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SUMMARY:Louis Lortie, piano
DESCRIPTION:"ever immaculate\, ever imaginative.” – The Times\nPR
 OGRAM\nBEETHOVEN: Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-flat major\, 
 Op. 35 (Eroica Variations)\nBEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat
  major\, Op. 106\, “Hammerklavier” \n \nABOUT\nIn 2027\, the 
 world marks 200 years since the death of Ludwig van Beethoven\, a co
 mposer whose music continues to inspire with power\, innovation\, an
 d profound humanity. Experience his enduring legacy and boldest 
 ideas through the hands of a pianist celebrated for his insight\, s
 ensitivity\, and virtuosity—a rare opportunity to experience the 
 composer’s genius in its full emotional and technical range. \nFro
 m the playful ingenuity of the Eroica Variations to the monumental\,
  transcendent grandeur of the Hammerklavier Sonata\, Louis Lortie
  brings Beethoven’s piano masterpieces vividly to life in an unfo
 rgettable afternoon of music.\nLOUIS LORTIE\nLouis Lortie has earned 
 an international reputation as a versatile musician\, critically accla
 imed for the fresh perspective and individuality he brings to the gran
 d masters of the piano repertoire. In demand on five continents for mo
 re than thirty years\, Louis Lortie performs with the most prestigious
  orchestras and in major concert halls around the world. A prolific ar
 tist\, his long-standing and exclusive collaboration with Chandos Reco
 rds resulted in a discography of over 45 albums featuring the pillars 
 of piano literature. He is followed by over a quarter of a million lis
 teners monthly on streaming platforms. \nIn the UK\, his long-standin
 g relationship with the BBC\, the BBC Symphony and BBC Philharmonic or
 chestras have resulted in numerous recordings and concerts\, as well a
 s more than ten invitations to the BBC Proms. In his native Canada\, h
 e appears regularly with all the major orchestras: Montreal\, Toronto\
 , Vancouver\, Ottawa and Calgary. In Germany\, he appears with the WDR
  orchestra in Cologne\, the Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin\, the Dr
 esden Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Leipzig MDR Orchestra\, while in th
 e United States\, with the Philadelphia Orchestra\, the Dallas Symphon
 y\, San Diego Symphony\, St. Louis Symphony\, and New Jersey Symphony.
  Further afield\, his collaborations include the Shanghai Symphony Orc
 hestra\, China and the Ghanzou Philharmonic\, the Hong Kong Philharmon
 ic Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan\, as well a
 s the Adelaide and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and the Orquestra Sinfô
 nica do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil. Discovered by Charles Dutoit\,
  together\, they played and toured extensively in the early years\, Lo
 uis Lortie also regularly shared the stage with Kurt Masur during his 
 tenure with Orchestre National de France and Gewandhaus Leipzig. Recen
 t conductor collaborations include Edward Gardner and Sir Andrew Davis
 \, with whom he has recorded extensively\, Yannick Nézet-Séguin\, Ja
 ap Van Zweden\, Simone Young\, Antoni Wit and Thierry Fischer. \nIn r
 ecital and in chamber music\, Louis Lortie regularly performs at Wigmo
 re Hall in London\, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, Carnegie Hall\, a
 nd the Chicago Symphony Hall. He is particularly sought after for his 
 integration of the Years of Pilgrimage of Liszt in one evening\, the E
 tudes of Chopins (complete) in one evening\, or his cycles of Beethove
 n sonatas\; the latest one was filmed at the Salle Bourgie in Montreal
  and broadcast on Medici TV. For more than twenty years\, with Hélèn
 e Mercier\, the Lortie-Mercier duo has brought new perspectives on the
  repertoire for four hands and two pianos in concert as well as their 
 numerous recordings. \nA decades-long relationship with Chandos Recor
 ds has to date produced a catalogue of more than forty-five recordings
 \, spanning repertoire from Mozart to Stravinsky. It includes a comple
 te cycle of Beethoven’s sonatas as well as Liszt’s complete Année
 s de pèlerinage. Recent projects include the complete works for piano
  by Chopin\, the last volume of which features the cello sonata with T
 ruls Mørk to be released in October 2025\, and a series focused on pi
 ano works by Fauré\, to which he has brought new light. As a champion
  of twentieth-century music\, he has built a discography that includes
  a highly praised recording of Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto with Ed
 ward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Exploring the Piano Conce
 rto by Vaughan Williams\, he has recorded not only the original versio
 n\, with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra\, but also 
 the version for two pianos\, reworked by the composer\, with his duo p
 artner\, Hélène Mercier\, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra unde
 r Sir Andrew Davis. Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier have also record
 ed Le Carnaval des animaux\, with Neeme Järvi and the Bergen Philharm
 onic Orchestra\, and Rachmaninoff’s complete works for two pianos\, 
 as well as two volumes of works for two pianos and four hands by Debus
 sy. \nLouis Lortie is co-founder and Artistic Director of the LacMus 
 Festival\, which has been held yearly since 2017 on Lake Como. He was 
 master in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels fr
 om 2017 to 2022 and continues to mentor pianists of exceptional talent
  by introducing the new generation through concert cycles. \nLouis Lo
 rtie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of
  thirteen\, and in 1984 won the first prize of the Busoni competition 
 and the fourth prize of the Leeds Competition. He studied with Yvonne 
 Hubert (herself a student of the legendary Alfred Cortot) and with Die
 ter Weber in Vienna\, and then with Leon Fleisher. He was honoured wit
 h the title of “Officer of the Order of Canada” in 1992\, and “C
 hevalier Ordre national du Québec” in 1997\, and received an honora
 ry doctorate from the University of Laval the same year. 
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 e, piano
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