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2026 PROGRAM
Salle Bourgie
Tuesday, June 9, 12 p.m.
Sirena Huang, a brilliant violinist and prizewinner of prestigious international competitions, takes on a major artistic challenge: performing the complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Bach...
Salle Bourgie
Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.
Paganini Violin Competition First Prize winner Kevin Zhu joins pianist Illia Ovcharenko in performances of Brahms’ Hungarian Waltzes and Horn Trio—reimagined with trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann. ...
Salle Bourgie
Thursday, June 11, 12 p.m.
The great American virtuoso Sirena Huang continues her performance of Bach’s complete works for solo violin. This noon concert invites the audience on an inward journey—from the tender and profoun...
Salle Bourgie
Thursday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
Led by Festival Founder and Artistic Director Denis Brott, protegé of the great Russian-American cellist, eight cellists celebrate Piatigorsky’s legacy with his favourite pieces and transcriptions,...
Salle Bourgie
Friday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
Led by trumpeter Jens Lindemann, with Ian Parker at the piano, this night blends jazz sensibility with classical brilliance. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris receive fresh, origi...
Salle Bourgie
Saturday, June 13, 12 p.m.
At noon, hear Sirena Huang perform Bach’s Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 and Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, works that push the solo violin to its expressive limits. The young virtuoso a...
Salle Bourgie
Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.
Opera meets chamber music in a spellbinding program: beloved arias performed by opera stars Natasha Henry, Jeanne Ireland, and Matthew Cairns, with violinist Kevin Zhu and cellist Cameron Crozman.
Salle Bourgie
Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m.
Illia Ovcharenko, Ukrainian virtuoso, performs Chopin’s beloved piano repertoire and his rarely heard Piano Trio with violinist Kevin Zhu and cellist Yoanna Prodanova.
Salle Bourgie
Tuesday, June 16, 12 p.m. – FREE
Winners of the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank perform on priceless Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Guadagnini instruments. The program is announced onstage—hear tomorrow’s stars today.
Salle Bourgie
Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.
World premiere arrangement! Works by Mendelssohn and Schubert culminating in a world-premiere experience – a new arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony finale, in Franz Liszt’s two-piano arrang...
Salle Bourgie
Thursday, June 18, 12 p.m.
The Barbican Quartet brings Haydn, father of the string quartet, to life—pure, essential listening. A nourishing noon concert.
Salle Bourgie
Thursday, June 18, 7:30 p.m.
Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré in dazzling French Impressionism—performed by OSM principal harpist Jennifer Swartz, pianist Philip Chiu, and the Barbican Quartet.
Salle Bourgie
Friday, June 19, 7:30 p.m.
Experience trumpeter, Jens Lindemann’s jazz-infused journey through Bach, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Herb Alpert, and Wynton Marsalis. His virtuosity is unparalleled.
Salle Bourgie
Saturday, June 20, 12 p.m. – FREE
Winners of the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank perform on priceless Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Guadagnini instruments. The program is announced onstage—hear tomorrow’s stars today, includi...
Salle Bourgie
Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.
Schubert’s sublime Cello Quintet, performed by the Barbican Quartet and cellist Denis Brott, is hailed as one of the greatest chamber works ever. Then Kreisler’s elegant violin pieces and Johann S...
Maison Symphonique
Sunday, June 21, 3 p.m.
Sit onstage with the musicians for Schubert in its most intimate form: soprano Donna Brown performing The Trout, followed by the Trout Quintet and Death and the Maiden, arranged by Mahler for 16 strin...
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