Tour 2 (October 15-28, 2012)
Philippe Sly recently won The Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions Competition and is currently completing his bachelor of music degree in voice performance from McGill University's Schulich School of Music. Among his recent performances are Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program...Read More
Pianist Michael McMahon is the preferred partner of many of Canada’s finest singers. He has performed regularly throughout Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States with singers such as Catherine Robbin, Karina Gauvin, Measha Brueggergosman, Wendy Nielsen, Maureen Forester, and Richard Margison... Read More
Praised for their “emotional investment” and “decisive” interpretations (Toronto Star) and “intense” and “hot-blooded” performances (Globe and Mail), the Tokai Quartet is one of Canada’s leading string quartets. In September 2007, the year they first toured with Debut Atlantic, the quartet became prizewinners at the Banff International String Quartet Competition, the first Canadian group to do so since 1992. The vibrancy that this exciting young ensemble brings to their performances is gaining them enthusiastic audiences across Canada, and has earned the Tokai Quartet a growing demand for performances at concert series across the country. Read More
.. As both a soloist and chamber musician, Boson has received numerous distinctions at the national and international levels. His achievements include the W. Harvey Award for the Best Small Ensemble Performance by the Canadian Music Educators' Association, first prize at the Canadian Music Competition and third prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition. Recently, Boson received the Prix Joseph-Rouleau at the 2010 Montréal International Violin Competition.
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. .Winner of the Roy Thomson Hall First Prize at the 2005 Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee’s TD National Piano Competition, 25-year-old pianist Todd Yaniw is a two-time national winner of the Canadian Music Competition, silver medalist at the Eastman International Piano Competition and was a recipient of the 2010 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. He received his Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto (ARCT) diploma shortly after his 12th birthday.
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