"Heart to Heart" - La Fiammata, Piano Duo - Marbin Matinees Concert Series
August 19, 2023 |
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
2023-08-19 02:00 PM
2023-08-19 04:00 PM
"Heart to Heart" - La Fiammata, Piano Duo - Marbin Matinees Concert Series
Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall
America/New_York
Renowned Canadian piano duo La Fiammata invites you to join them in a "Heart to Heart", led by the music of Beethoven, Alice Ho, Schubert and John Corigliano. The intimate nature of four-hands piano explores what it means to have a personal and candid conversation between two, in a way that no other instrumentation can. Salon concert setting. Reception to follow.
Recital Program
- Beethoven - 8 Variations on a Theme by Waldstein
- Alice Ping Yee Ho - Heart to Heart
- Schubert - Lebensstürme in A Minor, D. 947
- John Corigliano - Gazebo Dances
Venue
Avenue Road Music and Performance Academy (Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall)
460 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M4V 2J1
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Tickets to the event are offered without cost. Donations are invited. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $20. All donations go to support emerging artists.
About La Fiammata - Charissa Vandikas & Linda Ruan
Praised for their “dizzying musicality” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Canadian piano duo La Fiammata are the Second Prize winners, the Henle Urtext Prize winners and the youngest piano duo finalists of the 70th ARD International Music Competition. Since their formation in 2015, La Fiammata has quickly emerged as one of the most promising young duos in the world, garnering top prizes at the 2021 Lancaster International Chamber Music Competition, the 2019 Suzana Szörenyi International Piano Duo Competition, and at the 2018 Northwest International Piano Ensemble Competition. As the Grand Prix Winners of the Canadian Music Competition, La Fiammata made its orchestral debut with Orchestre de la Francophonie and conductor Nicolas Ellis in 2017. Since then, they’ve performed with orchestras in Europe and North America, and have been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BR24 Rundschau (Bavarian Radio), Art Channel Romania, and EnjoyTV Romania. In the upcoming season, the duo will bring their dynamic energy on the road in a pan-Canadian tour organized by Debut Atlantic, Jeunesses Musicales Canada, and Prairie Debut.
The duo was formed in Toronto where they were both full scholarship students of The Glenn Gould School. During this time, they primarily worked with James Anagnoson of the renowned Anagnoson-Kinton Duo. They have also received coachings from Anagnoson-Kinton Duo, Emanuel Ax, Hung-Kuan Chen, John O’Conor, and Jean Saulnier. Currently, Ms. Ruan studies at the University of British Columbia School of Music with Dr. Corey Hamm and Ms. Vandikas at the University of Montréal with Charles Richard-Hamelin and Henry Kramer.