1. Garrick Olaf Ohlsson was born on April 3,1948 and is an American classical pianist.
16 Facts About Garrick Ohlsson
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In 1970 Ohlsson became the first, and remains the only, competitor from the United States to win the gold medal awarded by the International Chopin Piano Competition, at the VIII competition.
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Garrick Ohlsson won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada.
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Garrick Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994 and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Garrick Ohlsson has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning one in 2008.
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In 2018, in Warsaw, Garrick Ohlsson received the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture, conferred by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
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Garrick Ohlsson began formal piano lessons at the Westchester Conservatory of Music with Tom Lishman at age eight.
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Garrick Ohlsson is known for his exceptional keyboard stretch.
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Garrick Ohlsson has performed in North America with symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston, St Louis, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Washington, DC, and Berkeley, among others, at the National Arts Center, with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra and with the London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in New York.
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Garrick Ohlsson has accompanied violinist Hilary Hahn and contralto Ewa Podles.
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Garrick Ohlsson is an avid chamber musician, having collaborated with the Cleveland, Emerson, Takacs and Tokyo string quartets, in addition to other ensembles.
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Garrick Ohlsson is a founding member of San Francisco's FOG Trio, together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier.
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Garrick Ohlsson has performed at the BBC Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Garrick Ohlsson has recorded all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas for Bridge Records.
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Since 1996 Garrick Ohlsson has lived in San Francisco with his husband, historic preservationist Robert Guter.
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Garrick Ohlsson is a member of the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.