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  • Global Sirens: A Free Concert at York University February 8
    PIANIST CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO PLAYS
    RARELY HEARD MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS
    Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico showcases rarely heard and forgotten music by women composers from around the world in a concert titled Global Sirens,

    Thursday, February 8, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

    at the Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 112 Accolade East Building, York University
    (in front of the York University subway station).
    Admission is free.
    The concert is part of the Faculty Spotlight Series presented
    by York University’s School of the Arts, Media,
    Performance & Design, at which Quilico is a full professor.
    The concert website is
    http://music.ampd.yorku.ca/events/#event|faculty–spotlight–
    christina–petrowska-quilico-piano|96393. 
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    For more  information, call Judy Karacs at 416.736.2100 ext. 20054, or
    email jkaracs@yorku.ca.
    Renowned for her interpretations of contemporary and unusual repertoire, as well as the classics, Quilico describes her recital as “only a fraction of the scope and breadth of works that have been rarely played or forgotten.” The music ranges from the mid 1900s to the present, featuring composers from Canada, the U.S, Russia, South Africa, Germany, Italy, Australia and France. Traditional, impressionist, 12-tone, minimalist, folk, ragtime and romantic treasures are reflected in a kaleidoscope of musical styles. There is a composition for left hand alone, a Wireless Rag by American composer Adaline Shepherd ((1883-1950), and quirky and edgy works. “From waltzes and rags, women show their
    enormous strength and wealth of compositional creativity,” said Petrowska Quilico.
    The concert is being recorded for an upcoming CD.
    UPCOMING SOUTHAM CD LAUNCH: Later this season will see the release of
    Soundspinning, Quilico’s latest CD in her series of the music of Ann Southam, on the
    Centrediscs label.
    More information on Christina Petrowska Quilico and her recordings is available at
    www.petrowskaquilico.com and www.christinapetrowskaquilico.com.
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    Repertoire list available.
    For further information, contact:
    Linda Litwack or Amy Stewart Publicist
    Linda Litwack Publicity York University AMPD
    416-782-7837 416.736.2100 ext. 44044

  • Email: lalitwack@rogers.com Email: jkaracs@yorku.ca
    Pronunciation:
    Petrowska Quilico – pet-TROV-ska (e as in get) KWIL-i-koh

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Concerts / Brégent: Portraits romantiques (1966, version 1988 / extraits)

In the words of Michel-Georges Brégent “The link between emotions and the mathematical is not very obvious. I discovered this to be true in creating Portraits pour piano. I still needed a dramatic rise with a pianist playing as though they were simultaneously 6 pianists playing at once. At some point, I intuitively hit a ceiling… using mathematics, I managed to make this man walk one step further. I also realized that if we speak about an emotion as love, (…) in music this can be expressed mathematically… Express oneself. Express one’s freedom and subjectivity. Extract the coldness and the yoke of rationality and structural “parametric” thought where everything is subject to analysis. These Portraits for the piano draw or depict states yet to be, illustrate social situations, occupations and jobs. They are the logical result complimenting the transcendental executions of Liszt and Liapunov, and the studies of Chopin, Scriabine and Rachmaninoff.”

March 4, 2017    7:00 pm

  • Regular: $20.00
  • Senior: $15.00
  • Student: $15.00
  • Tickets: 514-843-9305 #301 (SMCQ)
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur
100, rue Sherbrooke Est
métro Sherbrooke + autobus 24 Ouest / métro Saint-Laurent + autobus 55 Nord
 

Participant

Program

Coproduction MNM/ Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur

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With Glowing Hearts TSO concert

WITH GLOWING HEARTS

This all-Canadian program—curated by renowned conductor and Canadian music champion Victor Feldbrill—explores Canada’s rich history of classical composers. Notable Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico is the featured soloist in the Romantic-style Piano Concerto by Québec composer Claude Champagne. (Pictured: Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano)

Order tickets today when you include this performance in a three-show package, from only $79! Single tickets go on sale July 2017.

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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

Concert Dates

Saturday, October 21, 2017 – 7:30pm

Sunday, October 22, 2017 – 3:00pm

Program

Somers: Passacaglia and Fugue [11′]
Freeman: Tableau [9′]
John Beckwith: Flower variations and wheels [12′]
Champagne: Piano Concerto [15′]
Archer: Poem for Orchestra [11′]
Weinzweig: Symphonic ode [9′]

Performers

Victor Feldbrill
conductor & host
Earl Lee
RBC Resident Conductor
Christina Petrowska Quilico
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Piano Animals III : Christina Petrowska Quilico presents Remembering Ann Southam

April 12th at 8:00 p.m.

$15 regular, $10 students/seniors/artists

Concert @ Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, 100, rue Sherbrooke E, Montreal

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Ann Southam‘s hypnotic epics of thread and pattern, Glass Houses and Rivers, are the focus of the final concert of our series. Presented by the internationally acclaimed Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, whose friendship and collaboration with Ann Southam was deeply implicated in their creation, these complex, maximinimalist works unite intricate groove with an almost ritual intensity.

Christina Petrowska Quilico needs little introduction to audiences both here and abroad. Hailed by the New York Times at 14 for her “promethean talent” after making her orchestral debut along with Murray Perahia, Christina Petrowska Quilico has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center and Merkin Hall. Juilliard-trained, she has premiered 18 piano concertos and premiered well over 150 new works. Among her 37 CD titles are eight piano concertos. 4 of her CDs received Juno nominations, and she was named one of 20 international “not to miss pianists” of 2014 by the CBC. Her recording ofGlass Houses Revisited was on CBC Music’s “TOP 30 best Canadian classical recordings ever”.

“The repetitive and pulsating music of Glass Houses is celebrated with shimmering brilliance, as much by the creator as by the interpreter… an homage and luminous musical gift from a pianist to a composer friend, and from this friend to a great contemporary mentor.” – Frédéric Cardin, espace.mu (Radio-Canada).

Piano Animals III : Christina Petrowska Quilico présente Remembering Ann Southam

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régulier 15$, réduit (étudiants / ainés / artistes) 10$
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Les épopées hypnotiques de fils et de canevas d’Ann Southam Glass Houses et Rivers, seront la pièce maîtresse du concert final de notre série. Présentés par la pianiste canadienne Christina Petrowska Quilico dont l’amitié et la collaboration avec Ann Southam est très présente dans leur processus de création, ces oeuvres minimales et complexes mèlent les rythmiques avec une intensité quasi rituelle.

Il n’est généralement point besoin de présenter la pianiste Christina Petrowska Quilico au public canadien comme de l’étranger. Acclamée par le New York Times dès l’âge de 14 ans pour son talent prométhéen lors de ses débuts orchestraux avec Murray Perahia, Christina Petrowska Quilico s’est produite au Carnegie Hall, au Alice Tully Hall ansi qu’au Lincoln Center et au Merkin Hall. Instruite à Juilliard, elle a créé 18 concertos pour piano ainsi que plus de 150 oeuvres. Sa collection de 37 disques inclue huit concertos pour piano, et quatre de ses albums se sont vus nominés aux prix Juno. En 2014 elle a fait partie de la liste des 20 pianistes “à ne pas manquer” de Radio-Canada.

« La musique répétitive et pulsative de Glass Houses est célébrée ici avec un éclat chatoyant, tant par la créatrice que par l’interprète… une offrande musicale respectueuse et lumineuse d’une pianiste à une amie compositrice, et de cette amie à un grand mentor contemporain. » – Frédéric Cardin, espace.mu (Radio-Canada).

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Soundstreams presents:

PIANO ECSTASY

April 26, 2013 at 8:00 pm at Koerner Hall

Nine pianists, six grand pianos, works by Reich, Cage and Shostakovich, and a world premiere.Image

(Toronto)—Soundstreams continues its 30th anniversary season with Piano Ecstasy at Koerner Hall on April 26 at 8:00 pm. A celebration of music for multiple pianos, this concert features nine virtuoso Canadian pianists, six grand pianos, works by Steve Reich, John Cage, Dmitri Shostakovich, Witold Lutoslawski, and Colin McPhee, and the world premiere of Glenn Buhr’s Two Pieces for Three Pianos.

The nine featured pianists from across Canada are James Parker (Gryphon Trio), Christina Petrowska Quilico, Russell Hartenberger (NEXUS), Serouj Kradjian (Amici Chamber Ensemble), Gregory Oh and Simon Docking (Toca Loca), Chris Donnelly, Tania Gill, and Glenn Buhr. They will perform together in various configurations throughout the evening in a dazzling display of technique and versatility.

Opening the concert are John Cage’s The Beatles 1962-1970, where six pianists simultaneously play snippets of dozens of Beatles songs, Shostakovich’s cheerful Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94, Lutoslawski’s delightful Variation on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos, and the gamelan-inspired Balinese Ceremonial Music by Canadian composer Colin McPhee.

The second half of the evening features the world premiere of Waterloo-based composer Glenn Buhr’s Two Pieces for Three Pianos and culminates with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich’s minimalist masterpiece, Six Pianos.

Robert Lowrey Piano Experts is the major sponsor of Piano Ecstasy; visit their huge facility in central Toronto, and discover why they really are “Canada’s Piano Store.”

Piano Ecstasy
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor St. W.

Glenn Buhr, piano
Simon Docking, piano
Chris Donnelly, piano
Tania Gill, piano
Russell Hartenberger, piano
Serouj Kradjian, piano
Gregory Oh, piano
James Parker, piano
Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano

John Cage: The Beatles 1962-1970
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94
Witold Lutoslawski: Variation on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos
Colin McPhee: Balinese Ceremonial Music
Glenn Buhr: Two Pieces for Three Pianos (world premiere)
Steve Reich: Six Pianos

Tickets range from $20-$65 and are available through The Royal Conservatory Box Office at 416-408-0208 or online at www.soundstreams.ca

Thanks to the generosity of BMO Financial Group, nearly 100 tickets to all 2012-2013 Soundstreams concerts are available for just $20.

 

http://www.soundstreams.ca/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Piano-Ecstasy