{"id":65855,"date":"2020-01-13T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=65855"},"modified":"2020-01-13T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:50:02","slug":"critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-jan-13-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/01\/13\/critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-jan-13-19\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (Jan. 13 – 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of January 13 to 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (January 13 – 19)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ludwig van Toronto\u2019s weekly Critic\u2019s Picks are a curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. For a look at the full breadth of what\u2019s available in and around Toronto, check out our curated concert listings\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Note: With the start of the new year, we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to new music. Just a stone\u2019s throw away on Bloor Street is the 21C Music Festival at the Royal Conservatory, featuring 8 concerts and 21 premieres. For details about the many events at the RCM, see here<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

U of T\u2019s 10-day New Music Festival<\/a><\/span> features Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger Andr\u00e9 Mehmari as the Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition. He\u2019s joined by a stellar list of guest artists including Emmanuele Baldini, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa and the Penderecki String Quartet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 14<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | New Music Festival: Karen Kieser Prize Concert. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. Free.<\/p>\n

Vancouver pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa performs Hildegard Westerkamp\u2019s Klavierklang<\/em>, plus a performance of Francis Ubertelli\u2019s Quartetto 2 for string quartet<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 15<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | New Music Festival: From Bach to Latin America. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. Free.<\/p>\n

With Andr\u00e9 Mehmari (Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition) on the piano and violinist Emmanuele Baldini. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Mozart Requiem. 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $41-$154. Repeats Jan. 16, 17, 18. Check listings for show times.<\/p>\n

Sir Andrew Davis leads the TSO in Mozart\u2019s Symphony No. 39<\/em>, and the unfinished Mozart Requiem<\/em>. The quartet of soloists are members of Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan\u2019s Equilibrium Young Artists Initiative\u00a0\u2014\u00a0soprano Jenavieve Moore, mezzo Jillian Bonner, tenor Charles Sy, and bass Trevor Eliot Bowes, joined by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 16<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tafelmusik<\/strong> | Gone with the Winds. 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. Pre-concert chat 7 p.m. $20-$99. Repeats Jan. 17, 18, 19. Check website for start times.<\/p>\n

The Tafelmusik wind musicians (Marco Cera, John Abberger, Dominic Teresi, and Pippa MacMillan) perform a program of works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Rossini, plus the world premiere of Cecilia Livingston\u2019s Gone With The Wind<\/em>s (2019). Read our concert preview here<\/a><\/span>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Show One Productions<\/strong> | Lucas Debargue. 8 p.m. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. $45-$90.<\/p>\n

French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue, winner of the Fourth Prize and the Music Critic\u2019s Prize in the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, returns to Toronto for his solo recital debut, in a program of Scarlatti, Ravel, Medtner and Liszt. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n