Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Date and Time
Sunday Feb 2, 2014
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Location
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA 01966
Travelling by Car:
Rockport is 45 miles from downtown Boston.
Drive north on Route 128 (through two rotaries) to the traffic light in Gloucester.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Route 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through “Five Corners” onto Route 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor. It’s a slight vere to the right. At the stop sign at Mt. Pleasant Street (lighthouse in median), turn left and then bear left onto Main Street. The Shalin Liu Performance Center is on the right at 37 Main Street.
Travelling by Train:
Rockport is accessible by commuter rail from Boston and other Northshore towns. The commuter rail originates from North Station on the Green line in Boston. The train station is ½ mile walk to the concert hall.
Walking Directions from Rockport Train Station:
Leave Rockport Commuter Rail Station and turn left onto Railroad Avenue. Turn right onto King Street for and then turn right onto Beach Street (Atlantic Ocean and Front Beach on other side of Beach Street). Follow Beach Street and the Shalin Liu Performance Center will be on your left after you’ve merged onto Main Street. The Congregational Church is across the street.
Contact Information
978.546.7391
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Description
A Grammy Award winner for his recording of the Beethoven sonatas, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Ohlsson has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. Even though he was first prize winner of the 1966 Busoni Competition in Italy and the 1968 Montréal Piano Competition, it was his 1970 triumph at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, where he won the Gold Medal (and remains the single American to have done so), that brought him worldwide recognition as one of the finest pianists of his generation. ''This was pianism technically clear and confident, and unafraid to turn the finale of the ''Appassionata'' (Beethoven) into a calculated frenzy.'' New York Times ''Mr. Ohsson dispatched the rippling passagework and crashing chords with authority and rhapsodic sweep. But this was an uncommonly elegant and lucid Rachmaninoff Third.'' New York Times ''The muscular grace of Ohlsson's playing spoke volumes throughout.'' The Guardian ''Brahms's variations…formed an immense emotional journey across a vast stylistic terrain. Ohlsson delivered…with exceptional energy.'' The Guardian ''…breathtaking.'' The Guardian Program: BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasy GRIFFES: 3 Pieces, Op. 5 CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Tickets: $58, $48, $39
