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“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
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About Corey Hamm
Pianist Corey Hamm has premiered over four hundred solo, chamber, and concerto works, including over eighty with his duo PEP (Piano and Erhu Project). His recording of Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, which he has performed over eighty times all over the world, won both Spotify’s and WCMA’s award for Best Classical Recording, and garnered Rzewski’s response “Excellent! This may be the best recording!”. His next recording will be 20th Century piano sonatas by Dutilleux, Kapustin, and Prokofiev.
Recent and upcoming performances include the Ligeti Piano Concerto, Dorothy Chang’s Erhu and piano double concerto Gateways with the VSO, both Prokofiev’s third and second Piano Concertos, and Barber’s Piano Concerto, in addition to artist residencies in Winnipeg and Victoria. Throughout 2025, Corey will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the spectacular The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski with concerts and masterclasses across North America.
Corey is Professor of Piano at UBC where he won the prestigious Killam Teaching Award, and Somerset Award for Artistic Excellence. His students have won first prizes at numerous international, and national piano competitions. He also is on the piano Faculty at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SiCPP).
Le pianiste Corey Hamm a créé plus de 400 œuvres en solo, en musique de chambre et en concerto, dont plus de 80 avec son duo PEP (Piano and Erhu Project). Son enregistrement de The People United Will Never Be Defeated de Rzewski, qu'il a interprété plus de quatre-vingts fois dans le monde entier, a remporté le prix du meilleur enregistrement classique décerné par Spotify et la WCMA, et a suscité la réponse de Rzewski : "Excellent ! C'est peut-être le meilleur enregistrement ! Son prochain enregistrement portera sur des sonates pour piano du XXe siècle de Dutilleux, Kapustin et Prokofiev.
Parmi ses prestations récentes et à venir, citons le concerto pour piano de Ligeti, le double concerto pour piano et Erhu de Dorothy Chang Gateways avec le VSO, les troisième et deuxième concertos pour piano de Prokofiev et le concerto pour piano de Barber, ainsi que des résidences d'artistes à Winnipeg et à Victoria. Tout au long de l'année 2025, Corey célébrera le 50ᵉ anniversaire de l'extraordinaire œuvre The People United Will Never Be Defeated! de Frederic Rzewski avec des concerts et des classes de maître à travers l'Amérique du Nord.
Corey est professeur de piano à l'UBC, où il a remporté le prestigieux Killam Teaching Award et le Somerset Award for Artistic Excellence. Ses étudiants ont remporté les premiers prix lors de nombreux concours de piano nationaux et internationaux. Il fait également partie de la faculté de piano du Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SiCPP).
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"The future of music relies on pioneering performers like him."
— Brandon University, Greg Gatien, February 2020
"Hamm’s playing built up greater and greater tension and involvement, the feeling that the inchoate and inexpressible was being quantified in music."
— New York Classical Review, George Grella, November 2018
“He plays the score with great attention to those subtle details of accent and articulation that really bring a performance to life.”
— Classics Today, David Hurwitz
"L'avenir de la musique repose sur des artistes pionniers comme lui."
— Brandon University, Greg Gatien, Février 2020
"Hamm’s playing built up greater and greater tension and involvement, the feeling that the inchoate and inexpressible was being quantified in music."
— New York Classical Review, George Grella, Novembre 2018
“Il joue la partition en prêtant une grande attention à ces subtils détails d’accentuation et d’articulation qui rendent vivante une interprétation.”
— Classics Today, David Hurwitz
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Prokofiev War Sonatas
Piano Solo
Jazzy Piano
Piano Solo
The Group of Seven Project
for 2 pianos
Pandemic Piano
Piano Solo
Sonatas of the 20th Century
Piano Solo
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