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Ludovici Einaudi | Underwater Tour
Seven Days Walking could be Ludovico Einaudi’s masterwork. Seven albums released over seven months throughout 2019 – variation after variation on a theme, all of them inspired by a winter’s walk he repeated over a period of time in the Alps. It’s a complete world, dreamed up in seven days. “I hope that you listen to one album one day, and another the next, and can’t figure out which is which,” Einaudi says playfully, which is a modest comment coming from the…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Opening Night: The Folk Influence
A panorama of folk-flavoured music from many lands launches the 2022 Inspirations Festival in splendid fashion! Tom Allen, host Nicolas Namoradze, piano Yura Lee, violin Martin Beaver, violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola Matthew Zalkind, cello Mireille Asselin, soprano Steven Philcox, piano Rachael Kerr, piano Robert Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102 Cecilia Livingston: Homesung: Four Songs by Wade Hemsworth Mykola Lysenko: Selected Songs Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 $20-$82
Find out more »Ludovici Einaudi | Underwater Tour
Seven Days Walking could be Ludovico Einaudi’s masterwork. Seven albums released over seven months throughout 2019 – variation after variation on a theme, all of them inspired by a winter’s walk he repeated over a period of time in the Alps. It’s a complete world, dreamed up in seven days. “I hope that you listen to one album one day, and another the next, and can’t figure out which is which,” Einaudi says playfully, which is a modest comment coming from the…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Nicolas Namoradze
Georgian-born pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze makes his TSM debut in a solo recital of selections by Bach and Rachmaninoff, paired with four of his own compositions. Nicolas Namoradze, piano Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 Nicolas Namoradze: Étude V, “Entwined Threads” Étude VI, “Double Notes” Étude I, “Major Scales” Étude III, “Moving Mirrors” Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Nicolas Namoradze): “Adagio” from Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 Alexina Louie: I leap through the sky with stars Sergei Rachmaninoff:…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Chamber Music Masterclass
Masterclass With John Novacek
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Zuleykha
Journey back to historical times with Zuleykha, a new opera from Loose Tea Music Theatre by composer Afarin Mansouri. This opera upends the traditional narrative of Potiphar’s wife as a sinner and seducer of the Prophet Joseph, exploring instead a story of how she had to overcome a male dominant society to discover her true inner voice. Sung in the Farsi language and featuring traditional Eastern music within the European operatic tradition. Afarin Mansouri, composer and librettist Alaina Viau, dramaturg, producer,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | The Von Meck Letters
Tchaikovsky and Debussy both benefitted from the personal attention and financial support of the same extraordinary woman: Nadezhda von Meck. For thirteen years, they poured their intimate thoughts on music and life into their correspondence, creating an extraordinary legacy of thoughts and feeling. In this unique program, Kathleen Kajioka will read from von Meck’s letters to both composers, offering unique insights into their relationships. John Novacek, piano Jonathan Crow, violin Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello Kathleen Kajioka, host and narration Claude…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Tony Yike Yang
Chinese-Canadian pianist Tony Yike Yang is emerging as one of the foremost pianists of his generation. He makes his TSM debut in a monumental solo recital of Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, and more. Tony Yike Yang, piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 Maurice Ravel: Sonatine Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 Frédéric…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Han Chen
Pianist and composer Han Chen presents a program featuring works by Beethoven, Ligeti, and Liszt. Shuffle Hour concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis.
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