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Virtuosi Concerts 2009-10

Select any of our 2009-10 concerts to discover more about the upcoming event, or read all about the concerts that have amazed audiences.

Opening Night!
Saturday, September 12
THE TCHAIKOVSKY WINNER
Sergey Antonov, cello
& Ilya Kazantsev, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, October 3
DREAMS OF TRANSCENDENCE
Ang Li, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, October 17
LYRICISM AND VIRTUOSITY
Jean-Sébastien Roy, violin
& Mathieu Gaudet, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, October 31
FROM MUNICH
Henschel String Quartet
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, November 21
FROM PRAGUE
Zemlinsky String Quartet
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, December 12 & Sunday December 13
BACH BAROQUE FAMILY
The WSO Baroque Chamber Players
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, January 9
FROM SCARLATTI TO SKORYK
Serhiy Salov, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, January 30
THE PASSIONS OF SPAIN
Maria Luz Alvarez, soprano &
The WSO Baroque String Quartet
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, February 6
THE SCHUMANN LETTERS
Susan Gilmour Bailey, soprano;
Michael Kim, piano & Colin Fox, narrator
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Friday, February 19
“CHOPIN, WARSAW AND ME” - FREE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
Kevin Kenner, winner of the 1990 Warsaw International Chopin Competition

Saturday, February 20 & Sunday, February 21
CHOPIN’S 200TH BIRTHDAY
Kevin Kenner, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, February 27
L'AFFAIRE TO REMEMBER
Virtuosi's Fabulous Annual Fundraiser

Saturday, March 6
THE VAN CLIBURN WINNER
Alex Kobrin, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, March 20
THE SOLO VIOLIN VIRTUOSO
Jonathan Crow, violin
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

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Saturday, March 6, 8pm

THE VAN CLIBURN WINNER

Alex Kobrin, piano

Born in Moscow in 1980, Alexander Kobrin began piano studies with Professor Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin Special Music School when he five. In 2003 he graduated from the Moscow Consevatory, where he studied under the late Professor L. Naumov. In June 2005, Alexander Kobrin was awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Immediately following this announcement, Kobrin began his first tour to the United States including recitals at Bass Hall for the Cliburn Series, the Washington Performing Arts Society, and further debuts at La Roque d’Antheron, Ravinia Festival, Beethoven Easter Festival, Hannover Prize Winners Series, Turner Sims and at the renowned Klavier-Festival Ruhr.

Programme: HAYDN Sonata in D major Hob 16 No 37, Sonata in B minor Hob 16, No 34; CHOPIN 4 Impromtus: No 1 in A flat major, Op 29, No 2 in F sharp major, Op 36, No 3 in G flat major, Op 51, No 4 "Fantaisie" in C sharp minor, Op 66; BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op 5

Upcoming Concerts

Season Finale!

Saturday, March 20, 8pm

The Solo Violin Virtuoso

Jonathan Crow, violin

“A sweet, singing violin tone that seduces the ear. He played ravishingly.” (New York Times)

Born in Prince George in 1977, Jonathan Crow began the Suzuki violin method at age six and continued studies at the Prince George Music School. When he was fifteen, Jonathan studied at the Victoria Conservatory of Music with Sydney Humphreys and attended the Banff Centre Master Class Program. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Honours Performance from McGill University, studying with Yehonatan Berick.

Mr. Crow joined the Montreal Symphony at the age of 19 as Associate Principal Second Violin, and won the Associate Concertmaster chair 5 months later. He was appointed Concertmaster in 2002, a position he held until 2006, becoming the youngest Concertmaster to lead a major North American orchestra. Jonathan is currently Head of Strings and Assistant Professor of Violin at McGill University.

Programme: BACH, Partita No. 3 in E major, PROKOFIEFF Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 115; ECKHARDT-GRAMATÉ Selected Caprices; BEN-HAIM Sonata in G for Solo Violin; YSAYE Sonata No 3 "Ballade"