July 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Celebrating 10 Years
New Orford String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet No. 34 in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4, H.III:34 Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No. 5 “The Transforming” Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Razumovsky” This world-class ensemble celebrates its tenth anniversary with a remarkable and far-reaching program. It opens with a quartet by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, the first master of this challenging musical medium. He composed it in 1772 for the Esterházy family, who were his employers and fabulously wealthy Hungarian nobles. Regarding the six quartets that…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. There will be 3 reGENERATION concerts on July 13 featuring Academy Fellows from the Art of Song program and the Chamber Music Institute. Festival Artists will also perform alongside the Academy Fellows. Tickets here: July 13 at 1:00 pm July 13 at 4:00 pm July 13 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Crossings: In the Footsteps of the Griot
Ensemble Constantinople with Ablaye Cissoko For five years, the musicians of Montréal’s middle eastern/early music group, Constantinople, and a griot (pronounced “gree-oh”; a West African storyteller), Ablaye Cissoko, have been touring the stages of the world with their program, Itinerant Gardens. This ongoing collaboration has produced captivating new works, the fruit of dialogue and communion between the four artists. Their TSM program crosses land and sea, conveying us from the East to the New World by way of Africa. Constantinople continues its international musical explorations through…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Griffey & Jones in Recital
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Warren Jones, piano Bridge: Three Songs, H.76 Griffes: Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod, Op. 11 Griffes: Barcarolle, Op. 6, No. 1 Barber: Three Songs, Op. 10 Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs Niles: The Roving Gambler Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair Ives: Berceuse The Circus Band TSM Festival welcomes the celebrated American tenor, Anthony Dean Griffey, for an outstanding recital…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Dover Quartet
Dover Quartet Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American” “The young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker) plays a meaty and substantial program of music by composers from England, Hungary, and Bohemia (Czech Republic) – all of which have strong links to the USA. England’s Benjamin Britten composed his highly inventive first quartet in 1941, while living in California. Hungarian…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Charles Richard-Hamelin
Members of the Dover Quartet Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22 Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Renowned Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin displays the brilliant skills that won him the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman Prize (for the best performance of a sonata) at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. His solo selections begin with a suite of sharply-etched miniatures by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. It includes the dramatic Prelude…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. There will be 3 reGENERATION concerts on July 20 featuring Academy Fellows from the Art of Song program and the Chamber Music Institute. Festival Artists will also perform alongside the Academy Fellows. Tickets here: July 20 at 1:00 pm July 20 at 4:00 pm July 20 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | KLEZTORY
For nearly 20 years now KLEZTORY has wandered across the globe playing klezmer music. Like the music itself, KLEZTORY takes its musical influences from the band members who have come together from across the world. Although deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition KLEZTORY takes the liberty of adding their own personality and infusing their arrangements with hints of jazz, a touch of classical, or a few drops of the blues. From China to Brazil, from Norway to Mexico, across Eastern…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Collectif
This unique performance by the Toronto-based ensemble Collectif deals with ghost stories from around the world, and will be an exciting look at how people across the globe experience the paranormal. The company will be creating brand new video translations for this semi-staged concert. The repertoire includes selections from Mahler’s famous song cycle Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children), brand new Canadian folk arrangements, and other spooky tales. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Souvenir de Florence
Jennifer Koh, violin Jonathan Crow, violin Beth Guterman, viola Julie Albers, cello Yegor Dyachkov, cello Phil Chiu, piano Prokofiev: Five Melodies for violin and piano, Op. 35-bis Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence” Infrequently heard but decidedly worthwhile works by major composers make up this appealing program. They were created in an impressive variety of locations. Tchaikovsky composed much of the luxurious String Sextet in 1890, while visiting one of his favourite cities,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. On July 27, in addition to 2 reGENERATION concerts featuring Academy Fellows from the Chamber Music Institute, there is an exciting new concert named “Source and Inspiration” featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriters and composers mentored by Sarah Slean, John Southworth, Christos Hatzis, and Robert Carli. Tickets here: July 27 at 1:00 pm – SOURCE & INSPIRATION (NEW!) July 13 at 4:00 pm – Chamber Music July 13 at 7:30 pm – Chamber…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Europe and the New World
Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Brahms: Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata) Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Gershwin/Heifetz: Porgy and Bess Suite John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano TSM Artistic Director Jonathan Crow, and pianist Philip Chiu, who’s been praised in Montréal’s La Presse as “…a pianist-painter who turns every musical idea into a beautiful array of colours,” join forces for an artfully varied trans-Atlantic concert by German, Belgian/French, and American composers. The beloved Sonata by Belgian-born composer César…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Ensemble Made in Canada
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493 Excerpts from the Mosaïque Project Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1, in C minor, Op. 15 Prepare yourself for an elegant program of music from Austria, France, and Canada. Mozart pioneered the form of the classical piano quartet (piano, violin, viola, and cello); his two masterworks in the genre set the bar tremendously high for later composers, and relatively few have risen to the challenge. Frenchman Gabriel Fauré stepped up to the plate twice, and here Ensemble…
Find out more »August 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Mendelssohn Octet
Barry Shiffman, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin Aaron Schwebel, violin Elissa Lee, violin Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Desmond Hoebig, cello Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello Kelly Zimba, flute Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Philip Chiu, piano Joel Quarrington, bass Charles Settle, percussion Cowell: Homage to Iran Alexina Louie: * Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle, Op.43 Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20 During the mid-1820s, the beautifully polished Octet and the magical overture to Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, heralded Mendelssohn’s graduation from prodigy to master. The Octet is true chamber music, not…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Finale
Join us for a celebration of the 2019 Festival! TSM Festival Artists, Academy Fellows, and Community Academy participants come together for an exciting finale performance. Tickets, here.
Find out more »September 2019
Mysterious Barricades Toronto | Live Concert
The Mysterious Barricades Concert Society hosts a series of 15 one-hour concerts across Canada between September 5th and September 14th to mark World Suicide Awareness Week. This concert series comprises of performances by some of Canada’s finest musicians and includes genres of classical, choral, jazz, and more. People touched by suicide, mental health professionals, community figures, politicians, and ordinary Canadians stand up on this day to speak about mental health and suicide in hopes of reducing stigma and providing support.…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Thursday at Noon Concert Series
Erika Raum, violin and Lydia Wong, piano SZÉKELY Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 1 BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Chamber Music Series: Nathalie Paulin
Soprano Nathalie Paulin and pianist Steven Philcox present a program inspired by Messiaen’s Chants de Terre et de Ciel (1938), a deeply personal song cycle celebrating the birth of Olivier Messiaen’s son in 1937. U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »October 2019
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | The Calidore String Quartet
The Calidore String Quartet, violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi, perform Ludwig van Beethoven string quartets Op. 74 (Harp), Op. 18 No. 2, and Op. 131. 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here. The Calidore String Quartet is the James D. Stewart Quartet-in-Residence.
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Trio Fibonacci
Trio Fibonacci is internationally recognized for breadth of repertoire and brilliance of presentation. From the works of Haydn to collaborations with over forty living composers on four continents, the Trio explores every aspect of the piano trio oeuvre. Besides regular appearances across North America, concert tours to Europe, South America, South Africa, and the Far East, including TV and radio broadcasts, have established Trio Fibonacci as a significant force in the development of the medium. Enrique Fernández Arbós — Three original…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Bennewitz Quartet
Formed in 1998, the Bennewitz Quartet is amongst the top international chamber ensembles today. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2006 review: “… the music was remarkable not just for its clarity of structure, but for the beautiful tonal palette and purity of intonation in its execution. Only very rarely does one experience such skillfully crafted and powerful harmonies… Great art.” In 2019, the ensemble won the Classic Prague Award for Best Chamber Music Performance of the year. The Czech-based group has performed at Wigmore Hall,…
Find out more »November 2019
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Of War and Peace
Monica Whicher, soprano and Steven Philcox, piano, with Marie Bérard, violin Soprano Monica Whicher and pianist Steven Philcox, joined by Marie Bérard, concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, present a program of remembrance represented by centuries of song – from Handel to Sting. 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting.
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Jane Archibald
Canadian soprano Jane Archibald’s artistry generates excitement at every appearance. Ms. Archibald’s dynamic career trajectory has taken her from her home country to San Francisco to the Vienna State Opera and major opera houses on both continents. Featured on multiple recordings, her first solo CD won the JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year and newly released recordings of Mozart and Messiaen are receiving rave reviews. “Coloratura soprano Jane Archibald was all vocal thunderbolts and lightning flashes” – The Arts Desk…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Wallis Giunta
Irish-Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, has been named “Young Singer of the Year” in the 2018 International Opera Awards, “Young Artist of the Year” by The Arts Desk and “Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera.” She is a rising star, in demand internationally for her exquisite sound, effortless skill, and intelligent musicality. Her versatility extends from operatic Mozart to Kurt Weill cabaret, music theatre to the Metropolitan Opera. Her 2018/19 season included UK debuts with the BBC Proms and the Grange Festival as Mozart’s Cherubino, with the…
Find out more »January 2020
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Mark Fewer, violin and James Parker, piano
(Half of) The Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin by Ludwig van Beethoven As 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Juno Award-winning artists Mark Fewer and James Parker join forces to present half of Beethoven’s celebrated violin sonatas over two concerts. This free lunchtime concert is part one of the celebration which continues with a ticketed concert Monday, January 27, 2020. Op. 24; and Op. 12, No. 3 12:10 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | New Music Festival: Karen Kieser Prize Concert
Vancouver pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa performs Hildegard Westerkamp’s Klavierklang on a program of Canadian music for piano, along with a performance of Francis Ubertelli’s prize-winning Quartetto 2 for string quartet. Presented in conjunction with the Jackman Humanities Institute. Presented by Greg Newsome.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | New Music Festival: From Bach to Latin America
With André Mehmari piano and Emmanuele Baldini violin Presented by Norbert Palej.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | New Music Festival: Penderecki String Quartet
Including the Toronto premiere of Christos Hatzis’s String Quartet No. 4 (The Suffering) and more. Presented by Norbert Palej.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | New Music Festival: Speak, Be Silent
Contemporary Music Ensemble In memory of Roger D. Moore Wallace Halladay, director with Amahl Arulanandam, cello Mark Fewer, violin, and Xin Wang soprano SAARIAHO From the Grammar of Dreams SIMMS Foreverdark LIM Speak, Be Silent CHIN Gougalon 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park Free admission
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Music and Poetry
Join tenor Lawrence Wiliford, pianist Steven Philcox and speaker Eric Domville as they mark the 25th anniversary of Music and Poetry. 12:10 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Mark Fewer, violin and James Parker, piano
As 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Juno Award-winning artists Mark Fewer and James Parker join forces to present half of Beethoven’s celebrated violin sonatas over two concerts. Op. 12, No. 2 Op. 23 Op. 30, No. 2 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting.
Find out more »February 2020
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | What Makes It Great?: Mendelssohn String Octet
Conductor Rob Kapilow, this year's Wilma and Clifford Smith Visitor in Music, presents Mendelssohn's String Octet with the Rolston String Quartet and U of T Strings featuring Timothy Ying and Erika Raum, violins; Masumi Rostad, viola; and Shauna Rolston, cello. 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park Rob Kapilow will be signing copies of his book Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim immediately following the concert in the Walter Hall lobby. What Makes It Great?®…
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Diotima Quartet
Yun-Peng Zhao, violin Constance Ronzatti, violin Franck Chevalier, viola Pierre Morlet, cello Quatuor Diotima is one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world today. Formed by graduates of the Paris National Conservatory, the quartet’s name evokes a double musical significance: Diotima is at once an allegory of German romanticism and a rallying cry for the music of our time. Quatuor Diotima collaborates with the greatest composers of our time, and projects a new light onto the masterpieces of the 19th and 20th centuries. Awarded the European…
Find out more »March 2020
Mooredale Concerts | Andrew Wan, violin and Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Versatile violinist Andrew Wan is concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and a member of the acclaimed New Orford String Quartet. As a soloist, he has performed internationally under conductors such as Maxim Vengerov, Vasily Petrenko, appearing in recitals with the Juilliard String Quartet, Daniil Trifonov, and James Ehnes. His discography includes Grammy-nominated and JUNO Award-winning releases with the Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Metropolis Ensemble, and a live recording of Saint-Saëns three violin concertos with the OSM and Kent Nagano.…
Find out more »April 2020
Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Beverley Johnston, percussion, and friends — CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Beverley Johnston, percussion Aiyun Huang and Russell Hartenberger, percussion Susan Hoeppner, flutes Marc Djokic, violin Beverley Johnston is one of Canada’s superstar percussionist. Her exceptional stage presence, remarkable virtuosity, and insightful musicianship have established her reputation well beyond the borders of her native Canada. Performing frequently as a soloist and chamber musician, she has commissioned many works by leading Canadian composers many of which have become staples of the standard percussion repertory. Bev will be joined by some of her closest colleagues from the U of…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Dalí String Quartet
The Dalí String Quartet’s passionate energy is poured into everything they do, generating critical and audience acclaim for their Classical Roots, Latin Soul motive. Anchored in both Venezuela’s El Sistema and American classical conservatory traditions, this exciting young quartet combines the best of both worlds, embracing imagination and excellence as central to its art form. Dalí’s members are award-winning solo and chamber artists who have appeared at Carnegie Hall, toured widely in Europe and Asia, and recorded for Dorian, Centaur, and Naxos. As a…
Find out more »May 2020
Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Blake Pouliot, violin
One of Canada’s most promising young artists, in 2018 Blake Pouliot won both the Career Development Award from the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, and the Canada Council for the Arts Virginia Parker Prize. Described by the Toronto Star as, “One of those special talents that come along once in a lifetime,” and by Montreal’s La Presse as “Clearly. Absolutely. Undoubtedly virtuoso,” Blake is building a spectacular career performing in recital and with major orchestras. His recently recorded debut album of works by Ravel and Debussy and last year…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Paul Huang, violin and Helen Huang, piano
Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is already recognized for his intensely expressive music making and effortless virtuosity. Following his Kennedy Center debut, The Washington Post proclaimed: “Huang is definitely an artist with the goods for a significant career.” Recent high profile engagements include the Lucerne Festival, Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev, Berliner Symphoniker/Shambadal, and Detroit Symphony/Slatkin. He plays on the 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del Gesù on loan through the generous efforts of the…
Find out more »November 2020
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Graham Johnson Masterclass
Acclaimed accompanist Graham Johnson presents a lecture on Franz Schubert featuring voice and piano duos from the Faculty of Music. 12:10 to 2 pm, online-only (students please check SharePoint for class details) YouTube link to the broadcast will be posted here one hour prior to the event. The Faculty of Music is thrilled to welcome acclaimed accompanist Graham Johnson, John R. Stratton Visitor in Music for the 2020-21 academic year. Described as “that peerless song accompanist” (Daily Telegraph Nov 2015) Graham Johnson has…
Find out more »September 2021
Music in the Afternoon | Blake Pouliot & Hsin-I Huang
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 | 1.30 pm | Walter Hall, U of T Blake Pouliot, violin; Hsin-I Huang, piano This recital is a delayed celebration of Blake Pouliot’s 2018 WMCT Career Development Award. Blake has joined the upper echelon of brilliant soloists, establishing himself as a 21st-century artist with rigour and passion. He performs on the 1729 Guarneri del Gesù, on loan from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank as First Laureate of both their 2015 and 2018 Competitions. His shortened 2019-2020…
Find out more »November 2021
Music in the Afternoon | Beverley Johnston & Friends
Beverley Johnston, Aiyun Huang, and Russell Hartenberger, percussion; Susan Hoeppner, flutes; Marc Djokic, violin From the Percussion Studio directly behind the Walter Hall stage, they will roll out a broad range of instruments, from marimba and vibraphone to drums and flower pots, with (literally) lots of bells and whistles. Program | Bach on Marimba, 20th century classics by Lou Harrison and Astor Piazzolla, and Eagles, by Russell Hartenberger, a WMCT Commission premiere.
Find out more »July 2022
Toronto Summer Music Festival | Art Song Masterclass
Masterclass With Wolfram Rieger
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Nicolas Namoradze
Georgian-born pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze makes his TSM debut in a solo recital of selections by Bach and Rachmaninoff, paired with four of his own compositions. Nicolas Namoradze, piano Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 Nicolas Namoradze: Étude V, “Entwined Threads” Étude VI, “Double Notes” Étude I, “Major Scales” Étude III, “Moving Mirrors” Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Nicolas Namoradze): “Adagio” from Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 Alexina Louie: I leap through the sky with stars Sergei Rachmaninoff:…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Shadows Of The Past: Shostakovich, Schönberg, And Scheer
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Korngold, Mahler, Schönberg, Gene Scheer, Fauré, and Copland Sarah Rauch, Joeavian Rivera, Christian Masucci-Facchini, Camila Montefusco, Maeve Berry, Yolanda Tapia, Érico Freire Bezerra, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 Nicolas Namoradze*, Hannah Corbett, David Liam Roberts
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Apotheosis: Debussy & Brahms
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Isabella Egawa, David Baik, Juan-Miguel Hernandez*, Sara Scanlon Songs by Strauss, Debussy, Schubert, and Schumann Alexandra Bass, Christina Thanisch-Smith, Maeve Berry, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Yura Lee*, Jessy Je Young Kim, Syara Robert, Solina Lee, Joshua Wong
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Chamber Music Masterclass
Masterclass With John Novacek
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Kids Concert With Dover Quartet
Dover Quartet’s youthful energy will light up the room as they introduce kids to their instruments and sounds in a fun and educational way! Hosted by Joanna Kellam. Tickets for this concert will be made available as of July 4 at 10 am via our website, by phone, or in-person at the RCM Weston Family Box Office.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Zuleykha
Journey back to historical times with Zuleykha, a new opera from Loose Tea Music Theatre by composer Afarin Mansouri. This opera upends the traditional narrative of Potiphar’s wife as a sinner and seducer of the Prophet Joseph, exploring instead a story of how she had to overcome a male dominant society to discover her true inner voice. Sung in the Farsi language and featuring traditional Eastern music within the European operatic tradition. Afarin Mansouri, composer and librettist Alaina Viau, dramaturg, producer,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass With Benjamin Appl
Featuring Art of Song Fellows.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | The Von Meck Letters
Tchaikovsky and Debussy both benefitted from the personal attention and financial support of the same extraordinary woman: Nadezhda von Meck. For thirteen years, they poured their intimate thoughts on music and life into their correspondence, creating an extraordinary legacy of thoughts and feeling. In this unique program, Kathleen Kajioka will read from von Meck’s letters to both composers, offering unique insights into their relationships. John Novacek, piano Jonathan Crow, violin Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello Kathleen Kajioka, host and narration Claude…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Sweet Sorrows: Walton, Schubert, And Berg
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Walton: Piano Quartet in D minor Jessy Je Young Kim, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt*, Solina Lee, Joshua Wong Songs by Schubert, Walton, Fanny Hensel, Amy Beach, and Berg Teryn Kuzma, Christina Thanisch-Smith, Érico Freire Bezerra, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” Kyung Ah Oh,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Songs Of The Sublime: Alma, Clara, And The Romantics
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Songs by Schubert, Alma Mahler, Clara & Robert Schumann, Wolf, Fauré, Ravel, and Finzi Alexandra Bass, Joeavian Rivera, Sarah Rauch, Christian Masucci-Facchini, Érico Freire Bezerra, Maeve Berry, Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe, Yolanda Tapia Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898 Joel Link*, David Liam Roberts, Jonathan Mak
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | A Study Of The Masters: Mozart, Schumann, And Mahler
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music and Art Song—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat Major, K. 614 Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, Bryan Lee*, Syara Robert, Kyungrok Grace Moon, Sara Scanlon Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Korngold, Berg, and Schumann Camila Montefusco, Evan Lindberg, Yolanda Tapia, Maeve Berry Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 Isabella Egawa, Hannah Corbett, Molly…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Kleztory
Airat Ichmouratov (Leader), clarinet, bass clarinet and duclar Elvira Misbakhova, violin and viola Mark Peetsma, double-bass Mélanie Bergeron, accordion Raphaël D’Amour, guitar David Ryshpan, piano Kleztory embodies, with passion and virtuosity, the music originating from Eastern European shtetlech—small Eastern European villages or ghettos in Yiddish. Like the music they perform with brio, Kleztory is a rich mosaic of cultures and musical orientations (Russian, Québécois, Canadian), with different training (conservatory, self-taught) and diverse musical sensibilities (classical, contemporary, jazz, blues, traditional, country, and folk). Their uplifting shows, peppered…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass With Ariana Kim
Featuring Chamber Music Institute Fellows.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Tony Yike Yang
Chinese-Canadian pianist Tony Yike Yang is emerging as one of the foremost pianists of his generation. He makes his TSM debut in a monumental solo recital of Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, and more. Tony Yike Yang, piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 Maurice Ravel: Sonatine Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 Frédéric…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Kids Concert With Millan And Faye
Opera comedienne Kyra Millan and her musical partner Tina Faye invite audiences into the world of opera through a brilliantly funny concert full of operatic favourites and well-known classical tunes. Tickets for this concert will be made available as of July 11 at 10 am via our website, by phone, or in-person at the RCM Weston Family Box Office.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Aisslinn Nosky
Aisslinn Nosky, who enthralls audiences around the world with her striking interpretations and impeccable technique, is joined in a concert of Baroque gems by harpsichordist Christopher Bagan. Aisslinn Nosky, violin Christopher Bagan, harpsichord. Cullen O’Neal, cello Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 Vivaldi: Violin Sonata Op. 2, No. 3 Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace-Royer: La Marche des Scythes Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-flat Major, TWV 40:20 Schmelzer: Sonata Quarta in D Major J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021 Elisabeth Jacquet de…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | Brahms’ Muse
Just months after deciding that he wasn’t going to be composing any more music, an encounter with clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld rekindled Brahms’ creative muse. All the wisdom garnered during a long, glorious career of composing radiates from these two late Brahms quintet masterworks. James Campbell, clarinet Ariana Kim, violin Jennifer Koh, violin Rémi Pelletier, viola Jennifer Stumm, viola Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello Johannes Brahms: String Quintet in G Major, Op.111 Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 $20–56
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | The Sorrows Of Young Werther: Mozart & Brahms
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major, K. 563 Kyung Ah Oh, Jennifer Stumm*, Dale Jeong Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 Jessy Je Young Kim, Rémi Pelletier*, Sara Scanlon, Jonathan Mak
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music Festival | The Eye Of The Storm: Mozart & Shostakovich
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows—the rising stars of classical chamber music—performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today. Mozart: String Quartet No. 15, K. 421 Hannah Corbett, Isabella Egawa, Syara Robert, Sæunn Thorsteindóttir* Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 Jennifer Koh*, David Baik, Kyungrok Grace Moon, Serena Hsu, David Liam Roberts Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, Ariana Kim*, Molly Wise, Solina Lee,…
Find out more »October 2022
Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents: Alikeness
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!
Find out more »January 2023
The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T New Music Festival – Contemporary Music Ensemble
U of T New Music Festival with Ana Sokolović
Find out more »March 2023
The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents John and Claudine Bailey Distinguished Visitor in Jazz
John and Claudine Bailey Distinguished Visitor in Jazz
Find out more »The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents: Setting the Scene
U of T Opera concludes its year with a program of staged operatic scenes, ranging from the romantic repertoire to excerpts reflective of today’s exciting new work.
Find out more »April 2023
The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents: Contemporary Music Ensemble – New Masterworks
Contemporary Music Ensemble - New Masterworks
Find out more »July 2023
Toronto Summer Music | Art of song masterclass with Ana Maria Martinez
Art of song masterclass with Ana Maria Martinez
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Brahms & Schumann
Clara and Robert Schumann made up the most gifted musical married couple of the mid-nineteenth century. They aided the career of their remarkable protégé, Johannes Brahms, in many ways. Brahms developed a powerful love for Clara that she did not return. The first three compositions on this program display the three composers’ unsurpassed skill in small forms – in particular, the late, inward piano pieces by Brahms – while the fourth, the colossal and profoundly dramatic Piano Quintet may reflect…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Memories: Mendelssohn, Brahms & Schumann
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows — the rising stars of classical chamber music and art song — performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Quintessence: Brahms, Boulanger & De Falla
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows — the rising stars of classical chamber music and art song — performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | “What makes a song Canadian? The case of John Beckwith” with Robin Elliott
"What makes a song Canadian? The case of John Beckwith" with Robin Elliot
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Transfiguration: Dvořák, Beckwith & Ligeti
ReGeneration concerts feature our TSM Academy Fellows — the rising stars of classical chamber music and art song — performing on stage with their Mentors, the top pedagogues and performers of today.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Ana María Martínez
Grammy Award winner, Puerto Rico-born artist Ana María Martínez is considered one of the foremost sopranos of her time.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with Juan-Miguel Hernandez
Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with Juan-Miguel Hernandez
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Parting Wild Horse’s Mane
A unique, multi-disciplined, and all-Canadian event! The members of the Ironwood Quartet are joined by Tai Chi Chuan players including prize-winner Jonathan Krehm, David Robert, and Evonne Tan in a combined ode to the Chinese martial art and to Canadian artistry.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Kids’ Concert: Miró Quartet
One of America’s most celebrated string quartets, the Miró Quartet, takes the stage to teach the ins and outs of the string quartet, in a fun and relaxed environment.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | The Butterfly Project
Puccini’s famous opera, Madama Butterfly, is reimagined by interdisciplinary performer-creator, Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them) into The Butterfly Project 蝶々さんのプロジェクト (or, The Ballad of Chō-Chō san).
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Art of Song Masterclass with Craig Terry
Art of Song Masterclass with Craig Terry
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Miró Quartet
Two superlative pieces from the traditional string quartet repertoire by Haydn and Brahms bookend two exquisite examples of the medium by contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winning American composers.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Cornerstones: Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss
Cornerstones: Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Affairs of the Heart: Fauré, Schubert & Bartók
Songs by Schubert, Fauré, Wolf, Heggie, Smith Moore, Butterworth, R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Messiaen, Britten, John Musto, and Erik Ross
Ella Farlinger, Leandra Dahm, Dante Mullin-Santone, William Salinas-Crosby, Rebecca Golub, Gregory Smith, Mizi Li, Michelle Kim
Toronto Summer Music | Inspired: Mozart, Brahms & Cipullo
Inspired: Mozart, Brahms & Cipullo
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Quotations
The artistic brilliance of the concert hall, blended together with the casual cadence of a living room concert – Artistic Director Jonathan Crow and pianist Philip Chiu are back!
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Chamber Music chat with Kelly Hall-Tompkins
Join acclaimed violinist and TSM Academy Mentor Kelly Hall-Tompkins for a riveting talk on building an entrepreneurial career in the music world.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Kids’ Concert: Chamber Music Galore
Join Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Barry Shiffman (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), and Philip Chiu (piano) as they introduce you to all things chamber music!
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Isidore String Quartet
As 2022 Winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, these up-and-coming artists are on track for worldwide success on the concert hall stage. In tribute to the legendary Juilliard String Quartet, the Isidore String Quartet is “approaching the established as if it were new, and the new as if it were firmly established” with an electrifying program.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Tradition
Music that celebrates a variety of traditions – from central Europe to Iran, from the concert hall to the stage of a Broadway theatre – makes up this exhilarating program. Like so much music by nineteenth-century Czech composer Dvořák, this profound chamber work echoes with the traditional songs and dances of his native land.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Love and Despair: Korngold & Franck
Love and Despair: Korngold & Franck
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Night Garden: Brahms & Kodály
Night Garden: Brahms & Kodály
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with Desmond Hoebig
Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with Desmond Hoebig
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Darkness and Light
Attention string quartet lovers and musical thrill seekers: this concert is for you!
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Metamorphosis
This concert features an exciting lineup of musicians including members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the Rosebud Quartet in a program of powerful works that show off the sheer brilliance of these musicians.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Community Program Showcase
Celebrate the TSM Festival community with a full day of performances that feature TSM Academy Fellows, Mentors, and Community Program Participants.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Finale
The 2023 Metamorphosis Festival comes to a conclusion with our finale concert, featuring Academy Fellows, Festival Artist Mentors, and Community Program participants.
Find out more »October 2023
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Fauré Quartett
The musicians of the Fauré Quartett are pioneers in many ways. After they met during their studies in 1995 in Karlsruhe for the 150th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré, they realized that this combination offered new insights into undiscovered repertoire.
Find out more »The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents Side-by-Side Concert
A special side-by-side event featuring the works of Stravinsky, Enescu, and Menut. Students from the Conservatoire National Superieur de musique de Lyon join with our own string students and faculty, led by visiting professor and international star Marianne Piketty.
Find out more »The Royal Conservatory of Music | U of T presents Contemporary Music Ensemble
“Time Time Time”
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Wallace Halladay, conductor
November 2023
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | 126th Season – Tesla Quartet
The Tesla Quartet is known the world over for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand” (The International Review of Music).
Find out more »March 2024
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | 126th Season – Dominic Desautels
Dominic Desautels, clarinet, with Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, piano, and Zsófia Stefán, bassoon
Find out more »April 2024
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | 126th Season – Francine Kay, piano
Francine Kay was the very first winner of the WMCT Career Development Award (CDA). She has been praised for having “an extraordinary range of colour” (Montreal Gazette) and “poetic brilliance” (Toronto Star).
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