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Marc-André Hamelin , Officer of the Order of Canada|OC , National Order of Quebec|CQ , (born September 5, 1961) is a French Canadian virtuoso cite book|last1=Woodstra|first1=Chris|last2=Brennan|first2=Gerald|last3=Schrott|first3=Allen|title=All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music|year=2005|publisher=Backbeat Books|location=San Francisco, CA|isbn=0-87930-865-6|page=544 pianist and composer .
Biography
Born in Montreal , Quebec , Marc-André Hamelin began his piano studies at the age of five. His father, a pharmacist by trade who was also an amateur pianist, introduced him to the works of Charles-Valentin Alkan|Alkan , Leopold Godowsky|Godowsky , and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji|Sorabji when he was still young. He studied at the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy in Montreal and then at Temple University in Philadelphia . In 1989 he was awarded the Virginia Parker Prize . Canada Council . http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/virginia_parker/hd127237793746875000.htm The Virginia Parker Prize Cumulative list of Winners
Marc-André Hamelin has given recital s in many cities. Festival appearances have included Bad Kissingen, Belfast, Cervantino, La Grange de Meslay, Husum Piano Rarities, Lanaudičre, Ravinia, La Roque d’Anthéron, Ruhr Piano, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Singapore Piano, Snape Maltings Proms, Turku and Ottawa Strings of the Future, as well as the Chopin Festivals of Bagatelle (Paris), Duszniki and Valldemossa. Marc-André Hamelin appears regularly in both the Wigmore Hall Masterconcert Series and the International Piano Series at London’s South Bank Centre. He plays annually in the Herkulessaal in Munich and has given a series of recitals in Tokyo.
He has made recordings of a wide variety of composers with the Hyperion Records|Hyperion label. His recording of Leopold Godowsky 's complete '' Studies on Chopin's Études won the 2000 Gramophone Magazine Instrumental Award. He is well known for his attention to lesser-known composers especially of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century ( Leo Ornstein , Nikolai Roslavets , Georgy Catoire ), and for performing works by pianist-composers such as Leopold Godowsky , Charles-Valentin Alkan , Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji|Kaikhosru Sorabji , Nikolai Kapustin , Franz Liszt , Nikolai Medtner and Frederic Rzewski .
Hamelin has also composed several works, including a set of piano étude s in all of the minor keys, which was completed in September 2009 and is published by Edition Peters|C. F. Peters , with a recording released on the Hyperion Records|Hyperion label. A cycle of seven pieces, called Con Intimissimo Sentimento , was published (with a recording by Hamelin) by Ongaku No Tomo Sha; and a transcription of Zequinha de Abreu 's Tico-Tico No Fubá has been published by Schott Music . Although the majority of his compositions are for piano solo, he has also written three pieces for player-piano (including the comical Circus Galop and Solfeggietto a cinque , which is based on a theme by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach|C.P.E. Bach ), and several works for other forces, including Fanfares for three trumpet s, published by Presser. His other works are distributed by the Sorabji Archive.
In 1985 he won the Carnegie Hall International Competition for American Music. In 2004 Hamelin received the international record award in Cannes . He has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec ( National Order of Quebec ).
Most recently, he won the 2008 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble—Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano.
His first marriage was to soprano Jody Karin Applebaum. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Cathy Fuller, pianist and WGBH-TV|WGBH classical music broadcaster.
Discography
Main|Marc-André Hamelin Discography
References
Reflist
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1ARTU0001511 Hamelin, Marc-André entry in Encyclopedia of Music in Canada part of The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Hamelin-Marc-Andre.htm Profile on Bach Cantatas website
http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/interview-with-marcandr%C3%A9-hamelin.html Extensive interview by Ethan Iverson
External links
http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/ Official Website
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp? name=hamelin Marc-André Hamelin at Hyperion Records
http://www.afjarvis.staff.shef.ac.uk/mah/mah.htm Discography of Marc-André Hamelin, organized alphabetically by composer in three categories (Solo recordings, Concerto recordings, Other), with month and year of recording (by Frazer Jarvis)
http://www.last.fm/music/Marc-Andr%C3%A9+Hamelin Profile Last Fm
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