“Chopin is here, in the shadows”: Louis Lortie in Sydney

Von Zoltán Szabó, 15 April 2015

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“Dynamic contrasts, otherwise well-tamed for the rest of the concert, were given free to rein”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: City Recital Hall, Sydney, am 13 April 2015

Fauré, 9 Préludes, Op.103

Skrjabin, 24 Prélude, Op.11

Chopin, 24 Preludes, Op.28

Louis Lortie, Klavier

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

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Louis Lortie rend hommage à Gabriel Fauré Salle Gaveau

Alain Lompech, 12th March

Au seuil de l'année du centenaire de la mort de Fauré, le pianiste canadien a livré un récital exceptionnel, aussi riche en sonorités que naturel dans la conduite du discours.

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Louis Lortie en héraut des vingt-quatre Études de Chopin

Alain Lompech, 7th November

Exécuter en une soirée les deux cahiers des Études du compositeur est un exploit physique et psychique ! Salle Gaveau, Louis Lortie triomphe des nombreux défis de la partition.

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Louis Lortie saves the day in Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 11th February

The French-Canadian pianist replaced an ailing Rudolf Buchbinder, kicking off the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's first complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle.

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Louis Lortie shines in uneven program of Schubert and Mahler

Linda Holt, 18th October

Louis Lortie amazes in the Schubert-Liszt Wanderer Fantasy, while The Philadelphia Orchestra under Nézet-Séguin struggles but ultimately triumphs with Mahler's Fifth.

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Lortie plays Liszt's complete Années de pèlerinage

Roy Westbrook, 28th April

The several empty seats were probably a comment on the current reputation of the composer more than that of the pianist. Both deserved a full house.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

“Chopin is here, in the shadows”: Louis Lortie’s solo recital in Sydney