Garrick Ohlsson
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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.
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Background information | |
Born | (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 76) Bronxville, New York |
Genres | Classical |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Website | garrickohlsson |
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]