As an artist with a world repute, Angela Hewitt routinely performs in Toronto — however, it’s normally at a big venue or in a outstanding competition.
In late November, the celebrated Bach specialist was performing in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw with the Bochum Symphoniker, and on the Teatro del Pavone in Perugia, Italy. At the moment (December 11), she’s performing a recital in Seoul, South Korea.
This weekend, nevertheless, she’ll be performing two surprisingly low key recitals in Toronto at Hugh’s Room and the Rosedale Centre. Hewitt will likely be performing works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Johannes Brahms on December 14 and 15.
Angela Hewitt
Born in Ottawa, the place her father was a cathedral organist and choir grasp., Angela started learning piano at age three, and was performing in public barely a 12 months later. She gained her first scholarship at about 5. She’d go on to review ballet, violin and recorder as nicely, however centered on piano on the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music on the College of Ottawa on the age of 18.
Angela gained a number of music competitions all around the world, one of the vital being the 1985 Toronto Worldwide Bach Piano Competitors, which set her up for a profession as an internationally touring musician.
She can also be a recording artist, with an award-winning cycle of Bach’s main works for keyboard on the Hyperion label. She’s additionally recorded a variety of music, together with Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Fauré, Debussy, Chabrier, Ravel, Granados and Messiaen, amongst others.
Angela launched the Trasimeno Music Competition in Umbria, Italy in 2005, and stays its Inventive Director. She can also be an envoy for OrKidstra, a charitable group in her native Ottawa working with youngsters in underserved areas of the town.
Toronto Particulars
The occasion will likely be hosted by broadcaster, author, speaker and tradition marketing consultant Eric Friesen. Eric was a community host and government for each CBC Radio and Minnesota Public Radio (NPR), and was the founding Program Director for Winnipeg’s classical and jazz station, Basic 107.
Hewitt will likely be performing:
- Mozart: Fantasia for Piano in C minor, KV475
- Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor, K457
- Bach: Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor, BWV903
- Handel: Suite de pièce in G main, Vol 2 no. 2 (aka “Chaconne in G main”), HWV 435
- Brahms: Variations and Fugue for Piano on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
Whereas tickets for the Hugh’s Room efficiency on December 15 are already offered out, there are nonetheless seats accessible for Hewitt’s recital on December 14 on the Rosedale Centre. Information [HERE].
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Anya Wassenberg is a Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. She is an skilled freelance author, blogger and writing teacher.
