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Meet violist, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, and viol

Meet violist, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, and violinist Jonathan Crow, two of the many Chamber Music Institute Mentors that will make up the 2023 Festival. Read more about them here!

The Chamber Music Institute will run from July 3rd-29th, and applications close on January 17th, 2023. 🎼🎻

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Introducing our Chamber Music Institute Mentors fo

Introducing our Chamber Music Institute Mentors for the 2023 Festival!

New Orford String Quartet
🎻 Jonathan Crow, violin
🎻 Andrew Wan, violin
🎻 Sharon Wei, viola
🎻 Brian Manker, cello

Miró Quartet
🎻 Daniel Ching, violin
🎻 William Fedkenheuer, violin
🎻 John Largess, viola
🎻 Joshua Gindele, cello

Strings
🎻 Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
🎻 Jennifer Frautschi, violin
🎻 Barry Shiffman, violin/viola
🎻 Yura Lee, violin/viola
🎻 Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
🎻 Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
🎻 Desmond Hoebig, cello
🎻 Matthew Zalkind, cello
🎻 Ani Aznavoorian, cello

Piano
🎹 Michelle Cann, piano
🎹 Philip Chiu, piano
🎹 Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano

The Chamber Music Institute program will run from July 3rd-29th, 2023. Head to our website to read more about these artists! #tsm2023 #metamorphosis #chambermusicinstitute

Introducing our Art of Song Mentors for the 2023 F

Introducing our Art of Song Mentors for the 2023 Festival!

🎼 Ana María Martínez, soprano
🎹 Craig Terry, piano
🎹 Steven Philcox, piano

The Art of Song program will run from July 3rd-15th, 2023. Head to our website to read more about these artists! #tsm2023 #metamorphosis #artofsong

Emerging Artist Program Applications NOW OPEN! T

Emerging Artist Program Applications NOW OPEN!

The TSM Academy – Emerging Artist Program is designed for musicians who are launching their professional careers. Academy Fellows receive advanced training and mentorship from internationally acclaimed artists from across Canada, the United States, and Europe. The Emerging Artist Program provides unique educational opportunities for chamber musicians and singers from 18 to 35 years old.

The program balances study and performance: Fellows participate in one-on-one coaching, self-directed ensemble rehearsals, group mentoring, and masterclasses. Performance opportunities include TSM Festival Mainstage concerts, special events, and our popular ReGeneration Concert Series, in which the Academy Fellows perform on stage with their mentors. All Academy Fellows will receive a full fellowship covering tuition.

The program consists of 2 streams: the Chamber Music Institute (for string players and pianists), and the Art of Song Program (for singers and pianists). Stay tuned over the coming weeks for the introduction of the mentors for these programs.

Applications are due January 17th, 2023.

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Huge congratulations and best of luck to Jonathan

Huge congratulations and best of luck to Jonathan Mak @bigmakjonathan, who will be competing as one of the three finalists of the @osmconcerts Competition on Saturday. He will have the chance to perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 on stage alongside OSM musicians. Jonathan was a Chamber Music Institute Fellow at the 2022 Festival.

We're sending you all our best wishes for your performance!
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SAVE THE DATE JULY 6 - JULY 29, 2023 Classical mu

SAVE THE DATE
JULY 6 - JULY 29, 2023

Classical music is constantly transforming with each generation of artist and each spark of inspiration. Our 2023 Festival, Metamorphosis, will explore the great chamber works of old, while looking to the future of the genre as it evolves: an exhilarating mix of creativity and brilliance performed by insightful masters and the next generation of bold virtuosity. From Mainstage concerts to Kids concerts, we have something for everyone!

Stay tuned for full 2023 Festival details over the coming months!
#tsm2023 #metamorphosis

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Best of luck to Matthew Li, bass, who is singing i

Best of luck to Matthew Li, bass, who is singing in the Canadian Opera Company's Centre Stage Competition on Thursday evening. Matthew was an Art of Song Fellow in the 2019 Festival. It's so great watch our Fellows go on and do fantastic things. Toi Toi Toi Matthew!

Our friends at Echo Chamber present “A World Tra

Our friends at Echo Chamber present “A World Transformed”, on October 29th and 30th, 8 PM at Theatre Passe Muraille. Tickets are available at www.echochambertoronto.com.

"A World Transformed” is based on the tragic story of Matthew Shepard, the young man from Wyoming who was brutally murdered because of his sexuality. Through contemporary dance, song and spoken word, "A World Transformed” depicts this historically pivotal story through the lens of both Matthew and his mother Judy Shepard, who today is still one of the leading voices fighting for 2SLGBTQ+ rights.

Choreographed by William Yong and Laurence Lemieux, with tenor Marcel d'Entremont, mezzo-soprano Andrea Ludwig, pianists Jeanie Chung and Dakota Scott-Digout, violinist Aaron Schwebel and dancers Zachary Cardwell, Evan Webb, Brayden Cairns and Johanna Bergfelt.

Musical program and text selections curated by Marcel d'Entremont.

Today we're looking at photos from the beautiful K

Today we're looking at photos from the beautiful Koerner Hall.

We had three special events here: Opening Night, Dover Quartet, and Inspirations which featured soprano Karina Gauvin, and the TSM Festival Orchestra under the baton of Nicolas Ellis. It is always a treat to see and hear music being made in such a hall!

Photo credits: @barcareulle @luckytang_photos

This week, we'll look at some photos from our Main

This week, we'll look at some photos from our Mainstage Concerts!

13 of the Mainstage Concerts from this year's Festival were hosted in Walter Hall, at the University of Toronto. Pictured here we have A Literary Affair, Nosky & Bagan: Baroque Splendour, Kleztory, and Tony Yike Yang. Stay tuned to see some Koerner Hall photos.

Photo credits: @barcareulle @luckytang_photos

Some of the busiest, yet most rewarding days of th

Some of the busiest, yet most rewarding days of the Festival were our ReGeneration Concert Saturdays! We saw our Art of Song and Chamber Music Institute Fellows perform alongside their Mentors on the Walter Hall stage each week! The Academy is an integral part of the Festival and has developed into an elite training program for emerging singers, collaborative pianists, and chamber string musicians.

Chamber Music Fellows Kyung Ah, David, and Serena are pictured here with their Mentor Camden Shaw of the Dover Quartet, followed by Art of Song Fellows Alexandra and Rebecca.

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Today we're remembering how exciting our Free Kids

Today we're remembering how exciting our Free Kids Concerts were! We had two during the Festival, with over 500 audience members in attendance. These groups had the opportunity to learn about the ins and outs of the string quartet, as well as the life of opera singers. Both of these shows were hosted by the fabulous and electrifying Joanna Kellam!

In this video we see Joanna leading the Festival Cheer at the Kids Concert with Dover Quartet.

The Free Kids concerts were generously supported by TD Ready Commitment.