Charles Richard-Hamelin

Pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has a wide-ranging repertoire, from Bach to Dutilleux, that includes solo music, concertos, and chamber music. He has focused especially on Chopin and took a major prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition. Richard-Hamelin was born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada, northeast of Montreal, on July 17, 1989. He attended McGill University in Montreal, earning a bachelor's degree in 2011, and went on to the Yale School of Music for a master's degree, which he completed in 2013. His teachers along the way include Paul Surdulescu, Sara Laimo...