"Piano Masterworks" - Thomas Torok, Piano Recital - Marbin Matinees Concert Series
September 23, 2023 |
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
2023-09-23 02:00 PM
2023-09-23 03:00 PM
"Piano Masterworks" - Thomas Torok, Piano Recital - Marbin Matinees Concert Series
Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall
America/New_York
Award- winning pianist Thomas Torok invites you to come see “Piano Masterworks”. He will perform a recital including pieces by Mozart, some lesser-known gems by Dohnanyi, as well as some of Chopin’s most dramatic and poetic works. Salon concert setting. Reception to follow.
Recital Program
Mozart: Sonata in B flat, KV 570
Dohnanyi: Rhapsody in F# minor Op. 11 no. 2
Rhapsody in C major, Op. 11 no. 3
Chopin: Polonaise- Fantasy in A flat, Op. 61
Nocturne in F sharp, Op. 15 No.2
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat, Op. 31
Venue
Avenue Road Music and Performance Academy (Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall)
460 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M4V 2J1
Request Tickets
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 Thomas Torok
Celebrated for his imaginative playing and virtuosic stage presence, young Canadian pianist Thomas Torok has already established himself as one of Canada’s brightest upcoming talents. The award winning artist has earned international recognition for his musicianship as a finalist in the MostArts Piano Competition 2014, and the New York International Piano Competition 2016, as well as being a silver medalist in the Vienna International Music Competition 2019. Most recently, Thomas was a finalist in the first ever series of Classicalia, a new televised competition aimed at promoting the best young classical artists across the globe.
Already performing in such esteemed venues around the world such as Carnegie Hall and the Wiener Konzerthaus, recent performance engagements have taken him to renowned Canadian venues such as Toronto’s Koerner Hall and the Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre.
Thomas made his orchestral debut as a soloist at age fifteen, and has since then performed with several orchestras including the Academy Chamber Orchestra, the Toronto Concert Orchestra, the Huronia Symphony, as well as the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, to name a few. With his recent orchestral engagements, Thomas has collaborated and studied with some of Canada’s most preeminent conductors including Claudio Vena, Earl Lee, Oliver Balaburski, Ivars Taurins, Kerry Stratton and Jennifer Tung.
Thomas’s performances have been broadcast on numerous radio and television stations across Canada and the United States, including WRTI Philadelphia, PBS SoCal, The New Classical 102.9 FM, and Yamaha Canada’s “Going Solo” podcast.
Born in Hungary in 1998 and raised in a culture where the love for music and the performing arts was predominant, Thomas began piano lessons at the age of six. After he and his family immigrated to Canada, Thomas began his formal musical education at the The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Academy (Phil and Eli Taylor Academy for Young Artists) with renowned pianist Li Wang. He completed his Bachelors degree in 2022 at the Glenn Gould School studying with James Anagnoson, one of Canada’s most sought after pedagogues.
As an avid soloist in the international masterclass scene, Thomas has played for and studied with several world-renowned artists such as Stephen Hough, Emanuel Ax, Ronan O’Hora, John O’Connor, Andre Laplante, Marc Durand, Stephen Prutsman, Anton Nel, and John Perry. Additional summer studies have taken place at the Miami International Piano Festival, and the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy at the Curtis Institute of Music.
As a current full scholarship student, Thomas is pursuing his Artist Diploma at the Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.