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“No objective, scientific tool exists to measure musical greatness, but many critics and audiences have concurred for several decades that the New York-based Emerson String Quartet is the finest such ensemble in the world. To back up that assessment, one need look no further than the group’s myriad honors, which include nine Grammy Awards and three Gramophone Awards as well as the Avery Fisher Prize and Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year award.” (Chicago Sun-Times) “The Emerson String Quartet, which…

Celebrating the 2021 Career Development Award Winner, Michael Bridge, accordion

Nicholas Van Kuijk and his partner are expecting, so the Quatuor Van Kuijk is not travelling in October. We are pleased that the Pacifica Quartet agreed to accept the date.

Juno Award winner, UNESCO Ambassador, and alumnus of The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School, Jan Lisiecki is “perhaps the most 'complete' pianist of his age" (BBC Music Magazine). "Pristine, lyrical and intelligent." (The New York Times)

The best chamber music for flute! A French program featuring flute sensation Marina Piccinini, violinist Erika Raum, violinist Katya Poplyansky, harpist Heidi Elise Bearcroft and violist Ryan Davis, performing Jolivet, Debussy, Connesson, Milhaud and Ravel.

ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) performs chamber music by Robert Müller Hartmann at this special concert.

ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) performs chamber music by Robert Müller Hartmann at this special concert.

Quatuor Despax, with Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, and Brian Manker, cello

In July 1986, four young musicians performed together for the first time as the Lafayette String Quartet; then in 1988 they won the Cleveland String Quartet Competition and launched their international career.

Established in Toronto in 1989, the SLSQ came to Music TORONTO in 1992 and returns annually. The St. Lawrence String Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as one of the world's great ensembles.

The Elora Singers present the Christmas excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, with chamber orchestra and soloists from the ranks of the choir.

String students from The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists come together as the Academy Chamber Orchestra to perform a special concert.

Founded in Vancouver, BC in 2000, the Borealis has toured extensively in North America and Europe and in recent years, established close ties with Asia, touring extensively in Taiwan and China. In addition to an active concert career, the Borealis is committed to outreach and the community, playing for both seniors and children.

A program that features music of Spanish and Latin composers and the added feature of celebrating a commission by renowned Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, which was written to mark Joaquin’s recent departure from the TSO.

The Gryphon Trio celebrates its 30th anniversary! The Trio continues to impress critics and audiences with its highly-refined, dynamic performances.

Some of the brightest rising stars on the Canadian classical music scene illuminate the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in an exciting hour of chamber music celebrating their victories at The Glenn Gould Chamber Music Competition.

A memorizing musical journey from Strauss’s songs and duet concertino through to Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Lebanese songs performed by the captivating soprano, Joyce El-Khoury. Featuring Timothy Ying (violin) Kathleen Kajioka (violin) and Michael Sweeney.

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees) for solo flute ELEANOR ALBERGA Succubus Moon for oboe and string quartet KATHERINE HOOVER Kokopeli for solo flute 20th Edition! Get ready for some surprises WolfGANG Sessions at Club SAW is a night of music that is sure to entertain. Grab your adventurous friends and take them out for a wild night of Chamber Music with some of your favourite musicians from the NAC Orchestra.

A dazzling program curated by Confluence Concerts’ Larry Beckwith, telling the remarkable life story of the 19th century virtuoso pianist and composer Clara Schumann

By almost any measure, our ability to communicate has never been more advanced. Nevertheless, people and communities – though linked by technology – still struggle to connect in meaningful ways.

Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with Juan-Miguel Hernandez

Shuffle: Miró Quartet

One of America’s most celebrated string quartets, the Miró Quartet, takes the stage to teach the ins and outs of the string quartet, in a fun and relaxed environment.

Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall.

Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall.

Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall.

Two superlative pieces from the traditional string quartet repertoire by Haydn and Brahms bookend two exquisite examples of the medium by contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winning American composers.

A rich tapestry of the choral and solo vocal music of the prominent and prolific Canadian composer John Beckwith (1927-2022) including a variety of his clever and heart-warming arrangements of folk songs from across the country.

Songs by Schubert, Fauré, Wolf, Heggie, Smith Moore, Butterworth, R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Messiaen, Britten, John Musto, and Erik Ross
Ella Farlinger, Leandra Dahm, Dante Mullin-Santone, William Salinas-Crosby, Rebecca Golub, Gregory Smith, Mizi Li, Michelle Kim

Inspired: Mozart, Brahms & Cipullo

The New Zealand Quartet offers a deeply satisfying program opening with Haydn’s Emperor quartet paired with Shostakovich’s 2nd quartet.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Gryphon Trio offers audiences a musical soirée in two parts.

Join Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Barry Shiffman (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), and Philip Chiu (piano) as they introduce you to all things chamber music!

Violinist Heng-Han Hou returns to TSM with a dazzling program, and as a Community Program mentor the following week!

As 2022 Winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, these up-and-coming artists are on track for worldwide success on the concert hall stage. In tribute to the legendary Juilliard String Quartet, the Isidore String Quartet is “approaching the established as if it were new, and the new as if it were firmly established” with an electrifying program.

Grammy Award-winning violinist and long-time Chamberfriend James Ehnes opens Chamberfest with a blockbuster, leading the NAC orchestra’s final concert of the season with a program of Bach’s violin concertos.

Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Penderecki String Quartet

Winners of the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition and a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the American ensemble combines old and new with a varied program stretching from Beethoven and Bach to Aida Shirazi and a piece by Ottawa’s own Dinuk Wijeratne, The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini.

Music that celebrates a variety of traditions – from central Europe to Iran, from the concert hall to the stage of a Broadway theatre – makes up this exhilarating program. Like so much music by nineteenth-century Czech composer Dvořák, this profound chamber work echoes with the traditional songs and dances of his native land.

Join the Rolston String Quartet and guest Violist Rory McLeod for a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability.

Love and Despair: Korngold & Franck

Night Garden: Brahms & Kodály

Josh “Socalled” Dolgin, “the mad wizard of Yiddish Hip-Hop”, digs into his roots with this heart breaking, trailblazing show, Socalled sings Yiddish.

Chamberfest regulars Beth Silver (cello) and Jenna Richards (piano) are known for their characterful delivery and non-traditional programs.

Duo Concertante take you on an exciting musical journey with a focus on female composers both living and from the past.

“…the most important part of the afternoon program was probably Ovcharenko’s astonishing Liszt Sonata in B minor. Lushly detailed and violently thrilling, it left us holding our breath and riveted…. “

Autorickshaw meets the Penderecki String Quartet in an east-west musical masala that explores the exotic melodies and rhythms of India united with the endless possibilities of western harmony.

An annual feature of the Chamberfest summer music festival, Rising Stars showcases the region’s finest emerging talent.