Angela Hewitt

Thursday, September 17
Brendle Recital Hall

Angela Hewitt is one of the world’s premiere pianists. Her position in this elite group is secure with her 2005 completion of an eleven-year project to record all major keyboard works of Bach. This project, praised as “one of the record glories of our age” (The Sunday Times), has earned her the title of “the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time” (The Guardian) and “nothing less than the pianist who will define Bach performance on the piano for years to come” (Stereophile). Hewitt was featured as the cover story of BBC Music Magazine last March. In the article she described her fondness for the Fazioli piano, her connections between the art of playing piano and the discipline of ballet, her founding of Piano Six (a group of Pianists whose mission was bringing classical performances to rural regions in Canada) and her new venture in beginning the Trasimeno Music Festival in Umbria.

She states, “When I was a kid, I dreamt of being in a musical because I loved to sing and dance. Perhaps that’s why I’m so preoccupied with making the piano do the same. Music is mostly song and dance anyway.” For her mesmerizing technique and lyricism, Angela Hewitt was named Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006.

Performance Program
“Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E minor” and “Variations serieuses” of Mendelssohn, “Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22 of Schumann, Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 “Appassionata” of Beethoven, and Bach’s “Partita No. 1 in B flat Major.

Secrest Signature
Peter Kairoff, Professor of Music, teacher and performer, Director of Casa Artom in Venice, and popular speaker will be giving the pre-performance talk at 6:40pm in Room 208, adjacent to Brendle Hall in the Scales Fine Arts Center.

More information
www.angelahewitt.com