Louis Lortie

Louis Lortie – pianist

2017-18 concerto engagements include MDR Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, BBC Philharmonic, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony and Toronto Symphony, with conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jaap van Sweden, Edward Gardner, Andrew Davis and Simone Young

Recitals for 2017-18 include two appearances at the Wigmore Hall, the Liszt Festival in Raiding, the Chicago Symphony Recital Series, and an extensive recital tour in Italy.

Artist-in-Residence of the Shanghai Symphony, performing four different programmes throughout the 2017-18 season

Prolific recording artist with more than 45 recordings for Chandos

Member of the Lortie-Mercier duo, a longstanding partnership with Hélène Mercier which has shed new light on the repertoire for four hands and two pianos both in the concert hall and on several best-selling recordings.

Co-founder and Artistic Director of the LacMus International Festival on Lake Como, Italy

Master in Residence at The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel of Brussels

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Aude-Marie Auphan (Artist Manager)

Contact:
Victoria Rowsell (Managing Director)
Aude-Marie Auphan (Artist Manager)

Management for Europe, in association with Seldy Cramer Artists (USA-other territories) and Lorenzo Baldrighi Artists Management (Italy)

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Concert Dates

January - May 2018

Date & Time	Venue	Details
Thursday 4 Jan 19:30	The Studios MediaCity Salford UK	SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major *BBC Philharmonic* conductor: Edward Gardner
Friday 12 Jan 19:30	Bridgewater Hall Manchester UK	SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor SAINT-SAËNS: Rhapsodie d’Auvergne for piano and orchestra *BBC Philharmonic* conductor: Edward Gardner
Friday 2 Feb 20:30	Centre Culturel Dourdan, France	All-Brahms programme with Miguel Da Silva (viola)
Monday 5 Feb 20:30	Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Italy	CHOPIN: Études op.10 CHOPIN: Trois Nouvelles études, B.130 CHOPIN: Études op.25
Wednesday 7 Feb 20:30	Teatro Verdi Trieste, Italy	SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D.894 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.7 no.3 CHOPIN: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op.59 no.3 CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Sunday 11 Feb 17:30	Sala dei Notari Perugia, Italy	CHOPIN: Études op.10 CHOPIN: Trois Nouvelles études, B.130 CHOPIN: Études op.25
Monday 19 Feb 20:30	Conservatorio “G. Verdi” Milan, Italy	SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D.894 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.7 no.3 CHOPIN: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op.59 no.3 CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Tuesday 27 Feb 19:30	Wigmore Hall London, UK	SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D.894 ADÈS: Mazurka op.27 no.1 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.7 no.3 CHOPIN: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49 ADÈS: Mazurka op.27 no.2 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op.59 no.3 CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Thursday 1 Mar 19:30	Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham, UK	LISZT: Soirées musicales de Rossini: La regata veneziana (notturno), La danza (tarantella) FAURE: Barcarolle No 5 in F-sharp minor, op 66 FAURE: Barcarolle No 7 in D minor, op.90 POULENC: Napoli LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, 2nd book: Italy (Selection)
Friday 2 Mar 19:15	Howard Assembly Room Leeds, UK	LISZT: Soirées musicales de Rossini: La regata veneziana (notturno), La danza (tarantella) FAURE: Barcarolle No 5 in F-sharp minor, op 66 FAURE: Barcarolle No 7 in D minor, op.90 POULENC: Napoli LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, 2nd book: Italy (Selection)
Monday 5 Mar 19:30	Müpa – Palace of the Arts Budapest, Hungary	GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor *Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra* conductor: Zsolt Hamar
Sunday 18 Mar 18:00	Palazzo della Cultura Messina, Italy	SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D.894 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.7 no.3 CHOPIN: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op.59 no.3 CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Wednesday 11 Apr 20:00	Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress Washington, DC, USA	RACHMANINOV: Suite no.1, op.5 (Fantaisie-Tableaux) for 2 pianos RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole, for 2 pianos ARENSKY: Suite no.1 op.15, for 2 pianos MEDTNER: Russian Round Dance (A Tale), op.58/1, for 2 pianos RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances op.45, for 2 pianos *with Hélène Mercier (piano)*
Friday 13 Apr 20:00	Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN, USA	LISZT: Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat *Minnesota Orchestra* conductor: Markus Stenz
Saturday 14 Apr 20:00	Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN, USA	LISZT: Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat *Minnesota Orchestra* conductor: Markus Stenz
Wednesday 18 Apr 20:00	Southam Hall Ottawa, Canada	MOZART: Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K.491 *National Arts Centre Orchestra* conductor: Xian Zhang
Thursday 19 Apr 20:00	Southam Hall Ottawa, Canada	MOZART: Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K.491 *National Arts Centre Orchestra* conductor: Xian Zhang
Saturday 21 Apr 19:30	Weill Hall, Sonoma State university Rohnert Park, CA, USA	SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D.894 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.7 no.3 CHOPIN: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49 CHOPIN: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op.59 no.3 CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op.44
Thursday 26 Apr 19:30	Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX, USA	MOZART: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 *The Dallas Symphony* conductor: Jaap van Zweden
Friday 27 Apr 19:30	Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX, USA	MOZART: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 *The Dallas Symphony* conductor: Jaap van Zweden
Saturday 28 Apr 19:30	Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX, USA	MOZART: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 *The Dallas Symphony* conductor: Jaap van Zweden
Thursday 3 May 19:30	Orchestra Hall Detroit, MI, USA	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor *Detroit Symphony Orchestra* conductor: John Storgårds
Friday 4 May 10:45	Orchestra Hall Detroit, MI, USA	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor *Detroit Symphony Orchestra* conductor: John Storgårds
Saturday 5 May 20:00	Orchestra Hall Detroit, MI, USA	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor *Detroit Symphony Orchestra* conductor: John Storgårds
Friday 11 May 19:30	National Concert Hall Taipei, Taiwan	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor *National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan* conductor: Günther Herbig
Friday 18 May 20:00	Shanghai Symphony Hall China	GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16 *Shanghai Symphony* conductor: Leif Segerstam

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Repertoire

Concerto list

ADÉS
Concerto Conciso

BACH, J.S

Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056

BEETHOVEN

Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Concerto No. 3 in c minor, Op. 37
Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
Triple Concerto, Op. 56
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (original transcription for Piano and Orchestra)

BRAHMS

Concerto No. 1 in d minor, Op. 15
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op.83

CHOPIN

Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11
Concerto No. 2 in f minor, Op. 21
Krakowiak (Rondo), Op. 14
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Variations in B-flat on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano”, Op. 2
Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13

DEBUSSY

Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra

DE FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

D’INDY

Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, for piano and orchestra

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

GERSHWIN

Rhapsody in Blue

GRIEG

Concerto in a minor, Op. 16

LISZT

Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Concerto No. 3
Concerto pathétique
De Profundis
Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes
Fantasy on themes from Berlioz’ “Lelio”
Fantasy on themes from Beethoven’s “Ruins of Athens”
Malédiction for Piano and Strings
Polonaise Brillante
Totentanz

(SCHUBERT-LISZT)

Wandererfantasie

LUTOSLAWSKI

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Paganini Variations

MENDELSSOHN

Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op.40
Serenade and Allegro
Capriccio Brillante
Rondo Brillante
Concerto for 2 Pianos in E major
Concerto in a minor for Piano and Strings
Double Concerto in d minor for Violin, Piano and Strings

MOZART

Concerto No.5 in D major, K.175
Concerto No.6 in B-flat major, K.238
Concerto No.7 in F major for 3 Pianos, K.242
Concerto No.8 in C major, K.246
Concerto No.9 in E-flat major, K.271
Concerto No.10 in E-flat major for 2 Pianos, K.365
Concerto No.11 in F major, K.413
Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414
Concerto No.13 in C major, K.415
Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449
Concerto No.15 in B-flat major, K.450
Concerto No.16 in D major, K.451
Concerto No.17, in G major, K.453
Concerto No.18 in B-flat major, K.456
Concerto No.19 in F major, K.459
Concerto No.20 in d minor, K.466
Concerto No.21 in C Major, K.467
Concerto No.22 in E-flat Major, K.482
Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488
Concerto No.24 in c minor, K.491
Concerto No.25 in C Major, K.503
Concerto No.26 in D Major, K.537
Concerto No.27 in B-flat Major, K.595

POULENC

Aubade for Piano and 18 instruments
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

PROKOFIEV

Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major
Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

RACHMANINOV

Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18
Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30
Concerto No. 4 in g minor, Op. 40
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

RAVEL

Concerto in G Major
Concerto in D Major (left hand)

SAINT-SAËNS

Concerto No.1 in D, Op. 17
Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22
Concerto No. 4 in C, Op. 44
Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103
Carnival of the Animals (2 pianos)
Africa: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Wedding Cake

SCHUMANN

Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Konzertstuck, Op. 86
Introduction and Allegro de Concert Op. 134
Introduction and Allegro Appassionato Op. 92

SZYMANOWSKI

Symphony No. 4

TCHAIKOVSKY

Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, Op. 23
Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 75/79
Concert Fantasy in G Major, Op. 56

VERESS

Hommage à Paul Klee for Two Pianos and Strings

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