Legendary Canadian pianist André Laplante will perform with Sinfonia Toronto under Maestro Nurhan Arman. Mr. Laplante will be heard in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

The ‘Laplante’s Beethoven’ program will complement this masterwork with Albinoni’s renowned Adagio, Rorate Coeli by University of Toronto faculty member Norbert Palej and Schubert’s Quartet in G Minor in a new orchestral version.

Canadian violin virtuoso Andréa Tyniec will join Sinfonia Toronto and conductor Nurhan Arman to perform remarkable German composer Karl Hartmann’s Concerto Funebre.

In commenting on the program Sinfonia Toronto’s Conductor Nurhan Arman said “Hartmann was the only German composer who had the courage to protest against the Nazi regime. Concerto Funebre was written after Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia”.

Two chamber music gems Schubert’s Quartettsatz and Mozart’s Quintet in C will be performed in an orchestral version.

Tickets are $40 adult; $32 senior and $12 student.

Sinfonia Toronto’s next masterpiece series concert will feature an important Canadian premiere, the first performance of a work for piano and orchestra by Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova. 

Pianist Sara Buechner will join Sinfonia Toronto and conductor Nurhan Arman to perform Kapralova’s Partita. Ms. Buechner gave the U.S. premiere of this work. She will also be heard in Turina’s Rapsodia Sinfonica. The orchestra will also perform Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel and JUNO-award winning Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich’s Fantasia. 

Tickets are $40 adult; $32 senior and $12 student.

Award-winning violinist Judy Kang will perform with Sinfonia Toronto. She will perform the expressive Affairs of the Heart for solo violin and orchestra by Canada’s Juno award-winning composer Marjan Mozetich. The orchestra’s music director Nurhan Arman will conduct. Other works on the program are Mozart’s Quartet K 157 in an orchestral version and Fuchs’ romantic Serenade in E Minor. 

Toronto-born violinist Judy Kang is a rising star on the international music scene. Her remarkable musical prowess has resulted in a successful career as a soloist, including her critically acclaimed New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall.

Melodies will soar through ‘Heaven and Earth’ at the next Sinfonia Toronto concert on Friday, December 10, 8 p.m. at Glenn Gould Studio. Orchestra’s Music Director Nurhan Arman will conduct the program featuring brilliant Spanish trumpeter Vicente Campos.

The program will feature two pieces by Canada’s JUNO award-winning composer Marjan Mozetich, his expressive Songline to Heaven and playful dance to Earth. Mr. Mozetich is one of Canada’s foremost composers, and is Sinfonia Toronto’s 2010-2011 Composer-in-Residence. His compellingly beautiful music has been played by many orchestras, ensembles and soloists.

The prominent Italian conductor Giancarlo De Lorenzo and Italian mandolin virtuoso Cecilia Loda will be featured guest artists at Sinfonia Toronto’s next Masterpiece Series concert on November 12 at 8 pm in Glenn Gould Studio. Maestro De Lorenzo will conduct a program of Vivaldi, Durante, Respighi and Alceo Toni.

Giancarlo De Lorenzo has conducted all the major orchestras of Italy and has appeared as a guest throughout Europe. He has conducted in Mexico, Brazil, Finland, Germany Russia and the United State,s and has made numerous recordings.

‘FLUTE MAGIC’ OPENS SINFONIA TORONTO SEASON