{"id":118611,"date":"2025-10-15T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=118611"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:00:01","slug":"interview-pianists-adam-sherkin-anthony-de-mare-talk-about-composers-in-play-xv-ink-from-the-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/10\/15\/interview-pianists-adam-sherkin-anthony-de-mare-talk-about-composers-in-play-xv-ink-from-the-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW | Pianists Adam Sherkin & Anthony de Mare Talk About Composers In Play XV: Ink From The Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L: Pianist Adam Sherkin; R: Pianist Anthony de Mare (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pianists Adam Sherkin and Anthony de Mare will be performing together in Composers in Play XV, part of the ongoing Piano Lunaire concert series. The show takes place on October 18 at the TD Music Hall in a venue debut for both artists.<\/p>\n

Composers In Play XV: \u201cInk from the Shield\u201d presents a program of (almost) all-Canadian new music that originally premiered in New York City in March 2025.<\/p>\n

On the program are works by Canadian composers Vivian Fung, Ann Southam, Linda Catlin Smith<\/a>, Rodney Sharman, Adam Sherkin and Jared Miller<\/a>, and a newly-commissioned world premiere from Andrew Staniland<\/a>. Also on the program are contributions from American composers Kevin Puts, Steve Reich and Conrad Tao.<\/p>\n

LV spoke to Adam Sherkin and Anthony de Mare about the upcoming recital.<\/p>\n

Pianists Adam Sherkin & Anthony de Mare<\/h2>\n

Adam Sherkin<\/strong> has been presenting his Piano Lunaire series, which produces concerts on full moon dates, in both Toronto and New York City for several years. The native of Toronto, who is a graduate of the Glenn Gould School of Music, has performed at the Four Seasons Centre, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Music Gallery, the Glenn Gould Studio, St Martin-in-the Fields, Covent Garden and the Royal Albert Hall, among other venues worldwide.<\/p>\n

Anthony de Mare<\/strong> makes a return to Toronto after about seven years. A Professor of Piano at Manhattan School of Music, de Mare has served as new music curator for the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in NYC, and is a guest curator at Kaufman Music Center. In Toronto, he has a history of performing with organizations like New Music Concerts, and the 21C Music Festival.<\/p>\n