Garrick Ohlsson

Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson in 2010
Background information
Born (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 76)
Bronxville, New York
GenresClassical
InstrumentPiano
Websitegarrickohlsson.com

Garrick Olaf Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) is an American classical pianist.[1] 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.[2] He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Italy[3] and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada. He was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994[4] and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ohlsson has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning one in 2008.

In 2018, in Warsaw, Ohlsson received the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture, conferred by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.[5]

  1. ^ "Garrick Ohlsson". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "VIII Competition — 1970". The International Chopin Competition. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ "List of Winners 1961-1970". International Busoni Competition. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Winners". Avery Fisher Prize. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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