Charles Richard-Hamelin (born 17 July 1989) is a Canadian concert pianist from Joliette, Québec."Rapturous Chopin with Charles Richard-Hamelin and I Musici de Montréal". Ottawa Sun, Natasha Gauthier, July 12, 2016 "Piano star Charles Richard-Hamelin brings chutzpah to Chopin". Georgia Straight, by Alexander Varty on November 2, 2016
Early life and education
Richard-Hamelin was born in Lanaudière, Quebec,"Quebec pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin charms Koerner Hall". By John Terauds, Toronto Star, Feb. 4, 2019 and took his first piano lessons with his father. He studied at McGill University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 2011. He completed his master's degree at the Yale School of Music in 2013.
Career
In 2014, Richard-Hamelin won second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea. The next year, he participated in the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw, 2015), where he received the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a sonata. He also received the most prize money in the competition.
Richard-Hamelin then toured across Canada, mainly performing works by Chopin."Charles Richard-Hamelin Brings Rare Strength and Feeling to an All-Chopin Recital". Seen and Heard International, 13/11/2016 The Fryderyk Chopin Institute later released a two-disc album of his audition performances for the competition."Charles Richard-Hamelin: Chopin". Gramophone, review. He also completed three concert tours in Japan."Charles Richard-Hamelin: 5 pieces that changed my life". CBC Music, By Robert Rowat
In 2016 he received the Choquette-Symcox Award, conferred by the JM Canada Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Canada, accompanied by a $5,000 excellence scholarship, and participated in a Jeunesses Musicales Canada tour in Quebec and Ontario.
In 2018 Richard-Hamelin and Andrew Wan released an album, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8;"Classical Album of the Week: The Coziest Beethoven with Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin". WRTI 90.1 Radio. By Debra Lew Harder • Nov 26, 2018 in 2019 it was nominated for a Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year."Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019. In February 2019, Richard-Hamelin gave a solo performance at Koerner Hall in Toronto, which was recorded by CBC Radio 2.
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