Marc-André Hamelin

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin, described as a performer of near-superhuman technical prowess by The New York Times, is renowned worldwide for his unparalleled combination of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the established repertoire, as well as for his fearless exploration of rarities from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs across the globe with leading orchestras and conductors of our time, and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide.

Highlights of Hamelin’s 2023–2024 season include a wide variety of repertoire performed with the Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen (Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Reger’s Piano Concerto), and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (music by Franck and Boulanger). Recitals and chamber music appearances take Hamelin to Prague, Poland, Oslo, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, Portland Piano International, Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Cliburn Concerts, and Brevard Music Center with Johannes Moser, as well as across the U.S. with the Takács Quartet. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Le Festival de Lanaudière, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Schubertiade, and Rockport Chamber Music Festival.

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 September 2023, the label releases Hamelin’s recording of Fauré’s Nocturnes and Barcarolles, including a short four-hand suite, played with his wife, Cathy Fuller. In 2022, he released both a two-disc set of C. P. E. Bach’s sonatas and rondos and a two-disc set of William Bolcom’s complete rags, both of which received wide critical acclaim.

Throughout his career, Hamelin has composed music, with over 30 compositions to his name. The majority of these works—including etudes and Toccata on “L’homme armé,” commissioned by the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—are published by Edition Peters. Hamelin performed his Toccata on “L’homme armé” along with music by C.P.E. Bach and William Bolcom on NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2023. His latest work, his Piano Quintet, was premiered in August 2022 by himself and the celebrated Dover Quartet at La Jolla Music Society.