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Angela Hewitt, (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations. ==Career== Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt was born in Ottawa, daughter of the Yorkshire-born Godfrey Hewitt (thus she also has British nationality) who was choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.〔Angela Hewitt explained her dual nationality on the CBC Radio Two program, ''This Is My Music'' which aired on February 23, 2013.〕 She began piano studies at the age of three with her mother. She also studied violin with Walter Prystawski, recorder with Wolfgang Grunsky, and ballet with Nesta Toumine in Ottawa. Her first full-length recital was at the age of nine, in The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied from 1964 to 1973 with Earle Moss and Myrtle Guerrero. She then went on to be the student of French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa. Angela Hewitt has performed around the world in recital and as soloist with orchestra. She is most well known for her cycle of Bach recordings which she began in 1994 and finished in 2005—covering all the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach. Her recording of Bach's Art of Fugue was released on 17 October 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.angelahewitt.com/ )〕 Her discography also includes works by Couperin, Rameau, Messiaen, Chabrier, Ravel, Schumann, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Fauré. She has recorded two discs of Mozart concertos with the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, and a third with Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Hannu Lintu. With the DSO Berlin and Lintu, she also recorded the Schumann Piano Concerto. She also has earned a scholarship at the age of five. Angela Hewitt's entire 2007–2008 season was devoted to complete performances of Bach's ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'' in major cities all over the world. Her Hyperion DVD on Bach Performance on the Piano was released to coincide with the tour. In July 2005, Angela Hewitt launched the Trasimeno Music Festival in Umbria near Perugia of which she is Artistic Director. In recent years, she records using her own piano, a Fazioli F278 concert grand with 4 pedals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angela Hewitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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