November 16, 2025
Cecilian Chamber Series - Charles Richard-Hamelin
Presented by Cecilian Chamber Series - Rental Event
Showtimes
- Sunday, November 16 - 3:00pm
Pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin, laureate of the Chopin Competition, returns with a programme both poetic and virtuosic that includes Chopin's tuneful Nocturnes and the four wild Scherzi, along with the monumental Schubert C minor sonata that was strongly influenced by Beethoven. Winner of many awards and honors, Charles has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation.
Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation. Recipient of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and of the prestigious Career Development Award conferred by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, he was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in November 2022, becoming the youngest recipient in the history of the Prix du Québec.
As a soloist, Charles has performed with the major Canadian symphony orchestras (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Metropolitan, Quebec City, Edmonton, Calgary, etc.) as well as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, OFUNAM (Mexico), Les Violons du Roy and I Musici de Montréal. As a chamber musician, he has performed with Andrew Wan, James Ehnes, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Marc-André Hamelin, the Dover Quartet, the New Orford Quartet, the Apollon Musagète Quartet and the Meccore Quartet, among others.
Charles Richard-Hamelin has recorded eleven albums, all released on the Analekta label, including solo works by Chopin, duo works with Montreal Symphony concertmaster Andrew Wan, both Chopin piano concertos with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, and Mozart’s Piano Concertos nos. 22 and 24 with Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Jonathan Cohen. Six Félix awards (ADISQ) and a JUNO in 2022 saluted the quality of these albums, which have received widespread acclaim from critics around the world.
Program: The Poet of the Piano
Chopin: Nocturne op. 32 no. 2 in A-flat major
Nocturne op. 48 no. 1 in C minor
Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio
IV. Allegro
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Tickets are $70 for Level 1, $65 for Level 2, and $25 for students. Prices are inclusive of fees and taxes. Seating is assigned.
Single tickets go on sale on September 1, 2025.
To donate to the Cecilian Chamber Series, please visit: DONATE
Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation. Recipient of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and of the prestigious Career Development Award conferred by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, he was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in November 2022, becoming the youngest recipient in the history of the Prix du Québec.
As a soloist, Charles has performed with the major Canadian symphony orchestras (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Metropolitan, Quebec City, Edmonton, Calgary, etc.) as well as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, OFUNAM (Mexico), Les Violons du Roy and I Musici de Montréal. As a chamber musician, he has performed with Andrew Wan, James Ehnes, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Marc-André Hamelin, the Dover Quartet, the New Orford Quartet, the Apollon Musagète Quartet and the Meccore Quartet, among others.
Charles Richard-Hamelin has recorded eleven albums, all released on the Analekta label, including solo works by Chopin, duo works with Montreal Symphony concertmaster Andrew Wan, both Chopin piano concertos with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, and Mozart’s Piano Concertos nos. 22 and 24 with Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Jonathan Cohen. Six Félix awards (ADISQ) and a JUNO in 2022 saluted the quality of these albums, which have received widespread acclaim from critics around the world.
Program: The Poet of the Piano
Chopin: Nocturne op. 32 no. 2 in A-flat major
Nocturne op. 48 no. 1 in C minor
Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio
IV. Allegro
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Tickets are $70 for Level 1, $65 for Level 2, and $25 for students. Prices are inclusive of fees and taxes. Seating is assigned.
Single tickets go on sale on September 1, 2025.
To donate to the Cecilian Chamber Series, please visit: DONATE
