Angela Hewitt

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Angela Hewitt (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical pianist. She also holds British nationality through her father, Godfrey, who was the cathedral organist in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Angela Hewitt began her piano studies at age 3, performed in public at 4, and won her first music scholarship at 5. Aside from the piano, she also studied violin, recorder, and ballet (at Mme. Toumine’s school in Ottawa). Her first recital was in the Royal Conservatory in Toronto at the age of 9. She studied at the Toronto Conservatory from 1964 to 1973. She then went on to study with the French pianist, Jean-Paul Sévilla, at the University of Ottawa. She placed first in the Gian Battista Viotti competition in 1978 and in 1985 won the Toronto International Bach piano competition.

Angela Hewitt has performed internationally as a soloist with renowned orchestras and has made many recordings. In 1994, the Hyperion record label signed her to record all the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach, a project that was recently completed and spanned 14 discs.

Angela Hewitt is generally regarded as one of the foremost Bach pianists.

Aside from her complete recording of Bach’s keyboard music, Angela Hewitt has made notable recordings of the works of some French composers — including François Couperin, Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel and Olivier Messiaen — and the 19th-century Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. These recordings have also been well received.

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  • ativke

    Angela Hewitt helped me get through-it

    6 Jan 2012 Reply
  • Dousspivak

    Love her <3

    14 Dec 2010 Reply
  • mshotalot

    Mesmerised x

    22 Jul 2010 Reply
  • Vastarien

    What a great artist. If she only did more XXth century works and/or commissions, I'd... I don't know, build her an altar or something, ha.

    16 Feb 2010 Reply
  • richardrw

    another rosalyn tureck...all piano and harpsichord....mainly bach...plus some other stuff besides...

    15 Oct 2009 Reply
  • brecko

    Incredible sound. She opened the door to the E+ prelude wtcII for me.

    23 Feb 2009 Reply
  • mol4un

    I like her deep and rich sound

    15 Dec 2008 Reply
  • liammcfadden

    I was privileged to be in the audience at my local arts centre a few years ago when Angela Hewitt bewitched us with her playing of Bach. An unforgettable concert by an ethereal pianist.

    29 Nov 2008 Reply
  • espressoroast

    So elegant, poised and yet powerful. A brilliant artist and my Bach performer of choice. Apart from Gould that is, who is in a class of his own. Will be attending 2 concerts in the Bach World Tour, hearing both books of WTC, so excited.

    20 Sep 2007 Reply
  • oiseaux

    has anyone besides me noticed that the ID3 tags for the WTC are all wrong?

    4 May 2006 Reply