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I figured this was worth sharing as these things often don't show up for quite some time due to the YouTube algorithms.

Besides, how often is Rach's Op. 3 performed in it's entirely along with Prokofiev's 4th Sonata?

Fair warning, sound is a little wonky.

Thanks for posting this. I will listen later tonight.

Any relation to the other Canadian Hamelin (Marc-Andre)?

No, they're completely unrelated.

The older is Marc-André Hamelin, while the younger is Charles Richard-Hamelin; the position of the hyphen being significant. It's a mere coincidence, I guess, that they are both Canadian.

By the way, the Youtube video indicates that this took place in Kalmazoo, but no such place exists; it's Kalamazoo. Oh, well, who cares about accuracy these days?

Regards,

Hmmm.. does he have a gal there?

The "a" is missing, so maybe it's a "gala"?

Cheers!

*sigh*
I WAS concerned about the placement of the hyphen, but I corrected myself assuming they at least got the guy's name right. I guess there's nothing for it now...Not really sure where the gal/gala flub is. I'm mildly curious.

He's a wonderful pianist. I loved his performance at the Chopin Competition.

He’s a fantastic pianist and not related to Marc-Andre Hamelin, but they have met once or twice!

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it!

Luckily for him he has a formidable technique.

Imagine having Hamelin in you name otherwise...

I wonder if there's a composer somewhere called Bob Mozart, or something similar.

I have a cousin named Robert Schuman (his real name, with one "n"). However, he's an accountant, not a musician.

I'm thankful he has "Hamelin" in his name as it allowed more than a few, I imagine, including myself to encounter his playing of Kapustin, Lyapunov, and the like a couple years before he participated in the International Chopin Competition.

The playing was impressive then, but it's even more captivating now in my opinion.

I guess that's way before your time!

I'm proud to say I'm nearly 25 so this is ABSOLUTELY before my time. My respect for the reference and word/letter play.

I'd say that William Schuman was a pretty good composer.

And just for the record, cousin Robert Schuman is the son of my late uncle, William Schuman. Uncle Bill was a musician in his first career; he played the cello and occasionally the theramin. Later in life, he was an optician.

Robert Schuman is also the name of the "father of the EU".