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  • PAUL LEWIS, piano

    PAUL LEWIS, piano

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    VRS audiences have had the opportunity to witness Paul Lewis’ rise to fame since he first performed in Vancouver in 2001. He is now regarded as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. Of Paul’s recordings of the complete Beethoven sonatas, Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times wrote, “There…

  • BENJAMIN BEILMAN, violin & YEKWON SUNWOO, piano

    BENJAMIN BEILMAN, violin & YEKWON SUNWOO, piano

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    Recipient of a 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a 2012 London Music Masters Award, Benjamin Beilman is one of his generation’s fastest rising stars. “Mr. Beilman’s handsome technique, burnished sound and quiet confidence showed why he has come so far so fast” – The New York Times   Schubert:…

  • HARRIET KRIJGH, cello & MAGDA AMARA, piano

    HARRIET KRIJGH, cello & MAGDA AMARA, piano

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    Twenty-four year old Dutch cellist Harriet Krijgh is one of today’s most exciting and promising young cellists. Harriet was chosen for the “Rising Stars” series of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) in the 2015-16 Season, having been nominated by the Musikverein Vienna and the Konzerthaus Vienna. “Recording three solo CDs before you are 23…

  • IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor & WENWEN DU, piano

    IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor & WENWEN DU, piano

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    After the success of their riveting performance of Schubert’s Winterreise on our 2014-15 Season, Ian Bostridge and Wenwen Du return to our stage to perform an artfully curated program of songs exploring the music and poetry of the Great War. The program ranges from songs by soldier composers George Butterworth and Ivor Gurney to Britten’s…

  • MARK PADMORE, tenor & PAUL LEWIS, piano

    MARK PADMORE, tenor & PAUL LEWIS, piano

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      Pre-concert talk at 2.15pm Mark Padmore has established a flourishing career in opera, concert and recital.  His performances in Bach’s Passions have garnered particular notice throughout the world. Paul Lewis is one of the VRS’ brightest discoveries and most regular visitors. Mark and Paul have performed and recorded Schubert’s Schwanengesang and Die Schöne Müllerin,…

  • LEIF OVE ANDSNES, piano

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES, piano

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      There is a pre-concert talk at 2.15pm   Since making his Canadian debut on this series at the age of 22, this celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide for his stellar performances and award-winning recordings. Over the years, his appearances for the VRS — either solo, or with Ian Bostridge or Christian Tetzlaff…

  • APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET

    APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET

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    The members of the Apollon Musagète Quartet were selected by BBC Radio 3 as 2012-13 New Generation Artists, and by the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein as 2010-11 Rising Stars. In January 2014, the ensemble won a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Hear this marvelous Polish quartet in its Canadian debut. “Clever programming and stylish interpretation –…

  • TETZLAFF TRIO

    TETZLAFF TRIO

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      There is a pre-concert talk at 2.15pm   Despite their very busy individual careers, the three musicians who comprise this trio — pianist Lars Vogt, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff — get together whenever time permits to play the Piano Trio repertoire.  We are delighted to have secured a date on one…

  • BROWN-URIOSTE-CANELLAKIS TRIO

    BROWN-URIOSTE-CANELLAKIS TRIO

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    Elena Urioste, violin Michael Brown, piano Nicholas Canellakis, cello Pianist Michael Brown, violinist Elena Urioste and cellist Nicholas Canellakis have established themselves as three of the most sought-after young virtuosos on the music scene today. Winners, individually, of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, BBC New Generation Artist Scheme, and the Sphinx and Concert Artist Guild…

  • RICHARD GOODE, piano

    RICHARD GOODE, piano

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    Hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, Richard Goode has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. Last heard on this series in 2007, he makes a welcome return to perform a program of Bach. “One of the greatest American pianists of this or any…