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Sinfonia Toronto and Conductor Nurhan Arman will open the orchestra’s 10th anniversary season. The concert, titled Mozart in Love will feature the brilliant Canadian pianist Angela Park in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9.

Pianist Angela Park has established herself as one of Canada's leading young musicians. Equally accomplished in both solo and chamber music experience, Angela's versatility has led to continued success in performances across Canada, as well as in parts of the United States, Europe, and Mexico.

Born in London, Ontario, Angela began her musical studies at the age of three. With the guidance of James Anagnoson, she went on to become the youngest Gold Medal winner of the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music, as well as consistent recipient of numerous awards and prizes at the Ontario Provincial Festivals, Canadian National Music Festival, and the Canadian Music Competitions.

Angela has won the Grand Prize at the 2001 Grace Welsh Prize for Piano in Chicago, and fifth prize at the 2003 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. In 2006 Angela was the only Canadian representative and recipient of a prize at the Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary. Most recently, she obtained a medal at the 2007 Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona.

Angela has performed as soloist with Orchestra London Canada, Sinfonia Toronto, Canadian Sinfonietta, the UWO Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her live performances have been recorded and broadcast on CBC National Radio and on National Public Radio in the United States.

The Mozart in Love’program will also include Elgar’s beloved Serenade and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence.

There will be a free post-concert reception, giving audience members a chance to meet the orchestra members, conductor and soloist.

Getting there: To get to Grace Church by public transport, use the subway to get to the St. Clair station on the Yonge line. Transfer to the streetcar and travel west on St. Clair to Russell Hill Road. Then walk north 2 blocks to Lonsdale Road. Or travel to the St. Clair West station and use the streetcar to travel east to the corner of Russell Hill and St. Clair. On weekdays only, the Forest Hill bus leaves the St. Clair West station every 20 minutes and travels north on Spadina, stopping at the corner of Lonsdale one block from the church. Parking can be found on-street at most times of day. Paid parking is available on Lonsdale, and free parking on Russell Hill southbound weekdays and weekends, or northbound after business hours on weekdays. On Sunday, the parking places in front of Bishop Strachan School on the northeast corner of Lonsdale are also available for use by churchgoers.

For more information contact: Margaret Chasins
Phone: 416-499-0403
Email: sinfoniatoronto@sympatico.ca

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