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273 BLOOR STREET WEST (BLOOR STREET & AVENUE ROAD)
SPOTLIGHT ON KRONOS QUARTET
A Thousand Thoughts A live documentary with the Kronos Quartet Written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 8PM KOERNER HALL Live music by Kronos Quartet accompanies a documentary film featuring interviews with artists Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man, and Terry Riley. “It’s as magical an amalgamation as you can imagine.” (Los Angeles Times) Presented in partnership with the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema as part of the Music on Film series
Kronos Quartet with students from The Glenn Gould School: Fifty Forward THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 8PM MAZZOLENI CONCERT HALL Built around Kronos’s Fifty for the Future initiative, four quartets from The Glenn Gould School will participate in a two-day mentorship with Kronos, culminating in this joint performance.
Kronos Quartet FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 8PM KOERNER HALL Tanya Tagaq makes a special appearance with the Kronos Quartet as they bring us a program that addresses some of our most complex issues. Works by or inspired by Steve Reich, Tanya Tagaq, Jimi Hendrix, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and more.
21C MUSIC FESTIVAL JANUARY 12/22 – FEBRUARY 25/22
Gould’s Wall WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 8PM / THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 6PM / FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 8PM / SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 10:30PM / SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 6PM RCM ATRIUM WORLD PREMIERE! Watch artists perform suspended from the atrium wall in this daring new opera with spectacular staging. A talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Her path to greatness? A magnificent wall. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes classical pianist Glenn Gould – but the path is not easy. Will she slip and fall into the abyss? Composed by Brian Current, libretto by Liza Balkan, and directed by Philip Akin. Featuring The Glenn Gould School’s New Music Ensemble and students of The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists. A Tapestry Opera and Maniac Star production presented by The Royal Conservatory’s 21C Music Festival with support from the Canada Council New Chapter Fund. Generously supported by Kris Vikmanis & Denny Creighton.
ARC Ensemble: Marc Neikrug’s A Song by Mahler SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 8PM KOERNER HALL A celebrated soprano, famous for her rendition of Mahler’s love song, Liebst du um Schönheit, develops early onset Alzheimer’s. The drama follows her (mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert) and her pianist/husband (baritone Kelly Markgraf) as they confront their new reality. This one act opera in its Canadian premiere features musicians from the Conservatory’s own ARC Ensemble. Generously supported by Dr. David Goldbloom & Dr. Nancy Epstein.
ARC Ensemble
@KOERNERHALL #21CMUSIC #21CFESTIVAL #KOERNERHALL 21C Sunday Interlude: Morgan-Paige Melbourne SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1PM MAZZOLENI CONCERT HALL Pianist and Royal Conservatory alumna, Morgan-Paige Melbourne, will perform works by Brian Current and Dawn Davi, as well as the world premieres by Nauroz Tanya, Kathryn Knowles, and herself in a program that is a reflection on the impact of change, struggle, growth, and affection that thrives within our daily life. Presented in memory of Dorothy Cohen Shoichet. Morgan-Paige Melbourne
21C Cinq à Sept: Eve Egoyan SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 5PM TEMERTY THEATRE Eve Egoyan created Seven Studies for Augmented Piano for a newly imagined instrument that delves into the space between what a piano can do and what Eve has always wished a piano could do. Through the delicate intervention of technology, she tests (teases) the edges of the piano’s natural sound, ultimately pushing it beyond the familiar, through the impossible, and into the extraordinary. Generously supported by Kris Vikmanis & Denny Creighton. Eve Egoyan
Danish String Quartet SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 8PM KOERNER HALL This string quartet of three Danes and one Norwegian will perform Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 as well as a new composition by Bent Sørensen inspired by the Schubert Quartet. Also on the program is a curated suite of dances by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, John Adams, and Felix Blumenfeld, and a new composition written by the Danish String Quartet members. Generously supported by Lisa Teskey in memory of Bill Teskey. Danish String Quartet
rcmusic.com/21C 416.408.0208 Gerald Finley with Julius Drake SUNDAY JANUARY 23, 3PM KOERNER HALL A truly dynamic duo, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake will perform the North American premiere of a song cycle titled Without Ceremony by Mark-Anthony Turnage, co-commissioned by The Royal Conservatory, Wigmore Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus, Vancouver Recital Society, and Stanford University. Also on the program are works by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Thomas Morley, Erich Korngold, Derek Holman, Michael Tippett, Madeleine Dring, and Cole Porter. Generously supported by Deanne & Joseph Bogdan.
Gerald Finley
Julius Drake
Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà present Elle FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 8PM KOERNER HALL Angèle Dubeau says: “How can I mark the 25th anniversary of my ensemble La Pietà? The answer came to me naturally through the music. An album completely thought out, conceived, played, and composed by women. Elle, in the singular, because each woman is unique. Added to the music of Olafur Arnalds, Armand Amar, Ludovico Einaudi, Alex Baranowski, Philip Glass, and Max Richter will be works from my latest opus, an incursion into the musical world of women, including Rachel Portman, Elena Kats-Chernin, Katia Makdissi-Warren, and Rebecca Dale.” Presented in association with the Bureau du Québec.
Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MUSIC FESTIVAL Gould’s Wall
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THE 21C MUSIC FESTIVAL IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF MICHAEL AND SONJA KOERNER
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