Louis Lortie






Louis Lortie, OC, CQ (born 27 April 1959) is a French-Canadian pianist.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Education


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Awards


  • 4 Recording


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Education


Born in Montreal, Lortie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra three years later. Soon after he toured the People’s Republic of China and Japan.



Career


Throughout his career, Lortie has collaborated with conductors including Thomas Adès, Francesco Angelico, Andrea Battistoni, Stephan Blunier, Andrei Boreyko, Ricardo Chailly, Michael Christie, Thomas Dausgar, Andrew Davis, Augustin Dumay, Charles Dutoit, Michal Dworzynski, Mark Elder, Thierry Fischer, Edward Gardner, Paavo Jarvi, Grant Llewellyn, Yannick Nézet Séguin, Thomas Sondergard, Robert Spano and many more.[2]


He has also appeared as a soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Calgary Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Netherlands Radio Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the BBC Scottish, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Taiwan National Symphony, Chicago Symphony, BBC Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Bonn Beethoven Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Prague Philharmonia, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.[3]


Lortie is Master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, Belgium).[4] Lortie is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of the LacMus International Festival on Lake Como.[5]



Awards


Lortie won First Prize in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 1984. In the same year, he won the fourth place prize at the Leeds Competition.[6] He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec as well as receiving an honorary doctorate from Université Laval.



Recording


An international soloist, with over 45 recordings on the Chandos Records label, Lortie is particularly known for his interpretations of Ravel, Chopin and Beethoven.[7]



References





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  2. ^ "http://www.victoriarowsell.co.uk". www.victoriarowsell.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-14. External link in |title= (help)


  3. ^ "Louis Lortie". www.louislortie.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.


  4. ^ "Soloists 17/18 | Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth". musicchapel.org. Retrieved 2018-03-14.


  5. ^ "The Artists of LacMus Festival 2017 - LacMus Festival". LacMus Festival. Retrieved 2018-03-14.


  6. ^ "Louis Lortie". www.louislortie.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.


  7. ^ "Louis Lortie". www.louislortie.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.




External links



  • Official Site


  • LOUIS LORTIE on OFFBEAT, in conversation with Karishmeh 103.2 Dublin City FM[permanent dead link]

  • Victoria Rowsell Artist Management



















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