Louis Lortie
Upcoming concerts
Programme
RAVEL: Prelude in A minor
RAVEL: Sérénade grotesque
RAVEL: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
RAVEL: Miroirs
RAVEL: Sonatine
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL: La Valse
Programme
RAVEL: Menuet Antique
RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte
RAVEL: Jeux d’eau
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (Trois poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand), M. 55
RAVEL: Sonatine
RAVEL: Valses Nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL: La Valse
Biography
Louis Lortie has earned an international reputation as a versatile musician critically acclaimed for the fresh perspective and individuality he brings to the grand masters of the piano repertoire. In demand on five continents for more than thirty years, Louis Lortie performs with the most prestigious orchestras and in major concert halls around the world. A prolific artist, he has produced more than 45 recordings for Chandos Records featuring the pillars of piano literature. He is followed by more than 300,000 listeners monthly on streaming platforms and generated more than 6 million streams in 2022.
A former winner of the Busoni Competition and laureate of the Leeds Competition (1984), Lortie studied in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert, in Vienna with Dieter Weber, and subsequently with Leon Fleisher.