Angela Hewitt
- January 4, 2024
- Pianist
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Angela Hewitt Biography
| Name | Angela Hewitt |
| Birthday | Jul 26 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Ottawa |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Angela Hewitt is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on July 26, 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Classical artist who has been praised for her proficiency in Bach’s musical repertoire.
Her repertoire was extensive beyond Bach and also included Beethoven, Chopin, and Her repertoire extended well beyond Bach and included Beethoven, Chopin, and Maurice Ravel..
Hewitt was born in Ottawa, Ontario, daughter of the Yorkshire-born Godfrey Hewitt (thus she also has British nationality) who was choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. She began piano studies at the age of three with her mother. She earned a scholarship at the age of five. She studied violin with Walter Prystawski, recorder with Wolfgang Grunsky, and ballet with Nesta Toumine in Ottawa. Her first full-length recital was at the age of nine, in The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied from 1964 to 1973 with Earle Moss and Myrtle Guerrero. She then went on to be the student of French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa.
In 1975, Hewitt won the Chopin Young Pianists’ Competition in Buffalo, New York, and a Bach competition in Washington, D.C. In 1979, she won third prize in the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition, since renamed the Cleveland International Piano Competition. In 1978, she won piano division in the CBC Radio Competition and in 1980 the Dino Ciani Competition in Milan, Italy. In 1985, she won first prize in the Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, which led to a recording with Deutsche Grammophon. In 1986, she was named artist of the year by the Canadian Music Council.
The daughter was Godfrey Hewitt who was born in Yorkshire. This gave her British and Canadian dual nationality.
Angela Hewitt Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Angela Hewitt is one of the richest Pianist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Angela Hewitt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She also took classes in recorder, violin, and ballet. The first time she performed piano was when she was nineteen at the Toronto’s The Royal Conservatory of Music.
She was awarded in 2006 as the Gramophone Artist of the Year and received an award in 2010. MIDEM Classical Award for Instrumentalist of the Year.
Angela Hewitt, CC OBE (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations.
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Hewitt was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on June 17, 2006 and Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006. She received the MIDEM Classical Award for Instrumentalist of the Year in 2010, and was awarded the first ever BBC Radio 3 Listener’s Award (Royal Philharmonic Society Awards) in
- She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has honorary degrees from the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, Queen’s University (Kingston), The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK), Mount Saint Vincent University (Halifax), the University of Saskatchewan and Carleton University (Ottawa).
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Angela Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Angela Hewitt celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.
Hewitt has performed around the world in recital and as soloist with orchestra. She is best known for her cycle of Bach recordings which she began in 1994 and finished in 2005—covering all of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach. Her recording of Bach’s The Art of Fugue was released on October 17,
- Her discography also includes works by Louis Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Olivier Messiaen, Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel, Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré. She has recorded two discs of Mozart concertos with the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, and a third with Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Hannu Lintu. With the DSO Berlin and Lintu, she also recorded the Schumann Piano Concerto.