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Winner of Gramophone magazine’s award for Young Artist of the Year in 2017, Italian pianist Beatrice Rana has been a force on the music scene since winning the prestigious Montreal International Musical Competition in 2011.

The extraordinary pianists of The Ihnatowycz Piano Program at GGS take centre stage.

Superstar German pianist Hinrich Alpers makes his SSM debut performing the final three works of Beethoven's output for solo piano.

Come and hear the 2023 Juno Award-winning pianist Philip Chiu and be among the first to hear him perform works from his next album, Voyages (to be released in 2024)!

Award-winning pianist Mahani Teave is a pioneering artist and the only professional classical musician on her native Easter Island.

A consummate musician, with a ferocious intellect, Sir András Schiff is one of the greatest pianists of our time.

Angela Hewitt’s interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters of our time. One of the world’s leading concert pianists, she has been awarded an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II and was promoted to a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has been called “a renaissance artist at the height of his powers” (BBC) and “the greatest working jazz pianist” (The New Yorker).

“Breathtakingly brilliant pianist” (Gramophone) Ólafsson has been called “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” by The New York Times and was named Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards in 2019.

One of Koerner Hall’s most in demand recitalists, pianist Hélène Grimaud is a singular artist, an interpreter known for her fierce intelligence and sincere freedom of expression.

“Igor Levit is like no other pianist.” (The New Yorker)

Francine Kay was the very first winner of the WMCT Career Development Award (CDA). She has been praised for having “an extraordinary range of colour” (Montreal Gazette) and “poetic brilliance” (Toronto Star).

Richard Goode has been hailed for music making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music.

The students of The Ihnatowycz Piano Program at The Glenn Gould School are featured in an evening of dazzling works for two pianos and piano four hands.

Maksim Mrvica is a Croatian pianist known for his electrifying crossover style that fuses classical music with modern elements.

Gold Medal winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is praised as “a passionate musician with an inherent muscularity and weight to his touch”.

Russian-born, German-based pianist Alexey Pudinov returns to Toronto to perform a concert of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and works.

Emanuel Ax, one of the most respected pianists of all time returns to Koerner Hall for his 75th birthday to perform Schoenberg and Beethoven.

Acclaimed British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs works by Brahms, Mussorgsky, and Schumann.

Don't miss the opportunity to experience the incomparable Marc-André Hamelin in an intimate concert setting downtown.

Canadian pianist Kevin Chen makes his Koerner Hall debut with a program of works by Chopin, Liszt, and Schubert.

Internationally acclaimed, Maxime Zecchini presents a varied repertoire that spans classical music to musical theatre, performed solely with his left hand.

Illia Ovcharenko, just entering his twenties, is captivating audiences worldwide with his remarkable talent. His passion for the piano revealed itself at the age of 6, inspired by his first concert experience. Growing up in Ukraine, Illia dedicated himself to his musical aspirations, undertaking studies in Kyiv and Tel Aviv to refine his artistry. His career soared to new heights following his victory at the esteemed 2022 Honens International Piano Competition, renowned for its celebration of the Complete Pianist. Illia's…

Janina Fialkowska, a revered Canadian grand master, has graced the world stage for over five decades; now in her 70s, she continues to mesmerize audiences as a recitalist.

German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati makes her Koerner Hall debut with a program of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Haydn.