Meagan Milatz

Piano

Meagan Milatz is “a remarkable pianist with a seemingly limitless palette of expression” (Le Devoir) and is quickly emerging as one of the most sought-after pianists in Canada. Winner of the 2024 Prix Opus « Découverte de l’année », she regularly shares the stage with top international musicians including Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic; cellist Matt Haimovitz; and mandolinist Avi Avital. In 2022, Meagan was named co-artistic director of Concerts HausMusique, along with cellist Cameron Crozman.

Awarded the 2024 Prix Choquette-Symcox by Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Meagan’s recent engagements have included performances with Olivier Charlier, Michel Michalakakos, Cho-Liang Lin, Peter Hanson, Olivier Charlier, Pablo Hernán Benedí, Steven Dann, and tubist Øystein Baadsvik, among others. Internationally, she has performed at the New Ross Piano Festival in Ireland in 2023 and the Edeta Arts International Chamber Music Festival in 2022, where she appeared in concert in Spain with Kai Gleusteen, concertmaster of the Orchestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona. In 2024, she embarked on a European recital tour with cellist Cameron Crozman in Italy, France, Malta, and Portugal.    

Meagan recently recorded an album for ATMA Classique of music for fortepiano and natural horn alongside Louis-Pierre Bergeron, released in December 2023. She has also launched a brand-new violin-and-piano duo partnership, “Duo M”, alongside Violaine Melançon, renowned violinist and founding member of the Peabody Trio. For the 2019/2020 season, Meagan undertook a 50-concert, Canada-wide tour alongside violinist Amy Hillis as the duo “meagan&amy”, winners of the first-ever Pan-Canadian Partnership Recital Tour offered by Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Debut Atlantic, and Prairie Debut. 

Chosen as one of CBC’s “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30”, Meagan has appeared as a soloist alongside orchestras such as the Edmonton, Regina, Sherbrooke, and McGill Symphonies. Meagan was top prize winner in the Shean Piano Competition, CFMTA National Piano Competition, and Canadian Music Competition, and the recipient of a Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. Her performances are regularly broadcast on CBC/Radio-Canada.  

Meagan began her studies in Saskatchewan and holds a Master’s degree from McGill University. She is grateful to her teachers and lifelong mentors Cherith Alexander, Ilya Poletaev, Philip Chiu, and Tom Beghin with whom she was greatly privileged to study the fortepiano. Enthusiastic about helping the next generation of young musicians, she is a passionate faculty member of the “Session sonates violon et piano” of Camp Musical du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. 

Meagan lives in Montreal where she loves biking, reading outside whenever possible, and enjoying the occasional tasty pastry.