美國鋼琴家 歐爾頌 Garrick Ohlsson （1970年肖邦國際鋼琴大獎得主）

Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948 in New York) is an American classical music pianist.

Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada. Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994 and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ohlsson began his studies at the age of eight at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains and, at the age of 13, began studying at the Juilliard School. His musical development has been influenced in completely different ways by a succession of distinguished teachers, most notably Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhévinne and Irma Wolpe. Ohlsson is noted for his masterful performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire.

Ohlsson has performed in North America with symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Houston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C., and Berkeley; and the National Arts Centre, St. Paul Chamber, and the London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center.

Ohlsson is an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with the Cleveland, Emerson, Takács and Tokyo string quartets, among other ensembles.

Ohlsson toured with the Takács Quartet in 2005-2006.

Ohlsson is a founding member of San Francisco's FOG Trio, together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier.

In 2006-2007, he opened the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. He will also perform at the BBC Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Ohlsson possesses an unusually vast repertoire that ranges over some eighty concertos. He is also known for his exceptional keyboard stretch (a 13th in the left hand and a 12th in the right).

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歐爾頌Garrick Ohlsson (1948 - ) 是1970年第八屆華沙蕭邦鋼琴大賽冠軍得主，是該獎首位(其實也是目前為止唯一一位)美國得主，大他一屆的1965年金牌得主是阿格麗希(Martha Argerich, 1941 - )，下一屆的1975年金牌得主則是齊麥爾曼(Krystian Zimerman, 1956 - )。夾在兩個明星特質太過閃眼的得主之間，歐爾頌的名氣在樂界似乎略顯黯淡，但和1980年的冠軍鄧泰山(Dang Thai Son, 1958 - )一樣，他兩位都可惜的被低估了。當屆的亞軍是內田光子(Mitsuko Uchida, 1948 - )，季軍艾斯(Emanuel Ax) , 當年PHILIPS的大企劃20世紀偉大鋼琴全集中，連內田光子也都入選，歐爾頌與鄧泰山卻在名單外，先撇開或許複雜的版權問題和入選名單爭議等，這兩位實在被低估與遺忘的可惜！ nehk8+eV_  
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我個人對歐爾頌這套蕭邦全集的評價頗高。在市麵上的眾多蕭邦【全集】或【準全集】錄音版本之中，不論在質或量上，都有足以傲視群雄的本錢。 0pB'^Q{  
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於量而論，這套蕭邦全集應是鋼琴家中憑一己之力灌錄蕭邦全集中，曲目最完整的一套，從獨奏曲、協奏曲外，到其餘完整的鋼琴與管弦樂作品、室內樂、歌曲集等皆沒有遺漏，可說代表歐生對肖邦的完整「一家之言」，DG和Muza都得東拚西湊旗下數名鋼琴家的錄音才生出蕭邦全集，歐爾頌的用心與毅力就已值得相當的敬意與掌聲。而且，這套東西比較歐生早年在EMI錄的肖邦，實在不能同日而語，無論技巧與樂感都大有進境，肯定是大師級別的演繹。 'cIFbjJ
 
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簡單的說，歐爾頌擁有超絕的技巧，但卻是相當內斂而不外顯的。由歐爾頌其後在hänssler的兩張鋼琴協奏曲(柴一、拉二、Grieg A小調鋼琴協奏曲)與在Telarc的Busoni鋼琴協奏曲來看，皆不難發現歐爾頌技巧的紮實、高超、甚至淩厲。但在蕭邦獨奏作品中，他不飆速逞快灑狗血，也沒有杜鵑泣血的病態矯情；與那虎背熊腰絡腮胡的形象形成強烈反差的，卻是細膩無比的詩情。以敘事曲為例，歐爾頌不刻意強調其與史詩或敘事詩之間的形象連結，所以你可能不會聽到澎湃激昂的沸騰熱血，卻是發自內心與回歸音樂的自然起伏。而歐爾頌慣用的，是貝森朵夫(Bösendorfer)鋼琴，其音色比較不像Steinway那麽清亮，現場聽的話可發現其音色較沉厚，但在錄音中很容易略顯悶澀，與Steinway在錄音之中相較，是稍微比較不吃香的。大抵這是這套全集的「唯一」弱點。 zH~g5xgh  
這套優秀的錄音，沒有被塵封太久，就有機會再版重見天日，此乃可喜之事其一是也；其二，其版權是由hyperion買下負責再版，hyperion的製作品質素有定評，從外包裝內製作的用心講究到聲音轉錄的品質，都維持一定的水準，對樂迷來說，也是福音。Hyperion網頁上已有完整文案的PDF檔可供下載，包括盒裝的封麵封底，每張CD的封套封麵，以及厚達68頁的解說冊。 ntL%&wY  
個人極推崇歐生的兩首協奏曲，三首奏鳴曲，四首敘事曲，四首諧虐曲，瑪祖卡舞曲；對於練習曲，覺得還真的不錯，但未必達到驚世之境。但歐生的肖邦風格，質樸自然率真，真的自成一派。這套專輯是值得大力推薦的。 KM^}d$x }s  
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