Seeing music, hearing paintings? Garrick Ohlsson in Sydney

Par Zoltán Szabó, 17 février 2016

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Critique faite à City Recital Hall, Sydney, le 15 février 2016

Granados, 12 Danzas Españolas: Oriental, Op.37 no.2

Granados, Goyescas, Op.11

Moussorgski, Tableaux d'une exposition

Granados, El Pelele

Œuvres de Chopin

Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

Singapore's belated Rachmaninov anniversary nod

Chang Tou Liang, 13th January

Rachmaninov's anniversary as celebrated by the Singapore Symphony proves a case of better late than never.

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Garrick Ohlsson’s Beethoven makes for a memorable night at ProMusica

Sam Jacobson, 10th December

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra joins forces with Garrick Ohlsson in a Beethoven concerto. Less familiar scores from Schubert and Julia Perry round off the program.

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Garrick Ohlsson: a rousing reprise in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 21st October

Garrick Ohlsson looks back over a 60-year career in style with a fine recital in Prague's Rudolfinum.

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Gripping tale of Lemminkäinen and a dazzling Rach 3 in Manchester

Peter Connors, 22nd April

In a concert consisting of two contrasting works, the BBC Philharmonic and John Storgårds gave a dramatic performance of Sibelius' Lemminkäinen Suite and Garrick Ohlsson offered a restrained but virtuosic account of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

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An old friend still impresses in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 11th April

Garrick Ohlsson returns to the scene of earlier triumphs for breathtaking Brahms with Emmanuel Villaume and PKF – Prague Philharmonia.

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Spring and storm clouds from Alan Gilbert and the Boston Symphony

Kevin Wells, 13th January

Alan Gilbert turns the usual concert format on its head, ending his program with Dvořák’s Carnival Overture to follow a trio of works new to the orchestra.

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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.

Seeing music, hearing paintings? Garrick Ohlsson’s Sydney recital