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Charles Richard-Hamelin has recorded five albums to this day, all published on the Analekta label. In 2015, he first recorded acclaimed performances of Chopin’s last works. Launched in 2016, his second album brought together works by Beethoven, Enescu and Chopin, recorded in concert at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City. His discography was then further enriched by two more albums, one devoted to the first part of a complete collection of Beethoven’s violin and piano sonatas, recorded with the concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Andrew Wan; the other dedicated to Chopin’s two piano concertos, recorded live in concert at Montréal’s Maison symphonique with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under the direction of Kent Nagano. Now, Charles Richard-Hamelin joins Les Violons du Roy under the direction of Jonathan Cohen to add Mozart's Piano Concertos 22 & 24 to his virtuosic repertoire. Charles Richard-Hamelin stands out on the international music scene as a “highly sensitive” pianist (Gramophone), driven by “a great depth of feeling without the slightest condescension” (Le Devoir). He is recognized as “fluent, multifaceted and tonally seductive… a technician of exceptional elegance and sophistication” (BBC Music Magazine). In 2015, he received the Silver Medal at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Krystian Zimerman Prize for best performance of a sonata. He also won Second Prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal and Third Prize and the Special Prize for best performance of a Beethoven sonata at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea.