CBC is talking about Louise Bessette and her Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award! Excerpts: Bessette is receiving a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for both performing and promoting the genre. Recognized worldwide as an extraordinary performer and promoter of contemporary classical music, Louise Bessette is no stranger to awards. And now, she'll be receiving the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at this year's Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. An internationall

The Scena Musicale highlights Louise Bessette's Governor General’s Award for the Performing Arts's nomination. For the occasion, they wrote an article with an overview of her amazing career. Excerpts from the article: "The secret of such an intense career is perhaps Bessette’s enthusiasm. She is always on the lookout for new ways to promote contemporary repertoire. Her career was launched when she won first prize in the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition in 1981." I

Marina Thibeault and Louise Bessette will be part of the 6th edition of the Concerts et rencontres champêtres à Abercorn this weekend. Their concert will be followed by a cocktail, so it will be a good occasion to meet our musicians. Both concerts will be at Abercorn's Anglican Church. Marina Thibeault | Colors of viola | August 25, 2 pm | Tickets Louise Bessette | Piano around the world: Stop to Spain | August 26, 2 pm | Tickets Joined by the pianist Marie-Ève Scarfone, Mari