Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948 in New York) is an American classical pianist.[1] Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970.[2] He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy[3] and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada. Ohlsson was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994[4] and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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