Events
Games of the Night Wind CD launch
May 15th; 7:30pm - Canadian Music Centre
Chalmers Performance Space 20 St. Joseph Street Toronto, ON M4Y 1J9 Canada + Google Map Phone: 416-961-6601 x201
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Games of the Night Wind[/caption]
Admission is free
Kindred Spirits Orchestra “War and Peace”
October 21st; 8:00pm - Flato Markham Theatre -
171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, Ontario
Inspired by Maurice Maeternick’s essay “The Life of Bees”, Stravinsky’s Scherzo fantastique uses extensive chromatic constructs to depict life and activity in a hive of bees. For the 110th anniversary of the composers birth,
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Christina Petrowska Quilico with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra[/caption]
Liturgique” was composed shortly after the Second World War; with movements titled after liturgical topics, Honegger’s extensive commentary describes the work as a reflection on the horrors of war and the desire for peace.Kristian Alexander | conductor
Christina Petrowska Quilico | pianist
Daniel Vnukowski | host
7:10 p.m. Prélude: pre-concert recital
7:20 p.m. Pre-concert talk
Intermission discussion and Q&A with Christina Petrowska Quilico and Daniel Vnukowski.War and Peace
Post-concert reception
Christina & Louis Quilico Awards 2023
February 6th; 5:30pm - Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre
Queen and John Street, Toronto
Toronto, January 31, 2023 - The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the sixth biennial Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, a vocal competition featuring the rising young stars of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. This event marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the prize.
The competition will take place on February 6, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, as part of the COC’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Presented by TD Bank Group. The competition will be adjudicated by a panel composed of Perryn Leech, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, Steven Philcox, Canadian collaborative pianist, and Carolyn Sproule, Canadian mezzo-soprano. The young artists featured in the February 6th competition will perform for cash prizes, singing one aria of their choice and another selected by the judges.
“Louis had wanted to establish this (award) before he died,” says Christina Petrowska Quilico. “It was really his vision to help young opera singers. Launching an award was something we could do to leave a legacy in memory of Louis’ success as a singer and as a support to future generations.”
Past winners include Rihab Chaieb (former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program and 2018 Operalia Third Prize winner), Emily D’Angelo (winner of the 2022 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Solo Artist, 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Finals, and 2018 Operalia winner of the First Prize, Zarzuela Prize, Birgit Nilsson Prize, and Audience Prize), and Claire de Sévigné (JUNO Award nominee for Classical Album of the Year).
This event is free and open to the public, with doors opening at 5 p.m. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, and is limited.
Admission is free
Aspects of Love: Florence Price piano concerto with the York Ensemble
March 25th; 7:30pm - St. Paul's Anglican, Newmarket
227 Church St. Newmarket, ON L3Y 4C5
"Aspects of Love"
Musical inspiration comes in many forms, but none is so compelling as the influence of love. Join the York Chamber Ensemble on March 25, 2023 at 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Anglican, Newmarket, and explore the Aspects of Love. Highlighting world-renowned pianist and Member of the Order of Canada, Christina Petrowska Quilico, Music Director Michael Berec conducts the ensemble in a concert featuring the music of Bach, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, and the ground-breaking African-American composer Florence Price. Music Director: Michael Berec
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concert poster[/caption]
https://yorkchamberensemble.ca/