Angela Hewitt Biography. April 2002. pianist angela hewitt continues to captivate andcharm audiences around the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. http://www.cramermarderartists.com/hewitt.htm
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Extractions: Admission is free and open to the public Quietly uplifting, the joys in Angela Hewitts Bach playing are the result of a steady accumulation of positive virtues: clarity, good taste, impeccable technique and a persona of unassertive elegance. Los Angeles Times "Even the most out-and-out purists who blanch at the thought of Bach on so alien an instrument as the piano (as if Bach himself ever showed any reluctance at transcribing his work from one instrument to another!) will find it hard not to be won over by Angela Hewitt's artistry." — Gramophone Miss Hewitt brought distinct and sometimes daring interpretive convictions to the works at hand. . . . The musics development was presented not as display but as passionately reasoned discourse. New York Times Hewitt's combined precision and firepower can hold their own in any company." — Classic FM Magazine
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Extractions: BIOGRAPHY Angela Hewitt continues to captivate and charm audiences around the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. Since her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, Miss Hewitt has been hailed as the Bach pianist par excellence of her generation (The Sunday Times, London, 1999), and as nothing less than the pianist who will define Bach performance on the piano for years to come (Stereophile, 1998). Born into a musical family, the daughter of the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, she began her piano studies at the age of three, and at nine gave her first recital at Torontos Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied with Earle Moss and Myrtle Guerrero. She then studied with French pianist Jean-Paul Sévilla at the University of Ottawa where she obtained her Bachelor of Music degree at eighteen. Her repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to the present day (her Hyperion discography includes a Messiaen recital). She has performed with orchestras in the United States (San Francisco, Baltimore, St Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Oregon and the Minnesota Orchestra), in England (her Proms debut was in 1990), with the Japan Philharmonic, and with every major orchestra in Canada and Australia. In 2001 she will make her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra. She has devoted entire recitals to the works of Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Fauré and Roussel, and twice performed the complete solo works of Ravel. These appearances have taken her to, among others, New Yorks Alice Tully Hall, Londons Wigmore Hall, Washingtons Kennedy Center, the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Tokyos Bunka Kaikan, Torontos Roy Thomson Hall, Sydney Opera House, and throughout mainland China, the former Soviet Union, and New Zealand.
Extractions: Crotchet Delivered at breakfast time and straight onto the CD player, the Italian Concerto was just the thing to start the day! The Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt Messiaen The Italian Concerto is one of Bach's happiest works, with dancing movements framing a profound Andante . Hewitt finds just the right airy touch and tone, and she can be heard to think the music along; no automatic pilot or interpretation set in concrete. There are occasional little expressive surges, not possible on the harpsichord, but never beyond tasteful boundaries. They sound as if they would differ from performance to performance with the feeling of the moment. The half hour French Overture is a grand affair, its Overture 12 minutes long, with strongly dotted rhythms giving strength and nobility, followed by the usual series of short dance movements, a more substantial and moving Sarabande at their centre. The Duets are later equivalents to the 2-part Inventions, composed
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Extractions: Front Page Intro Klee's CD's by Joe H. Klee The Complete Solo Piano Music of Maurice Ravel Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA 67341/2 [138:11] If proof were needed that lightning can strike twice in the same place, consider the evidence of this fine young Canadian-born pianist. Not to take anything away from Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt follows in his footsteps even to centering her recording career around the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Having proven herself in that classic Baroque repertoire, as well as the contemporary music of Olivier Messaien, she now moves to one of the twin titans of the French Impressionist period, Maurice Ravel. The hits are all here in this double CD collection ... Pavanne pour une infanta defunte, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Gaspard de la nuit and Miroirs. So are the less often recorded Serenade grostesque and Prelude. Not since the historic 1951 Columbia recordings by Robert Casadesus have I heard such a comprehensive, and excellently performed, survey of Ravel's music for the solo piano. The recorded sound of the piano, a Hamburg Steinway I would guess, leaves nothing to be desired. The liner notes by Ms. Hewitt are extensive and fascinating and end with her acknowledgement of one of her teachers, Jean-Paul Sevilla. This double CD from Hyperion belongs in the collection of anyone who loves the piano music of Maurice Ravel ... regardless of how many other recordings of this music they already own.
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Extractions: ANGELA HEWITT, Pianist Born into a musical family (her father was the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, Canada), Miss Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four, and a year later winning her first scholarship. In her formative years, she also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At nine, she gave her first recital at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied form 1964-73. Miss Hewitt then studied with French pianist, Jean-Paul Sevilla, at the University of Ottawa from which she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of eighteen. Prior to her Toronto Bach Competition victory, Angela Hewitt placed First in Italy's Viotti Competition (1978) and was a top prizewinner in the International Bach competitions of Leipzig and Washington, D.C., as well as the Schumann Competition in Zwickau, the Casadesus Competition in Cleveland, and the Dino Ciani Competition at Ia Scala, Milan. Miss Hewitt's repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to the contemporary. For CBC Records, she has recorded the Spanish Dances of Granados, and in 1998 Hyperion released a single disc devoted to the works of Olivier Messiaen. She has appeared as soloist with major orchestras across Canada and the United States, with the Japan Philharmonic, and with all the orchestras of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her concerto appearances in the U.K. have included the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. Her frequent solo recitals have taken her to many of the world's most prestigious venues, including New York's Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., London's Wigmore Hall, Paris' Salle Gaveau, Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan, and the Sydney Opera House.
Guardian | Angela Hewitt has to be a good thing when the Canadian pianist angela hewitt begins a recital with Bach first because it reminds us http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0%2C3858%2C4425635%2C00.html
Extractions: The Guardian It has to be a good thing when the Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt begins a recital with Bach: first because it reminds us how good at it she is, and second because the clarity and questing logic of her playing in this repertoire makes us listen out for similar qualities in the rest of her programme. On this occasion that consisted of music by two French keyboard masters, Couperin and Ravel. Ravel wasn't exactly sparing in the amount of notes he wrote, and the three pianistic poems that form his Gaspard de la Nuit brought very different challenges. Hewitt kept the thread of melody unbroken through the shimmering complexity of the first piece, Ondine, and her pinpointed touch was to the fore in Scarbo, with its fiendishly fast repeated notes and an ending that seemed to vanish into the ether. Le Tombeau de Couperin is a little less lush, Ravel evoking his predecessor as a paragon of French musicianship and basing the work's structure on the 18th-century idea of the suite form. Hewitt gave a staccato kick to the Forlane, reminding us that it is a dance movement. But it was her thoughtful playing of the Fugue that was the highlight, the initial theme sounding intriguingly unsure of where it might go next, the lines of melody independent yet tightly intertwined. The Bach that launched the programme was the English Suite No 3. Hewitt may have begun by cascading down the keyboard with a flourish, but there was no self-indulgence to her playing as the mood of the pieces became darker and more striking. Paradoxically, Hewitt managed to combine a sense that the music could take a new direction any moment with a feeling that each corner turned was inevitably right. It is in this music - some of the most abstract and unembellished of her wide repertoire - that she seems most herself.
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Extractions: Since her triumph in the 1985 international Bach piano competition in Toronto, and her subsequent Bach recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Angela Hewitt has been hailed as one of the outstanding Bach pianists of our time (Sunday Times [London], 1997). In 1994 she embarked on a 10-year project to record all the major keyboard works by Bach for the Hyperion label. She has performed throughout North America and Europe, as well as in Japan, Australia, China, Mexico, and the former Soviet Union. Born into a musical family, Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of 3, performing in public at 4 and a year later winning her first scholarship. She also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At 9, she gave her first recital at Torontos Royal Conservatory of Music, where she studied from 1964 to 1973. Hewitt then studied with French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa, from which she earned her bachelor of music degree at the age of 18. Before winning the Toronto Bach competition, Angela Hewitt placed first in Italys Viotti competition (1978). She was a top prizewinner in the international Bach competitions in Leipzig and Washington, D.C., as well as in the Schumann competition in Zwickau, the Casadesus competition in Cleveland, and the Dino Ciani competition at La Scala in Milan.
Glenn Gould Gathering On CBC Radio: Angela Hewitt angela hewitt, pianist. pianist angela hewitt continues to captivate andcharm audiences around the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/specials/glenngould/hewitt.html
Extractions: ANGELA HEWITT, Pianist Born into a musical family (her father was the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, Canada), Miss Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four, and a year later winning her first scholarship. In her formative years, she also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At nine, she gave her first recital at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied form 1964-73. Miss Hewitt then studied with French pianist, Jean-Paul Sevilla, at the University of Ottawa from which she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of eighteen. Prior to her Toronto Bach Competition victory, Angela Hewitt placed First in Italy's Viotti Competition (1978) and was a top prizewinner in the International Bach competitions of Leipzig and Washington, D.C., as well as the Schumann Competition in Zwickau, the Casadesus Competition in Cleveland, and the Dino Ciani Competition at Ia Scala, Milan. Miss Hewitt's repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to the contemporary. For CBC Records, she has recorded the Spanish Dances of Granados, and in 1998 Hyperion released a single disc devoted to the works of Olivier Messiaen. She has appeared as soloist with major orchestras across Canada and the United States, with the Japan Philharmonic, and with all the orchestras of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her concerto appearances in the U.K. have included the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. Her frequent solo recitals have taken her to many of the world's most prestigious venues, including New York's Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., London's Wigmore Hall, Paris' Salle Gaveau, Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan, and the Sydney Opera House.
CBC Radio Two -- In Performance -- Listings March 2002 From Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto,. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Conductedby Yakov Kreizberg with pianist angela hewitt. Vasks, Cantabile for Strings. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/inperformance/2002/02Mar_listings.html
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2/7: Angela Hewitt Concert At Mills Hall. pianist angela hewitt continues to captivate and charm audiencesaround the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. Since http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/eby/eve/8474814.html
BBC - Music - BBC Symphony Orchestra - November Concert Diary Highly acclaimed pianist angela hewitt joins the Orchestra for the London premiereof Dominic Muldowney's new piano concerto, and the concert closes with http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/so/barbican/nov.shtml
Extractions: Composer Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in performances of his own works. Between the major orchestral pieces, Flourish with Fireworks and Whitman Settings , members of the orchestra form smaller groups to play works from Knussen's extensive chamber repertoire, painting as full a picture as possible of one of today's foremost British composers.
Denver Post.com pianist angela hewitt to play Bach, Chopin, Liszt at Denver concert. Acclaimed pianistangela hewitt will perform tonight with the Friends of Chamber Music. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E78%7E1155843,00.html
Extractions: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - The London Times has called acclaimed Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt "the Bach pianist par excellence of her generation." Cramer / Marder Artists Acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt will perform tonight with the Friends of Chamber Music. Her album, "Bach Arrangements," on the Hyperion label was included on the Denver Post's Top 10 list of classical releases in 2001, and her concert with the Colorado Symphony in March 2002 was well received. Hewitt will appear at 7:30 tonight under the auspices of Friends of Chamber Music, replacing Denver-born John Browning, who died Jan. 26 in Wisconsin at age 69. In the program at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., she will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt.
Denver Post.com By Kyle MacMillan Denver Post Criticat-Large. Thursday, February 06, 2003 -Canadian pianist angela hewitt is highly esteemed among piano connoisseurs. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E78%7E1161340,00.html
Extractions: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt is highly esteemed among piano connoisseurs. But to borrow an old yet apt cliche, she just might be the best pianist so little known to the public. Fortunately for Denver, the Friends of Chamber Music was well aware of her and wasted no time engaging her as a substitute Wednesday evening at Augustana Lutheran Church for the scheduled performer, John Browning, who recently died. And Hewitt more than repaid their confidence in her, turning in a remarkably thrilling and moving concert, which will assuredly stand as one of the season's most memorable. The heart and soul of the program were the two first-half selections by Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807, and English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809. There is something incredibly exposed about playing the exceedingly direct yet highly elusive music of Bach. With no frills, no pyrotechnics to hide behind, the pianist is forced to confront it directly and unequivocally. And so Hewitt did.
Extractions: Hee, I was just so taken with the freshness and vitality of Ms. Hewitt's version of the Goldbergs. It doesn't mean that Murray Perahia's is less stupendous, but it is, in the end, a matter of personal taste. If you do get a chance to listen to Angela Hewitt, I'd love to know your thoughts. All of her CDs I've snapped up to date have yet to disappoint, but that's just me and my fanatical bias for certain folks. Apropos of nothing, I have got to hear Mr. Perahia's Beethoven concertos, though, once again thanks to NPR who enticed me with a wonderful live performance recording...damn, gotta stop listening to that station! Thanks for the visit and comment, Lynn. Feb 28 '02
Music For Young Children pianist angela hewitt, who agreed to be the Honorary Patron of Music for Young Children® in 2000, continues to captivate and charm audiences around the world http://www.myc.com/1home/1-1.htm
Extractions: MYC Honorary Patron - Angela Hewitt Pianist Angela Hewitt , who agreed to be the Honorary Patron of Music for Young Children in 2000, continues to captivate and charm audiences around the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. Since her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, Miss Hewitt has been hailed as "the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time" (The Guardian, London, 2001). In 1994, she embarked on a ten-year project to record all of the major keyboard works by Bach for the Hyperion label, a series which has been called "one of the record glories of our age" by London's Sunday Times. Her disc of Bach Arrangements won a Juno Award in Canada for the Best Instrumental or Chamber CD of 2001. During the year 2000, she gave complete performances of the 48 Preludes and Fugues in Canada, the United States, England, and Germany. She has performed throughout North America and Europe, as well as in Japan, Australia, China, Mexico, and the former Soviet Union. Born into a musical family (her father was the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, Canada), Miss Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four, and a year later winning her first scholarship. She also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At nine, she gave her first recital at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied from 1964-73. Miss Hewitt then studied with French pianist, Jean-Paul Sevilla, at the University of Ottawa from which she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of 18.
