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July 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Opening Night – Beyond Borders
Opening Night – Beyond Borders Join us for a post-concert reception in the lobby for the entire audience! Tom Allen, host Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano Jon Kimura Parker, piano Kerson Leong, violin Rachael Kerr, piano Steven Philcox, piano New Orford String Quartet Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Five Popular Greek Songs) Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Kreisler: Selections for violin and piano Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Strauss:…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Celebrating 10 Years
New Orford String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet No. 34 in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4, H.III:34 Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No. 5 “The Transforming” Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Razumovsky” This world-class ensemble celebrates its tenth anniversary with a remarkable and far-reaching program. It opens with a quartet by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, the first master of this challenging musical medium. He composed it in 1772 for the Esterházy family, who were his employers and fabulously wealthy Hungarian nobles. Regarding the six quartets that…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. There will be 3 reGENERATION concerts on July 13 featuring Academy Fellows from the Art of Song program and the Chamber Music Institute. Festival Artists will also perform alongside the Academy Fellows. Tickets here: July 13 at 1:00 pm July 13 at 4:00 pm July 13 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Crossings: In the Footsteps of the Griot
Ensemble Constantinople with Ablaye Cissoko For five years, the musicians of Montréal’s middle eastern/early music group, Constantinople, and a griot (pronounced “gree-oh”; a West African storyteller), Ablaye Cissoko, have been touring the stages of the world with their program, Itinerant Gardens. This ongoing collaboration has produced captivating new works, the fruit of dialogue and communion between the four artists. Their TSM program crosses land and sea, conveying us from the East to the New World by way of Africa. Constantinople continues its international musical explorations through…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Griffey & Jones in Recital
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Warren Jones, piano Bridge: Three Songs, H.76 Griffes: Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod, Op. 11 Griffes: Barcarolle, Op. 6, No. 1 Barber: Three Songs, Op. 10 Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs Niles: The Roving Gambler Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair Ives: Berceuse The Circus Band TSM Festival welcomes the celebrated American tenor, Anthony Dean Griffey, for an outstanding recital…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Dover Quartet
Dover Quartet Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American” “The young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker) plays a meaty and substantial program of music by composers from England, Hungary, and Bohemia (Czech Republic) – all of which have strong links to the USA. England’s Benjamin Britten composed his highly inventive first quartet in 1941, while living in California. Hungarian…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Voices Across the Atlantic
Daniel Taylor, countertenor and conductor Charles Daniels, tenor Steven Philcox, harpsichord TSM Academy Fellows Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3 Brahms: Four Quartets, Op. 92 Britten: Canticle No. 2, “Abraham and Isaac” Op. 51 Britten: Canticle No. 4, “The Journey of the Magi,” Op. 86 Monteverdi: Madrigals (selections) Daniel Taylor – one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world (“Beauty of his voice will stop you in your tracks.” – Gramophone magazine) – and who has more than 100 CD recordings to his credit –…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Charles Richard-Hamelin
Members of the Dover Quartet Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22 Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Renowned Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin displays the brilliant skills that won him the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman Prize (for the best performance of a sonata) at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. His solo selections begin with a suite of sharply-etched miniatures by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. It includes the dramatic Prelude…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. There will be 3 reGENERATION concerts on July 20 featuring Academy Fellows from the Art of Song program and the Chamber Music Institute. Festival Artists will also perform alongside the Academy Fellows. Tickets here: July 20 at 1:00 pm July 20 at 4:00 pm July 20 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | KLEZTORY
For nearly 20 years now KLEZTORY has wandered across the globe playing klezmer music. Like the music itself, KLEZTORY takes its musical influences from the band members who have come together from across the world. Although deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition KLEZTORY takes the liberty of adding their own personality and infusing their arrangements with hints of jazz, a touch of classical, or a few drops of the blues. From China to Brazil, from Norway to Mexico, across Eastern…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Rolston String Quartet
Rolston String Quartet Join your friends and enjoy a program of great music in a totally casual, totally sociable venue! To quote the Toronto Star, the Rolston String Quartet “…already belongs to a generation of string players performing at a level difficult to imagine in generations past.” In 2017, the RSQ received the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. Last winter, the recital tour that was included in their award took them to Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Collectif
This unique performance by the Toronto-based ensemble Collectif deals with ghost stories from around the world, and will be an exciting look at how people across the globe experience the paranormal. The company will be creating brand new video translations for this semi-staged concert. The repertoire includes selections from Mahler’s famous song cycle Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children), brand new Canadian folk arrangements, and other spooky tales. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | From Franz Schubert to Freddie Mercury
Art of Time Ensemble Andrew Burashko, director and pianist Sarah Slean, singer-songwriter John Southworth, singer-songwriter No one can put together music and musicians in a more dazzling, moving, and brilliant way than Andrew Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble. Every concert is thrilling, inspiring, and leaves you longing for the next one. Surprise and accomplishment only begin to describe Art of Time’s achievements. – the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson To mark its twentieth season, ATE is currently reviving many of its favourite and most highly-praised programs, including tributes to…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Late Night
Jonathan Crow, violin TSM Academy Fellows Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 and Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 Double your evening’s pleasure! Come back after the Art of Time concert and enjoy one of Beethoven’s masterful “late” string quartets. They are his final and most prophetic works. Once Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony had been premiered in 1824, he created no further works on a grand, public scale. In the three remaining years of his life, he returned to the intimate…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Souvenir de Florence
Jennifer Koh, violin Jonathan Crow, violin Beth Guterman, viola Julie Albers, cello Yegor Dyachkov, cello Phil Chiu, piano Prokofiev: Five Melodies for violin and piano, Op. 35-bis Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence” Infrequently heard but decidedly worthwhile works by major composers make up this appealing program. They were created in an impressive variety of locations. Tchaikovsky composed much of the luxurious String Sextet in 1890, while visiting one of his favourite cities,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. On July 27, in addition to 2 reGENERATION concerts featuring Academy Fellows from the Chamber Music Institute, there is an exciting new concert named “Source and Inspiration” featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriters and composers mentored by Sarah Slean, John Southworth, Christos Hatzis, and Robert Carli. Tickets here: July 27 at 1:00 pm – SOURCE & INSPIRATION (NEW!) July 13 at 4:00 pm – Chamber Music July 13 at 7:30 pm – Chamber…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Europe and the New World
Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Brahms: Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata) Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Gershwin/Heifetz: Porgy and Bess Suite John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano TSM Artistic Director Jonathan Crow, and pianist Philip Chiu, who’s been praised in Montréal’s La Presse as “…a pianist-painter who turns every musical idea into a beautiful array of colours,” join forces for an artfully varied trans-Atlantic concert by German, Belgian/French, and American composers. The beloved Sonata by Belgian-born composer César…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt, piano Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Through her many superlative recordings and live concerts, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has earned a fantastic international reputation. She performs a broad repertoire, from Couperin to Messiaen, but she is perhaps known best for her interpretations of Bach. A reviewer in Gramophone magazine greeted her 2012 recording of the “Goldberg” Variations with these words of praise: “Beautifully co-ordinated Bach playing, with all voices colourfully defined and spontaneity as a constant virtue. In my view, she has never…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Ensemble Made in Canada
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493 Excerpts from the Mosaïque Project Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1, in C minor, Op. 15 Prepare yourself for an elegant program of music from Austria, France, and Canada. Mozart pioneered the form of the classical piano quartet (piano, violin, viola, and cello); his two masterworks in the genre set the bar tremendously high for later composers, and relatively few have risen to the challenge. Frenchman Gabriel Fauré stepped up to the plate twice, and here Ensemble…
Find out more »August 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Song of the Earth
Gemma New, conductor Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano Mario Bahg, tenor Jonathan Crow, violin Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish” Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg/Riehn) Mozart adopted the quasi-Middle Eastern or “Turkish” style that was popular in his day on several occasions, such as the comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio and the Piano Sonata that opens this year’s Festival. Violin Concerto No. 5 is another example. The influence comes to the fore mid-way through the concluding Rondo, where he switches to a minor key…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Mendelssohn Octet
Barry Shiffman, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin Aaron Schwebel, violin Elissa Lee, violin Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Desmond Hoebig, cello Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello Kelly Zimba, flute Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Philip Chiu, piano Joel Quarrington, bass Charles Settle, percussion Cowell: Homage to Iran Alexina Louie: * Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle, Op.43 Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20 During the mid-1820s, the beautifully polished Octet and the magical overture to Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, heralded Mendelssohn’s graduation from prodigy to master. The Octet is true chamber music, not…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Finale
Join us for a celebration of the 2019 Festival! TSM Festival Artists, Academy Fellows, and Community Academy participants come together for an exciting finale performance. Tickets, here.
Find out more »October 2019
Stereo Live Presents |The Rosebud String Quartet
Program: J. Haydn; String Quartet in B-flat major, opus 76 no. 4, "Sunrise" E. Schulhoff; Five Pieces for String Quartet Intermission G. Puccini; I Crisantemi for String Quartet B. Britten; String Quartet No. 1 in D major The Rosebud Quartet was formed in 2013 in Rosebud, Alberta at the inaugural Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, an annual summertime showcase of chamber music in rural Alberta. Based in Toronto during the year, the quartet appears regularly at various festivals and series, including…
Find out more »November 2019
Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Year after year, season after season, the music of Vivaldi blooms in perennial splendour. Concertmaster Jonathan Crow is the soloist, and leads his TSO colleagues, in Vivaldi’s timeless The Four Seasons. He also leads an American classic—Aaron Copland’s joyous Appalachian Spring, featuring the inspiring hymn, “Simple Gifts”—and a work by Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden that was inspired by the ceaseless summer twilight experienced in extreme northern and southern regions. (Pictured: Jonathan Crow, TSO Concertmaster) Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute…
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Year after year, season after season, the music of Vivaldi blooms in perennial splendour. Concertmaster Jonathan Crow is the soloist, and leads his TSO colleagues, in Vivaldi’s timeless The Four Seasons. He also leads an American classic—Aaron Copland’s joyous Appalachian Spring, featuring the inspiring hymn, “Simple Gifts”—and a work by Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden that was inspired by the ceaseless summer twilight experienced in extreme northern and southern regions. (Pictured: Jonathan Crow, TSO Concertmaster) Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute…
Find out more »July 2020
Toronto Summer Music | OPENING NIGHT: James Ehnes (Online)
Photo by Benjamin Ealovega James Ehnes, violin Andrew Armstrong, piano Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 12 No. 1 in D Major I. Allegro con brio II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto III. Rondo: Allegro Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 24 No. 5 in F Major, “Spring” I. Allegro II. Adagio molto espressivo III. Scherzo: Allegro molto IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Fellow Friday (Online)
Gregory Lewis, violin (2019 and 2020 Academy Fellow) & Bethany Hargreaves, viola (2020 Academy Fellow) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Rondeau: Allegro Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio pour Alto Seul “Hommage à Paganini”, Op. 55 Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 I. Allemanda: Lento maestoso II. Sarabande: Quasi lento III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Saturday Showcase: Moonlight Memories (Online)
Rémi Pelletier, viola & Philip Chiu, piano. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight” I. Adagio sostenuto II. Allegretto III. Presto agitato Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 I. Andante II. Allegretto III. Adagio (in the memory of Beethoven)
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Bach & Beethoven
J.S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano & Cello in A major, Op. 69 I. Allegro ma non tanto II. Scherzo. Allegro molto III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Saturday Showcase: Dover Quartet
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546 Adagio Fugue: Allegro Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Rasumovsky” I. Allegro II. Molto adagio III. Allegretto IV. Finale: Presto
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Ladom Ensemble
Ladom Ensemble Adam Campbell, percussion Beth Silver, cello Michael Bridge, accordion Pouya Hamidi, piano Hosted by conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser Pouya Hamidi: The Walls are Made of Song Sergei Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights Arranged by Pouya Hamidi Pouya Hamidi: Noor Traditional: Tebi majko misli lete Radiohead: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Arranged by Ladom Ensemble Traditional: East Coast Medley Arranged by Ladom Ensemble Pouya Hamidi: Gift Frédéric Chopin: Étude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, “Tristesse“ Arranged by Pouya Hamidi Astor Piazzolla: Libertango Arranged by Ladom Ensemble
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | VC2 Cello Duo
VC2 Cello Duo Amahl Arulanandam, cello Bryan Holt, cello Hosted by conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser Reinhold Glière: Prelude from Huit Morceaux pour Violon et Violoncelle, Op. 39 Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod: Prelude Arranged by VC2 Franz Joseph Haydn: Duet in D Major, Hob X:11 Arranged by Arpad Pejtsik II. Menuet III. Finale-Presto Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro con brio (mvt 1) from Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Arranged by VC2 Andrew Downing: Selections from Five Little Pieces Bernhard Romberg: Allegro non troppo from Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 Arranged by VC2 Giovanni Sollima: Arboreto Salvatico II. Tasso III. La Sequoia Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (The Swan) Arranged by VC2 Raphael Weinroth-Browne: Triumvirate
Find out more »August 2020
Toronto Summer Music | Saturday Showcase: TSM Finale
Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 I. Adagio – Allegro con brio II. Adagio cantabile III. Tempo di menuetto IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace VI. Andante con moto alla marcia – Presto
Find out more »February 2021
University of Toronto | Festival of Song: Songs of Hope and Comfort (online)
The Festival of Song presents Songs of Hope and Comfort featuring pre-recorded performances by U of T Music's Voice Studies students, and coached and curated by Steven Blier, a John R. Stratton Visitor in Music for 2020-21. Link to the concert will be provided closer to the date. The Faculty of Music is thrilled to welcome Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), which he co-founded in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festival’s inception he has programmed, performed, translated…
Find out more »University of Toronto | Festival of Song: Lecture and Q&A with Steven Blier (online)
The Festival of Song presents a live Lecture and Q&A with Steven Blier, John R. Stratton Visitor in Music for 2020-21. Link to the livestream will be provided closer to the date. The Faculty of Music is thrilled to welcome Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), which he co-founded in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festival’s inception, he has programmed, performed, translated and annotated more than 150 vocal recitals with repertoire spanning five centuries of art…
Find out more »April 2021
Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass with Jonathan Crow
You're invited to join us for a Zoom Masterclass with Jonathan Crow featuring three Young Artist Award recipients from our recent Play Along with Jonathan Crow Challenge created in partnership with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra! Over 70 performances were shared with us via social media and e-mail back in January, and we are excited for the opportunity to see Emily Wang, Philip Wang, and Cynthia Ding perform live at this masterclass!
Find out more »July 2021
Toronto Summer Music Festival | Opening Night: Charles Richard-Hamelin
The video link to watch this concert will be posted on this event page by 10:00 am on the day of the performance. This concert is FREE, with no registration required. Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia in C minor, K.475 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 Frédéric Chopin – Preludes
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Russell Braun Masterclass
This masterclass is FREE, with advance registration required. Registration will become available on this page one week prior to the event. Join JUNO-winning baritone Russell Braun for a casual and engaging masterclass on voice, featuring our TSM Art of Song Fellows.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Gryphon Trio
The video link to watch this concert will be posted on this event page by 10:00am on the day of the performance. This concert is FREE, with no registration required. Join the world-renowned Gryphon Trio for a stellar evening of music across centuries and styles. Featuring a world première by Bruce A. Russell. The Gryphon Trio Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin Roman Borys, cello Jamie Parker, piano Valentin Silvestrov – Fugitive Visions of Mozart Bruce A. Russell – we have lived before Ludwig van Beethoven…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Beethoven Sonatas (Part 1)
The video link to watch this concert will be posted on this event page by 10:00 am on the day of the performance. This concert is FREE, with no registration required. Jonathan Crow and Philip Chiu take the TSM stage by storm with a series of five concerts comprising a complete cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Each show also features a new composition – don’t miss these! Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Beethoven Sonatas Part 2
Jonathan Crow and Philip Chiu take the TSM stage by storm with a series of five concerts comprising a complete cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Each show also features a new composition – don’t miss these! Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12 Kevin Lau – If Life Were a Mirror Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 7 in…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Midsummer Melodies
An evening of art song specially curated by Adrianne Pieczonka and Steven Philcox. Featuring: Jamie Groote, soprano Simona Genga, mezzo-soprano Asitha Tennekoon, tenor Clarence Frazer, baritone Steven Philcox, piano Repertoire will be announced live from the stage by the artists. Selected songs by: Franz Schubert Hugo Wolf Richard Strauss Gustav Mahler Antonín Dvořák Jesús Guridi Jake Heggie George Butterworth Gerald Finzi Derek Holman
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Echo Chamber Toronto
Chamber music meets dance for this unique audio-visual experience. Echo Chamber Toronto is a performance series that intertwines live music and dance in new choreographed works. ECT merges the intimate dynamic of chamber music with the physical beauty of contemporary dance, delivering the unique opportunity to connect with music not just through listening, but also through movement, interaction, and space. Echo Chamber Toronto Musicians: Rosebud String Quartet Aaron Schwebel, violin Sheila Jaffé, violin Keith Hamm, viola Leana Rutt, cello Dancers: Hannah Galway Tyler…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Romantic Inspirations
Composers in the Romantic era were often inspired by the works of Ludwig van Beethoven. Some even felt like he was too tough an act to follow: Brahms began writing string sextets in part because he felt too intimidated to write more quartets after Beethoven! These pieces all feature their own tip-of-the-hat to the great Ludwig Van. Mayumi Seiler, violin Jonathan Crow, violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola Rémi Pelletier, viola Rachel Mercer, cello Adrian Fung, cello Philip Chiu, piano Asitha Tennekoon,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Beethoven Sonatas Part 3
Jonathan Crow and Philip Chiu take the TSM stage by storm with a series of five concerts comprising a complete cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Each show also features a new composition – don’t miss these! Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12 Jessie Montgomery – Peace Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Philip Chiu In Recital
Philip Chiu, piano Maurice Ravel – Jeux d’eau Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye i. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent ii. Petit Poucet: Très modéré iii. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes: Mouvt de marche iv. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête: Mouvt de valse – très modéré v. Le jardin féerique: Lent et grave (selections from audience requests) Claude Debussy – La Cathédrale Engloutie Claude Debussy – Clair de lune (selections from audience requests) Claude…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Beethoven Violin Sonatas: Part 4
Jonathan Crow and Philip Chiu take the TSM stage by storm with a series of five concerts comprising a complete cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Part 4 features a World Première by Alice Hong. Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | New Horizons
Kerson Leong, violin Stéphane Tétreault, cello Angela Schwarzkopf, harp Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonata for Solo Violin, Op.27 No.2 Monica Pearce – attach Camille Saint-Saëns – Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op.124 Camille Saint-Saëns – Le Cygne (The Swan) Maurice Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | New Orford String Quartet: Homage
New Orford String Quartet plays masterful new compositions and an old favourite, all of which pay homage to the musical influences in our lives. Jonathan Crow, violin Andrew Wan, violin Sharon Wei, viola Brian Manker, cello Samy Moussa – String Quartet Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte Dinuk Wijeratne – A Letter from the Afterlife Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Through Beethoven’s Lens
Both Franz Schubert and Kelly-Marie Murphy used Beethoven’s famous Septet in E-flat Major as the starting point for their compositions. Separated by almost 200 years, both composers look through Beethoven’s lens for their inspiration… Kelly-Marie Murphy – Artifacts from the Auditory World Franz Schubert – Octet in F Major, D 803 TSM Festival Artists Yolanda Bruno, violin Aaron Schwebel, violin Sheila Jaffe, violin Keith Hamm, viola Barry Shiffman, viola Hannah Craig, cello Leana Rutt, cello Michael Chiarello, bass Miles Jaques, clarinet Neil Deland, horn…
Find out more »June 2022
Harbourfront Centre | Tafelmusik
Tafelmusik musicians enliven a summer afternoon in a magical setting! Fronting on Toronto’s inner harbour, the Toronto Music Garden is one of the city’s most enchanting locations. The idea for a park inspired by Bach’s First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello came from world-renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, who collaborated with garden designer Julie Messervy. Julia Wedman and Cristina Zacharias, violins, Brandon Chui, viola, and Michael Unterman, violoncello, perform a selection of music by baroque composers including Leclair, Purcell, Handel, and Bach. A highlight of the program is…
Find out more »July 2022
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 »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Art Song Masterclass
Masterclass With Wolfram Rieger
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 | Shadows Of The Past: Shostakovich, Schönberg, And Scheer
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Korngold, Mahler, Schönberg, Gene Scheer, Fauré, and Copland Sarah Rauch, Joeavian Rivera, Christian Masucci-Facchini, Camila Montefusco, Maeve Berry, Yolanda Tapia, Érico Freire Bezerra, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 Nicolas Namoradze*, Hannah Corbett, David Liam Roberts
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Apotheosis: Debussy & Brahms
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Isabella Egawa, David Baik, Juan-Miguel Hernandez*, Sara Scanlon Songs by Strauss, Debussy, Schubert, and Schumann Alexandra Bass, Christina Thanisch-Smith, Maeve Berry, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Yura Lee*, Jessy Je Young Kim, Syara Robert, Solina Lee, Joshua Wong
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Appl & Rieger in Recital
Hailed as “the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists” (Financial Times), German-British baritone Benjamin Appl joins renowned pianist Wolfram Rieger in a recital anchored by the poetry of Wilhelm Müller. Benjamin Appl, baritone Wolfram Rieger, piano David Lang: flower, forget me (Canadian Première)* Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Chamber Music Masterclass
Masterclass With John Novacek
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Teresa Suen-Campbell
Come and be serenaded by the sweet music of Toronto-based harpist Teresa Suen-Campbell. Shuffle Hour concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | VC2 Cello Duo
VC2 Cello Duo is an imaginative and riveting ensemble that captivates audiences through their performances of classical masterworks, unknown gems, and boundary-pushing music. VC2 Cello Duo Amahl Arulanandam, cello Bryan Holt, cello Foo Fighters, arr. VC2 Cello Duo: “Everlong” Vincent Ho: Heist 2* Jacques Offenbach: Duet in B minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Kaitlyn Raitz: Thistle & Lace Johan Halvorsen, arr. Blaise Déjardin: Variations on La Folia Kelly-Marie Murphy: Final Glimpse** Jean-Louis Duport, arr. VC2 Cello Duo: Étude No. 2 in F minor Andrew…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Kids Concert With Dover Quartet
Dover Quartet’s youthful energy will light up the room as they introduce kids to their instruments and sounds in a fun and educational way! Hosted by Joanna Kellam. Tickets for this concert will be made available as of July 4 at 10 am via our website, by phone, or in-person at the RCM Weston Family Box Office.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Academy Noon Concert 1
Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall. Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 Kyung Ah Oh, Molly Wise, Dale Jeong, Jonathan Mak Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 Isabella Egawa, Sara Scanlon, Joshua Wong Academy Noon Concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking will only be available for those aged 65 and over, and those with accessibility needs. Online pre-booking will be available as of 10 am on July 11…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Emily Jean Flack
Canadian singer-songwriter Emily Jean Flack joins us for a performance of part contemporary folk, part Celtic pop, with just a dash of jazz sensibility. Shuffle Hour concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis.
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 | Academy Noon Concert 2
Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall. Dvorák: String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97 Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, David Baik, Syara Robert, Kyungrok Grace Moon, Solina Lee Academy Noon Concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking will only be available for those aged 65 and over, and those with accessibility needs. Online pre-booking will be available as of 10 am on July 11 on this page. Tickets are limited.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | The Taylor Academy 1
A showcase featuring Evan Pyne, Ellen Annor-Adjei, and Dayou Kim of the Taylor Academy. Shuffle Hour concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Dover Quartet
Praised for their “expert musicianship, razor-sharp ensemble, deep musical feeling and palpable commitment to communication” (Chicago Tribune), the Dover Quartet makes a triumphant return to Toronto in the beautiful Koerner Hall. Dover Quartet Joel Link, violin Bryan Lee, violin Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola Camden Shaw, cello Haydn: Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 “Lark” Mozart: Quartet in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance” Intermission Ravel: Quartet in F Major $20–82
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Academy Noon Concert 3
Free noon-hour concerts featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows at Heliconian Hall. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 Jessy Je Young Kim, Hannah Corbett, Serena Hsu, David Liam Roberts Academy Noon Concerts are on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking will only be available for those aged 65 and over, and those with accessibility needs. Online pre-booking will be available as of 10 am on July 11 on this page. Tickets are limited.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass With Benjamin Appl
Featuring Art of Song Fellows.
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 | Sweet Sorrows: Walton, Schubert, And Berg
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Walton: Piano Quartet in D minor Jessy Je Young Kim, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt*, Solina Lee, Joshua Wong Songs by Schubert, Walton, Fanny Hensel, Amy Beach, and Berg Teryn Kuzma, Christina Thanisch-Smith, Érico Freire Bezerra, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” Kyung Ah Oh,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Songs Of The Sublime: Alma, Clara, And The Romantics
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Songs by Schubert, Alma Mahler, Clara & Robert Schumann, Wolf, Fauré, Ravel, and Finzi Alexandra Bass, Joeavian Rivera, Sarah Rauch, Christian Masucci-Facchini, Érico Freire Bezerra, Maeve Berry, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe, Yolanda Tapia Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898 Joel Link*, David Liam Roberts, Jonathan Mak
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | A Study Of The Masters: Mozart, Schumann, And Mahler
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat Major, K. 614 Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, Bryan Lee*, Syara Robert, Kyungrok Grace Moon, Sara Scanlon Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Korngold, Berg, and Schumann Camila Montefusco, Evan Lindberg, Yolanda Tapia, Maeve Berry Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 Isabella Egawa, Hannah Corbett, Molly…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Kleztory
Airat Ichmouratov (Leader), clarinet, bass clarinet and duclar Elvira Misbakhova, violin and viola Mark Peetsma, double-bass Mélanie Bergeron, accordion Raphaël D’Amour, guitar David Ryshpan, piano Kleztory embodies, with passion and virtuosity, the music originating from Eastern European shtetlech—small Eastern European villages or ghettos in Yiddish. Like the music they perform with brio, Kleztory is a rich mosaic of cultures and musical orientations (Russian, Québécois, Canadian), with different training (conservatory, self-taught) and diverse musical sensibilities (classical, contemporary, jazz, blues, traditional, country, and folk). Their uplifting shows, peppered…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass With Ariana Kim
Featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows.
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