Season: 2016-2017

  • WINTERLUDE: SUITE SATURDAY with JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS

    WINTERLUDE: SUITE SATURDAY with JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS

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    Jean-Guihen Queyras’ recording of the Bach Solo Suites for Cello stands among the very best. This is your opportunity to hear him perform all six suites LIVE in the intimate environs of the Annex. As the Annex is a small and intimate venue, tickets for Suite Saturday will initially be available only to those purchasing…

  • WINTERLUDE: SUPER SUNDAY with ALEXANDER MELNIKOV

    WINTERLUDE: SUPER SUNDAY with ALEXANDER MELNIKOV

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    With his enormously diverse range of repertoire, Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is in demand both as a soloist and chamber musician. At the VRS, we have enjoyed hearing him in both formats. These two Sunday performances offer the pleasure of hearing him on his own – in the afternoon – and in collaboration with Jean-Guihen…

  • WINTERLUDE: SUPER SUNDAY with JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS

    WINTERLUDE: SUPER SUNDAY with JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS

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    With his enormously diverse range of repertoire, Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is in demand both as a soloist and chamber musician. At the VRS, we have enjoyed hearing him in both formats. These two Sunday performances offer the pleasure of hearing him on his own – in the afternoon – and in collaboration with Jean-Guihen…

  • JAVIER PERIANES, piano

    JAVIER PERIANES, piano

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    Since his first appearance for the VRS in 2008 — with a return engagement in 2009 — Javier Perianes’ career has flourished, taking him to the world’s most prestigious venues. We are delighted to welcome this Spanish “poet of the piano” back to our concert stage after an absence of seven years. “A pianist of…

  • FLORIAN BOESCH, baritone, MIAH PERSSON, soprano & MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano

    FLORIAN BOESCH, baritone, MIAH PERSSON, soprano & MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano

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    Austrian baritone Florian Boesch, one of today’s foremost Lieder interpreters, makes a welcome return to the VRS stage — this time with Swedish soprano Miah Persson. This is the first duo vocal recital in the history of the VRS with the added benefit of the wonderful Malcolm Martineau at the keyboard. Not to be missed!…

  • DANISH STRING QUARTET

    DANISH STRING QUARTET

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    Following an electrifying sold-out performance on our Next Generation Series at the Vancouver Playhouse in 2014, the Danish String Quartet went on to conquer the North American scene. They’ve earned rave reviews and return engagements. This is one of them. “A concert that was as comprehensively rewarding as any chamber- music performance in recent memory……

  • BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano

    BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano

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    Since bursting on to the music scene in 2004 at the age of 11, Benjamin Grosvenor has become an internationally regarded pianist and is now one of the world’s most sought after young musicians. This is Benjamin’s third appearance for the VRS and his first at the Chan Centre. “The darling of British pianophiles since…

  • MURRAY PERAHIA, piano

    MURRAY PERAHIA, piano

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    Murray Perahia’s place among the great pianists of our time is not disputed. “Poetic and tender” and “scrupulous musicianship and elegance” perfectly describe his particular kind of magic. Each and every performance is a revelation. “Perahia’s virtuosity, never fussy, narcissistic or quirky, generates a heightened sense of drama in whatever he plays. At 67, his gifts…

  • 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…