TaiwanFest returns to Vancouver Downtown during the Labour Day weekend.

Highlights are great fusion concerts, funky Techno Prince dance, Taiwanese Aboriginal artisans, inspiring documentaries, fabulous culinary shows, brand new games for all ages, world's best beef noodle and the first-ever street banquet that celebrates Vancouver 125.

This festival is about to change you how you see Taiwanese culture! Admission Free!

Show One Productions proudly presents the debut Canadian recital tour of Russian virtuoso pianist Denis Matsuev, who has been establishing himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, performing at the world’s major concert halls. His breathtaking virtuosity and clear artistic vision have consistently won him critical acclaim and an enthusiastic following for both his solo recitals and orchestral engagements.

Matsuev will perform four major works by Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Don't miss this highly anticipated Vancouver debut performance.

Music about heaven and angels, featuring Faure's Requiem. Presented by the Cherub, Junior and Senior Choirs and soloists of Royal York Road United Church. Guest musicians include organist William O'Meara. Director: Kelly Galbraith.

Suggested Donation: $20.00

Common Thread Community Chorus will organize a musical benefit for the Mennonite New Life Centre and Justicia for Migrant Workers.  Common Thread is a secular, non-audition choir that sings folk music reflecting the languages and cultures of Toronto. Common Thread is for anyone who believes that social justice and community can be built through music. On March 26, join us for a delightful evening of Latin American Music.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the three sites of the Mennonite New Life Centre

Nowrouz (نوروز meaning 'New Day') is an ancient Iranian festival and the start day of Iranian New Year. Nowrouz marks the first day of spring and rebirth of nature. Sarv Ensemble celebrates the occasion with an exciting mix of original compositions, pieces from old masters, and music from different regions of Iran including Khorasan, Gilan, and Kurdistan.

Drawing inspiration from diverse classical and folk traditions across Iran, it performs and shares this music through concerts, as well as workshops, outreach and community events.

Advance Tickets $20: available at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (647-726-9500); Shawrak Music Centre, 11 Steeles Ave East. North York; (416-733-7701), Khorak Food Market, 6125 Yonge St. North York (416-221-7558).

DisOrientation 2010 at York presents...

The SOUND Resistance

Featuring Invincible. the Narcycist. Nomanzland. Redslam Collective.

...Concert | Party | Social Justice Fair

Join us for LIVE acts and performances from:

From Detroit: Invincible (http://www.emergencemusic.net/)

From MTL: Narcycist (http://iraqisthebomb.com/)

Nomanzland (http://jane-finch.com/videos/nomanzland.htm)

RedSlam Collective (http://www.myspace.com//redslamcollective)

and more.......

Browse the info tables from radical social and environmental organizations from York and across
TO.

There will also be free silkscreening from No One Is Illegal-Toronto

Bring Shirts. Patches. Canvass. Enthusiasm

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.