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You can now purchase single tickets to all concert

You can now purchase single tickets to all concerts at the 2026 Festival! With over three weeks of performances featuring renowned artists worldwide, there's something for everyone at this year's Festival!

Passes and tickets are sold exclusively through the Royal Conservatory of Music Weston Family Box Office. Festival passes are available to purchase by calling the Weston Family Box Office at 416-408-0208 or in person at 273 Bloor St. West. You can save up to 25% with a festival pass!

Single tickets are available to purchase in person, by phone, or online on our website.
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INTRODUCING: violist Sharon Wei! "Canadian vio

INTRODUCING: violist Sharon Wei!

"Canadian violist Sharon Wei is a dynamic and multifaceted musician, establishing herself as one of the most respected violists on the scene today. She has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras such as Symphony of the Redwoods, Kingston Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto, Orchestra of Southern Utah, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, and in 2022, premiered Richard Mascall’s Ziigwan viola concerto with Indigenous Elder John Rice as narrator with the London Symphonia. As a chamber musician, she regularly takes part at international festivals such as Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Marlboro Music, Prussia Cove (UK), Banff, Seattle, Giverny (France), and Ravinia (Chicago). Sharon has performed with renowned musicians including James Ehnes, Benjamin Appl, Marion Newman, Gary Hoffman, Claude Frank, Joseph Silverstein, James Campbell, and the Amernet and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Performances in 2022-2023 include a Musicians from Marlboro tour in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Perelman Theater in Philadelphia, and the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the premiere of a new string trio by Reena Esmail in Thailand at the International Viola Festival in June 2023. "

You can read more about Sharon on our website and check out her performances at the 2026 Festival!
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Have you ever been curious about who brings the TS

Have you ever been curious about who brings the TSM Festival to life? Our incredible staff (pictured here) works year-round to make the music, moments, and memories possible! Head to our website to see more photos from our recent Staff Photoshoot!

From L-R:
Jennifer Mak, Academy Director
William Fedkenheuer, Artistic Director
Sarah Mole, Communications & PR Manager
Vanessa J. Goymour, Executive Director
Cait Wood, Development Manager
Claire Heinrichs, Operations Manager

Photos: Shayne Gray (@shaynegrayphotography)
Makeup: Nicole Soo (@nicolesoo_mua)
Hair: Jaime Donnelly (@jaimedstylist)
Styled & Coordinated: LIZPR (@lizprstyle)

INTRODUCING: a familiar face to TSM, violinist Jon

INTRODUCING: a familiar face to TSM, violinist Jonathan Crow!

"A native of Prince George, British Columbia, Jonathan currently resides in Toronto where he has served as Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 2011. An avid chamber musician, Jonathan Crow has performed at chamber music festivals throughout North America, South America, and Europe including the Banff, Ravinia, Orford, Domaine Forget, Seattle, Montréal, Ottawa, Incontri in Terra di Sienna, Alpenglow, Festival Vancouver, Pernambuco (Brazil), Giverny (France), and Strings in the Mountains festivals. He is a founding member of the JUNO Award-winning New Orford String Quartet, a project-based new ensemble dedicated to the promotion of standard and Canadian string quartet repertoire throughout North America. As an advocate of contemporary music, he has premiered works by Canadian composers Michael Conway Baker, Eldon Rathburn, Barrie Cabena, Gary Kulesha, Tim Brady, Francois Dompierre, Ana Sokolovic, Marjan Mozetich, Christos Hatzis, Ernest MacMillan, and Healey Willan. Jonathan served as Artistic Director of TSM from 2016-2025."

You can read more about Jonathan on our website, and check out his performances at the 2026 Festival!
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INTRODUCING: cellist Estelle Choi! "Born and r

INTRODUCING: cellist Estelle Choi!

"Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, cellist Estelle Choi has garnered top prizes as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She has gained international recognition as a founding member of the Calidore String Quartet, an ensemble that celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2020. Praised by the New York Times for its “deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct,” the Calidore won the Grand-Prize of the 2016 M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition. As a member of the Calidore, Choi is an Avery Fisher Career Grant winner, recipient of the Lincoln Center Emerging Artist award, BBC 3 New Generation Artist, and Borletti-Buitoni Trust recipient. Choi and the Calidore are members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and alumni of the Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two). Choi’s artistry with the Calidore has been broadly praised by critics like Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times who wrote that “her tone is rich, deep, and powerful, giving the impression that music and the room are a single living being.” Choi studied with John Kadz in Calgary, Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music, and Ronald Leonard at the Colburn Conservatory. She instructed cello performance and chamber music at the University of Houston. With the Calidore, Choi teaches and performs at the University of Delaware. She holds a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor and Artist Diploma from the Colburn Conservatory of Music. "

You can read more about Estelle on our website, and check out her performances at the 2026 Festival!
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Welcome to the 2026 Toronto Summer Music Festival!

Welcome to the 2026 Toronto Summer Music Festival! This summer marks my first season as Artistic Director. As a Canadian artist shaped by chamber music, mentorship, and a few spirited fiddle tunes along the way, stepping into TSM feels both like coming home and setting out on a bold new adventure. My hope is clear: that TSM 2026 affirms Canada’s place on the global stage — a festival where artistry, imagination, and excellence meet at the highest level.

At its heart, TSM is about connection — artists listening deeply, audiences leaning in, and a city gathering around something meaningful. This season brings together extraordinary voices, including Les Arts Florissants, Yura Lee, Philip Chiu, Jon Kimura Parker, Élisabeth Pion in her Toronto debut, and Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee with their celebrated Golden Age programme — one of the top 25 albums of 2025 by the New York Times and winner of the prestigious Oper! Award for best solo album. Alongside them, our Academy Fellows bring fearless creativity and fresh energy to every stage. From intimate chamber music to opera and the sweep of orchestral sound in Koerner Hall, each week invites discovery and celebration.

And yes — for one evening, we’ll tip our hats to my roots, where classical tradition meets the joy and spontaneity of fiddle. Whether in a grand hall or around a kitchen table, great music is ultimately about belonging. Thank you for being part of this new chapter. Here’s to an unforgettable summer.

Festival Passes are now on sale, and single tickets will be available for purchase on March 13th. We can't wait to see you at #tsm2026!
- William Fedkeneheuer (@williamfed), Artistic Director

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INTRODUCING: violinist Andrew Wan! "Andrew Wan

INTRODUCING: violinist Andrew Wan!

"Andrew Wan has been Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2008, while pursuing an acclaimed international career as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He has performed with leading orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia, appearing under conductors including Rafael Payare, Kent Nagano, Maxim Vengerov, Vasily Petrenko, Bernard Labadie, Carlo Rizzi, Peter Oundjian, Xian Zhang, Michael Stern, and James DePreist. A dedicated chamber musician, Wan is a founding member of the New Orford String Quartet, one of Canada’s most acclaimed ensembles, noted for its dynamic performances and award-winning discography. He has also collaborated with the Juilliard Quartet, Vadim Repin, Marc-André Hamelin, Daniil Trifonov, Menahem Pressler, Jörg Widmann, Emanuel Ax, Johannes Moser, Arabella Steinbacher, James Ehnes, and Gil Shaham."

You can read more about Andrew on our website, and stay tuned to hear about his performances at the 2026 Festival!
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INTRODUCING: cellist Rachel Mercer! "Describe

INTRODUCING: cellist Rachel Mercer!

"Described as a “pure chamber musician” (Globe and Mail) creating “moments of pure magic” (Toronto Star), Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across five continents. Grand prize winner of the 2001 Vriendenkrans Competition in Amsterdam, Rachel is Principal Cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and Co-Artistic Director of the “5 at the First” Chamber Music Series in Hamilton. With a first love of chamber music, Rachel regularly collaborates with her longtime duo partner, pianist Angela Park, and was cellist of JUNO award-winning piano quartet Ensemble Made In Canada (2008-2020), the AYR Trio (2010-2020), and the Aviv Quartet (2002-2010). Rachel has given masterclasses across North America, South Africa and in Israel and has given talks on performance, careers and the music business. An advocate for new Canadian music, Rachel has commissioned and premiered works including cello concerti by Stewart Goodyear and Kevin Lau, as well as solo and chamber work by Vivian Fung, Andrew Downing, Alice Ho, Abigail Richardson-Schulte, John Burge and Jocelyn Morlock. Rachel can be heard on the Naxos, Naxos Canadian Classics, Centrediscs, Analekta, Atma, Dalia Classics and EnT-T record labels, and released a critically acclaimed album of the Bach Suites on Pipistrelle in March 2014, recorded on the 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius Cello from the Canada Council for the ArtsMusical Instrument Bank. Rachel plays a 17th-century cello from Northern Italy."

You can read more about Rachel on our website, and stay tuned to hear about her performances at the 2026 Festival!
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