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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…

  • BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, piano

    BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, piano

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    “He has fingers that seem as though they were made to create rainbows” – Los Angeles Times “Fingers of fire. He is an electric battery”- Le Temps These two quotes say it all. That’s why we’re bringing this Uzbek wonder back. Get ready for goosebumps!   Vivaldi-Bach-Cortot: Siciliana in D minor Bach-Busoni: Toccata and Fugue…

  • DOVER STRING QUARTET with AVI AVITAL, mandolin

    DOVER STRING QUARTET with AVI AVITAL, mandolin

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    The opportunity to present a combination of the “young American quartet of the moment” with the brilliant young Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital was one we couldn’t resist. Neither should you! “Few young American ensembles are as exciting and accomplished as the Dover Quartet” – The New Yorker “Avi Avital is a musician who recognizes no boundaries…

  • ANNA FEDOROVA, piano

    ANNA FEDOROVA, piano

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    Anna Fedorova is one of the world’s premier young pianists. From an early age she demonstrated an innate musical maturity and astounding technical abilities. Her international concert career took off while she was a child, and she has appeared in some of the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, North and South America and Asia.…

  • ISTVÁN VÁRDAI, cello & ZOLTÁN FEJÉRVÁRI, piano

    ISTVÁN VÁRDAI, cello & ZOLTÁN FEJÉRVÁRI, piano

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    Award-winning Hungarian cellist István Várdai is a rising star, performing to great acclaim at major international venues. In 2014, he won the ARD Cello Competition in Munich and a year later captured Hungary’s highest classical music honour, the Liszt Prize. “His playing was commendable for its fluidity and virtuosity, distinguished by both a fleet-fingered lightness…

  • KSENIJA SIDOROVA, accordion

    KSENIJA SIDOROVA, accordion

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    Praised as “superbly subtle and virtuosic” and “an amazingly accomplished artist”, Ksenija Sidorova is the world’s leading ambassador of the accordion. She started playing the instrument at the age of 8 in her hometown of Riga, Latvia, and as she grew older her quest for more exposure to both classical and contemporary repertoire led her…

  • RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, clarinet & PAUL MONTAG, piano

    RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, clarinet & PAUL MONTAG, piano

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    After an early musical education that included piano, violin and cello, Raphaël Sévère took up the clarinet at the age of 8. By the time he was 12, he had won 5 international competitions.  Another Canadian debut not to be missed! “In every register of the clarinet his is a sound of rare beauty and…

  • JEREMY DENK, piano

    JEREMY DENK, piano

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      There is a pre-concert talk at 2.15pm One of America’s most thought-provoking, multi-faceted and compelling artists, pianist Jeremy Denk was awarded a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the 2014 Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year Award. And now we’ve secured his Vancouver debut! “Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you…

  • CAROLINE GOULDING, violin & WENWEN DU, piano

    CAROLINE GOULDING, violin & WENWEN DU, piano

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    By the age of 17, Caroline Goulding had played with the Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic, made a television appearance on NBC’s The TODAY Show, and received a Grammy nomination for her first recording. This performance will be Caroline’s Vancouver debut. “Playing of fantastic style and flair, with an extraordinary virtuosity that always…