Garrick Ohlsson, winner of the 1970 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, graced the community with a memorial recital at The Julliard School in New York City, which is an accomplishment worthy of praise. This veteran of piano is no stranger to being recognized for his musical prowess, as he is a proficient recording artist and won a Grammy for Vol. 3 of his ten-disc set of the complete Beethoven sonatas for Bridge Records. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.
According to his interview with The Fresno Bee, Ohlsson?s first appearance at the