Subscription Package: Classic Afternoons Series at the Playhouse

  • FILIPPO GORINI, piano (CANCELLED)

    FILIPPO GORINI, piano (CANCELLED)

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    Since winning both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Beethoven Competition in Bonn in 2015, Italian pianist Filippo Gorini’s career has gone from strength to strength. His performances in many of Europe’s prestigious concert halls have earned him unanimous critical acclaim. After graduating with honours from the Donizetti Academy in Bergamo, and…

  • ANDREA LUCCHESINI, piano (CANCELLED)

    ANDREA LUCCHESINI, piano (CANCELLED)

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    Trained under the guidance of Maria Tipo, Andrea Lucchesini garnered international recognition at a very young age, and made his Canadian debut for the VRS at the Playhouse in 1986. He returned no less than three times in the following seasons and — after a rest of 28 years — we brought him back to…

  • STEVEN OSBORNE AND PAUL LEWIS, piano four hands

    STEVEN OSBORNE AND PAUL LEWIS, piano four hands

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    What can we say? These brilliant Brits have become two of our very favourite people! They entered the VRS’s orbit in the years 2000 and 2001; since then, they have returned to our stage many times for both solo and chamber music recitals. To have both of them here performing at the same time (and…

  • DORIC STRING QUARTET & MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, piano

    DORIC STRING QUARTET & MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, piano

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    Not since the days of the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival have we had the privilege of bringing artists together for the first time to make music together. These musicians are well known to and loved by VRS audiences, and we look forward to the energy and synergy this will bring to their performance. SIBELIUS: Quartet…

  • Z.E.N. TRIO

    Z.E.N. TRIO

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    Z.E.N. is an acronym of the first name initials of these three talented young artists. Pianist Zhang Zuo (also known as “Zee Zee”) and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan have both made appearances on our Next Generation Series. They were introduced to violinist Esther Yoo through the BBC’s New Generation Artists Scheme in 2015, and found that they…