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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 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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…