Photo: Ben EalovegaMarc-André Hamelin
Montreal, Canada
Marc-André Hamelin was born in Montreal and started the piano at five.
- Carnegie Hall competition winner, 1985
- 90+ albums on Hyperion
- 11 Grammy nominations
- Composer of 30+ works
- Officer of the Order of Canada
“A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess.”
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He studied at the École Vincent-d'Indy with Yvonne Hubert, then at Temple University in Philadelphia with Harvey Wedeen and Russell Sherman. In 1985 he won Carnegie Hall's International Competition of American Music. The New York Times calls him a performer of "near-superhuman technical prowess."
He has made more than 90 recordings for Hyperion and earned 11 Grammy nominations, eight Juno Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Record Critics' Association. He composes too: more than 30 works, many published by Edition Peters. An Officer of the Order of Canada, he lives near Boston and teaches at the New England Conservatory.
In January 2027 he plays Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Oregon Symphony under Shiyeon Sung.
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