Marc-André Hamelin, OC, OQ (born September 5, 1961), is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer. Hamelin has received 11 Grammy Award nominations. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Hamelin began his piano studies at the age of five. His father, a pharmacist by trade who was also an amateur pianist, introduced him to the works of Charles-Valentin Alkan, Leopold Godowsky, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji when he was still young. He studied at the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert and then at Temple University in Philadelphia with Harvey Wedeen. In 1989, he was awarded the Virginia Parker Prize. More information...
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