ALBUMDebussy: Piano DuetsLouis Lortie & Helene Mercier
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7Louis Lortie
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 6Louis Lortie
ALBUM"In paradisum", A Fauré Recital, Vol. 2Louis Lortie
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic & Louis Lortie
ALBUMSchumann - KurtágHélène Desaint, Louis Lortie, Nathanaël Gouin & Ronald van Spaendonck
ALBUMFinzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, etc.Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Watkins & Louis Lortie
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4Louis Lortie, Edward Gardner & BBC Philharmonic
ALBUMVaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, Teng Li & Elmer Iseler Singers
ALBUMVaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Two Piano Concertos & Four Last SongsSir Andrew Davis, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Mari Eriksmoen, Roderick Williams, Helene Mercier, Louis Lortie, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Edvard Grieg Kor
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5Louis Lortie
ALBUMA Fauré Recital, Vol. 1Louis Lortie
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Cello Concertos, Le Carnaval des Animaux, Africa & Wedding CakeNeeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie & Helene Mercier
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Piano DuetsLouis Lortie & Helene Mercier
ALBUMPoulenc: Concertos for PianoEdward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic, Helene Mercier & Louis Lortie
ALBUMChopin: Piano Works, Vol. 4Louis Lortie
ALBUMBrahms: Violin Sonatas 1-2-3Augustin Dumay & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 3Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt at the OperaLouis Lortie
ALBUMd'Indy: Symphonie sur un Chant Montagnard Français, Saugefleurie, Médée & Prelude to FervaalRumon Gamba, Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Louis Lortie
ALBUMFranck & Strauss: Violin SonatasAugustin Dumay & Louis Lortie
ALBUMSzymanowski: Symphony No. 2, Symphonie Concertante & Concert OvertureEdward Gardner, Louis Lortie & BBC Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 2Louis Lortie
ALBUMLutosławski: Symphonic Variations, Piano Concerto, Variations on a Theme of Paganini & Symphony No. 4Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: The Complete Années de PèlerinageLouis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Complete Piano SonatasHelene Mercier & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLouis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 1Louis Lortie
ALBUMMendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"Orchestre symphonique de Québec & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Works for Piano and OrchestraLouis Lortie, George Pehlivanian & Residentie Orchestra The Hague
ALBUMR. Strauss: Romanze, Don Quixote & Sonate in F-Dur, Op. 6Jan Vogler, Staatskapelle Dresden & Louis Lortie
ALBUMMendelssohn Bartholdy: Cello Sonatas, Variations concertantes, Song without WordsJan Vogler & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 3George Pehlivanian, Residentie Orchestra The Hague & Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 2George Pehlivanian, Residentie Orchestra The Hague & Louis Lortie
ALBUMFranck: Symphony in D Minor, Symphonic Variations & Les EolidesYan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic & Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 1George Pehlivanian, Residentie Orchestra The Hague & Louis Lortie
ALBUMTo the Distant BelovedLouis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 22, 26 & 49Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 27 & 28Louis Lortie
ALBUMChopin: PreludesLouis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 & Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier"Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 9 & 10Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Lortie & Helene Mercier
ALBUMBernstein: West Side Story Suite, Prelude Fugue and Riffs - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man - Stravinsky: Ebony ConcertoNetherlands Wind Ensemble, Richard Dufallo, Harmen de Boer & Louis Lortie
ALBUMSchumann & Brahms: Piano WorksLouis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Complete Piano SonatasHelene Mercier & Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3Louis Lortie
ALBUMMozart: Sonata in D Major, Andante and Variations in G - Schubert: FantasieHelene Mercier & Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 6, & 7Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Années de pèlerinage II (Italie)Louis Lortie
ALBUMSchumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor - Chopin: Piano Concerto in F MinorNeeme Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra & Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 21 & 26Louis Lortie
ALBUMRavel: Piano Music For 4 HandsHelene Mercier & Louis Lortie
ALBUMBeethoven: Eroica Variations, Variations in F, Rondo in C, Rondo in G & Für EliseLouis Lortie
ALBUMRavel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Faure: BalladeRafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, London Symphony Orchestra & Louis Lortie
ALBUMRavel: Piano Music, Vol. 2Louis Lortie
ALBUMGershwin: An American in Paris - Rhapsody in BlueLouis Lortie, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit & Robert Crowley
ALBUMLouis Lortie plays 20th Century Original Piano TranscriptionsLouis Lortie
ALBUMRavel: Complete Works for Solo PianoMaurice Ravel & Louis Lortie
ALBUMRavel: Piano Music, Vol. 1Louis Lortie
ALBUMLiszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor & Three Concert StudiesLouis Lortie
ALBUMChopin: ÉtudesLouis Lortie
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos No. 12 & Piano Concerto No. 14Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal & Louis Lortie
About Louis Lortie
Artist Biography
Pianist Louis Lortie achieved international recognition by his mid-twenties. His strong, sensitively crafted playing has served him well in a repertory of considerable breadth, with a concentration on composers from the late Classical period to the early 20th century.
Lortie was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on April 27, 1959. After studying with Yvonne Hubert, he made his first professional public appearance as a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra when he was 13 years old. Wisely, he elected not to pursue a concert career immediately. After winning first prize in Canada's two premier competitions, the Canadian National Music Competition and the CBC National Competition, when he was 16, Lortie made what he considers his official debut with the Toronto Symphony in 1978 and joined the orchestra in a subsequent tour of Japan and the People's Republic of China. While in his early twenties, he moved to Baltimore to work with Leon Fleisher and expand his knowledge of piano literature.
In 1984, Lortie won first prize in the Busoni International Competition and was also a prizewinner at the Leeds Piano Competition. Following his exposure to European culture and the recognition resulting from his successes in competition, Lortie undertook a more extensive number of concert engagements and released his first recording in 1986. Within the first few years of an active career, Lortie performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. His engagements included dates with the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester, and the Orchestre National de France. With the latter ensemble, he performed on tour. Lortie has performed for several summers with the Montréal Symphony in a program series devoted to a single composer. Complete cycles of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas have been given throughout the world.
Few pianists have enjoyed such a long-term and mutually satisfying relationship with a recording company as that existing between Lortie and Chandos. Lortie has been allowed to preserve his interpretations of composers extending from Mozart to Ligeti. Among them is his collection of the complete piano works of Ravel, a set that has received several awards, the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, and the complete works for piano and orchestra by Liszt. His recordings of Chopin's Preludes and Etudes are also of particular interest. In 2020, Lortie released the second volume in his survey of Saint-Saëns works for piano and orchestra, with Edward Gardner and the BBC Philharmonic.
Lortie has taught at the piano institute at Imola, Italy, when his schedule has allowed, he is the co-founder and artistic director of the LacMus International Festival in Tremezzina, Italy, and he is a master in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels. Lortie was honored by being made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. ~ Erik Eriksson
Hometown
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre
Classical
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