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Pianist Garrick Ohlsson has finally recorded the notorious "Rach 3," Sergei Rachmaninov's extremely tricky Piano Concerto No. 3. Wojciech Grzedzinski hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Garrick Ohlsson: In Pursuit Of A Warhorse

January 31, 2012 • The pianist's massive technique makes short order of Rachmaninov's most difficult concerto.

Garrick Ohlsson: In Pursuit Of A Warhorse

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A drawing of Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin on his deathbed. Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Chopin At 200

Chopin's Iconic Funeral March

March 1, 2010 • No one made funeral music quite like Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer born 200 years ago Monday. Chances are, you've heard snippets of his musical evocation of doom and gloom in cartoons, movies and — of course — funerals.

Chopin's Iconic Funeral March

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Garrick Ohlsson won the International Chopin Competition in 1970, and he's been playing the composer's music ever since. Philip Jones Griffiths hide caption

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Chopin At 200

Garrick Ohlsson: The Chopin Guy

WNYC

February 25, 2010 • In 1970, in Cold War-era Warsaw, an unknown American pianist named Garrick Ohlsson stunned the classical world by winning the International Chopin Competition. The composer's music has played a huge role in Ohlsson's career ever since. Hear him play Chopin in the WNYC studio.

Hear Garrick Ohlsson Play Chopin at WNYC

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Music Interviews

Finding the Piano's Singing Voice

August 1, 2006 • Pianist Garrick Ohlsson sits down at the keyboard to divulge his secrets on how to make the essentially percussive piano sing like a meadowlark. And, from a concert at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival in Massachusetts, Ohlsson plays the "Tempest" by Beethoven.

Finding the Piano's Singing Voice

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