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Timothy Steeves and Nancy Dahn have appeared in London (Wigmore Hall), Germany (Am Neuendorfer Anger, Berlin), Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Series), New York City (Music of the Americas; Trinity Church), Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Beijing (Forbidden City Concert Hall), San Francisco (Old First Church), Toronto (Walter Hall), and Montreal (Chapelle du bon Pasteur), and Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). The Duo has also been featured at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Peterhof International Festival of Ensembles (St. Petersburg, Russia), Huntsville Festival of the Arts, Cactus Pear Music Festival (TX), Colours of Music Festival, Sound Symposium, and the Baie des Chaleurs Chamber Music Festival. Recent highlights include an eight-city tour of China which the Duo will repeat in 2008, world premiere performances of works by Chan Ka Nin, Linda Bouchard and five performances of a new concerto written for them by Alice Ho and commissioned by the CBC. Duo Concertante’s collaborative performance with ballerina Evelyn Hart was broadcast nationally on CBC radio. Their recordings and live performances are heard frequently on national and regional programs of CBC radio, Radio-Canada International, Société Radio-Canada, as well as in the United States on NPR, WNED (Buffalo), Classical 105.1 K-Mozart (Los Angeles), and WFMT “The Fine Arts Network” (Chicago). CTV, TVOntario, and BRAVO! Television have all featured Duo Concertante. The Duo’s ATMA Classique recordings- `a deux, Of Heart and Homeland, and Wild Honey- were all nominated for Best Classical Recording at the East Coast Music Awards (2000, 2003, 2005). In 2008, the Duo will release its fourth disc featuring encore pieces arranged especially for them by Canadian composer Clifford Crawley. Duo Concertante’s commitment to new music has inspired many of Canada’s leading composers to write for them including Chan Ka Nin, Kati Agocs, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Alice Ho, Omar Daniel, Clark Ross, Andrew MacDonald, David Scott, Linda Bouchard, and Jean Lesage. In 2008, Duo Concertante adds new works by Murray Schafer and Kati Agocs to its list of commissions. Professors at Memorial University, Dahn and Steeves are also Artistic Directors of the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival. They give master classes across Canada at the Glenn Gould Professional School and Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, as well as for McMaster University, University of Western Ontario, the Maritime Conservatory, Bishop’s University, the Huntsville Festival, the Colours of Music Festival and the Guelph Spring Festival. |
Since forming in 1997, Duo Concertante has been acclaimed for performances characterized by brilliance, subtlety, passion, and stunning ensemble across Canada, the United States and abroad. Hailed for their "artistry, poetry, and impeccable technique" (La Scena Musicale), "exceptional warmth and intimacy" (Ottawa Citizen), violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have been described as "superb musicians" (Wholenote), who "work together with uncanny perfection" (Waterloo Gazette). Their extraordinary teamwork and “powerfully-charged performances” (The Musical Opinion) set them apart from more conventional violin/piano collaborations, with critics observing: "One doesn't listen to a program of violin music here, but to real chamber music, as it should be"(La Scena Musicale) and "Brilliant, saucy and soulful . . . you hear splendid sweet nuances everywhere; Duo Concertante makes a powerful case for thinking of violin/piano sonatas as duo music, rather than as music for a pianist and a violinist" (San Francisco Classical Voice).