Lortie to Conclude Presidential Concert Series
The Lee University Presidential Concert Series will conclude its 29th season with a performance by Louis Lortie, one of Canada’s most highly-esteemed concert pianists. The performance will take place on Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Pangle Hall.
The program will include music by Faure, Debussy, Brahms, and Liszt.
“We are so fortunate to have a performer of this reputation to present a program such as this one, with lovely ballades that people are sure to recognize and enjoy,” said Darlia Conn, director of the Presidential Concert Series.
A native of Quebec, Lortie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony at the age of 13, and as a mature performer is a frequent solo guest with some of the world’s top orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the BBC Philharmonic. “Lortie displays a combination of total spontaneity and ripeness that only great pianists have.” (London Times)
In recital and chamber music, Lortie appears in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, the Beethovenfest Bonn, and Liszt Festival Raiding. Recent special projects have included performances of Liszt’s complete “Années de Pèlerinage” in one evening and a complete Beethoven sonata cycle filmed at Salle Bourgie in Montreal and broadcast on Medici TV in 2021.
Lortie is co-founder and artistic director of the LacMus International Festival on Lake Como and a master in residence at The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel of Brussels. In 1984, he won First Prize in the Busoni Competition, and he was also a prize winner at the Leeds Competition that same year. A prolific recording artist, Lortie’s 30-year relationship with Chandos Records has produced a catalogue of over 45 recordings on the label.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are available for purchase at eventbrite. Tickets can also be purchased at the Lee University Box Office in the Dixon Center or by contacting (423) 614-8343, one week prior to the concert, between 3-6 p.m.
For more information about Lortie, visit https://www.louislortie.com/.
For more information about the Presidential Concert Series, visit leeuniversity.edu/pcs/ or call the School of Music at (423) 614-8240.
