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OTTAWA — Ottawa’s internationally-acclaimed chamber music competition returns this summer time with highly-anticipated stay performances from cherished locals, dwelling legends, and up-and-coming Canadian and worldwide stars alike.
From July 20 – August 3, 2023, ChamberfestTM will deliver 2022 Banff Worldwide String Quartet Competitors (BISQC) laureates, the Isidore String Quartet; Ottawa’s darling piano virtuoso, Angela Hewitt; and longtime competition associates and collaborators, the Gryphon Trio—amongst many others—to Ottawa’s greatest venues. Early fowl tickets are on sale Might 1, 2023 at chamberfest.com
“Following an unprecedented few years, Chamberfest is again in an enormous method. We’re shifting forward in full power with a lineup of promising younger performers who’re new to Ottawa, and fan favourites—all dropped at you reside and in particular person at our metropolis’s greatest spots,” says Carissa Klopoushak, Inventive Director of Ottawa Chamberfest. “Chamber music lovers have been ready for the life-changing performances and applications that solely Chamberfest can present, and we’re prepared to offer them what they need. It’s a reunion years within the making!”
Signature Collection
James Ehnes & NACO: Bach Concerti – Thursday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
Grammy Award-winning violinist James Ehnes opens Chamberfest with a blockbuster, main the NAC Orchestra in a program of Bach’s solo, double, and triple concerti. On this particular collaboration, Ehnes shall be joined by a few of Canada’s favorite musicians together with Chip Hamann (oboe), Joanna G’Froerer (flute), and Luc Beausejour (harpsichord), for a night of gorgeous virtuosity and danceable attraction.
Sarah Slean & Ironwood Quartet – Sunday, July 23 at 7 p.m.
Canadian shiny gentle Sarah Slean is an award-winning performer and composer with 25 years of wide-ranging musical expertise. Joined by Ottawa’s Ironwood Quartet, this particular collaboration will characteristic Sarah’s authentic chamber compositions, classic Sarah Slean songs from the vault, and the world premiere of three new works for voice, piano, and string quartet. Slean and Ironwood will take us from authentic pop poetry to chamber music and again once more. Don’t miss the magic as this efficiency is one-night-only!
Gryphon Trio @30 – Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m.
The Gryphon Trio celebrates 30 years along with a pearl of a programme, together with Schubert’s treasured Piano Trio No. 1, the Ottawa premiere of Robert Rival’s “Nature Rhythms”, and rather more! These Chamberfest associates and fan favourites seize audiences world wide with their extremely refined, dynamic performances as they add to the chamber repertoire by commissioning new work, “redefin[ing]chamber music for the twenty first century.”
Wallis Giunta & Pals – Friday, July 28 at 7 p.m.
Again from Vienna, Chamberfest is delighted to welcome house internationally acclaimed celebrity Wallis Giunta. Accompanied by a chamber ensemble introduced collectively specifically for this efficiency, Giunta will electrify with a program she calls Stay Wire, shifting from artwork tune to Berio’s folksong preparations and extra whereas her delectably wealthy, silver-toned mezzo-soprano sparkles with vitality.
Angela Hewitt: Bach & Mozart Extravaganza! – Monday, July 31 at 7 p.m.
Collectively for one evening solely, Ottawa’s darling piano virtuoso Angela Hewitt returns to Chamberfest able to wow. Actually an extravaganza, Hewitt shares the stage with Chamberfest Artists-in-Residence and the Competition Orchestra to current Mozart’s Woodwind Quintet and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. The night culminates in Mozart’s epic Concerto for Three Pianos, interpreted by Hewitt, Sylvie Cheng, and Chamberfest newcomer Katherine Dowling. Don’t miss this efficiency of seldom-seen works with a stellar forged of performers; it’s a mixture that can by no means be seen once more!
Marina Kun Collection
Introducing Isidore String Quartet – Friday, July 21 at 7 p.m.
Winners of the 2022 BISQC, the younger ensemble will carry out quartets by Beethoven, Bach, Aida Shirazi, and “The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini”, a piece in regards to the theft of the Mona Lisa, written by by Ottawa’s Dinuk Wijeratne. Don’t miss their Ottawa debut the place the Isidores plan to encourage by means of “collaboration and play,” utilizing the “custom of the string quartet [as their]playground”.
Hinrich Alpers: The Late Beethoven Piano Sonatas I and II – Saturday, July 22 and Wednesday, July 26 at 7 p.m.
Celebrity pianist Hinrich Alpers returns to Chamberfest twice for the thrilling end result of his Beethoven solo piano sonata cycle. A fan favorite, this Honens Prize Laureate packed the live performance corridor in 2022 so you should definitely purchase your tickets early for each performances. Rejoice the tip of this journey with us as Alpers fills the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Heart with joyous Steinway sound and be amazed!
Canadian Nationwide Brass Venture – Monday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
The Canadian Nationwide Brass Venture is true Canadiana: drawing from the title chairs of 15 North American orchestras and below the inventive management of Canada’s premiere horn soloist James Sommerville, this particular collaboration options Canada’s foremost gamers and composers. This all-star brass ensemble guarantees to ship a vigorous and refreshing blast of a live performance!
Mark Fewer, Jeanie Chung, and Thalea String Quartet – Tuesday, July 25 at 7 p.m.
Chamberfest favorite Mark Fewer returns with a lush and passionate program! Joined by celebrated Canadian pianist Jeanie Chung and the Thalea String Quartet, collectively they current Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet and the Ottawa premiere of Carmen Braden’s work impressed by Chausson. Entitled You Know What’s Coming, You Simply Don’t Know When, this work is certain to move each performers and listeners to an historical and important northern soundscape.
Soirée Baroque with Chloe Kim, Mélisande McNabney, Cameron Crozman, and Michel Angers – Saturday, July 29 at 7 p.m.
Be a part of Canada’s subsequent era of Baroque all-stars for a night of previous favourites and lesser-known treasures of the Baroque. Canadians Chloe Kim (violin), Mélisande McNabney (harpsichord), Cameron Crozman (cello) and Michel Angers (lute) are all internationally celebrated artists of the best calibre, introduced collectively by Chamberfest for this particular efficiency. With a program spanning Stradella, Gabrieli, Matteis, Vivaldi, Schmelzer, Corelli, Biber, and Pachelbel, this distinctive live performance will be the begin of one thing distinctive — we invite you to be part of it!
Lafayette Quartet’s Last Bow, that includes James Campbell – Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m.
With greater than a dozen albums and a thousand appearances behind them, this milestone live performance marks the ultimate touring season for this ground-breaking foursome of achieved girls. The Lafayettes will current Haydn’s pleasant Op. 20 No. 2 and Kelly Marie Murphy’s work “For Fragile Personalities in Anxious Occasions.” For this
landmark live performance, they are going to be joined by long-time pal and collaborator James Campbell for Brahms’ beloved Clarinet Quintet.
CANTUS: My Journey Yours – Tuesday, August 1 at 7 p.m.
Now in its twenty seventh season, America’s premier low-voice ensemble Cantus performs My Journey Yours, a program exploring emigration anchored by Elise Witt’s piece of the identical title. Cantus is thought for its heat and mix, expressive energy, revolutionary programming, new music commissions, and conductorless riveting performances of repertoire starting from the Renaissance to the twenty first century. Hailed as having each “exalting finesse” and “expressive energy,” the spontaneous grace of Cantus’ music making is nothing wanting “beautiful.” (New Yorker, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Introducing Viano String Quartet – Wednesday, August 2 at 7 p.m.
Praised for his or her “enormous vary of dynamics, huge sound and spontaneity” (American Document Information), the younger Vianos gained First Prize at BISQC 2019 and are the present Quartet-in-Residence on the Curtis Institute of Music. For his or her Chamberfest debut, they create a fastidiously crafted program of Piazzolla, Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw, Kevin Lau, and Smetana’s folk-inspired quartet “From My Life.”
Chamberfest 2023 Closing Night time Mashup Thursday, August 3 at 7 p.m.
Chamberfest 2023–closing with a bang! We deliver among the world’s best chamber musicians collectively in a mashup live performance in our inimitable Chamberfest model. That includes performances unexpectedly particular visitors and Chamberfest Artists-in-Residence, together with celebrated violist Nadia Sirota, this collaborative occasion brings collectively chamber music favourites, new music, and music from world wide in celebration of that spirit of contemporary statement. This evening will definitely by no means be repeated – don’t miss out!
All live shows within the Signature Collection and Marina Kun sequence happen at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC) at 7 p.m. and grow to be public Might 1. Our late-night sequence Chamberfringe shall be introduced Might 16. The remaining lineup of occasions, together with noon-hour live shows at CDCC, our Beechwood and Document Centre Collection, Chamber Chats, Convey the Children! programming, and different particular occasions shall be revealed early June.
Go to chamberfest.com to seek out out extra about our summer time competition applications, performing artists, and ticket package deal choices.
About Ottawa Chamberfest
Ottawa Chamberfest’s imaginative and prescient is to vary lives by means of music. It brings collectively the boldest names in ensemble and solo efficiency for musical celebration within the nation’s capital, drawing roughly 100,000 visits per 12 months by means of its live performance sequence, group engagement and training (CEE) program, and famend summer time competition. Ottawa Chamberfest is a 2020 Competition & Occasions Ontario (FEO) “Prime 100” occasion and was named Ottawa Tourism’s “Occasion of the 12 months” in 2019.
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