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Charles Richard-Hamelin
Person · male · Canada · Lanaudière · born 1989 · recording since 2015
Canadian pianist
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Also known as 夏尔·里夏尔-阿默兰
Timeline
13 events▣ Album 7✦ Award 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Sonata h-moll / Nokturny / Polonezy / Mazurki
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
· Album
Album: Les Trois Sonatas Pour Violon et Piano / The Three Violin Sonatas
Album
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Biography
English biography242 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1355520354
Biography
Charles Richard-Hamelin (born 17 July 1989) is a Canadian concert pianist from Joliette, Québec.
Early life and education
Richard-Hamelin was born in Lanaudière, Quebec, and took his first piano lessons with his father. He studied at McGill University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 2011. He completed his master's degree at the Yale School of Music in 2013.
Career
In 2014, Richard-Hamelin won second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea. The next year, he participated in the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw, 2015), where he received the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a sonata. He also received the most prize money in the competition.
Richard-Hamelin then toured across Canada, mainly performing works by Chopin. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute later released a two-disc album of his audition performances for the competition. He also completed three concert tours in Japan.
In 2016 he received the Choquette-Symcox Award, conferred by the JM Canada Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Canada, accompanied by a $5,000 excellence scholarship, and participated in a Jeunesses Musicales Canada tour in Quebec and Ontario.
In 2018 Richard-Hamelin and Andrew Wan released an album, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8; in 2019 it was nominated for a Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year. In February 2019, Richard-Hamelin gave a solo performance at Koerner Hall in Toronto, which was recorded by CBC Radio 2.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 11 | 28.3th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (8 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
Sonate n° 3 / Polonaise-fantaisie / Nocturnes
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 53:40
1Sonate n° 3 en si mineur, op. 58 : I. Allegro maestoso9:112Sonate n° 3 en si mineur, op. 58 : II. Scherzo: Molto vivace2:343Sonate n° 3 en si mineur, op. 58 : III. Largo9:504Sonate n° 3 en si mineur, op. 58 : IV. Finale: Presto non tanto; Agitato5:055Polonaise-fantaisie en la bémol majeur, op. 6113:366Nocturne en si majeur, op. 62 n° 17:437Nocturne en mi majeur, op. 62 n° 25:412019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 59:38
1Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 239:512Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 387:573Ballade no. 3 in A-flat major, op. 477:554Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 5212:085Impromptu no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 294:146Impromptu no. 2 in F-sharp major, op. 366:007Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat major, op. 515:518Fantaisie-Impromptu no. 4 in C-sharp minor, op. 665:422020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:05:15
1Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482: I. Allegro13:112Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482: II. Andante9:073Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482: III. Allegro12:204Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491: I. Allegro13:545Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto7:246Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491: III. Allegretto9:1924 Preludes / Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 56:21
124 Préludes, op. 28, no. 1 in C major. Agitato0:45224 Préludes, op. 28, no. 2 in A minor. Lento2:34324 Préludes, op. 28, no. 3 in G major. Vivace0:59424 Préludes, op. 28, no. 4 in E minor. Largo2:27524 Préludes, op. 28, no. 5 in D major. Allegro molto0:37624 Préludes, op. 28, no. 6 in B minor. Lento assai2:18724 Préludes, op. 28, no. 7 in A major. Andantino1:04824 Préludes, op. 28, no. 8 in F-sharp minor. Molto agitato2:02924 Préludes, op. 28, no. 9 in E major. Largo1:461024 Préludes, op. 28, no. 10 in C-sharp minor. Allegro molto0:341124 Préludes, op. 28, no. 11 in B major. Vivace0:401224 Préludes, op. 28, no. 12 in G-sharp minor. Presto1:161324 Préludes, op. 28, no. 13 in F-sharp major. Lento3:291424 Préludes, op. 28, no. 14 in E-flat minor. Allegro0:341524 Préludes, op. 28, no. 15 in D-flat major. Sostenuto5:551624 Préludes, op. 28, no. 16 in B-flat minor. Presto con fuoco1:081724 Préludes, op. 28, no. 17 in A-flat major. Allegretto3:051824 Préludes, op. 28, no. 18 in F minor. Allegro molto1:051924 Préludes, op. 28, no. 19 in E-flat major. Vivace1:262024 Préludes, op. 28, no. 20 in C minor. Largo1:522124 Préludes, op. 28, no. 21 in B-flat major. Cantabile1:582224 Préludes, op. 28, no. 22 in G minor. Molto agitato0:512324 Préludes, op. 28, no. 23 in F major. Moderato1:082424 Préludes, op. 28, no. 24 in D minor. Allegro appassionato2:5325Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, op. 22: Andante spianato4:4126Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, op. 22: Grande polonaise brillante9:142021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:27:29
1Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: Presto7:422Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: Andante scherzoso, più allegretto8:073Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: Allegro molto5:254Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: Adagio sostenuto – Presto13:565Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: Andante con variazioni15:116Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47 “Kreutzer”: Presto9:107Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96: Allegro moderato11:028Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96: Adagio espressivo6:079Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96: Scherzo: Allegro – Trio1:5210Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96: Poco allegretto8:572023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:02:04
1Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: I. Allegro13:452Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: II. Romance8:173Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: III. Allegro assai7:284Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488: I. Allegro11:215Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio6:406Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai7:557Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 5466:38Les Trois Sonatas Pour Violon et Piano / The Three Violin Sonatas
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:09:53
1Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 1 in G major, op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo10:582Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 1 in G major, op. 78: II. Adagio7:583Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 1 in G major, op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato8:221Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 2 in A major, op. 100: I. Allegro amabile8:502Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 2 in A major, op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo – Vivace6:453Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 2 in A major, op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)5:241Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: I. Allegro8:122Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: II. Adagio4:323Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento3:024Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: IV. Presto agitato5:50
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sonata h-moll / Nokturny / Polonezy / MazurkiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:53:16Disc 1 1Nocturne in B major, op. 62 no. 17:50 2Etude in E minor, op. 25 no. 53:03 3Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 122:41 4Ballade in A‐flat major, op. 477:17 5Polonaise‐Fantasy in A‐flat major, op. 6113:24 6Waltz in A‐flat major, op. 64 no. 32:50 7Polonaise in F‐sharp minor, op. 4410:29 8Rondo in E‐flat major, op. 1610:30 Disc 21Prelude in C‐sharp minor, op. 455:19 2Barcarolle in F‐sharp major, op. 608:23 3Mazurka in G-sharp minor, op. 33 no. 11:31 4Mazurka in C major, op. 33 no. 21:54 5Mazurka in D major, op. 33 no. 32:09 6Mazurka in B minor, op. 33 no. 44:33 7Nocturne in E major, op. 62 no. 25:38 8Sonata in B minor, op. 58 no. 3: I. Allegro maestoso8:36 9Sonata in B minor, op. 58 no. 3: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace2:26 10Sonata in B minor, op. 58 no. 3: III. Largo9:20 11Sonata in B minor, op. 58 no. 3: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto5:23 | Live | 2015 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Charles Richard-Hamelin head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 11 | 28.3th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | XVII International Chopin Piano Competition | won | |
| 2016 | Choquette-Symcox Award | won | |
| 2017 | Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec | won | |
| 2022 | Prix Denise-Pelletier | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trio Hochelaga(band) | — | present | piano |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72984338-56b2-4ea7-b2f7-f0041dc1ae0ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72984338-56b2-4ea7-b2f7-f0041dc1ae0ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21164933seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard-Hamelinbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard-Hamelin
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Wikidata: Q21164933 · MusicBrainz: 72984338-56b2-4ea7-b2f7-f0041dc1ae0e
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