Piano Events at the Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival

For those of you in the Toronto area looking for some chamber music and art song without leaving the city, the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music is hosting the Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival, running from July 23-August 19.

Here is a brief run-down of some of the piano events coming up in the next few weeks:

Passionate String Music
Leipzig String Quartet with Menacham Pressler, piano

L. van Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, op.95
F. Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, op.13J.
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34

Saturday, July 28
Lecture 6:45pm, Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert 8:00pm, MacMillan Theatre
Adults $35, Seniors/Students $25

German Songs and Letters Lorna Macdonald, soprano, Cameron Stowe, piano, with Barry Macgregor, narrator

Songs of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss

Tuesday, July 31 at 8:00pm
Walter Hall
Adults $35, Seniors/Students $25

In a French Atmosphere Karina Gauvin, soprano, Michael McMahon, piano

Songs by Fauré, Debussy, Duparc, and Poulenc

Thursday, August 2
Lecture 6:45pm, Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert 8:00pm, Walter Hall
Adults $35, Seniors/Students $25

A Celebration of Pianistic Masterpieces Andre Laplante, piano

J.S. Bach: Adagio in A minor, BWV 564
J. Haydn: Variations in F minor
L. van Beethoven: Sonata in C major, op.53 “Waldstein”
F. Schubert: Three Moments musicaux D.780
F. Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”

Thursday, August 9 at 8:00pm
MacMillan Theatre
Adults $35, Seniors/Students $25

Bohemian Treasures The Gryphon Trio (Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin, Roman Boris, cello, James Parker, piano)

A. Dvorak: Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90 “Dumky”
B. Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, B.104, op. 15

Tuesday, August 14
Lecture 6:45pm, Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert 8:00pm Walter Hall
Adults $35, Seniors/Students $25

The festival's finale will be two performances of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, directed by Michael Albano with musical director (and festival artistic director) Agnes Grossman.

Thursday, August 16 - Saturday, August 18 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 19 at 2:00 pm
MacMillan Theatre
Adults $50, Seniors/Students $30


Update 3:33pm

Ken Winters reviews Anton Kuerti's Tuesday night recital in today's Globe and Mail.