Born: Calgary, Canada
Education: first piano lessons at age five, studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
Breakthrough: at age fifteen: exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon
Subsequently: solo appearances with the orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Philadelphia, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Münchner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Filarmonica della Scala, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; recitals at Carnegie Hall (New York), La Scala (Milan), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris), Herbst Theatre (San Francisco), Bozar (Brussels) and Klavier-Festival Ruhr
Honorary title: UNICEF Ambassador for Canada since 2012
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2013 (Japan tour)