25/26 Concerts

with Turning Point Ensemble and the Bergmann Duo. This programme will be drawing on the music of Spain and Spanish influenced music and will spotlight the premiere of Marcel Bergmann’s new arrangement of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield,  Manuel De Falla’s El amor brujo and Spanish Garland, a piece based on 12 Spanish folk melodies by José Evangelista.  A new piece for […]

The Juno award winning piano quartet from Ontario will be delighting the audience with a charming French programme of piano quartets by Fauré and Saint-Saëns along with a couple of shorter Canadian works the group has commissioned. The musicians (pianist Philip Chiu, violinist Elissa Lee, violist Sheila Jaffé and cellist Trey Lee) are ensemble-in-residence at […]

The Calgary born 20 year old rising star won first prizes at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (2023), the Concours de Genève (2022), the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest (2021), and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition (2020). He will present a programme of pianistic fireworks with pieces by Chopin, Liszt […]

with the John Avison Chamber Orchestra and Leslie Dala, conductor This concert will feature an arrangement of one of Schubert’s most profound and compelling works, Death and the Maiden (originally for string quartet). Another highlight of the programme is Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, a richly textured and elaborate piece that remains a beloved audience favourite. 

An iconic monument of classical music, J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations have delighted and intrigued listeners for centuries. In this performance, Alexander Weimann leads the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in his new arrangement of the Goldberg Variations for a chamber ensemble of winds, strings and harpsichord. Note: There will be a pre-concert chat at 7:15pm with Artistic […]

Bryan Cheng, cello and Silvie Cheng, piano are siblings born in Ottawa and Tokyo to Chinese parents. The Cheng Squared Duo are proud Canadians who also have musical bases in Berlin and New York City. Bryan is a prize winner of international competitions (most recently the Queen Elizabeth in Geneva). They have performed internationally at […]