Guelph Musicfest celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series at the Guelph Youth Music Centre.
The Canadian virtuoso pianist André Laplante, who was unable to perform last year because of illness, will open Musicfest 2016 with a musically-rich program ranging from Mozart to Ravel.
Violinist Sadie Fields (returning to Guelph from her home in Brussels, Belgium), cellist Paul Pulford (renowned Canadian cellist and alumni of the Penderecki String Quartet) and artistic director/pianist Ken Gee will join forces again in a program of Brahms Sonatas and the Ravel Piano Trio.
Violinist David Gillham (a Guelph native) and pianist Chiharu Iinuma will come from Vancouver to join the Penderecki String Quartet in a performance of the rarely heard Chausson Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet.
And for the season finale, internationally-renowned Canadian jazz pianist/composer David Braid teams up with the Penderecki Quartet for a fusion of musical styles in FLOW.
For more information visit guelphmusicfest.ca. Tickets subscriptions are on sale for:
– May 27 at 7:30pm André Laplante will perform on the piano;
– June 3 at 7:30pm the Festival Trio including Sadie Fields on violin, Paul Pulford on cello and Ken Gee on piano will perform;
– June 10 at 7:30pm Concerto and Quartets consisting of David Gillham on violin, Chiharu Iinuma on piano and the Penderecki String Quartet (Jerzy Kaplanek and Jeremy Bell on violins, Christine Vlajk on viola, and Katie Schlaikjer on cello will perform; and
– June 17 at 7:30pm David Braid and the Penderecki String Quartet will perform.
