{"id":115346,"date":"2025-06-19T15:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=115346"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:47:02","slug":"preview-mooredale-concerts-announces-2025-26-season-chamber-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/06\/19\/preview-mooredale-concerts-announces-2025-26-season-chamber-music\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Mooredale Concerts Announces 2025-26 Season Of Chamber Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CelloFellos Leo Disselhorst und Bryan Cheng (Photo: \u00a9 Clara Evens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mooredale Concerts has announced their 2025-26 season of Sunday afternoon classical chamber music concerts. The season features the usual mix of both top tier professionals and up and coming young Canadian and international artists.<\/p>\n

Mooredale Concerts was created in 1988 with a mandate of using classical music performance to entertain the whole family. Their chamber concerts often include commentaries and information on the composers and their relationships.<\/p>\n

Along with their regular concert series, Mooredale offers the Music & Truffles series designed for young people from ages six to 11, as well as adults who are new to the classical music genre.<\/p>\n

Mooredale also offers a Youth Orchestras program.<\/p>\n

Mooredale Concerts 2025-26 Season<\/h2>\n

Cello Fellos (September 28, 2025)<\/h3>\n

Leo Disselhorst und Bryan Cheng are good friends \u2014 hence the duo\u2019s name \u2014 and have been performing together since 2020. They\u2019ve performed at the Heidelberger Fr\u00fchling and Beethovenfest Bonn festivals, and have given recitals in the Kammermusiksaal of the Berliner Philharmonie, Tonali-Saal in Hamburg, among others.<\/p>\n

Canadian-born, Bryan Cheng<\/strong> is now based in Berlin. He launched his career with wins at the Queen Elisabeth, Concours de Gen\u00e8ve, and Paulo competitions, and has become a sought after soloist across Europe. He is currently Appointed Artist-in-Residence of the \u201cBanatul\u201d Philharmonic Orchestra of Timisoara (Romania).<\/p>\n

German cellist Leonard Disselhorst<\/strong> took his first lessons on the instrument at the age of seven. He went on to study at the Hanover Conservatory\u2019s Institute for Early Training, followed by the University of Music Karlsruhe and at the Berlin University of the Arts \u2014 UdK Berlin.<\/p>\n

Leonard has taken home prizes from the International Hindemith Competition, the Domenico Gabrielli Competition, several times at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Berlin, as well as winner of the renowned Concours de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n

They bring a program titled Global Grooves that includes Balkan folk tunes, jazz, and Western classical music.<\/p>\n

Busch Trio (November 2, 2025)<\/h3>\n

Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein and Omri Epstein\u00a0met in London during their studies, and became friends and musical collaborators. Their name comes from both Mathieu\u2019s violin, called the \u2018ex-Adolf Busch\u2019 G.B. Guadagnini, and from Adolf Busch himself. Adolf Busch (1891 \u2013 1952) was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer, who\u2019d go on to found chamber orchestras, the Lucerne Festival, and the Vienna Konzertverein Quartet, along with his own Busch Quartet.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2012, the Busch Trio hve performed at major festivals and on prominent stages throughout Europe.<\/p>\n

Their program includes Haydn, Schumann, and Beethoven.<\/p>\n