases his favourite composers while debuting a world premiere by Australian Thomas Misson.

In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains, New York, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement, a kindly audience member informing him that his life would never be quite the same.

In the subsequent 50 years Ohlsson has owned Chopin’s music like few others, playing it with authority, humility, a sense of discovery and deep commitment.

Ohlsson has other heroes too, such as Barber and Debussy, whose music will be featured in the Perth concert program alongside a new work by the Australian composer Thomas Misson.

ARTISTS

Garrick Ohlsson Piano

PROGRAM 

DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque
BARBER Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26
THOMAS MISSON New Work*
CHOPIN Variations brillantes, Op. 12
CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4: Larghetto
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

*World premiere performances. Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Stephen Johns for his wife, Michele.

RUNNING TIMES

Start 7:30pm
Interval 8:15pm - 8:35pm*
Finish 9:10pm*

*Times are approximate and subject to change at any time.

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