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Charles Richard-Hamelin

シャルル・リシャール＝アムラン　/　しゃるる・りしゃーる＝あむらん

Pianist from Canada

July 17, 1989 (age 36)　・　Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada

Quebec
pianist

My Take

Charles Richard-Hamelin is, for me, proof that you don't need to win first prize to win hearts. His silver medal at the 2015 Chopin Competition came with the sonata prize, and his Chopin playing has a poetic restraint I find deeply moving; nothing is showy, everything serves the line. From Joliette in Quebec and trained partly at Yale, he carries himself like a serious musician's musician. Later honours like the Prix Denise-Pelletier confirmed his standing at home. When I want Chopin that feels searching rather than spectacular, his recordings are where I go.

Overview

Charles Richard-Hamelin (born 17 July 1989) is a Canadian concert pianist from Joliette, Québec.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Charles Richard-Hamelin
Name (Japanese): シャルル・リシャール＝アムラン
Reading: しゃるる・りしゃーる＝あむらん
Born: July 17, 1989 (age 36)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Snake
Origin: Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Yale University

Awards & achievements

2015 XVII International Chopin Piano Competition
2017 Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
2016 Choquette-Symcox Award
2022 Prix Denise-Pelletier

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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