WEYBURN - Classical pianist Meagan Milatz will receive the Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer 2025-2028 worth $125,000, along with a mezzo-soprano, Kristin Hoff, the biggest prize of its kind in Canada.
Meagan was born and raised in Weyburn, and received her initial piano training under Cherith Alexander before she moved on after graduating from the Weyburn Comprehensive School to further education at McGill University in Montreal.
Currently she is the founder, artistic and executive director of HausMusique chamber music concerts, which is housed in a recently-restored Art Deco heritage site on the ninth floor of Montreal’s Eaton Centre.
Asked if she thought she would reach such a level of achievement while learning and playing piano here in Weyburn, she replied, “No, I never would have imagined this during those early days … but that's where it all started!”
Meagan regularly performs with top international artists, and has a recording contract with ATMA Classique for nine HausMusique albums.
She received the Prix Opus “Discovery of the Year” in 2024, and has appeared as a soloist with Canadian orchestras, including the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Regina Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke and the McGill Symphony Orchestra.
Meagan will be performing on Saturday, March 1, as soloist with the Regina Symphony Orchestra at Darke Hall.
Meagan was named one of CBC’s “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30”, and she did a 50-concert tour across Canada for the 2019-20 season with 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.
This tour included a stop in Weyburn as a part of the Weyburn Concert Series, and an extra performance in the community at the Hill Top Manor.
Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer the largest prize of its kind in Canada, and one of the largest in the world for a collaborative emerging artist in classical music.
The prize honours Jean-Pierre Goyer and his contributions to music, arts and culture in Montreal, Quebec and Canada.
