Louis Lortie makes a Liszt pilgrimage in Chicago

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 11 octobre 2017

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“Lortie “painted”... in clear, luminous colors and broad strokes, without any excessive rubato”

Critique faite à Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, le 8 octobre 2017

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S 160

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie, S 161

Louis Lortie, Piano

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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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 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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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.