Mark Andre Biography

The country of Canada Mark-Andre Amlen is a worldwide recognized master of modern piano art. Its interpretation of both classical works and little -known works of the XIX -XXI centuries are amazing with freedom and the depth of reading, the novelty and incredible use of all the resources of the piano. Mark Andre Amlen was born in Montreal in the year. Starting classes at the piano at the age of five, already four years later he became the winner of the National Musical Competition.

His first mentor was his father-a pharmacist by profession and a talented amateur pianist. The victory at the Carnegie Hall pianists contest in the year became the starting point of his brilliant career. The pianist with great success performs in the best halls of the world, at the largest festivals in Europe and the USA. Among other noticeable events are the debut with the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, the British premiere of the Mark-Entoni concert, written specifically for Amlen with the Hall orchestra in Manchester.

In gg. The pianist collaborated with the Symphony teams of Montreal, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Bologna, Montpellier, with the Bavarian State Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, the North German radio orchestra, with which he performed concerts of Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Ravel, Metnel, Shostakovich.

The artist's solo evenings took place in the Vienna concerthouse, the Berlin Philharmonic, the halls of Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, New York, at the Gilmore piano festival in Michigan, as well as in the Shanghai concert hall. Together with Pasifik Quartet, Amen performed the premiere of his string quintet. In the summer of G., the musician of a wide creative range, Amlen proved himself as a talented composer.

After the premiere on February 21, in New York, his chakons “New York Times” called Amlen “Emperor Piano” for “divine sophistication, amazing power, brilliance and incredibly transparent carcass.” Amen Mark Andre is an exclusive artist Hyperion Records. For this label, he recorded more than 70 CD. Among them are concerts and solo compositions of composers such as Alkan, Deredovsky, Metner, Roslavets, brilliant interpretations of the works of Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Schuman, Debussy, Shostakovich, as well as notes of his own opuses.

In the year, the album “12 sketches in all minor tonalities” was released, where Amen appeared in two of the role of the pianist and composer. The disk was nominated for the Grammy Award ninth in his career. The recording of the late piano works by Buzoni was awarded the Echo Award award in the nominations “Instrumentalist of the Year of Piano” and “Disk of the Year” from French magazines Diapason and Classica.

In addition, recordings with Takach Quartet have been released piano Quintes Shostakovich and Leo Ornstin, a double album with Mozart sonatas, a leaf disc. Mark Andre Amen lives in Boston. He was awarded the life award of the Association of German critics in the field of recording. In the year, the pianist was introduced into the Gramophone Hall of Fame. The author of the photo is Fran Kaufman.