Camerata Nova – Ross Brownlee, Conductor Maria Luz Alvarez, soprano Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players A rich program of chamber music, with arias featuring renowned soprano Maria Luz Alvarez, a cappella choral pieces and works for choir and strings – a wide range of repertoire by the early music “greats” such as Victoria, Gabrieli, Byrd [...]
Ying String Quartet Ayano Ninomiya & Janet Ying, violins; Phillip Ying, viola & David Ying, cello We are proud to conclude the Virtuosi season with one of the world’s great ensembles – the Ying String Quartet – now making their Winnipeg debut, performing quartets of Arensky, Shostakovich and Beethoven. “An astonishing performance of exaltation and [...]
Amelia Piano Trio Anthea Kreston, violin; Jason Duckles, cello & Andrew Armstrong, piano In their early years, these artists were mentored by Isaac Stern. As an ensemble, they make music that is “daring, lively and completely engrossing” —Seattle Times “You just don’t hear better chamber music playing than this” —San Diego Reader. They perform piano [...]
Georgy Tchaidze, piano Cecilia String Quartet Min-Jeong Koh & Sarah Nematallah, violins; Caitlin Boyle, viola & Rachel Desoer, cello The Canadian and Russian Gold Medallists of the world’s foremost international music competitions, on their winners’ tour. Program TBA. • $33/15
The Attacca Quartet replaces the Cyprien Katsaris recital Attacca Quartet Amy Schroeder & Keiko Tokunaga, violins; Luke Fleming, viola & Andrew Yee, cello The Attacca Quartet is the hottest classical ensemble in New York – now performing all 68 Haydn string quartets on a special series they created in that city. They fly in to [...]
Rolf Schulte, violin, & James Winn, piano “Rolf Schulte is one of the most distinguished violinists of our day” —Andrew Porter, New Yorker. He returns to Winnipeg to perform a special program of works by Janáček, Ravel, Stravinsky, Schubert, and Beethoven’s Sonata in G. • $33/15
Trio Micheletti Véronique Mathieu, violin, André Micheletti, cello & Jasmin Arakawa, piano The artists of this new international piano trio are from Canada, Brazil and Japan, and all three are completing their doctorates at Indiana University. They bring an international program of Latin composers – Piazzolla/Argentina, Fernandes/Brazil, Moleiro/Venezuela, Arbos/Spain – and Beethoven too. • $33/15
Peter Vinograde, piano Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players The genius of Mozart shines in his magnificent Piano Concerto No.9 —Jeunehomme, “the first unequivocal masterpiece of the classical style” according to the eminent pianist and prolific writer Charles Rosen. Peter Vinograde’s 2008 all-Bach concert with the WSO Players was “the best live performance this reviewer has [...]
Adam Aleksander, Pianist This is a change from the original brochure Critics have hailed Adam Aleksander’s playing as having “rare finesse…gorgeous sonority and nimble fingers…generous of feeling, mood and tonal resources” (Cleveland Plain Dealer); Born in Edmonton, Canada, Adam Aleksander has been performing to the acclaim of audiences worldwide since his debut with orchestra at [...]
Ensemble Made In Canada Elissa Lee violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello & Angela Park, piano Canada’s pre-eminent piano quartet gave our 2007 audience “a dazzling performance” —Winnipeg Free Press. “The Ensemble’s energy and depth is breathtaking” —Anton Kuerti, pianist. They return by popular demand with quartets by Mozart and Brahms, and Virtuosi’s first [...]
