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CANZONA Chamber Players present two special concerts featuring Spanish Music for Clarinet & Piano, performed by renowned clarinetist Pedro Rubio and pianist Ana Benavides. The concert will be held at the St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church on Toronto Island on Sunday, April 2, 2:00 PM, and at in Rosedale on Monday, April 3, 7:30 PM. These concerts will include a range of original works for clarinet and piano.
Pedro Rubio is a world-renowned clarinetist and professor of the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica of Madrid. He has performed solo and chamber music recitals throughout Europe and North America, and he has performed with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Malaga Symphony, and numerous other orchestras throughout Spain. Accompanying Rubio is the talented pianist Ana Benavides, who has completed studies in Madrid, Vienna, and Barcelona, with Manuel Carra and Alicia de Larrocha as teachers.
Tickets for the concert are priced at $30 and can be reserved via email at reservations@canzona.org, by calling or texting Jonathan at 416.822.0613, or for the Island, Roger at 416.203.2416.
FUNDRAISING >>
PLEASE ENJOY ANNA SAGALOVA'S CONCERT, FROM THE FUNDRAISER ON JANUARY 17, 2023, PRODUCED BY PICKLE UNDERGROUND (ANNA PIDGORNA, AND CANZONA CHAMBER PLAYERS).
THANK YOU TO EVAN MITCHELL & JOHN S. GRAY, FOR FILMING AND RECORDING, AND TO THE ARTS & LETTERS CLUB, TORONTO, FOR HOSTING THE EVENT.
Canzona Chamber Players is an annual classical and jazz chamber music concert series in its 20th year featuring some of Canada's top musicians. The series has been hosted at various venues on Toronto Island and in downtown Toronto.
Founded by Jacob Stoller, Jonathan Krehm and Roger Sharp, we exist and thrive because of the enthusiastic support of the St.-Andrew-By-the-Lake Congregation and the Toronto Island community and our music patrons in the GTA.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able to broadcast recitals on our YouTube page, which were recorded to the highest standard. The series has featured Winona Zelenka, Joseph Johnson and Jonathan Crow (TSO), Marie Bérard (COC), 2020 Juno recipient Angela Schwarzkopf, Yosuke Kawasaki and Jessica Linnebach (NACO) and many more.
We thank John S. Gray for audio recording these acoustic performances and Evan Mitchell for video recording, editing and broadcasting them. All performers were paid for their performance. In light of the war in Ukraine, we recently presented two fundraising events.
Click here to learn more and make a donation to Ukraine.
For the past ten years, we have held an annual fundraising concert in memory of Elizabeth Krehm, and to date have raised over $242 000 for the St. Michael's Hospital Foundation.
Click here to learn more and make a donation to St. Michael's Hospital.
Now in our 20th season, 2022-23, we are presenting live events again, beginning with John Kameel Farrah in November.
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We hope to see you soon.
Jonathan Krehm and Canzona Chamber Players
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