Artists
Alexander Tselyakov
Alexander Tselyakov has won major competitions in Russia, Japan, Italy, Israel and the U.S., and has appeared with Leningrad Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra Symphonique de Québec, amongst many others. His performances in the important concert halls all over the globe—such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall (London) and Merkin Hall (New York)—have led to a reputation as one of Canada’s leading concert pianists. Mr. Tselyakov is the Artistic Director of both the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival, British Columbia and the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival in Manitoba, and is professor of piano at Brandon University.
Nancy Dahn, violin
Timothy Steeves, piano
“Powerfully charged performances” (Musical Opinion, U.K.) of “real chamber music, as it should be” (La Scena Musicale). Critics marvel over the “artistry, poetry and impeccable technique (La Scena Musicale) of Duo Concertante, the violin and piano team from Newfoundland, which has performed hundreds of recitals across Canada, the U.S. and abroad since 1997.
Julia Halfyard has delighted audiences in music ranging from popular to classical to musical theatre in settings ranging from cabaret clubs to the symphonic stage. She has worked with a variety of Musical Theatre companies throughout Canada including the Sunshine Festival in Orillia, Ontario, the Charlottetown Festival in PEI, Spirit of Newfoundland, TaDa events, and the Stephenville Festival. Selected credits include, My Fair Lady, Annie Get Your Gun, The Mikado, Chicago, Cats and the ever-popular Divas shows in St. John’s.
Gordon Stobbe, Fiddle
Greg Simm, Guitar
Nancy Dahn, Violin
Timothy Steeves, Piano
The violin and the piano. The fiddle and the guitar. These two pairs, one classically trained (Duo Concertante), one folk-oriented (Stobbe/Simm), come together to juxtapose, contemplate, and explore with the audience their seemingly disparate (or similar?) traditions and artistry. With virtuosity, insight, imagination and humour they present a thrilling musical experience spanning Bach to Benoit. Between the Duo Concertante’s ravishing renditions of the traditional classics, and Gordon Stobbe’s toe-tapping Metis fiddle tunes, maritime airs and his own heartwarming compositions, all musical possibilities are open to discovery.
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