Profile
Ms. Angela Hewitt
Affiliation
NoneAcademy or College
Academy of the Arts and HumanitiesYear Elected
2005Areas of Interest
Concert Pianist, Lecturer, Writer on music
One of Canada’s foremost pianists, Angela Hewitt regularly performs in major concert halls around the world. Following her first recital at the age of nine in Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, she won, among other awards, First Prize in Italy’s Viotti Competition (1978) and in the Toronto International Bach Piano Competition (1985). Her award-winning discography includes the complete solo works of Ravel and the complete Chopin Nocturnes and Impromptus. In 2005 she completed an eleven year project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach. Angela Hewitt received the inaugural BBC Radio 3 Listener’s Award (2003) and is an Officer of the Order of Canada (2000).
One of Canada’s foremost pianists, Angela Hewitt regularly performs in major concert halls around the world. Her award-winning discography includes the complete solo works of Ravel and the complete Chopin Nocturnes and Impromptus. In 2005 she completed an eleven year project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach.