Angela Hewitt

Pianist Angela Hewitt is an internationally prominent pianist, particularly noted for her Bach readings but accomplished in a large repertory encompassing many eras of keyboard music. A longtime fixture of the Hyperion label catalog, she has been a prolific recording artist since the mid-'80s. Hewitt was born in Ottawa on July 26, 1958. Her father, Godfrey Hewitt, was a British organist and choir director, and she also holds British citizenship. Angela took up the piano at age three, with her mother as her teacher. She appeared in public at four and won a scholarship the foll...