UPCOMING CONCERTS
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Montrose Trio |Saturday, April 29, 2023
Montrose Trio
Sponsored by
Artists
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.
Programs
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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
Sponsored by
Artists
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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Marmen Quartet |Sunday, February 5, 2023
Marmen Quartet
Our Artistic Director, Patricia Tao, will be giving a pre-concert talk at 1 pm in the Salloum Room.
Sponsored by
Artists
Johannes Marmen, violin, Laia Valentin Braun, violin, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, viola, Sinéad O’Halloran, cello
CMK will present 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) co-winners the Marmen Quartet on Sunday February 5 at 2:00 pm, in the Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. The Quartet has now added Kelowna to its 2023 winter/spring tour along with engagements at the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall, and performances in Switzerland, Israel, and Sweden.
Formed in 2013 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Marmen Quartet has quickly established a reputation for the courage, vitality and commitment of its performances and is recognized as one of the most impressive and engaging new talents in the chamber music arena. 2019 marked a year of significant achievement for the Quartet, with First Prizes at both the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Banff International String Quartet Competition, where they were also awarded the Haydn and Canadian Commission prizes. Other accolades include first prize at the Royal Overseas League Competition (2018) and awards at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition.
For our subscribers and single-ticket holders, your tickets for the now-cancelled February 3 concert will be honoured for the new event. If the change of date prevents you from attending you may return your tickets to the RCA box office for a refund or a donation credit.
Programs
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Haydn
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Quartet in C major, Op. 50, no. 2
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Bartok
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String Quartet No. 4
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Beethoven
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Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
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About our society
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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CMK’s Education Outreach
Our Society always has one eye on the future of classical music, encouraging the development of the performers of tomorrow. We are grateful for the partnership of the Central Okanagan Foundation in all these efforts.
In addition to the Arnold Draper Fund for Young Artists, Chamber Music Kelowna supports aspiring musicians through collaboration with the Kelowna Kiwanis Festival. Endowment funds held on our behalf by the Central Okanagan Foundation, particularly the George Hyde Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, generate the income with which we are able to offer this support to young musicians.
In the coming season, we will be expanding our outreach efforts in musical education. A number of our visiting artists have agreed to offer a master class during their visit to Kelowna, which CMK will organize and facilitate; these are of great interest and benefit to the young artists in our midst. Many of our Concerts in the Community this past season featured young local musicians who have grown and flourished in Kelowna’s fertile musical community, in which we are very proud to play an important part. This season, CMK is also launching a new program in collaboration with the Kelowna Community Music School to provide free admission to a number of students for each of our concerts. We are very grateful for the support of Petraroia Langford LLP who have made this education outreach effort possible.
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