Past Events

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

Mozart is synonymous with jaw-dropping ingenuity, and his final symphony sets off a musical fireworks display the likes of which had never been seen before. TSO Principal Clarinet Eric Abramovitz and Bass Clarinet Miles Jaques take center stage for Mendelssohn’s sunny Konzertstück No. 2.

Join us for a milestone evening with the TSO—100 years in the making! To mark the TSO’s Centennial, internationally beloved cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins Music Director Gustavo Gimeno and the Orchestra for Dvořák’s deeply emotive Cello Concerto.

A gorgeous, silvery tone, limitless virtuosity, and joy that radiates from the stage are just a few of the reasons why Augustin Hadelich is one of the most adored violinists in the world, and he shares one of the supreme treasures of the repertoire in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, which opens in a wonderland of icy, ethereal beauty, and ends with a rollicking “polonaise for polar bears.”

Vancouver’s Standing Wave Ensemble performs Ex Machina, a showcase of exceptional mid-career composers in dialogue with the Canadian Jennifer Butler’s arrangement of master French composer Olivier Messiaen’s Le Merle Noire.

Tchaikovsky’s monumental Piano Concerto No. 1 is music you’ll know from the very first note, and it promises to bring down the house when performed by the remarkable Sergei Babayan (“Babayan is a genius. Period.” –Le Devoir).

“Wonderful control over the orchestra as if she carried a quiver of gestures that matched perfectly the mood of each musical section … While the sound of the orchestra was entertaining enough, watching Miller brought a new dimension to the performance." (Madison Capital Times)

Royal Conservatory Orchestra Resident Conductor, Joaquin Valdepeñas, conducts Glenn Gould School students in a program of chamber works.

The Encounters series offers a musical experience that is free and accessible to all. This special concert also marks the beginning of Soundstreams’ 40th anniversary season’s Encounters series.

Lisa Fischer “in concert is addictive. Every performance is so enriching, so exciting, so transcendent” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).

Laila Biali debuts her Wintersongs project accompanied by an all-star ensemble including special guests Jane Bunnett, Emilie-Claire Barlow, The Venuti String Quartet, George Koller, Larnell Lewis, and Ben Wittman.

Featuring the winners of the 2022 Youth Concerto Competition
Program to be published on October 17th
Rafael Luz Conductor

From the screen to the stage: a holiday celebration of some of the movies and music that have come to mean “Christmas,” with special guests the Amadeus Choir of Toronto.

Rejoice this holiday season with Toronto’s beloved tradition — Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s annual celebration of music: Festival of Carols. Under the direction of Maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée this dazzling performance is bound to fill you with joy and nostalgia!