The sublime and the rambunctious: Marc-André Hamelin in Sydney recital

Por Zoltán Szabó, 16 septiembre 2025

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“seldom can one hear such demanding works in such a polished performance”

Crítica hecha desde City Recital Hall, Sídney el 15 septiembre 2025

Beethoven, Sonata para piano núm. 29 en si bemol mayor "Hammerklavier", Op.106

Medtner, Improvisation en si bémol mineur, Op.31 no.1

Medtner, Forgotten Melodies, Op.38 no. 3: Danza festiva

Rajmáninov, Étude-tableau in E flat minor, Op.39 no.5

Rajmáninov, Sonata para piano núm. 2 en si bemol menor, Op.36

Debussy, Images, Set 1 no. 1: Reflets dans l'eau, for piano

Gnattali, Negaceando

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

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Amy Beach’s Gaelic returns to Philadelphia after 100-year absence

Cameron Kelsall, 12th March

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest concert also features Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Marc-André Hamelin.

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Marc-André Hamelin aux Jacobins : un engagement de chaque instant

Thibault d'Hauthuille, 25th September

Il n'y a pas eu de round d'observation dans le récital Haydn-Beethoven-Medtner-Rachmaninov du pianiste canadien au festival toulousain.

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Memory and timelessness: Marc-André Hamelin’s poetic piano wizardry

Michelle Assay, 23rd February

Canadian superstar pianist Marc-André Hamelin amazes and moves while hardly breaking sweat in recital at London's Southbank Centre.

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Takács Quartet explores folk-inflected repertoire in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 23rd January

At the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, the Takács Quartet collaborates with Marc-André Hamelin in works by Price and Dvořák.

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Hamelin’s bracing Ives anchors memorable Cleveland recital

Sam Jacobson, 19th November

Marc-André Hamelin opens his recital with the uncompromising demands of Ives’ Concord Sonata, followed by suites of Schumann and Ravel.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

From the sublime to the rambunctious: Marc-André Hamelin in Sydney recital