{"id":38579,"date":"2016-09-13T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=38579"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:43:42","slug":"welcome-off-centre-music-salon-has-joined-the-growing-musical-toronto-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/09\/13\/welcome-off-centre-music-salon-has-joined-the-growing-musical-toronto-community\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME | Off Centre Music Salon Has Joined The Growing Musical Toronto Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Address: 968 Logan Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4K 3E5<\/p>\n

Email: tickets@offcentremusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Phone: 416\u2013466\u20131870<\/p>\n

Website: offcentremusic.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Twitter\u00a0<\/a>| YouTube<\/a> |\u00a0Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

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About<\/del><\/h1>\n

Now in its 22nd Anniversary Season, Off Centre Music Salon<\/a><\/b> began as an attempt to\u00a0find the magical, inclusive atmosphere of the Viennese and Parisian Salons of the 19th-Century. At a time when the concert hall experience had become almost clinical in its austerity, we felt the need, more than ever, to go back to a time when music was shared: young artists performing alongside established “masters”, the great masterpieces programmed with the forgotten gems, creating music with (and for!)\u00a0friends that are family and family that are friends.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Since our very first season, we have witnessed a global move toward embracing smaller ventures – grassroots, locally-sourced, home-grown projects that mean more to us by virtue of being made by us, and a part of us. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

So here we are at 22! There is something quite extraordinary<\/i> about turning 22. Of course, the number itself is a palindrome \u2014 and only the second one in Off Centre<\/i> history. While we are certainly not<\/i> mathematicians, even we cannot help but take note of the amazing coincidence: 2+2 = 2 x 2 = 2\u00b2 = FOUR.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Four memories. Four seasons. Four winds. Four cardinal points. Four-part harmony. Four hands. In our Off Centre <\/i>way, <\/i>we are fascinated by this mysterious number. On the fourth day of Creation, the stars appear\u2026 and in this our 22nd season, we are feeling that our own stars are aligning with four exciting programs that we cannot wait to share with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Off Centre Music Salon<\/b> is committed to curating intimate concerts that tell a story and create a personal connection for audience and performer alike. We look forward\u00a0to welcoming you again (or for the first time) in our home here in Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Folks Behind It All<\/del><\/h1>\n

Inna Perkis, pianist\/artistic director\/founder<\/span><\/h3>\n

Russian-Canadian pianist Inna Perkis was described by the Weekly Seattle<\/i> as having \u201c\u2026a commanding musical personality\u2026 poetry to every nuance\u2026\u201d Ms Perkis has performed internationally as a soloist and a chamber musician, collaborating with such distinguished musicians as Ofra Harnoy, Michael Schade, Measha Bruggergosman, and Isabel Bayrakdarian. As a collaborative pianist, she has been praised for her \u201csinging tone and sensitivity.\u201d She is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Off Centre Music Salon with her husband, Boris Zarankin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boris Zarankin, pianist\/artistic director\/founder<\/span><\/h3>\n

A pianist of international renown, Boris Zarankin was hailed by the Los Angeles Times<\/i> as a \u201cpianist of flair, style and exciting virtuosity\u201d. Mr Zarankin studied at the Kharkov State Conservatory with Regina Horowitz and at the Moscow State Conservatory. Mr Zarankin has appeared as a soloist with many leading orchestras. His most recent recording of Schubert Sonatas<\/i> (released on the DOREMI label in February 2012) has been called \u201cmagic\u2026 compelling listening\u201d (Toronto Star)<\/i>, while Beethoven? Beethoven!<\/i> (July 2007), has been called \u201ca paragon of intelligent artistry\u201d and his 24 Chopin Etudes<\/i> remain \u201can aesthetic revelation\u201d. For his two volumes of Schubert-Liszt Lieder<\/i>, he was praised as a \u201cmaster of tone colour.\u201d He is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Off Centre Music Salon with his wife Inna Perkis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Events<\/del><\/h1>\n

2016\/17 Season<\/h3>\n

22nd Annual Schubertiad: 4 Memories<\/a><\/span>
\nSunday,\u00a0September 18, 2016
\n3 p.m.<\/h3>\n

“…If wind and water could write music…”<\/em> \u2014\u00a0Y. Menuhin<\/p>\n

\u201cOh hallowed Art, how often, when depression\u00a0and life\u2019s wild circle had ensnared\u00a0my space, \u00a0have you aroused my heart to love\u2019s compassion, \u00a0have you removed me to a better place!\u201d<\/em> \u2014\u00a0Franz von Schober<\/p>\n

We remember our beloved Franz Schubert through the eyes of his friends and contemporaries Franz von Schober, Leopold Kupelwieser and Josef von Spaun. The concert\u2019s fourth memory is Schubert\u2019s own \u2014 a musical one \u2013 in the form of his\u00a0Fantasia for four hands\u00a0in F minor.<\/p>\n

WITH<\/p>\n

Maeve Palmer, soprano
\nInna Perkis, piano
\nGiles Tomkins, bass-baritone
\nKathryn Tremills, piano
\nWilliam Webster, actor
\nBoris Zarankin, piano<\/p>\n

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Russian Salon: 4 Seasons of Mother Russia<\/a><\/span>
\nSunday, November 13, 2016
\n3 p.m.<\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen autumn comes, I bloom anew\u2026The Russian\u00a0frost\u00a0does wonders for my health!\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Alexander Pushkin<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the town is frozen solid in a vice, Trees, walls, snow, beneath a glass.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Anna Akhmatova<\/p>\n

\u201cNightingales, a sigh, a whisper in a shady nook<\/em>
\nAnd the lullaby in silver of a lazy brook.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Afanasy Fet<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, summer fair! I would love you too, except for the heat and dust and gnats and flies\u2026\u201d \u2014 Alexander Pushkin<\/p>\n

Featuring songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and the Toronto premiere of Valery Gavrilin\u2019s extraordinary song cycle \u201cSeasons\u201d, as well as Arensky\u2019s\u00a0Piano Trio in D minor\u00a0(op. 32).<\/p>\n

WITH:<\/p>\n

Igor Gefter, cello
\nRyan Harper, tenor
\nJoni Henson, soprano
\nInna Perkis, piano
\nMark Skazinetzky, violin
\nBoris Zarankin, piano
\nIlana Zarankin, soprano<\/p>\n

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A Musical Invasion of Paris: The Mighty 4<\/a><\/span>
\nSunday,\u00a0April 2, 2017
\n3 p.m.<\/h3>\n

\u201cAn artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n

In the words of Audrey Hepburn:\u00a0\u201cParis is always a good idea.\u201d\u00a0Our unlikely, but \u201cmighty\u201d four \u2013 Chopin, Wagner, Rossini and Meyerbeer \u2013 certainly thought so. Our programme will include Chopin\u2019s twelve Op. 28\u00a0Preludes,\u00a0a piano four-hand arrangement of Wagner\u2019s\u00a0Tannh\u00e4user Ouverture\u00a0as well as beloved scenes from Rossini and Meyerbeer operas.<\/p>\n

WITH:<\/p>\n

Mich\u00e8le Bogdanowicz, mezzo soprano
\nLucia Cesaroni, soprano
\nLara Dodds-Eden, piano
\nAdrian Kramer, tenor
\nPeter McGillivray, baritone
\nInna Perkis, piano
\nBoris Zarankin, piano<\/p>\n

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Tour de 4…ce!<\/a><\/span>
\nSunday, June 4, 2017
\n3\u00a0p.m.<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Johannes Brahms<\/p>\n

\u201cYou write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Robert Schumann<\/p>\n

Four singers, four hands and two of the most exciting love-song cycles\u2026 Now that is an equation worth pondering! Schumann\u2019s\u00a0Spanische Liebeslieder\u00a0and Brahms\u2019\u00a0Liebeslieder Walzer\u00a0sung by some of our favourite voices.<\/p>\n

WITH:<\/p>\n

Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
\nRussell Braun, baritone
\nBen Carlson, actor
\nDeborah Hay, actor
\nInna Perkis, piano
\nErnesto Ramirez, tenor
\nBoris Zarankin, piano
\nIlana Zarankin, soprano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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