Season: 2015-2016

  • 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…

  • MAXIMILIAN HORNUNG, cello & BENJAMIN ENGELI, piano

    MAXIMILIAN HORNUNG, cello & BENJAMIN ENGELI, piano

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    With his striking musicality, instinctive stylistic certainty and musical maturity, this young German cellist is taking the international music scene by storm. Don’t miss his Canadian debut with pianist, Benjamin Engeli. “Hornung seems to come from another planet” — Die Zeit SCHUMANN: 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op.102 BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A…

  • 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 –…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…