Artist Recital Series Presents Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Oct. 15 by Marci Janas '91
			"Nobody plays Liszt more beautifully than Marc-André Hamelin." Thus spake The Toronto Star, but audiences can hear for themselves when Oberlin College's Artist Recital Series presents the "supervirtuoso," as he has come to be known, in an evening of works by Schubert, Chopin, and, yes, Liszt. The concert takes place Tuesday, October 15, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. Hamelin will perform Franz Schubert's Sonata in A Major; Schubert/Liszt's Three Marches; Frédéric Chopin's Souvenir de Paganini" in A Major; and Liszt's Six grandes etudes d'après Paganini. The French Canadian pianist is renowned for his musicality, unique talent, and refined pianism - and, according to Alex Ross, classical-music critic of The New Yorker, for his hands, which Ross counts "among the wonders of the musical world." Jeremy Eichler, writing in The New York Times, agrees: "He plays with his upper body almost motionless while his fingers rampage over the keyboard. He can dispatch withering accompanimental figures while trumpeting out melodies with bewildering clarity, spaciousness, and control." Individual tickets for Marc-André Hamelin are priced at $7 for students, $16 for those with an Oberlin College ID card and for senior citizens, and $20 for the general public. Discounted subscription packages to the Artist Recital Series are also available. For more information, or to order tickets, please contact Oberlin's Central Ticket Service at 440-775-8169. Information is also available online. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College sponsors the Artist Recital Series with additional support from the Friends of the Artist Recital Series. Media sponsorship for the Artist Recital Series is provided by WCLV 104.9-FM, Cleveland's classical music radio station, and WCPN 90.3-FM, Ideastream.
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