Louis Lortie Goes to the Opera

Canadian pianist Louis Lortie has been praised for the fresh perspective and individuality he brings to a deliberately broad spectrum of the keyboard canon. He studied in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert ( a pupil of French pianist, Alfred Cortot), in Vienna with the Beethoven specialist Dieter Weber, and subsequently with Schnabel disciple Leon Fleisher, among others.

Mr. Lortie has performed the complete works of Ravel in London and Montreal for the BBC and CBC, and is also known for his interpretation… Show more of Chopin. Following a recital of Chopin’s complete Etudes in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Financial Times wrote: “Better Chopin playing than this is not to be heard, not anywhere.” Mr. Lortie has performed a series devoted to the keyboard, chamber, and vocal music of Brahms and Schumann for CBC. He often performs solo, chamber and concerto works by Thomas Ades.

Program to include:
•WAGNER: Prelude (trans. Lortie) and Liebestod (trans. Liszt) from Tristan und Isolde
•WAGNER: Fire music from Die Walküre (trans. Hugo Wolff)
•MOZART-LISZT: Réminiscences de Don Juan, A Concert Paraphrase
•WAGNER: Siegfried’s Idyll (trans. Josef Rubinstein)
•WAGNER-LISZT: Recitative and Air "Evening Star" from Tannhäuser
•WAGNER-LISZT: Overture from Tannhäuser

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