On Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, The Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University presented an evening of music performed by guest artist pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico from her new album Games of the Night Wind. The performance included works by David Jaeger, Tōru Takemitsu, Alexandre Tansman, and Henryk Górecki. Games of the Night Wind … Read more
On May 26, 2024, pianist Jialiang Zhu performed in a solo piano recital Dialogues featuring piano music written by an array of fantastic contemporary composers – David Jaeger, Kathryn Knowles, Anita Pari, Qiuyue Jin, Edward Enman – along with “Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude” by Franz Liszt. Each piece of the program is a … Read more
May 15, 2024 – 7:30PM EDT Chalmers Performance Space20 St. Joseph StreetToronto, ON M4Y 1J9 Canada Described by the Oskar Morawetz Award jurors as a “legend” of Canadian musicians, Christina Petrowska Quilico joins lauded composer and champion of new music David Jaeger on GAMES OF THE NIGHT WIND, a dreamy musical landscape premiering 12 of Jaeger’s original nocturnes … Read more
The duo of soprano Zixin Emily Lapin and pianist Jialiang Zhu have released a video of their performance of the cycle, I Never Knew, from their recent presentation, The Power of Words, at the Chalmers Performance Space at the Canadian Music Centre in Toronto. I Never Knew is a cycle of five art songs composed by David Jaeger on poems by … Read more
On Tuesday, November 28th, three pianists join forces to celebrate the work of Górecki, Takemitsu and Ontario composers Ann Southam and David Jaeger. Ann Southam David Jaeger Henryk Górecki Tōru Takemitsu Jaeger joins in person to discuss a new project with veteran pianist Christina Petrowksa Quilico. Amelia Grace Yates and Adam Sherkin brings solo sets … Read more
It’s going to take some time to process everything that took place in Montréal this past week for #IHS55. The flow of talent and creativity was exhilarating and inspiring! The learning was unbounded, including what I learned and discovered of myself. It was an honour and great privilege to have presented a growing body of new … Read more
The CD “Nuages” by Duo Cavatine, recently released by KNS Classical, had the most spins of all the recordings in the KNS Classical catalogue on Spotify last week. Congratulations to this outstanding duo!! Acclaimed for their captivating and sophisticated personas, the pair unveils a profound harmony and heartfelt vulnerability, which lies at the core of … Read more
French Hornist Olivia Esther and David Jaeger will be presenting a lecture recital at the International Horn Society annual conference in Montreal Wednesday, July 26, 2023 with special guests: Elise Martel, horn (OSQ) and Sara Schabas, Soprano. The presentation will take place at 5 pm in the Salle Serge Garant at the Faculty of Music of the … Read more
When the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) began as a group of students at the University of Toronto in 1972, they performed with cumbersome, finicky analog instruments and DIY logistics, never sure if everything would work as intended. Today’s CEE sound comes from a sophisticated mixture of digital and analog hardware, laptops, and acoustic instruments. Across … Read more
(April 22, 2023) Toronto/Montreal – Duo Cavatine is thrilled to announce the release of their new album, Nuages, available now on all major music streaming platforms and on physical CDs. It features a collection of exquisite pieces for cello and piano that showcase the duo’s unique and captivating sound. The French word “Nuages” translates to … Read more