Hyperion Records

Angela Hewitt is a phenomenal artist who has established herself at the highest level, not least through her award-winning recordings for Hyperion. Her series of all the major keyboard works of Bach has been described as ‘one of the record glories of our age’. Her discography also includes recordings of Beethoven, Chabrier, Granados, Messiaen, Rameau, Ravel, Schumann, the complete Chopin Nocturnes and three discs of Couperin.

Born into a musical family, Angela Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four and a year later winning her first scholarship. At the age of nine she gave her first recital at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music where she later studied, going on to learn with the French pianist Jean-Paul Sévilla. She won the Viotti Competition in Italy and the Toronto International Bach Competition, and was a top prizewinner in the Bach competitions of Leipzig and Washington DC, as well as the Dino Ciani Competition at La Scala, Milan.

Angela Hewitt appears all over the world in many of the most prestigious concert halls as recitalist and as soloist with major orchestras. Her festival appearances have taken her to Lucerne, Osaka, Prague, Moscow and New York, to name but a few places. Her own annual Trasimeno Music Festival takes place each summer in Umbria, Italy, and features international artists as well as recitals, chamber music, and concertos from Hewitt herself.

Angela Hewitt was awarded the first ever BBC Radio 3 Listeners’ Award (Royal Philharmonic Society Awards) in 2003. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000. She was also awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2006. She has lived in London since 1985 but also has homes in Canada and Umbria.

In 2006 Angela Hewitt was voted Gramophone’s ‘Artist of the Year’. Her entire 2007–2008 season was devoted to performances of the complete Bach Well-Tempered Clavier in major cities all over the world. A special DVD lecture-recital entitled ‘Bach Performance on the Piano’ was released by Hyperion to coincide with this tour (DVDA68001).