Celebrated Canadian pianist and composer Kate Wyatt is one of the top tier jazz musicians in the city of Montreal. She has been praised as having “musical ideas and a style of playing and writing that is on par with the current jazz piano elite: Mehldau, Yaron Herman, Shai Maestro, Fred Hersch.”, and has been hailed as “one of the top artists of Montreal, Quebec, or even Canadian jazz.” (Cardin/Brunet, panm360.com).

Her most recent album “Artifact” was released to overwhelmingly excellent critical reviews, and was featured on “Best Jazz of 2022” lists from Canada, the US and Europe. From Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen: “Pianist and composer Kate Wyatt is making some of Canada’s most exciting and engrossing small-ensemble jazz these days”.

Kate Wyatt has performed with many recognized and respected musicians, including Kenny
Wheeler, Jay Clayton, Ira Coleman, Yannick Rieu, Christine Jensen, Itamar Borochov, Ranee
Lee, Don Thompson, Barry Elmes, Al McLean, and the Orchestre national de jazz de Montreal
(ONJ). She has a passion for improvisation and innovation, and strives for a high level of
sensitivity and interaction in her performances. Her music has been recognized with awards
from the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du
Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and she was recently nominated for the prestigious Canadian 2025 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award.

As well as being a passionate performer and composer, Wyatt is a deeply invested music
educator. She heads the jazz program at Marianopolis College and conducts masterclasses around the country. Kate has been working as part of the Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada (CAMMAC) teaching team for over 10 years and has recently been asked to join the faculty at JazzWorks Canada