Born in Canada, André Laplante quickly established himself as one of the great romantic piano virtuosos of his generation when he won the Geneva Competition, the First International Piano Competition held in Sydney and the Silver Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Since that dramatic introduction, Mr. Laplante has performed in major concert centers throughout Europe, North America and the Far East. In recent years, he has appeared as orchestral soloist at the Kennedy Center, with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Mariner and with the Toronto Symphony under Andrew Davis. Of his Chicago recital debut, the Chicago Tribune wrote: "...There is a vigorously romantic intensity tempered by an uncommon sensitivity of touch and tonal color..."After such a highly successful introduction to the Chicago public, he was immediately engaged to return for five performances with the Chicago Symphony. He was hailed as the "heir apparent" to his fellow Canadian, the late Glenn Gould, by the Salzburg Volkzeitung.. In the London Guardian and the New York Times Laplante has been called "...a white hope among today's finest performers..." He also had the pleasure to collaborate with his esteemed colleague Yehudi Menuhin appearing in Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, and New York.
This recording is André Laplante's debut on the ÉLAN label.

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