UPCOMING CONCERTS
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Montrose Trio |Saturday, April 29, 2023
Montrose Trio
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Martin Beaver (Violin), Clive Greensmith (Cello), Jon Kimura Parker (Piano)
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Two Canadian superstars, Jon Kimura Parker and Martin Beaver, together with renowned English cellist Clive Greensmith, share the stage as the Montrose Trio closes CMK’s 2022-23 season. These extraordinary musicians have quickly established a reputation for ensemble performances of the highest distinction.
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker (“one of Canada’s most engaging pianists of the last three decades” – Geoffrey Newman) regularly performs with major North America orchestras, while violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith were previously with the renowned Tokyo String Quartet. The centrepiece of tonight’s concert will be Mendelssohn’s Trio in C minor.
Shayne Gray
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Mendelssohn’s Trio in C minor
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Robert deMaine, cello & Peter Takács, piano |Friday, March 10, 2023
Robert deMaine, cello & Peter Takács, piano
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Robert deMaine, Cello
Peter Takács, Piano
Robert deMaine is an American virtuoso cellist who has been hailed by The New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note.” He is a highly sought-after solo artist and chamber musician, is a frequent guest artist at many of the world’s premier chamber music festivals, and has appeared on great world stages.
Pianist Peter Takács has appeared as guest soloist with major orchestras in the US and abroad, and has performed and recorded the cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas on the Cambria label. DeMaine and Takács have recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for cello and piano, a selection of which will form tonight’s program.
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Skride Piano Quartet |Friday, February 3, 2023
Skride Piano Quartet
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Baiba Skride (violin), Lise Berthaud (Viola), Harriet Krijgh (Cello), Lauma Skride (Piano)
Since its formation in 2016, the Skride Piano Quartet has enjoyed success on three continents with regular performances throughout Europe, North America, and Australia. Recent highlights include performances at the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, the Louvre, Melbourne Recital Centre, Library of Congress, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. This concert presents an opportunity to hear rarely-presented works by master composers performed by four accomplished musicians who have, individually, achieved success at the highest levels.
The Skride Piano Quartet’s first album is available on the Orfeo label, and includes repertoire by Mahler, Mozart, and Brahms.
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Rolston String Quartet |Saturday, December 3, 2022
Rolston String Quartet
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Luri Lee (Violin), Jason Issokson (Violin), Hezekiah Leung (Viola), Peter Eom (Cello)
Chamber Music Kelowna presents Canada’s Rolston String Quartet. According to Toronto Concert Reviews, “They have achieved an elite status among the continent’s finest string quartets.” With their debut recording, “Souvenirs,” recently named BBC Music Magazine’s “recording of the year,” this quartet continues to receive acclamation and recognition of their musical excellence.
The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. The quartet takes its name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the Banff Centre’s Music and Sound Programs. The Rolston Quartet won first prize at the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and is the 2018 recipient and first international ensemble chosen for Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award.
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Charles Richard-Hamelin, Piano |Friday, October 28, 2022
Charles Richard-Hamelin, Piano
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The season opens with a solo piano recital by Charles Richard-Hamelin, who is being recognized as one of the most important musicians of his generation. He is the first Canadian pianist to be a top prizewinner in the Chopin International competition, and has performed with more than fifty ensembles. He has recorded eight albums to date, most recently the second volume of his complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano with Andrew Wan, and a new Chopin recitaleaturing the 24 Preludes, the Andante spianato, and the Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22. This evening’s concert will be an all-Chopin program.
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Chamber Music Kelowna Society
The Chamber Music Kelowna Society’s purpose is to provide the community with opportunities to experience live chamber music in intimate settings as performed by accomplished musicians at all stages of their careers.
What is chamber music?
In chamber music each player or singer has a part all his own: he/she does not play or sing the same part as other performers, as he/she would in a chorus or the string section of an orchestra. A chamber work may be for one person as in a piano sonata, or for as many as twenty, as it’s a work for chamber orchestras or wind ensemble.
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