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Performances by classical pianist Réa Beaumont, DMA, have been described as “beautiful” and “captivating”. Réa maintains an active profile by presenting solo and chamber concerts throughout North America including a recital in The Canadian Opera Company’s “Piano Virtuoso Series” at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts 2008-2009.
Recently featured in “International Musician” (March 2008), Réa is becoming one of Canada’s foremost interpreters of new music. Having premiered nearly 40 works as a pianist and conductor, Réa’s solo CD A Shrinking Planet features three world premiere recordings, including a work written for her by Juno Award-winning composer Chan Ka Nin commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Recorded at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto under the auspices of The Canada Council and released worldwide to critical praise, A Shrinking Planet received its inaugural broadcast on CBC Radio 2’s “Two New Hours” and continues to be aired in Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Australia. The CD was featured in the Editor’s Choice section of Toronto’s classical music magazine “The Wholenote” (Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009) alongside fellow Canadians Karina Gauvin, Tafelmusik’s Jeanne Lamon and Joan Watson.
Réa has won major awards from the The Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council and The Banff Centre for the Arts. She is a member of the Toronto Musicians’ Association and the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
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