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Venues:
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7
(416.964.6337)
Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
(416.408.0208)
George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8
(1.855.985.2787)
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Website: www.tafelmusik.org
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About
World-renowned. Future-bound.
Tafelmusik
The word is German and means “table music” or “music for the feast.”
The name is apt because Tafelmusik has produced a feast of firsts and bests, and has won admiration throughout the musical world.
Tafelmusik’s vision is to be an international centre of excellence in period performance for generations to come. To sustain this vision, Tafelmusik is now creating artists and audiences for the future through artist training and audience development activities.
Tafelmusik’s mission is to engage audiences locally, provincially, nationally and internationally with historically informed live and recorded musical experiences on period instruments.
Through its extensive national and international tours, its critically-acclaimed recordings and TV broadcasts, its new media initiatives and growing web of community and artistic partnerships, Tafelmusik is one of the most prolific orchestras in the world.
Tafelmusik, Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra, was founded in 1979 and has long been renowned in North America and internationally for its distinct, exhilarating and soulful performances. Under the outstanding leadership of Chief Artistic Advisor Jeanne Lamon, C.M., it has excelled equally in music ranging from the baroque and classical eras and beyond, including adventurous cross-cultural reinventions of baroque classics. In the words of Gramophone, Tafelmusik is “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras.”
The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, specializing in baroque performance practice and vocal technique, was formed in 1981 to complement the orchestra. Under the direction of Ivars Taurins, the choir has been praised for its clarity and brilliance and has been described as “the best period-performance choir anywhere in the world…” (The Globe and Mail).
Tafelmusik performs 50 concerts each year in Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, a historic church in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, performs community outreach concerts, tours extensively in Canada and throughout the world, and has a discography of 76 CDs that have garnered many national and international awards.
At the heart of Tafelmusik is a group of remarkably talented, enthusiastic and dynamic musicians, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice.
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The Folks Behind It All
Based in Toronto and led by Chief Artistic Advisor Jeanne Lamon, the renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has seventeen permanent members, all of whom are specialists in historical performance practice. Get to know the Tafelmusik musicians by clicking on their names for a biography and photo.
- Jeanne Lamon – Chief Artistic Advisor/Violin
- John Abberger – Oboe
- Marco Cera – Oboe
- Dominic Teresi – Bassoon
- Patricia Ahern – Violin
- Thomas Georgi – Violin
- Geneviève Gilardeau – Violin
- Aisslinn Nosky – Violin
- Julia Wedman – Violin
- Christopher Verrette – Violin
- Cristina Zacharias – Violin
- Patrick G. Jordan – Viola
- Stefano Marcocchi – Viola
- Christina Mahler – Violoncello
- Allen Whear – Violoncello
- Alison Mackay – Double Bass
- Charlotte Nediger – Harpsichord, Organ
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Events
2015/16 Season
The Human Passions
Violinist and Guest Director: Rodolfo Richter
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10AM (online only)
Wed Sept 16, 2015 at 7pm, Thu Sept 17, Fri Sept 18, Sat Sept 19 at 8pm, Sun Sept 20 at 3:30pm Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Musik Mania
Violinist and Guest Director: Cecilia Bernardini
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM (online only)
Thu Oct 1, Fri Oct 2, Sat Oct 3, 2015, at 8 pm, Sun Oct 4 at 3:30 pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
Tue Oct 6 at 8 pm
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
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Baroque Masters
Violinist and Guest Director: Elisa Citterio
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM (online only)
Thu Nov 5, 2015 Fri Nov 6, Sat Nov 7 at 8pm, Sun Nov 8 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Sing-Along Messiah Workshop
Directed by Ivars Taurins
Tickets only $10 | On sale online Aug 4 and in-person Aug 24
Sat Nov 7, 2015, from 2PM-4:30 PM
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Bach Christmas Oratorio
Directed by Ivars Taurins
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM (online only)
Thu Dec 3, 2015 Fri Dec 4, Sat Dec 5 at 8pm, Sun Dec 6 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Handel’s Messiah
Directed by Ivars Taurins
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM
Wed Dec 16,2015 Thurs Dec 17, Fri Dec 18, Sat Dec 19,2015 at 7:30pm
Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre
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Sing-Along Messiah at Massey Hall
Tickets on sale Aug 24
Sun Dec 20, 2015, at 2 pm
Massey Hall
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Vivaldi L’estro armonico
Violinist and Guest Director: Mira Glodeanu
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM (online only)
Wed Jan 20 2016 at 7pm, Thu Jan 21, Fri Jan 22, Sat Jan 23 at 8pm, Sun Jan 24 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Beethoven 9th Symphony
Directed by Bruno Weil
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10 AM
Thu Feb 4, 2016 Fri Feb 5, Sat Feb 6,2016 at8pm, Sun Feb 7 at 3:30pm
Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre
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The Best of Mozart
Directed by Jeanne Lamon
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10AM (online only)
Thu Feb 25, 2016 Fri Feb 26, Sat Feb 27 at 8pm, Sun Feb 28 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Bach Goldberg Variations
with Benjamin Alard, harpsichord
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10AM (online only)
Thu Mar 31, 2016 Fri Apr 1, Sat Apr 2, 2016 at 8pm, Sun Apr 3 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
Tue Apr 5 at 8pm
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
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Zelenka & Bach
Directed by Ivars Taurins
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10AM (online only)
Thu Apr 28, 2016 Fri Apr 29, Sat Apr 30, 2016 at 8pm, Sun May 1 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall
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Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Directed by Jeanne Lamon
Tickets on sale Aug 4 at 10AM
Thu May 19, 2016 Fri May 20,2016 at8pm, Sun May 22 at 3:30pm
Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre
Tue May 24, 2016 at 8pm
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
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