Angela Hewitt

Not since Glenn Gould has Canada seen a Bach pianist like Angela Hewitt. A prodigy, she grew up in a musical family in Ottawa and began playing the piano at the age of three. In 2018, she accepted a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in Classical Music at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. It's actually her second GG. Hewitt won her first Governor General's Award in 2003 and she remains a household name in the realm of Canadian classical music. London's The Sunday's Times hailed her recordings of Bach's major works as "one of the record glories of our age." In addition to Bach, she has recorded and performed solo works by Beethoven, Chopin, Couperin and Rameau along with concertos by Schumann and Mozart. She has numerous Juno awards and nominations to her name, and has performed in top venues around the world. - CBC Arts