# Louise Bessette

Artist · Montreal, QC

Louise Bessette is a Montreal concert pianist, recording artist, producer, and educator known for championing contemporary classical music and Canadian composers.

## Links

- [Official site](https://www.louisebessette.com/)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Er2noaHW46Tknuk7WXC6N)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/louise-bessette/135328145)

## Sources

- [Artist-controlled website with an August 2025 biography, bilingual professional information, discography, performance calendar, and contact route](https://www.louisebessette.com/english/biography/) — 2026-07-15
- [Artist-controlled 2026 performance calendar documenting recitals, master classes, competition jury work, and festival appearances](https://www.louisebessette.com/francais/prestations.html) — 2026-07-15
- [Official Quebec Conservatory profile documenting Montreal origin, professorship, repertoire, recordings, collaborators, prizes, and honours](https://www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca/fr/formation-musique/professeurs/bessette-louise/) — 2026-07-15
- [Current Quebec Conservatory March 2026 event naming Bessette as pianist and professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal](https://www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca/fr/conservatoires/trois-rivieres/evenements/cours-de-maitre-avec-louise-bessette-piano-h2026/) — 2026-07-15
- [Queen's University 2026 competition release identifying Louise Bessette as a Montreal, Quebec concert pianist, recording artist, Conservatory professor, and jury chair](https://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/sites/isabelwww/files/files/2026%20Bader%20%26%20Overton%20Canadian%20Piano%20Competition%20Press%20Release.pdf) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Apple Music artist 135328145 with Montreal, Canada identity, classical classification, career overview, and January 2026 release](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/louise-bessette/135328145) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify artist 1Er2noaHW46Tknuk7WXC6N with current genre signals, live provider media, and 17 album or single containers retained after identity review](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Er2noaHW46Tknuk7WXC6N) — 2026-07-15
- [Current ATMA Classique artist profile documenting repertoire, recordings, Montreal Conservatory role, 2019 award, 2021 Opus milestone, and 2024 Order of Montreal honour](https://www.atmaclassique.com/en/artist/louise-bessette/) — 2026-07-15
- [Official bilingual Escale en Nouvelle-Angleterre booklet crediting Louise Bessette as producer and artistic director and preserving separate sound production credits](https://atmaclassique.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2902_iTunes_Booklet_F.pdf) — 2026-07-15
- [Official Governor General's Performing Arts Awards recipient page naming Louise Bessette as the 2019 Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award recipient for Classical Music](https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/bessette%2C-louise.aspx) — 2026-07-15
- [Official National Order of Quebec profile naming Louise Bessette an Officer in 2005 and documenting her Montreal and contemporary-music career](https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=499) — 2026-07-15
- [Official Order of Montreal profile naming Louise Bessette a Knight in 2024 and documenting her recording and teaching career](https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/ordre/node/534) — 2026-07-15
- [MusicBrainz artist 713cf5ef-3cf0-45f2-84f0-e1422819d54e retained as a stable registry identity cross-check](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/713cf5ef-3cf0-45f2-84f0-e1422819d54e) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Olivier Messiaen album with January 16, 2026 date, nine tracks, ATMA rights line, and UPC 0722056489522](https://open.spotify.com/album/6blhRkGxDXaMSRdhPUZGMD) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Escale en Nouvelle-Angleterre album with October 11, 2024 date, 14 tracks, ATMA Classique rights line, and UPC 0722056477024](https://open.spotify.com/album/3PdTIYsV1l8IT4m2m0taxP) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Origami album with January 26, 2024 date, 17 tracks, ATMA Classique rights line, and UPC 0722056467520](https://open.spotify.com/album/1leFcTafUn4JlZldltFns9) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Hommage à François Dompierre album with June 9, 2023 date, 16 tracks, ATMA Classique rights line, and UPC 0722056456227](https://open.spotify.com/album/56WQLO97VACuJiFtMY66g1) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Messiaen: Les oiseaux album with October 7, 2008 date, nine tracks, Analekta rights line, and UPC 884385060763](https://open.spotify.com/album/2MHqDZjfo5xp6vk38qYAz9) — 2026-07-15
- [Exact Spotify Œuvres pour deux pianos album with 1993 date, 17 tracks, Doberman Musique rights line, and UPC 0028948776313](https://open.spotify.com/album/44Pa18ilY9IrYg3edKQ6Br) — 2026-07-15

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/louise-bessette
Last checked: 2026-07-15