{"id":46,"date":"2016-09-22T13:50:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:22:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column-half first\">The masterclass is designed to introduce students and professionals alike to the rudiments of Bach&#8217;s Invention No 1 in C Major.  In a series of individual chapters, Angela analyses the piece in terms of the historical context, underlying structure, fingering, ornamentation, phrasing, dynamics, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-talk.jpg\" alt=\"AHMC talk\" style=\"width: 50%;\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-talk.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-talk-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-talk-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-play.jpg\" alt=\"ahmc-play\" style=\"width: 50%;\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-play.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-play-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AHMC-play-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The masterclass combines lecture-style instruction at the piano (Fazioli) and overhead filming of Angela&#8217;s hands on the keyboard, as appropriate.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"column-half second\">One of the world\u2019s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Her interpretations of Bach have established her as one of the composer\u2019s foremost interpreters of our time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/angelahewittmasterclass.com\/os\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Angela-Hewitt-by-L-Dogana-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Hewitt by L. Dogana\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-450\" \/><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 L. Dogana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/angelahewitt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">angelahewitt.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapseomatic noarrow\" id=\"id69d4445c6bfcd\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"More about Angela Hewitt &rarr;\"    >More about Angela Hewitt &rarr;<\/div><div id='swap-id69d4445c6bfcd'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>More about Angela Hewitt &larr;<\/div><div id=\"target-id69d4445c6bfcd\" class=\"collapseomatic_content maptastic\">One of the world\u2019s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Her interpretations of Bach have established her as one of the composer\u2019s foremost interpreters of our time.<\/p>\n<p>Angela\u2019s award-winning cycle for Hyperion Records of all the major keyboard works of Bach has been described as \u201cone of the record glories of our age\u201d (The Sunday Times). Her much-awaited recording of Bach\u2019s \u201cArt of Fugue\u201d appeared in 2014, and immediately hit the charts in the UK and USA; while her second recording of Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations was released in September 2016. In 2015 Angela was inducted into Gramophone Magazine\u2019s \u201cHall of Fame\u201d thanks to her large discography and popularity with music lovers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>At the invitation of London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, Angela will perform the complete keyboard works of Bach in a series of twelve recitals over four years, beginning in September 2016. \u201cThe Bach Odyssey\u201d will also be presented complete in New York (92nd Street Y), Tokyo, and Ottawa. Recitals in the 2016-17 season will take her to such diverse places as Talinn, Tivoli (Copenhagen), Vienna (her solo debut), Madrid, Bilbao, Aldeburgh (Snape Maltings), Rotterdam, Bath, Florence, Singapore, and all over Australia (Musica Viva tour in May 2017). Concerto appearances will include the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Baltimore Symphony, the Montreal Symphony , a tour of the UK with the Vienna Tonk\u00fcnstler Orchestra, and an appearance with the Lucerne Festival Strings in Munich (conducting from the keyboard). She also continues to perform with authors and actors, most recently with Ian McEwan (in Vienna and New York), Julian Barnes (in Vienna\u2019s Konzerthaus in April 2017) and Roger Allam (at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe in London).<\/p>\n<p>Born into a musical family, Angela began her piano studies aged three, performing in public at four and a year later winning her first scholarship. She then went on to learn with French pianist, Jean-Paul S\u00e9villa. In 1985 she won the Toronto International Bach Piano Competition.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2005, Angela launched the Trasimeno Music Festival in the heart of Umbria near Perugia. An annual event, it draws an international audience to the Castle of the Knights of Malta in Magione, on the shores of Lake Trasimeno. Seven concerts in seven days feature Hewitt as a recitalist, chamber musician, song accompanist, and conductor, working with both established and young artists of her choosing.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Hewitt is an Ambassador for \u201cOrkidstra\u201d\u2013 a Sistema-inspired, social development program in Ottawa\u2019s inner city which, through the joy of learning and playing music together, teaches children life-skills such as commitment, teamwork and tolerance. She is also in great demand for masterclasses around the world, generously sharing her knowledge and experience with young pianists.<\/p>\n<p>Named \u2018Artist of the Year\u2019 at the 2006 Gramophone Awards, she was awarded an OBE in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours in 2006. In 2015 Angela was promoted to a Companion of the Order of Canada. She is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, has seven honorary doctorates, and is a Visiting Fellow of Peterhouse College in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated February 2017<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The masterclass is designed to introduce students and professionals alike to the rudiments of Bach&#8217;s Invention No 1 in C Major. 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