Charles Richard-Hamelin & Andrew Wan Duo

Concert

Dive into the richness and intensity of Johannes Brahms’ works for violin and piano, performed by two internationally renowned virtuosos: Andrew Wan, violinist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianist and laureate of the prestigious Chopin Competition.

Having previously explored and recorded the complete sonatas of Beethoven and Schumann (OPUS and JUNO Awards), these artists now delve into three of Brahms’ major works, situated musically between classicism and romanticism. This music masterfully combines lyrical softness with dramatic energy!

These musicians will take part in an artist residency at Orford Music before this concert.

program

Artists

Charles Richard-Hamelin
Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation. Recipient of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and of the prestigious Career Development Award conferred by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, he was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in November 2022, becoming the youngest recipient in the history of the Prix du Québec.

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Andrew Wan
Andrew Wan was named concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2008. As soloist, he has performed worldwide under conductors such as Rafael Payare, Kent Nagano, Maxim Vengerov, Vasily Petrenko, Bernard Labadie, Carlo Rizzi, Peter Oundjian, Xian Zhang, Michael Stern and James DePreist. He has played chamber music with artists such as the Juilliard Quartet, Vadim Repin, Marc-André Hamelin, Daniil Trifonov, Menahem Pressler, Jörg Widmann, Emanuel Ax, Johannes Moser, Arabella Steinbacher, James Ehnes and Gil Shaham.

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