PIANIST MARC-ANDRE HAMELINTO REPLACE
AILING PAUL LEWIS ON OCT. 18
Collaborates with Pacifica Quartet on UChicago Presents opening weekend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –September 23, 2015
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Amy Iwano
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University of Chicago Presents
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CHICAGO–On Sunday, October 18, 2015, the brilliant and intrepid Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin will perform with the Pacifica Quartet,Don Michael Randel Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. This concert continues an on-going collaboration between Mr. Hamelin and the Quartet; the artists recently completed an international tour, and their much-anticipated recording of Leo Ornstein’s 1927 Piano Quintet was released earlier this monthby Hyperion Records.
Mr. Hamelin replaces the previously scheduled British pianist Paul Lewis. Mr. Lewis has withdrawn from his forthcoming concert engagements due to having undergone emergency surgery last week. Mr. Lewis is recovering well but has been advised by doctors not to travel; he is canceling all engagements for six weeks.
The concert program has been revised to accommodate Mr. Hamelin and the artists’ preparation schedule. The pre-concert lecture at 2 PM remains as scheduled.
SUNDAY / OCTOBER 18 / 3 PM / LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL
Pacifica Quartet with Marc-André Hamelin
Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1, Metamorphoses nocturnes
Debussy: Images I
Debussy: Préludes, Book II (selections)
Dvořák: Piano Quintet
Tickets: $30 / $5 all students(with I.D.)
Available at UChicago Arts Box Office, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. Call 773.702.ARTS (2787) or visittickets.uchicago.edu
Visitchicagopresents.uchicago.edufor more information
ABOUT MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Marc-André Hamelin is ranked among the elite of world pianists for his unrivaled blend of musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the neglected music of the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 2015/16, Hamelin performs with the London Philharmonic and Vladimir Jurowski at the AlteOper Frankfurt (Liszt Totentanz and Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Variations) and again later in the season at the Royal Festival Hall for performances and recording of Rachmaninoff Cto. No. 3 and MedtnerCto. No.2; tours North America in Liszt 1 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer to Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Maisonsymphonique de Montréal; has a three part residency at the Muziekgewbouw in Amsterdam, and debuts at the Teatroalla Scala with the La Scala Orchestra led by JakobHrusa.
Orchestral appearances in North America include Edmonton, Los Angeles Chamber, Manitoba, National Arts Centre, Quebec, San Diego, and Toronto Symphony orchestras. In addition to the London Philharmonic, in Europe Hamelin appears with the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Hallé, the Lucerne Symphony and the Orchestra OrchestradellaSvizzeraItaliana in repertoire ranging from Mozart to Brahms, Ravel and Messiaen.
In recital, he plays on the Keyboard Virtuoso series in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall; the Van Cliburn, Spivey Hall, ProMusica Montreal, Music Toronto, and the Green Center in Sonoma. European recitals include Munich, DeSingel in Antwerp, Moscow State Philharmonic Society, Perugia, Heidelberg Festival, Bilbao, and the Salzburg Mozarteum.
The summer of 2015 included a return to the BBC Proms for the Ravel Left Hand piano concerto BBC NOW and François Xavier Roth, a work he repeats at the Colorado Music Festival. Recitals include the Ruhr Piano Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, Festival Cully Classique, the International Keyboard Festival in New York City, Aspen Music Festival, and Wigmore Hall.
Mr. Hamelin records exclusively for Hyperion Records. His most recent releases are a two-disc set of Mozart Sonatas and the Shostakovich Piano Quintet with the Takács Quartet. He was honored with the 2014 ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of Year (Piano) and Disc of the Year by Diapason Magazine and Classica Magazine for his three disc set of Busoni: Late Piano Music.
Other recent recordings include Debussy Images and Préludes Book II, Haydn concertos with Les Violons du Roy and Bernard Labadie, three double-disc sets of Haydn sonatas; and an album of his own compositions, Hamelin: Études, which received a 2010 Grammy nomination (his ninth) and a first prize from the German Record Critics’ Association. The Hamelin études are published by Edition Peters.
His Hyperion discography of over 50 recordings includes concertos and works for solo piano by such composers as Alkan, Godowsky, and Medtner, as well as brilliantly received performances of Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Shostakovich.
Born in Montreal and a resident of Boston, Marc-André Hamelin is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the German Record Critic’s Association. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
ABOUT PACIFICA QUARTET
Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices, over the past two decades the Pacifica Quartet has gained international stature as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The Pacifica tours extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia, performing regularly in the world’s major concert halls. Named the quartet-in-residence at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in March 2012, the Pacifica was also the quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009 – 2012) – a position that has otherwise been held only by the Guarneri String Quartet – and received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.
Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music’s top competitions, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In 2002 the ensemble was honored with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and the appointment to Lincoln Center’s CMS Two, and in 2006 was awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, becoming only the second chamber ensemble so honored in the Grant’s long history. And in 2009, the Quartet was named “Ensemble of the Year” by Musical America.
The members of the Pacifica Quartet live in Bloomington, IN, where they serve as quartet-in-residence and full-time faculty members at the Jacobs School of Music. Prior to their appointment, the Quartet was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana from 2003 to 2012. The Pacifica Quartet has served as resident performing artist at the University of Chicago since 1998.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS
Now celebrating its 72nd year of bringing the world's best artists to Chicago, The University of Chicago Presents offers 26 unique performances in six distinct series in the 2015/16 season, from early music to classical, contemporary, and jazz. The season celebrates the richness that music has to offer with unrivaled musical experiences that bring passion and virtuosity to the stage.
CONCERT LOCATION
LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL: 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago
TICKETS
Tickets are $30 and $5 students (with valid I.D.)
Available at UChicago Arts Box Office, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. Call 773.702.ARTS (2787) or visit tickets.uchicago.edu
BOX OFFICE HOURS
Regular hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 12 pm - 6 pm and through concert intermission; 1-4 pm on concert Sundays.
Concert information online atchicagopresents.uchicago.edu