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UPCOMING CONCERTS

• Viano String Quartet |Friday, April 29, 2022

  Viano String Quartet

  Sponsored by

  

  Artists

  

  Lucy Wang (Violin), Hao Zhou (Violin), Aiden Kane (Viola), Tate Zawadiuk (Cello)

  Chamber Music Kelowna proudly continues to present the winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC).

  Co-laureate of the 2019 BISQC, Viano String Quartet is praised for their “huge range of dynamics, massive sound, and spontaneity” (American Record Guide). They won Grand Prize at the 2019 ENKOR International Music Competition, second prize at the 2019 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition and third prize at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, where they also received the Sidney Griller award for best performance of the compulsory work, The Four Quarters by Thomas Adès, and the Haydn Prize for the best performance of a Haydn string quartet.

  Viano String Quartet was formed in 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where they are Ensemble in Residence through the 2020-21 season. The quartet has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, SOKA Performing Arts Center, and the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts and has performed with world class musicians such as pianists Emanuel Ax and Elisso Virsaladze, violist Paul Coletti, and violinist Martin Beaver.

  This concert is supported, in part, by the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

  

  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Ana Vidovic, Guitar |Friday, March 11, 2022

  Ana Vidovic, Guitar

  Sponsored by

  

  Artists

  

  Ana Vidovic, Guitar

  “Vidovic’s playing is nuanced and intensely personal, both deeply felt and deeply thought.” – Washington Post

  Known for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and thoughtful artistry, Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary performer taking her place amongst the elite musicians touring internationally. Her career to date includes recitals, concerto engagements and festival appearances in Europe’s cultural destinations, such as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Vienna’s Musikverein and King’s Place in London. She has also toured Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Korea and North America.

  Born in Croatia, Ana Vidovic started playing guitar at the age of 5. At the age of 11 she was performing internationally, and at age 13 she became the youngest student to attend the prestigious National Musical Academy in Zagreb where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer. She subsequently graduated from the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, where she studied with the legendary guitarist Manuel Barrueco.

  Ana Vidovic has won an impressive number of prizes, including first prizes in the Albert Augustine International Competition in Bath, England, the Fernando Sor Competition in Rome, Italy and the Francisco Tárrega Competition in Benicàssim, Spain. She has recorded a number of successful CDs and concert DVDs, and has been featured in three television documentaries by the eminent Croatian film director Petar Krelja.

  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Marina Thibeault, Viola & Corey Hamm, Piano |Friday, February 4, 2022

  Marina Thibeault, Viola & Corey Hamm, Piano

  Sponsored by

  

  Artists

  

  Marina Thibault, Viola

  

  Corey Hamm, Piano

  Violist Marina Thibeault’s “plangent tone and expressive phrasing” (The Strad) lends to a great richness in her playing that is on display across genres. Since being named Radio-Canada’s classical “Revelation” for 2016-2017, Marina has delighted audiences across Canada, the United States, and Europe with her elegant, spellbinding performances and engaging presence.

  An accomplished soloist, Marina’s many performance highlights include Berlioz’s Harold in Italy with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal and the North American premiere of Peteris Vasks’s concerto with the Sinfonia Toronto.

  ​Marina’s first album, Toquade, was released in April 2017 on the ATMA label, and was nominated by the ADISQ and Prix Opus for Album of the Year. Her critically acclaimed 2020 JUNO award-nominated album ELLES honours ground-breaking female and non-binary composers from Clara Schumann to the present day. A passionate advocate for women’s rights, Marina has utilized the broad-ranging ELLES project in various iterations to reach out to at-risk women and raise awareness for organizations that support this important cause.

  Pianist Corey Hamm is establishing a unique musical profile. In recent years, he has toured and recorded Frederic Rzewski’s monumental The People United Will Never Be Defeated! His CD won Spotify’s Best Classical Recording 2014. Further recording plans include a CD of works written for him and the complete piano works of Henri Dutilleux.

  Corey Hamm has premiered over 400 solo, chamber, and concerto works including for PEP (Piano and Erhu Project), The Nu:BC Collective, and for Hammerhead Consort.  His three chamber music initiatives have received praise both for their recordings and their artistry.

  Dr. Hamm is an award-winning Professor of Piano at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

  Programs

  • Joseph Haydn: Divertimento (arr. Piatigorsky)

  • Darius Milhaud: Sonata for Viola and Piano Nr. 1, Op. 240

  • INTERMISSION

  • Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus

  • Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Piano

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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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Community Outreach Program

As part of each concert season several of the featured artists will, during their stay, also engage with students in the community. These programs may include master classes, school performances and open rehearsals.

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