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FOUR PIANOS Kyung & Michael KimAlexander & Daniel Tselyakov The WSO Chamber Players led by Michelle Mourre Programme: J.H. BACH : Concerti for 1, 2, 3, and 4 Pianos |
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| Kyung and Michael Kim have been piano faculty members at Brandon University ’s School of Music since 2008, where Kyung is currently Adjunct Professor of Piano, and Michael is the School of Music’s current Dean of Music. |  |
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have performed
together regularly as a piano duo since they met in
1998, touring throughout the U.S., Canada, and Korea to critical
acclaim. Formerly piano faculty members at Lawrence
University’s
Conservatory of Music (Appleton, WI), the Kim Duo were annual guests of
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Live From the Chazen and Chicago
WFMT
radio’s
Live From WFMT recital broadcast series, and performing as soloists
with various Midwestern U.S. orchestras. Both winners of numerous competitive awards, and accomplished artists and teachers in their own right, Kyung has appeared as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the U.S., Canada, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Austria, and Hungary, also appearing at the Niagara, Heifetz, Bartok, Salzburg Mozarteum, and Clear Lake summer music festivals. Michael has also toured extensively throughout the Canada, U.S., U.K., and Korea as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician at numerous venues and summer festivals. Kyung holds her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wiconsin at Madison, and Michael his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School of Music in New York. |
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| Alexander Tselyakov has been professor of piano at Brandon University since 2003. During the mid-1980s, Alexander managed teaching at two Russian music institutes in addition to winning awards such as the Tokyo International Piano Competition (1983) and at the famed International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986). He was also appointed concert piano soloist to the Byelorussian State Philharmonic Orchestra. |  |
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1991, Alexander
and his family left Russia for Israel then
immigrated to Canada in 1994, making is Toronto debut in December. He
has performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in
London, The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington), The Centre Culturel
(Paris, France), the International Piano Festival in Istanbul, and
Koffler Centre (Toronto)to name only a few. He is a frequent and always
welcome guest artist on the Virtuosi Concert stage. Daniel Tselyakov has won many scholarships, trophies and awards, including the Phyllis and Dorothy Hotlby Scholarship, the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg Scholarship Competition, and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Young Player Award. He currently studies with his father, Alexander Tselyakov, at Brandon University. Daniel also participated in master classes with Pierre Reach, Michael Kim, Marc André Hamelin, Kyoko Hashimoto, André Laplante and Jamie Parker. By the age of 14, he had performed Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 as a soloist with the Penderecki String Quartet and a world première performance of Canadian composer Jim Hiscott’s ‘Amador’. At 17 years, Daniel became the youngest musician ever to be invited to the Virtuosi stage in the 2008-2009 season. |
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Conductor Michelle Mourre has most recently been the recipient of the 2009 Heinz Unger National Conducting Award, as well as the Jean-Marie Baudet Award in Orchestral Conducting presented by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Currently
the Artistic Director
of the
Brandon Chamber Players, she has distinguished herself as a conductor
of artistic vision and integrity. Prior to her Brandon appointment, she
served for three years as Conductor in Residence of the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra, where she made her mark as a versatile leader and
audience favourite.. Ms. Mourre holds a Master’s Degree in
Orchestral
and Operatic Conducting from Indiana University, where she studied with
Imre Pallo and Thomas Baldner. Recent performances have included her
successful debut appearances with the Toronto Symphony and Symphony
Nova Scotia as well as a return engagement with the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra |
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Select any of our 2010-11 concerts to discover more about the upcoming event, or read all about the concerts that have amazed audiences.
Opening Night!
Saturday, September 25
QUARTET À LA CARTE
The Miro String Quartet
Program
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Critique
Saturday, October 9
AMERICAN PIANISTIC TREASURES
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Program
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Saturday, October 23
FROM PARIS WITH ÉLAN
Zodia Trio
Program
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Saturday, November 6
FROM LECLAIR TO ESTACIO
The
Hoebig/ Moroz Duo
Program
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Concert Critique
Saturday, December 4
FOUR HANDS, ONE HEART
Bax and Chung, Piano Duo
Program
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Saturday, December
11
&
Sunday December 12
THE ENGLISH TOUCH
The WSO Chamber Players
Program
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THE SOUL OF FLAMENCO
Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble
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Saturday,
February 5
SHIMMERING EXPRESSIVENESS
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program
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Saturday,
February 26
ROMANTIC MASTERWORKS
The WSO Chamber Players
Program
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Saturday,
March 19
FROM ENGLAND
Gould Piano Trio
Program
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Saturday, April 9
TWO PIANOS, ONE VISION
Kyung & Michael Kim, Duo Piano
Program
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STRAD AND STEINWAY
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Angela Cheng, piano
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