Louis Lortie
Louis Lortie,
Education
Born in
Lortie's major piano instructors were Yvonne Hubert and Marc Durand in Québec, Dieter Weber in Austria and Menahem Pressler and Leon Fleisher in the US.[3]
Career
Throughout his career, Lortie has collaborated with conductors including Thomas Adès, Andrei Boreyko, Ricardo Chailly, Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, Paavo Jarvi, Yannick Nézet Séguin, and many more.[4]
He has also appeared as a soloist with the
He has appeared in such concert halls as Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. [1]
Lortie is Master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, Belgium).[5] Lortie is also the co-founder and artistic director of the LacMus International Festival on Lake Como.[6]
Selected recordings
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Complete piano concertos n°1, n°2, n°3, n°4, n¨5, Allegro appassionato Op.70 & Rapsodie d'Auvergne Op.73, Louis Lortie, piano, BBC Philharmonic, conductor, Edward Gardner . 2 CD Chandos 2018-2019
- Frédéric Chopin, "The Complete Études, Op. 10, Op. 25, Trois Nouvelles Études," Louis Lortie, piano. CD Chandos 8482
Awards
Lortie won First Prize in the
References
- ^ a b c "Louis Lortie". LouisLortie.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
- ^ "Louis Lortie". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Louis Lortie – pianist". victoriarowsell.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Soloists 17/18 | Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth". musicchapel.org. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "The Artists of LacMus Festival 2017". LacMus Festival. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Louis Lortie | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Louis Lortie". LA Phil. Retrieved 13 April 2022.