{"id":110228,"date":"2024-12-11T10:23:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=110228"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:00:01","slug":"angela-hewitt-toronto-hughs-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/12\/11\/angela-hewitt-toronto-hughs-room\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Hugh\u2019s Room Live Presents Angela Hewitt In Concert December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Concert pianist Angela Hewitt (Photo: Keith Saunders)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As an artist with an international reputation, Angela Hewitt routinely performs in Toronto \u2014 but, it\u2019s usually at a large venue or in a prominent festival.<\/p>\n

In late November, the celebrated Bach specialist was performing in Amsterdam\u2019s Concertgebouw with the Bochum Symphoniker, and at the Teatro del Pavone in Perugia, Italy. Today (December 11), she\u2019s performing a recital in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n

This weekend, however, she\u2019ll be performing two surprisingly low key recitals in Toronto at Hugh\u2019s Room and the Rosedale Centre. Hewitt will be performing works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Johannes Brahms on December 14 and 15.<\/p>\n

Angela Hewitt<\/h3>\n

Born in Ottawa, where her father was a cathedral organist and choir master., Angela began studying piano at age three, and was performing in public barely a year later. She won her first scholarship at about five. She\u2019d go on to study ballet, violin and recorder as well, but focused on piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music at the University of Ottawa at the age of 18.<\/p>\n

Angela won several music competitions all over the world, one of the most significant being the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, which set her up for a career as an internationally touring musician.<\/p>\n

She is also a recording artist, with an award-winning cycle of Bach\u2019s major works for keyboard on the Hyperion label. She\u2019s also recorded a wide range of music, including Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Faur\u00e9, Debussy, Chabrier, Ravel, Granados and Messiaen, among others.<\/p>\n

Angela launched the Trasimeno Music Festival in Umbria, Italy in 2005, and remains its Artistic Director. She is also an ambassador for OrKidstra, a charitable organization in her native Ottawa working with kids in underserved areas of the city.<\/p>\n

Toronto Details<\/h3>\n

The event will be hosted by broadcaster, writer, speaker and culture consultant Eric Friesen<\/strong>. Eric was a network host and executive for both CBC Radio and Minnesota Public Radio (NPR), and was the founding Program Director for Winnipeg\u2019s classical and jazz station, Classic 107.<\/p>\n

Hewitt will be performing:<\/p>\n