Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948 in New York) is an American classical pianist. He won first prize in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1970, becoming the first American to win this prestigious award. He also won First Prizes at the Busoni Competition in Italy and Montreal Piano Competition. Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fischer Prize in 1994 and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began his studies at the age of eight with the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains and, at the age of 13, began studying at the Juilliard school. His musical development has been influenced in completely different ways by a succession of distinguished teachers, most notably Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhevinne and Irma Wolpe. As a student of the late Claudio Arrau, Ohlsson is noted for his masterful performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. Ohlsson has performed in North America with symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Houston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Berkeley; and the National Arts Centre, St. Paul Chamber, and the London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. Ohlsson is an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with the Cleveland, Emerson, Takács and Tokyo string quartets, among other ensembles. Together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier, he is a founding member of the San Francisco-based FOG trio. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... The International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition is one of the oldest and the most prestigious piano competition in the world, organized in Warsaw since 1927 and held every 5 years since 1955. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He toured with the Takács Quartet in 2005-2006. The Takács Quartet is a world famous string quartet, founded in 1975 in Budapest, Hungary, by Gabor Takács-Nagy (first violin), Károly Schranz (second violin), Gabor Ormai (viola), and András Fejér (cello) while the four were students at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

He is a founding member of San Francisco's FOG Trio. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... FOG Trio is a group of three musicians, pianist Garrick Ohlsson, violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier. ...

In 2006-2007, he will open the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. He will also perform at the BBC Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... The Mostly Mozart Festival is a summer series of concerts held at Lincoln Center in New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis. ...

Ohlsson, who is openly gay, possesses an unusually vast repertoire that ranges over some eighty concertos. GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

Prizes

• Gold Medal, 1970 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw
• Avery Fisher Prize, 1994

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Discography

Mr. Ohlsson has recorded with the following labels:

• Arabesque Recordings
• RCA Red Seal Records
• Angel Records
• Bridge Records
• BMG
• Delos International
• Hänssler Classic
• Nonesuch Records
• Telarc
• EMI Classics

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External links

• http://www.tunepiano.com/garrick.htm