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This can be a checklist of live shows we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or serious about attending between January 29 and February 05, 2024. For extra particulars on what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Gryphon Trio | College of Toronto New Music Competition
Monday Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Walter Corridor, Edward Johnson Constructing, College of Toronto. Free.
As a part of the 2024 College of Toronto New Music Competition, Gryphon Trio and visitor artists current a up to date piano trio program with a concentrate on Canadian composers, together with work from this yr’s Roger D. Moore Distinguished Customer, Marjan Mozetich, and John Burge. Information right here.
The Black Fish Ensemble | COC Midday Concert events
Wednesday Jan. 31 at 12 p.m. midday.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 4 Seasons Centre, COC. Free.
The Black Fish Ensemble presents a vibrant, eclectic program on the COC, drawing inspiration from multicultural Toronto, its individuals and their cross-genre synergy. The Black Fish Venture, a multi-disciplinary creation by Keyan Emami, primarily based on the long-lasting Persian kids’s story The Little Black Fish, is to not be missed. Information right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Pines of Rome
Thursday Feb. 01 at 8 p.m., Saturday Feb. 03 at 8 p.m., Sunday Feb. 04 at 3 p.m.
Roy Thomson Corridor. $35+.
Drawing closely from Italian aptitude and drama, Gustavo Gimeno and TSO current perennial favourites, Resphigi’s Pines of Rome, and Roman Competition. Verdi and Rota present additional lyricism and class. Not-to-be-missed, nonetheless, is Luciano Berio’s 4 dédicaces, a set of 4 demanding brief compositions on the top of Berio’s modernist exploration of color and texture- highly effective. Information right here.
COC | Don Giovanni
Friday Feb. 02 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday Feb. 04 at 2 p.m. Additionally Feb. 07, 09, 15, 17 and 24.
4 Seasons Centre. $35+
One among Mozart’s hottest operas, Don Giovanni, returns to COC this February. This co-production of Royal Opera Home, Covent Backyard, Gran Theatre del Liceu, the Israeli Opera and Houston Grand Opera, underneath the director Kasper Holten, is a visible stunner. Gordon Bintner sings the title function, with Anita Hartig (Donna Elvira), Mané Galoyan (Donna Anna), Paolo Bordogna (Leporello), Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio), Simone McIntosh (Zerlina), Joel Allison (Masetto), and David Leigh (Il Commendatore). Information right here.
Tafelmusik | Fantasticus
Friday Feb. 02 at 8 p.m., Saturday Feb. 03 at 8 p.m., Sunday Feb. 04 at 4 p.m.
Jeanne Lamon Corridor, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. $23.50+
Ferocious Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet directs Tafelmusik, in an exploration of the stylus fantasticus, the place expressions and feelings roam wild in virtuosic improvisations, and musical conversations are pushed to the dramatic excessive. Information right here.
TO Reside Presents | Compañía Nacional de Danza: Carmen
Friday Feb. 02 at 8 p.m., Saturday Feb. 03 at 8 p.m.
Meridian Corridor. $55+
Choreographer Jonah Inger, identified for his work with the Nederlands Dans Theater, brings Spain’s Compañía Nacional de Danza, taking Carmen to a brand new depth, the place human physique language and gestures discover the darkish feelings of jealousy and rage, set towards probably the most tender emotions of affection and infatuation. On this manufacturing, three scores are mixed to create a novel musical setting — Bizet, Shchedrin, and Marc Alvarez. Information right here.
Soundstreams | Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Saturday Feb. 03 at 7:30 p.m.,
St. Paul’s Basilica, 83 Energy St., Toronto. 28+, at present offered out with the choice of waitlist
Tõnu Kaljuste returns to Toronto for the sixth time with the famend Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, presenting Arvo Pärt, Palestrina, and music by Estonian/Canadian composer Omar Daniel, primarily based on H.P.Lovecraft’s sonnet, Antarktos. It’s at present offered out, however value getting onto the waitlist. Learn our Preview right here. Information right here.
The Royal Conservatory of Music | Vikingur Ólafsson: The Goldberg Variations
Saturday Feb. 03 at 8 p.m., Sunday Feb 04 at 3 p.m. (Bought out).
Koerner Corridor. $50+.
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, whose 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach album acquired a number of awards, is coming to Toronto to current his newest undertaking: a world tour of the Goldberg Variations, 2023-2024. Feb. 04 is offered out, however the further date, Feb. 03, makes it doable to catch this phenomenon in individual. Information right here.
College of Toronto New Music Competition: U of T Percussion Ensemble: Pillars
Sunday Feb. 04 at 8 p.m., Walter Corridor, College of Toronto. Free.
Pulitzer Prize finalist and GRAMMY-nominated Andy Akiho’s work, Seven Pillars: an 11-part, 80-minute work for percussion quartet, will get its Canadian premiere with U of T Percussion Ensemble. The work’s musical intricacy and bodily technical demand — for people, and the for the ensemble — make this occasion a must-attend. Information right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music research when she determined to keep away from attending medical college. Presently working within the area of classical music, recording, and Korean-English interpretation, she tends to get her nostril soiled in many alternative issues within the metropolis. Cecilia holds a DMA in Piano Efficiency from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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