Toronto Summer Music Festival Presented by: Not Available
Toronto Summer Music presents its 3rd annual Festival of chamber music and opera.
Some of the world’s finest interpretive artists are featured in an interrelated series of concerts programmed around the unifying theme, In the Fire of Conflict, an exploration of the powerful outpourings of artistic expression inspired by social, political and religious conflicts worldwide.
This year, the festival features three new concert series highlighting chamber music, international artists, and a series presenting music together with dance and visual art. Distinguished performers include pianist Anton Kuerti, the Leipzig String Quartet, pianist Menahem Pressler with Alexander Kerr, Roberto Diaz and Paul Watkins, the remarkable young cellist Denise Djokic with one of Canada’s most prominent and innovative dancers Peggy Baker, the Gryphon Trio, Molinari Quartet and a duo recital with Mayumi Seiler and Tünde Kurucz. The Festival opens with a performance of pianistic virtuosity by André Laplante at the historic Carlu.
The four-week festival culminates with four fully-staged performances of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, conducted by Maestra Grossmann with stage direction by Titus Hollweg of Vienna and pre-concert talks with operatic expert Iain Scott. New this year is a three part pre-opera lecture series providing context to the story of Ariadne auf Naxos with Corey Keeble, Domenico Pietropaolo and Bryan Gilliam. A Day at the Opera introduces opera lovers to Ariadne with a performance by master storyteller Clayton Scott, followed by a workshop at the Gardiner Museum and concluding with the final opera performance of the season.
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Starts: Jul 22, 2008
Ends: Aug 17, 2008
At: Edward Johnson Building, U of T, 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto Playing: Sunday Saturday Friday Thursday Wednesday Tuesday
