Prior to her Toronto Bach Competition victory, she was placed First in Italy's Viotti Competition (1978) and was a top prizewinner in the International Bach competitions of Leipzig and Washington DC, as well as the Schumann Competition in Zwickau, the Casadesus Competition in Cleveland, and the Dino Ciani Competition at la Scala, Milan. She has performed throughout North America and Europe, as well as in Japan, Australia, China, Mexico, and the former Soviet Union.

Born into a musical family (her father was the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, Canada), Miss Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four, and a year later winning her first scholarship. In her formative years she also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At nine she gave her first recital at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied from 1964 to 1973. Miss Hewitt then studied with French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa from which she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of eighteen.

In 1994 she embarked on a recording of all of the major keyboard works of Bach for Hyperion. The Inventions, French Suites and Partitas have all been included in Gramophone magazine's 'Editor's Choice' and are receiving worldwide acclaim for their artistry, 'effortlessly eclipsing all competitors' (Gramophone, 1997). Her recording of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier was chosen by two London Sunday Times critics as one of their 'Top Ten for 1998', and won a Juno Award in Canada.

Miss Hewitt's repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to the contemporary. For CBC Records she has recorded the Spanish Dances of Granados, and in 1998 Hyperion issued a disc devoted to Olivier Messiaen. She has appeared as soloist with major orchestras across Canada and the United States, with the Japan Philharmonic, and with all the orchestras of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Her concerto appearances in Britain have included the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. Her frequent solo recitals have taken her to many of the world's most prestigious venues including New York's Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, London's Wigmore Hall, Paris's Salle Gaveau, Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan, and the Sydney Opera House.

An avid chamber-music player, Angela has also appeared extensively with singers and instrumentalists in North America and Europe. Her lecture-recitals on Bach and her frequent masterclasses are widely appreciated by students and teachers alike. Dedicated to keeping 'live music' alive, she has recently been a founding member of Piano Six -a project involving six Canadian pianists who take music to the rural communities of Canada.

In 1995 Angela Hewitt was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa, and in 1997 she received the Key to the City of Ottawa. She has made her home in London, England, since 1985.