Young Artist Series 2005
Free noonhour concerts Thursdays at Glenn Gould Studio:
Prizewinning Toronto pianist Dmitri Levkovich launches the series with Preludes by Rachmaninoff, selections by Chopin and Haydn and a virtuoso transcription of The
Beautiful Blue Danube. Find out more.
Ontario pianist Marianna Humetska, winner of the “Virtuosos of the Year 2000” competition in St. Petersburg, returns to Glenn Gould Studio with Schumann’s glittering Symphonic Études and Mikhail Pletnev’s brilliant transcription of movements from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Find out more.
“…sheer élan and pianistic devilment…”
-BBC Music Magazine
Winner of France's 2002 Concours International de Piano 20e siècle d'Orléans and 2003 Honens International Piano Competition Laureate, 27 year-old Winston Choi returns to his home town for his Glenn Gould début. He interweaves Preludes by Messiaen with Fugues by Bach and features Beethoven's Bagatelles Op. 126. Find out more.
Andrew Aarons, piano
Alain Bouvier, violin
Mary-Kathryn Stevens, viola
Lydia Munchinsky, cello
Ontario musicians from Timmins, Aylmer, Toronto and Guelph formed the Veritas Piano Quartet four years ago. These youthful musicians make their Glenn Gould Studio début with piano quartets by Mahler and Fauré. Find out more.
Sylvestre comes armed with many Canadian competition wins, including CBC and Montreal Symphony prizes.
Our previously scheduled performer, Darrett Zusko, is recovering from a fractured bone in his hand. Find out more.
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Julia Wedman, violin
Max Mandel, viola
Carina Reeves, cello
Having won individual acclaim for their playing - "infectious vitality" (Victoria Times), "real character and personality" (The Globe and Mail) - The Kirby Quartet introduce themselves with Mozart's Hunt Quartet, Kelly Marie Murphy's Carol and John Zorn's Cat O'Nine Tails.
First prizewinner at the Johannson International and Holland-America Music Society competitions and new Principal Viola of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Teng Li makes her Toronto recital début with music by Schumann, Bruch, Reger, Vieuxtemps and Weber.
Kerry DuWors, violin
Jenny Thompson, violin
Karen Moffat, viola
John Marshman, cello
With members from the Toronto and Windsor Symphony Orchestras, the Via Salzburg and Brandon Chamber Orchestras, the Rocca Quartet débuts in this series with Mozart's Dissonance Quartet and Shostakovich's Seventh.
Amanda Goodburn, violin
Csaba Koczo, violin
Yosef Tamir, viola
Rafael Hoekman, cello
"Canada is blessed with a number of top-notch trios and quartets. Now you can add another name - The Tokai." (The Toronto Star)
A return visit from this favourite ensemble with Haydn's Op. 77 No 2 and Mozart's K.575.
"Brilliance and power" (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
"Monumental technique wed to a powerful, incisive and informed musical intelligence" (Clavier Magazine)
Windsor pianist Darrett Zusko returns with Mozart's dramatic C minor Fantasia and Sonata and Liszt's knuckle-crunching Sonata.
With Geneviève Gilardeau, violin
Christopher Verrette, violin
Patrick Jordan, viola
Margaret Gay, cello
"The revelation of the concert was the Torontonian lutenist Lucas Harris." (Seattle Post)
In a program titled "The Twilight of the Lute," Lucas Harris presents music by Silvius Weiss, concertos by Hagen and Fasch and even - keeping to a sub-theme of this series - a set of variations on a theme by Mozart.
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