Past Events

Featuring the overture to the opera “L’Amant Anonyme,” or “The Anonymous Lover,” by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Born in 1745, the mixed-race Bologne was praised as one of the most accomplished men of his day. Mozart, his contemporary, was reportedly jealous of Bologne’s success! We round out the program with Mozart’s Symphony No 29, the finale of his final “Turkish” violin concerto, and Bologne’s Symphonie Concertante Op. 13 for two solo violins. Enjoy an evening out on the lake,…

TCO’s longtime collaborator Pandora Topp brings her Edith Piaf magic! After two years of bringing us joy with smaller ensembles, Pandora sings with the full and lush Grand Salon Orchestra, TCO’s dance orchestra incarnation. Pandora IS Piaf! Enjoy an evening out on the lake, Dinner and VIP packages available. Free Parking. Tickets: $30–50

Inspired by a well-known Persian children’s book, “The Little Black Fish,” the Black Fish Project retells the story of its protagonist, a little black fish who leaves his pond to explore the world beyond, through the lens of the composer, Keyan Emami. The music of The Black Fish Project reflects the diverse influences that have shaped Emami’s compositional language, including Persian folk, pop, ritual and military music, jazz, progressive rock, Arabic maqam, traditional Persian modal music, and contemporary classical music.…

AlyssaDimarco, vocalist. A nod to our venue, Palais Royale, which was the most important music venue to let loose and have fun in the glory days of big band! Come in your flapper best and let vocalist Alyssa Dimarco and TCO’s Grand Salon Orchestra show you we’ve got the world on a string. Enjoy an evening out on the lake, Dinner and VIP packages available. Free Parking. Tickets $30–80

Bradley Thachuk, Guest Conductor We present Dvorak’s celebrated 9th Symphony “From the New World” as tribute to our late founder Maestro Kerry Stratton. This idea of music from the new world lends itself well to our current situation of TCO being in a new world post-pandemic and with new leadership. Come hear the saturations of Americana that Dvorak worked into his final symphony! We couple this epic symphony with Risico, a bond-inspired composition by our Composer-in-Residence Samuel Bisson. Enjoy an evening…

Mandle Philharmonic presents Ode to Joy, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony "Choral," with an orchestra and choir totalling almost 150 performers on stage. Beethoven’s 9th is often regarded as the greatest symphony ever composed: the summit of his achievements, a masterful musical celebration of the human race, and a massive work that makes all who hear it feel better about life.

The Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts Symphony Orchestra is delighted to return to the Toronto stage after a spectacular appearance in Beijing, performing at the invitation of the Chinese government in the “Meet in Beijing International Festival.”

Lose yourself in the magical world of 1,001 Nights when Music Director Gustavo Gimeno leads Rimsky-Korsakov’s bewitching Scheherazade—one of classical music’s most dramatic, exciting, and popular works!

Picture a vibrant city humming with creative spirit, attracting artists who exchange diverse ideas and perspectives. Though it sounds like present day New York or Toronto, this is 18th-century London—the inspiration for our opening concert of the season.

Franz Liszt – Les préludes Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto Jules Massenet – Méditation from Thaïs Rafael Luz Conductor Aaron Schwebel Violin

“A Born Communicator” (Le Temps), Joshua Weilerstein is the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and enjoys a flourishing guest conducting career. He has been praised for “intense, eloquently moving, and spectacularly knife-edge” performances.

A program of stunning duets for cello and piano from Fauré, Hahn, Brahms, Schumann, and Adès.

“A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times), pianist Marc André Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Composer and pianist Mike Janzen will be joined by a stellar band as well as a chamber string orchestra to perform pieces from The Psalms Project, including debut songs from the brand new third volume.

Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor Cait Nishimura: Fanfare (world premiere, commissioned by the University of Toronto Wind Ensemble) Jodie Blackshaw: Peace Dancer Nancy Galbraith: Danza de los Duendes Prokhor Protasov: Inside the Clock (Graduate Composer in Residence) Yo Goto: Songs for Wind Ensemble (Conducted by Pratik Gandhi) Charles Gounod: Petite Symphony Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy

This moving oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson serves as both an account of and reflection on the hatred that ended Matthew Shepard’s life. 

The University of Toronto Wind Symphony presents music from around the world, including works by Jan van der Roost, Satoshi Yagisawa, and Faculty of Music alumna Cait Nishimura.

Extraordinary piano superstar Yuja Wang—renowned across the globe for her charismatic artistry, captivating stage presence, and superhuman virtuosity—dazzles in the Canadian Première of Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Bruckner elevated symphonies to an epic, cosmic scale never before imagined, and his sweeping Fourth Symphony takes listeners on an adventure through the gleaming and heroic world of medieval romance.

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (excerpts)
STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

Featuring the World Premier of Timothy Corlis’ new meditational choral work: Om Saha Nāvavatu (may we all be protected and blessed). Also including Three Motets to Our Lady by Healey Willan, Sun on Water by Hussein Janmohamed, Melodia by Myroslav Skoryk and Long Road by Eriks Ešenvalds.

The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists presents concerts by the leading young classical musicians in Canada. Hear the stars of tomorrow!

Sinfonia Toronto's "DVORAK & DOUBLES - Canadian Superstars" concert will feature two iconic Canadian artists, pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico and violinist Marc Djokic in double concertos by two of eminent Canadian composers, Alice Ping Yee Ho and Christos Hatzis.

Hailed as “one of the greatest violinists in the world” by Classic FM, Grammy Award-winning violinist, violist, and conductor Maxim Vengerov began his career as a solo violinist at the age of five, won the Wieniawski and Carl Flesch international competitions at ages 10 and 15 respectively, made his first recording at the age of 10, and went on to record extensively for high-profile labels, including Melodia, Teldec, and EMI.

Join Music Director Michael Newnham and Orchestra Toronto on an emotional odyssey to open our 2022-23 season.

The first in the Faculty's new series of Side-by-Side concerts, featuring performances of our renowned faculty with their students. A highlight of the season!

Direct from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde), director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon), and producer/proud Torontonian Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live).

Philippe Jaroussky, whose technique allows him the most audacious nuances and impressive pyrotechnics, has established himself as the most admired countertenor of his generation, as confirmed by his numerous French Victoires de la Musique awards and multiple Echo Klassik Awards.

A double bill of powerful soul and roots singer-songwriter-poet-activist vocalists from Montreal who have a basket full of Polaris and Grammy Award nominations between them.

In this spooky Halloween-themed concert, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana will transport audiences to a rollicking medieval time, while Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells will provide a trance-like journey into the cult classic soundtrack of The Exorcist.

Witness the tour de force that is Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, in the grandest of settings at Roy Thomson Hall.

Richard Strauss – An Alpine Symphony
Rafael Luz Conductor

Fasten your seatbelts and blast off to the stars with Holst’s sonic, celestial showpiece, which vividly portrays each planet’s astrological persona, from menacing Mars to jolly Jupiter and beyond.

A heavenly new harp concerto, two brilliant soloists and vivid melodies from Mozart and Suk still in their teens