Discovering Musical Gems: Megan Lo and Junia Friesen

April 11, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Discovering Musical Gems: Megan Lo and Junia Friesen

    

About The Artists

Megan Lo - piano

Megan is currently studying under the tutelage of Anton Nel and James Anagnoson at
the Glenn Gould School in Canada on full scholarship. She has worked with many
distinguished pianists including John Perry, John O’Conor, Robert Mcdonald, Kevin Kenner,
Ronan O’Hora, Jeremy Denk, and Michelle Cann in masterclasses.
She made her Montreal debut recital at The Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in the
2022-2023 season. Megan has also performed at Koerner Hall and Mazzoleni Hall of the
Royal Conservatory of Music, Flato Markham Theater and PC Ho Theater in Toronto and
Gilles-Lefebvre Concert Hall in Quebec.
Megan has won international piano competition awards, the most recent being the 4th prize
winner of the Nashville Chopin International Piano Competition and the 1st prize winner of
the Sherer International Piano Competition, the University of Louisville International Piano
Competition, and the Grand Prize of the OMNI Music Competition by The Orchestre
Metropolitain of Montreal.

Junia Friesen - violin

Violinist Junia Friesen has developed wide versatility on her instrument, from classical music
to jazz, fiddle tunes, and historically informed baroque performance. She is currently in the
first year of her bachelor's degree in violin performance at The Glenn Gould School on full
scholarship, studying with Erika Raum and Min-Jeong Koh. A previous winner of the Taylor
Academy Concerto Competition, Junia performed Vivaldi’s “Summer” in Koerner Hall with
orchestra. She has played in masterclasses for artists such as James Ehnes, Mihaela
Martin, and Ida Kavafian. Junia served as concertmaster for the Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra in 2023-2024, and for the Academy Chamber Orchestra in 2024-2025. She spent
summer 2025 in Germany as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra,
performing in venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. In
her free time, she enjoys drawing, watercolour painting, and spending time in nature.

 

Program

Prelude No.7, Book 2 “La terrasse des audiences du claire de lune” by Claude Debussy

Piano Sonata No.6 in F major, op.10 no.2 by Ludwig van Beethoven 

Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880 by Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue by César Franck

Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 by Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Sonata No.1 in F major, op.8 by Edvard Grieg

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