Nada Loutfi Pianist
NADA LOUTFI is an internationally active concert pianist and recording artist whose career combines a distinctive interpretative voice with an extensive discography and an international concert presence.
Her performances have taken her throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, with appearances at venues including Salle Gaveau and the Auditorium de Radio France in Paris, Yamaha Hall in Tokyo, the American University of Beirut and Severance Hall in Cleveland. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with orchestras including the Lebanese National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra, and has appeared at international festivals in Montpellier and Salzburg.
A defining focus of her artistic work is the music of Johannes Brahms. Nada Loutfi is among the few pianists to have recorded the complete solo piano works of Brahms. Her extensive Brahms discography also includes her own piano arrangements of the Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122, as well as recordings of solo-piano reductions of the First and Second Symphonies.
Her repertoire ranges from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven through the major works of the Romantic period to music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As a concerto soloist, she has performed works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.
Another important aspect of her artistic work is her commitment to contemporary music and direct collaboration with composers. Her current projects include Variations on a Theme of Jean Langlais by the Lebanese-French composer Naji Hakim, written for her, as well as an orchestral project by Argentine composer and two-time Grammy Award winner Fernando Otero, also composed specifically for her and currently being developed towards its world premiere.
Born in Beirut and educated in France, Nada Loutfi has developed an artistic identity shaped by different musical and cultural worlds. At the heart of her musicianship are expressive depth, individuality of interpretation and direct communication with the audience.
From the Press
“This three-disc collection is the one that sets the seal on her place in the pantheon of great Brahms
interpreters.”
Colin Clarke — Fanfare
“In a word, this is some of the most ‘communicative’ Brahms playing I’ve heard.”
Jerry Dubins — Fanfare
interpreters.”
Colin Clarke — Fanfare
“In a word, this is some of the most ‘communicative’ Brahms playing I’ve heard.”
Jerry Dubins — Fanfare
“Variety of colors, depth, boundless energy, sense of character, sensitivity—these are a few words that
could summarize the recital given by Pianist Nada.”
Zeina Saleh Kayali — Agenda Culturel
could summarize the recital given by Pianist Nada.”
Zeina Saleh Kayali — Agenda Culturel
“Her capacity to fetch the spiritual essence of music places her between legend and reality.”
May Menassa — An-Nahar (El Nahar)
May Menassa — An-Nahar (El Nahar)
“It was like hearing it for the first time… She played with style, passion, and thunder without being
excessive or sentimental.”
Charles Cook — Freelance critic, Louisville, Kentucky
excessive or sentimental.”
Charles Cook — Freelance critic, Louisville, Kentucky