Louis Lortie

Louis Lortie, OC, CQ (born 27 April 1959) is a Canadian (Québécois) pianist. Born in Montreal, Lortie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra three years later. Soon after he toured the People’s Republic of China and Japan. Career : Throughout his career, Lortie has collaborated with conductors including Thomas Adès, Francesco Angelico, Andrea Battistoni, Stephan Blunier, Andrei Boreyko, Ricardo Chailly, Michael Christie, Thomas Dausgaard, Andrew Davis, Augustin Dumay, Charles Dutoit, Michal Dworzynski, Mark Elder, Thierry Fischer, Edward Gardner, Paavo Jarvi, Grant Llewellyn, Yannick Nézet Séguin, Thomas Sondergard, Robert Spano and many more. He has also appeared as a soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Calgary Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Netherlands Radio Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the BBC Scottish, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Taiwan National Symphony, Chicago Symphony, BBC Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Bonn Beethoven Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Prague Philharmonia, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Lortie is Master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, Belgium). Lortie is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of the LacMus International Festival on Lake Como.[