Silver medalist and laureate of the Krystian Zimerman award of the best sonata at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, Charles Richard-Hamelin is standing as one of the most important pianists of his generation and acclaimed for the depth of his interpretations, his refined sound and his exceptional affinity with Chopin’s music.

Charles Richard-Hamelin is in great demand as a guest performer at the world’s greatest classical music festivals in Canada, Asia and USA and Europe, including La Roque d'Anthéron and the Nohant Festival in France, the Prague Spring Festival, the Chopin and his Europe Festival in Warsaw, the Lanaudière Festival and the George Enescu Festival in Bucarest. He has worked with such renowned conductors as Kent Nagano, Rafael Payare, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Carlo Rizzi, John Storgårds and Giancarlo Guerrero. Charles Richard-Hamelin is also active as a chamber musician. He has performed with Ema Nikolovska, Andrew Wan, James Ehnes, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Marc-André Hamelin, the Dover Quartet, the New Orford Quartet, the Apollon Musagète Quartet and the Meccore Quartet, among others.

Charles Richard-Hamelin has recorded thirteen albums on the Analekta label (Outhere Music). Six Félix awards (ADISQ) and a JUNO in 2022 saluted the quality of these albums, which have been widely acclaimed by music critics around the world.