"Interprete di abilità tecnica quasi sovrumana" (The New York Times), il pianista Marc-André Hamelin è noto in tutto il mondo per il suo impareggiabile connubio di grande musicalità e tecnica brillante nelle grandi opere del repertorio tradizionale, nonché per la sua intrepida esplorazione delle rarità del XIX, XX e XXI secolo. Si esibisce regolarmente in tutto il mondo con le principali orchestre e direttori d'orchestra del nostro tempo e tiene recital nelle principali sale concertistiche e festival di tutto il mondo.

I punti salienti della stagione 2022-2023 di Hamelin includono una vasta gamma di repertori eseguiti con l'Orchestra di St. Luke alla Carnegie Hall (Quintetto per pianoforte di Florence Price e Brahms), la Filarmonica di Berlino e Marek Janowski (Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra di Reger), la San Diego Symphony e Rafael Payare (Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n. 2 di Liszt), l'Orchestra Sinfonica di Toronto e la Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 2), Toronto Symphony Orchestra e Gustavo Gimeno (Turangalîla-Symphonie di Messiaen), Netherlands Philharmonic e Joshua Weilerstein (Rhapsody in Blue di Gershwin) e Symphony Nova Scotia e Holly Mathieson (Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra di Grieg). I recital portano Hamelin a Vienna, Chicago, Toronto, Montréal, Napa Valley, San Paolo e Bogotà, e molte altre prestigiose sale in tutto il mondo.

The summer of 2022 included performances at many festivals including Caramoor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Tanglewood, Domaine Forget, La Jolla, Schubertiade, and Festival International Piano.

Mr. Hamelin is an exclusive recording artist for Hyperion Records, where his discography spans more than 70 albums, with notable recordings of a broad range of solo, orchestral, and chamber repertoire. In January 2022, the label released a two-disc set of C. P. E. Bach’s sonatas and rondos that received wide critical acclaim and in June 2022, Hyperion released the two-disc set of William Bolcom’s The Complete Rags.

Mr. Hamelin has composed music throughout his career, with over 30 compositions to his name. The majority of those works—including the Etudes and Toccata on L’homme armé, commissioned by the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—are published by Edition Peters. His most recent work, his Piano Quintet, was premiered in August 2022 by himself and the celebrated Dover Quartet at La Jolla Music Society.

Mr. Hamelin makes his home in the Boston area with his wife, Cathy Fuller, a producer and host at Classical WCRB. Born in Montreal, he is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Record Critics’ Association, and has received seven Juno Awards and 11 Grammy nominations, and the 2018 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. In December 2020, he was awarded the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry from the Ontario Arts Foundation. Mr. Hamelin is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada.