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SUMMARY:Octet Victoria
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming back this popular vocal octet for their third concert at Wentworth Villa. So far\, they have presented a program of sacred choral music\, and a program of Christmas music. This time we will hear a program of “Secular Music for Spring” including works by Janequin\, Certon\, Britten\, Monteverdi\, and Mendelssohn.\n  \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nAh Robin\, Gentle Robin\nAs Vesta Was\nLay a Garland\nCarol from Sacred and Profane\nThe Blue Bird\n \nIl bianco  e dolce cigno\nBaci soavi e cari\nDolcissimo scinole\nEcco mormorar l’onde\nDolce Cantavi\n \nMille Regretz\nJe ne l’ose dire\nLes chants des oiseaux\nDieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder\n \nSechs Lieder Opus 59\n     Im Grünen\n     Frühzeitiger Frühling\n     Abschied vom Walde\n     Die Nachtigall\n     Ruhetal\n  \n                        \nWilliam Cornysh (1465 – 1523)\nThomas Weelkes (1576 – 1623)\nRobert Pearsall (1795 – 1856)\nBenjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)\nCharles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924)\n \nJaques Arcedelt (1507 – 1568)\nClaudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)\nClaudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)\nClaudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)\nCaroline Shaw (b. 1982)\n \nJosquin des Prez (1450 – 1521)\nPierre Certon (1510 – 1572)\nClément Janequin (1485 – 1588)\nClaude Debussy (1862 – 1918)\n \nFelix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)\n \n \n \n \n \n  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nOctet Victoria is a fully professional group of eight singers who are committed to creating excellent choral music here in Victoria. Founded in 2022 by Char Hodgkins\, Octet Victoria’s members are highly skilled musicians with varied backgrounds; some of our members have a lifetime of choral experience\, while others are soloists or dedicated teachers. Having a mixed choir of eight different voices allows a large amount of flexibility for repertoire\, and Octet Victoria has explored choral music from all time periods spanning Renaissance to modern day. Octet Victoria has performed some of the richest music from the choral tradition such as motets by J.S. Bach and J. Brahms\, as well as a variety of new music including selections by Canadian composers such as Ruth Watson Henderson\, Stephanie Martin\, and Nathaniel Dett. This past season\, Octet Victoria collaborated with Victoria Baroque\, produced a concert with an expanded group of sixteen professional singers\, and is pleased to be back at Wentworth Villa for the third time!  \nSingers:\nGina Johnson – Soprano\nOlivia Duffin – Soprano\nChar Hodgkins – Alto\nAlana Hayes – Alto\nFelix Butterfield – Tenor\nOliver Dalton  – Tenor\nNathan McDonald – Bass\nRowan McWilliams – Bass
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/octet-victoria-2026/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Walks on Fort
DESCRIPTION:Guided tours of historic Fort Street\, from the waterfront to Wentworth Villa. Tours include entrance to the exhibit. \nJoin Wentworth Villa curators Ben and Charles for guided walking tours of historic Fort Street\, Victoria’s oldest street. Beginning at the Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the picturesque Inner Harbour\, we will make our way eastward on Fort Street to Wentworth Villa Museum. Enroute we will look at some of the street’s many surviving heritage buildings and consider their place in the historic fabric of the city. Stories of the buildings’ architects and original occupants will be shared along with special behind-the-scenes glimpses of how some of these buildings are being used today. At the end of the tour guests will be invited to take in our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. \nMeeting Place: Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the western side of Wharf Street\, between Fort and Broughton Streets. \nTour Duration: Approximately 90 minutes (10-11:30)
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/walks-on-fort-4/2026-04-16/
LOCATION:Fort Victoria National Historic Site\, 1002 Wharf Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Local History,Tour,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Walks on Fort
DESCRIPTION:Guided tours of historic Fort Street\, from the waterfront to Wentworth Villa. Tours include entrance to the exhibit. \nJoin Wentworth Villa curators Ben and Charles for guided walking tours of historic Fort Street\, Victoria’s oldest street. Beginning at the Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the picturesque Inner Harbour\, we will make our way eastward on Fort Street to Wentworth Villa Museum. Enroute we will look at some of the street’s many surviving heritage buildings and consider their place in the historic fabric of the city. Stories of the buildings’ architects and original occupants will be shared along with special behind-the-scenes glimpses of how some of these buildings are being used today. At the end of the tour guests will be invited to take in our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. \nMeeting Place: Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the western side of Wharf Street\, between Fort and Broughton Streets. \nTour Duration: Approximately 90 minutes (10-11:30)
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/walks-on-fort-3-2/2026-04-11/
LOCATION:Fort Victoria National Historic Site\, 1002 Wharf Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Local History,Tour,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Walks on Fort
DESCRIPTION:Guided tours of historic Fort Street\, from the waterfront to Wentworth Villa. Tours include entrance to the exhibit. \nJoin Wentworth Villa curators Ben and Charles for guided walking tours of historic Fort Street\, Victoria’s oldest street. Beginning at the Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the picturesque Inner Harbour\, we will make our way eastward on Fort Street to Wentworth Villa Museum. Enroute we will look at some of the street’s many surviving heritage buildings and consider their place in the historic fabric of the city. Stories of the buildings’ architects and original occupants will be shared along with special behind-the-scenes glimpses of how some of these buildings are being used today. At the end of the tour guests will be invited to take in our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. \nMeeting Place: Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the western side of Wharf Street\, between Fort and Broughton Streets. \nTour Duration: Approximately 90 minutes (10-11:30)
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/walks-on-fort-4/2026-04-02/
LOCATION:Fort Victoria National Historic Site\, 1002 Wharf Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Local History,Tour,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Walks on Fort
DESCRIPTION:Guided tours of historic Fort Street\, from the waterfront to Wentworth Villa. Tours include entrance to the exhibit. \nJoin Wentworth Villa curators Ben and Charles for guided walking tours of historic Fort Street\, Victoria’s oldest street. Beginning at the Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the picturesque Inner Harbour\, we will make our way eastward on Fort Street to Wentworth Villa Museum. Enroute we will look at some of the street’s many surviving heritage buildings and consider their place in the historic fabric of the city. Stories of the buildings’ architects and original occupants will be shared along with special behind-the-scenes glimpses of how some of these buildings are being used today. At the end of the tour guests will be invited to take in our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. \nMeeting Place: Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the western side of Wharf Street\, between Fort and Broughton Streets. \nTour Duration: Approximately 90 minutes (10-11:30)
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/walks-on-fort-3/
LOCATION:Fort Victoria National Historic Site\, 1002 Wharf Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Local History,Tour,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Walks on Fort
DESCRIPTION:Guided tours of historic Fort Street\, from the waterfront to Wentworth Villa. Tours include entrance to the exhibit. \nJoin Wentworth Villa curators Ben and Charles for guided walking tours of historic Fort Street\, Victoria’s oldest street. Beginning at the Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the picturesque Inner Harbour\, we will make our way eastward on Fort Street to Wentworth Villa Museum. Enroute we will look at some of the street’s many surviving heritage buildings and consider their place in the historic fabric of the city. Stories of the buildings’ architects and original occupants will be shared along with special behind-the-scenes glimpses of how some of these buildings are being used today. At the end of the tour guests will be invited to take in our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. \nMeeting Place: Fort Victoria National Historic Site on the western side of Wharf Street\, between Fort and Broughton Streets. \nTour Duration: Approximately 90 minutes (10-11:30)
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/walks-on-fort/
LOCATION:Fort Victoria National Historic Site\, 1002 Wharf Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Local History,Tour,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Fort Street Exhibit Opening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of our new feature exhibit\, Fort Street: The Story of Victoria’s First Street. Curator Ben Clinton-Baker will walk us through the development of historic Fort Street\, from its origins as a cart track through the centre of Fort Victoria to its role today as a vibrant cultural\, commercial\, and transport corridor. \nNote– The ticket price for this event includes admission to the exhibit.
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/fort-street-exhibit-opening/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Lectures,Local History,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Devil’s Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Devil’s Workshop: Architecture\, Magic\, and the Occult\nIn this talk\, illustrated with illuminated manuscripts and the speaker’s own photographs\, Charles chronicles the interplay of architecture and the occult\, from secret alchemical laboratories to bridges built by the devil\, from a 10th century church to a 20th century Goethe scholar\, and from medieval Europe to contemporary Victoria. \nDr. Charles Leitz is an associate curator at Wentworth Villa. Before coming to Wentworth\, he did academic research on medieval European intellectual history\, and especially on the history of demonology. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/devils-workshop/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Lectures,Local History,Victoria Attractions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260315T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260315T163000
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SUMMARY:Dmitri Levkovich and Agnė Radzevičiutė
DESCRIPTION:Ukrainian-born pianist Dmitri Levkovich and his wife\, Lithuanian- born pianist Agnė Radzevičiutė are based in Toronto. Both prize winners of top international piano competitions\, we are pleased to welcome them for their Wentworth Villa debut recital in an exciting program named after Schubert’s 4-hand work “Storms of Life”. It will include works by Schubert\, Chopin\, Scriabin\, Mendelssohn and others\, switching between piano solos and 4 hand duets.\n  \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nChopin\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \nSchubert/Liszt\n      \nSchubert\n      \nChopin 	\n      \n                              \nSonata No. 2 in B-flat minor\, Op. 35\nGrave – Doppio movimento\nScherzo\nMarche funèbre: Lento\nFinale: Presto \n      \nValse Caprice\, S.427/6\n      \nAllegro in A minor\, D 947 “Lebensstürme” (“Storms of Life”) \n      \nEtude op. 25 No. 1 in A-flat major “Aeolian Harp” \nScherzo No.2\, Op. 31 in B-flat minor \n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nScriabin\n     \n      \n      \nMozart\n      \n      \n      \n   \nAuber/Liszt/Cziffra\nMendelssohn \n \n                   \nSonata-Fantasy No. 2\, op. 19 in G-sharp minor\n      Andante\n      Presto \n    \nSonata No.10 in C major\, K.330   (Vienna/Salzburg\, 1783)\n      Allegro Moderato\n      Andante Cantabile\n      Allegretto \n    \nTarantella di bravura aus “La muette de Portici”\, S.386\nAndante and Allegro Brilliante   \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nUkranian-born Canadian pianist and composer Dmitri Levkovich’s performances were praised for “artistic sophistication far above the ordinary” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and “understanding of the music far beyond most young pianists” (American Record Guide). His original compositions were reviewed in the Philadelphia’s Broad Street Review – “…the musicians could jump right into the heartfelt melodies and big emotional surges of Levkovich’s slow movement.”  \nRecent performance highlights include Grieg Concerto with Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra\, Liszt First Piano Concerto at the Great Hall of Berlin Philharmonie\, a debut at the Ravinia Festival and 2nd International Mariinsky Far East Festival . Dmitri was featured in ARTE TV’s “Stars of tomorrow” and “Living the Classical Life” interview series. His debut recording of Rachmaninoff’s 24 Preludes was met with worldwide critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the 2016 International Classical Music Award.  \nHe has performed over 30 different piano concertos\, with orchestras that include the Cleveland Orchestra\, China National \, Dresden Philharmonic\, Gulbenkian\, Frankfurt HR Radio\, Mariinsky\, Slovak Philharmonic\, and Utah Symphony Orchestra under conductors Valery Gergiev\, Jahja Ling\, George Pehlivanian\, Vladimir Spivakov\, Markus Stenz\, and Sebastian Weigle. He has performed at Great Halls of the Alte Oper Frankfurt\, Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts\, Berlin Philharmonie\, Gulbenkian Foundation\, Moscow Conservatory\, Théâtre des Champs Elysées\,  Warsaw Philharmonie\, as well as Mariinsky Theater’s Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall.  \nDmitri honed his skills on the piano under the guidance of Sergei Babayan for 11 years and in composition at the Curtis Institute of Music.  He is the winner of more than 20 international piano competitions\, including the China\, Cleveland\, German Piano Award\, Gina Bachauer\, Jose Iturbi and the Vendôme Prize. Dmitri has earned numerous ‘audience favorite’ awards and special prizes\, notably for best performance of Chopin’s works.  \nIn the fall of 2021\, Dmitri toured Switzerland with Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto\, performing at Basel and Bern Philharmonic Halls.  The same season\, he performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto with Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra at the Frankfurt’s Alte Oper. Since recently\, Dmitri is getting recognition as a composer. The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has performed his “Fantasie” for piano and orchestra\, and his Piano Trio was performed at the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland.\n  \n\n \nLithuanian- born pianist Agnė Radzevičiutė has been praised by the press for her “sincere and meaningful” interpretations and “exquisite musical sensitivity and conviction” (Seven Days of Art). Her concerts in Paris and Vilnius were featured live on Mezzo TV\, Europe’s classical music channel\, and her performance credits include a recital at the United Nations Concert Hall in Geneva.  Agnė performed Chopin Concerto in E minor at the prestigious Koerner Hall in Toronto in the Finals of the Fifth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition.  \nAgnė’s first international stage appearance was at the age of 10 on a tour in Switzerland. She has performed Chopin and Mozart concerti with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra\, Kaunas Symphonic and St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania). She received distinctions from the President of Lithuania as well as the Ministry of Education for her “active performance career and representing Lithuania on the international stage”.  In 2018\, she made her United States orchestra debut with Chagrin Valley Studio Orchestra under the baton of Steve Eva. In April 2023\, Agnė debuted with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in a performance which was streamed live on the Lithuanian National Television.  \nAgnė has won prizes in a dozen international piano competitions\, including the First Prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists\, held in Poland\, Second Prize at the Kosciuszko Chopin Piano Competition in New York City and Third prize at the Canadian Chopin Competition in Toronto. In 2013\, she was awarded Prix de Piano at the Fontainebleau Festival in France.  \nAgne is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music in New York City (studio of Andre-Michel Schub) and Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School in Toronto (studio of David Louie and John Perry). Apart from\nher solo career\, Agnė enjoys playing in a piano duet with her husband\, pianist Dmitri Levkovich. The duet has toured extensively in Canada (“Under the Spire” Festival in Prince Edward Island\, Algoma Conservatory in Sault Ste. Marie\, and Georgian Music Festival in Barrie) as well as internationally (Palermo Classica Festival in Italy\, Kaunas and Klaipeda Philharmonic Halls in Lithuania).
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/dmitri-and-agne/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Marion Newman and Robert Holliston
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome renowned mezzo Marion Newman\, making her Wentworth Villa debut\, alongside collaborative pianist Robert Holliston\, who is well-known to our audiences. This concert comprises a program of music for voice and piano inspired by nature\, as well as Ancestral Voices\, a song cycle written for Marion Newman by composer (and beloved Vancouver Symphony conductor) Bramwell Tovey\, who died in 2022.\n   \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nTrois Chanson de Bilitis\n1.	La flûte de Pan\n2.	La chevelure\n3.	Le tombeau des naïades\n      \nSea Pictures\n      Sea Slumber Song\n      In Haven (Capri)\n      Sabbath Morning at Sea\n      Where Corals Lie   The Swimmer  \n              \nClaude Debussy (1862-1918)\n   \n   \n   \n   \nEdward Elgar Op. 37 (1857-1934)\n   \n   \n   \n   \n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nAncestral Voices\n      In Arcady\n      The Bison\n      The Letter\n      Bring Light to the Truth\n      \nSongs about Birds\n      When Doves Cry\n      Song to a Seagull\n      Blackbird\n   \n     Stardust\n     Le colibri\n     An die Nachtigall\n \n                            \nBramwell Tovey (1953-2022)\n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \nPrince (1958-2016)\nJoni Mitchell (b. 1943)\nJohn Lennon (1940-1980)\nand Paul McCartney (b. 1942)\nHoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)\nErnest Chausson (1855-1899)\nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nMarion Newman is Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations with English\, Irish and Scottish heritage. Born in Bella Coola\, Marion grew up in Sooke\, BC\, immersed in and embraced by her community and culture. She is one of Canada’s most accomplished singers in repertoire ranging from Charpentier to Cusson and operatic roles including Carmen and Rosina (The Barber of Seville). Nominated for a Dora Award for her leading role in the world premiere of Shanawdithit (Nolan/Burry) with Toronto’s Tapestry Opera\, Ian Ritchie wrote “she invests her character with towering dignity and courage”. \nRecent performances include “Songs from the House of Death” (Cusson) with Regina Symphony and Beethoven’s Ninth with Symphony Nova Scotia. With Opera Kelowna\, Marion performed with soprano Melody Courage in “Wreckonciliation”\, approaching classical opera works through an Indigenous lens. \nMarion created the role of Dawn with the Welsh National Opera world premiere of Migrations (Todd) and portrayed Isabelle Eberhardt in Missy Mazzoli’s “Song from the Uproar” with City Opera Vancouver. This season\, Marion is Maddelena in Rigoletto with Pacific Opera Victoria. Upcoming new works include Mimi in Indians on Vacation\, an operatic adaptation (Cusson/Vavrek) of the novel by Thomas King\, with Edmonton Opera. \nA driving force for truth and reconciliation within the context of classical music\, she is helping lead colleagues and audiences through long overdue discussions about the very nature of what it means to call something “Canadian music”. \nMarion is Assistant Professor of Voice at University of Victoria’s School of Music and is the host of CBC’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. \n  \n\n \nRobert Holliston studied at the Victoria Conservatory of Music under Robin Wood and Winifred Scott Wood\, and at the University of British Columbia under Robert Rogers. As an accompanist and chamber player he has performed throughout Canada and the USA\, England and New Zealand\, and has been heard frequently on CBC-Radio. He has recorded CDs with the popular salon ensemble Viveza\, trombonist Ian McDougall\, tenor Ken Lavigne\, his brother Tom Holliston\, Show Business Giants\, and members of the Hornby Island Ensemble.\nRobert has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading singers\, including Richard Margison\, Benjamin Butterfield\, Judith Forst\, Nathalie Paulin\, Susan Platts\, Peter Barcza\, and fellow VCM faculty members; string players Eugene Fodor\, Moshe Hammer\, Marc Destrubé\, Jonathan Crow\, and Paul Marleyn; and (with Viveza) dancers Karen Kain and Evelyn Hart. A popular public speaker\, Robert has given pre-performance lectures for Pacific Opera Victoria since 1993 and is POV’s Principal Coach. Still an active performer\, Robert is currently Head of Keyboard at the Victoria Conservatory of Music\, where he also teaches piano and music history\, and acts as vocal coach. Robert was a founding director of the VCM Opera Studio.
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LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
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SUMMARY:Kai Gleusteen and Catherine Ordronneau
DESCRIPTION:We are happy to welcome back Kai Gleusteen and Catherine Ordronneau for their third concert at Wentworth Villa. Based in Barcelona where Kai is the concert master of the Orchestra Del Gran Teatre del Liceu\, the duo has performed together for more than 20 years. Their last performance for us in 2023 included music by Dvorak\, Kreisler\, R. Strauss and Morricone. This time they will present a program of works by Elgar\, Franck\, and Enescu.\n   \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nEdward Elgar\n \n \n \n \nGeorges Enescu\n \n \n \n \n              \nSonata for violin and piano in e minor\, Op. 82\n      I. Allegro risoluto  \n      II. Romance\n      III. Allegro non troppo\n  \nSonata for violin and piano no. 3 in a minor (in Romanian\nFolk Style)\, Op 25\n      I. Moderato malonconico\n      II.  Andante sostenuto e misterioso\n      III.  Allegro con brío\, ma non troppo mosso\n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nCésar Franck\n \n \n \n \n              \nSonata for violin and piano in A Major\n      I. Allegretto ben moderato  \n      II. Allegro\n      III. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia     \n      IV. Allegretto poco mosso  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nCanadian born violinist\, Kai Gleusteen started at the age of five years old in his native city\, Calgary. Already at a young age\, he had the opportunity to study with the most renowned violinists and teachers of his time\, including Nathan Milstein\, Ivan Galamian\, Josef Gingold\, Dorothy Delay\, and Zakhar Bron. By the age of seventeen\, Kai was awarded the top prize in the Commonwealth Concerto Competition in Australia\, he had received the prestigious Skene Award in Scotland and had formed his first chamber orchestra: The Group of Twelve.  \nA strong believer in the musician as a multi-dimensional human being\, Kai chose to combine his musical studies with academic pursuits. At the University of Michigan\, he studied anthropology\, geophysics\, and philosophy. He received a Master’s Degree from Rice University under the tutelage of the violinist Camilla Wicks.  \nIn 1991\, Kai moved to Europe. Paris and Prague were his bases for nine years\, allowing him to develop and perform both as a soloist and concertmaster. In the year 2000\, he won the concertmaster position of the Orchestra ‘del Gran Teatre del Liceu’ and subsequently moved to Barcelona. Since 2003\, he was appointed professor at the Escuela Superior de Musica de Catalunya and founded the chamber music series called Kaimerata Concerts. He continues to perform extensively as a soloist and a recitalist and has released numerous critically acclaimed recordings.\n  \n\n \nAlthough Catherine Ordronneau performed her first solo concert at age 12\, it is only when she turned 18 that she decided to devote herself entirely to music\, receiving guidance from French pianist François-Rene Duchable and the pedagogue Monique Deschaussees\, herself a student of the great Alfred Cortot. After receiving the highest distinction in academics\, and the prize of the Foundation Lefebure\, she chose to avoid international competitions in order to develop and grow as a well-rounded musician.  \nCatherine performs extensively in North America\, Europe and China. She was invited to play as a soloist with the various orchestras throughout North America\, Europe and the Middle East. Since 2008\, she regularly goes to China and has played in the most prestigious halls\, including the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai and the Performing Arts Center in Tianjin. She recorded live for CBC Radio\, Bravo\, TV2 in Spain\, Radio France.  \nCatherine has a great passion for chamber music and has taken part in many international chamber music festivals. She has worked and performed with her partner Kai Gleusteen for more than 20 years and their discography includes award winning recordings. Catherine is professor of piano and chamber music in the Liceu Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Barcelona.
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SUMMARY:Trios and Duos for Flute\, Cello\, and Piano
DESCRIPTION:Returning to Wentworth Villa by popular demand\, Victoria Symphony principal flutist\, Arin Sarkissian\, and principal cellist\, Brian Yoon\, join collaborative pianist\, Monica Pfau\, in a program of trios by Goossens\, Farrenc\, and Kapustin; Poulenc’s beautiful Cantilena from his flute sonata FP 164\, and Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 for cello and piano.\n   \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nFive Impressions of a Holiday\, Op.7 (1914)\n       In the hills\n       By the rivers\n       The water-wheel\n       The village church\n       At the fair\n  \nTrio for Flute\, Cello\, and Piano\, Op. 45 (1857)\n       Allegro deciso\n       Andante\n       Scherzo. Vivace\n       Finale. Presto\n                       \nEugene Goossens (1893-1962)\n \n \n \n \n \n \nLouise Farrenc (1804-1875)\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nAdagio and Allegro\, Op. 70 (1849)\n \nFlute Sonata\, FP 164 (1957)\n       Cantilena\n \nTrio for Flute\, Cello\, and Piano\, Op. 86 (1998)\n       Allegro molto\n       Andante\n       Allegro giocos\n                        \nRobert Schumann (1810-1856)\n \nFrancis Poulenc(1899-1963)\n \n \nNikolai Kapustin (1937-2020)\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nResiding in British Columbia\, Arin Sarkissian is the Principal Flutist of the Victoria Symphony.  \nThe Toronto-born artist was awarded the 2024 Michael Measures 1st Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts and 1st Prize at Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s 2020 Concours. Sarkissian performs regularly as a featured soloist in Victoria and beyond\, most recently as a soloist on tour with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and in a solo recital broadcasted by CBC on behalf of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Orchestral appearances included invitations as a fellow with the National Arts Centre Orchestra\, substitute for the Vancouver Symphony\, and guest Principal Flute with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Arin also enjoys performing alongside harpist Kaitlin Miller as Duo Duoro\, most recently on tour in Washington and Southern California as the Chamber Ensemble winner of the 2024 Frances Walton Competition.  \nSarkissian graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance with Distinction in Research and Creative Works\, studying under the professorship of Leone Buyse. He also obtained a Performance Certificate from The Colburn School\, where he studied with Jim Walker in Los Angeles.\n  \n\n \nBrian Yoon enjoys a varied career as soloist\, chamber musician\, adjudicator\, teacher\, and Principal Cello of the Victoria Symphony. He has performed as guest principal with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa\, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand. Since winning First Prize at the 35th Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition\, Brian has been presented in recital from coast to coast\, with performances of repertoire ranging from Bach and Beethoven to George Crumb and Metallica. Brian has received generous support from the BC Arts Council\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation. He currently plays a 1905 cello by Gaetano Sgarabotto of Milan\, purchased with the generous support of Dr. Fritz Boehm and the Gail O’Riordan Memorial Fund for Music and Performing Arts at the Victoria Foundation\, and an Albert Nürnberger bow.\n  \n\n \nAn accomplished soloist and chamber musician\, pianist Monica Pfau has performed on a variety of stages across North America and Europe. Many of her performances have been featured on CBC Radio’s Westcoast Performance and she has recorded with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra under Mario Bernardi\, the National Film Board of Canada\, and for Australian cinema. A student of Robin Wood\, early honours included the Victoria Medal (UVic)\, the ARCT Performer’s Gold Medal\, BC Cultural Fund artist grants\, and a DAAD scholarship to the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Appointed Accompanist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre\, Monica performed with renowned artists such as cellist Janos Starker and the Fine Arts Quartet (USA). After completing her Master’s degree in Performance from UBC\, Monica won First Prize in the Concerto Competition and made her orchestral debut under Maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama. She later accepted a Doctoral Fellowship and became a faculty member of the VSO School of Music. Monica is currently working as a collaborative pianist at the University of Victoria.
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SUMMARY:Victoria's Morgan Block
DESCRIPTION:Victoria’s Morgan Block: A Heritage Conservation Case Study\nVictoria’s Old Town is a cherished historic district with preserved architecture. Development guidelines protect its character while accommodating growth. This panel discussion involving some of Victoria’s most respected architects and Heritage professionals will examine one proposal’s journey through the approval process\, exploring context\, regulations\, and design deliberations.  \n Register Here\n \nCost: $20 members / $30 suggested for non-members (sliding scale) / cash at door only\n \n \nSpeakers:\n  \nDonald Luxton\nDonald Luxton has practised in the field of heritage conservation since 1983\, and has demonstrated experience in all aspects of heritage planning and restoration. His reputation as a heritage consultant\, educator and author has been firmly established on projects throughout British Columbia\, the Yukon and Alberta. Mr. Luxton’s past projects include the restoration of residential\, commercial\, and institutional buildings. Recent restoration projects include Mole Hill Community Housing\, Streamline Place (Heritage Award\, 2000)\, and the PGE Railway Station (Heritage Society of B.C. Provincial Heritage Award\, 1998). Other conservation projects include the City of Whitehorse Heritage Management Plan (1999)\, B.C. Packers\, Steveston\, Heritage Interpretive Plan (1997-2000)\, and Municipal Heritage Management Plans for the City of Nanaimo (1998)\, the Corporation of Delta (1998-1999)\, the District of Saanich (1999)\, and the City of Port Moody (2000).\n  \n\n  \nSteve Barber\nSteve Barber is the former Senior Heritage Planner for the City of Victoria Planning & Development Department. He was the Heritage Planner in Victoria for 28 years and prior to that\, was a Heritage Planner for 8 years in Winnipeg. He received a Masters of Environmental Design in Architecture from the University of Calgary and has lectured on heritage conservation at the University of Victoria\, Simon Fraser University and numerous conferences. In 1998 he helped develop the City’s Tax Incentive Program for Residential Conversion which has resulted in the rehabilitation of 34 downtown heritage buildings\, creating over 600 units of new housing and attracting over $100 million in new private investment. This program was given awards by the local Hallmark Society\, The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals and by the Canadian Home Builder’s Association.\n  \n\n  \nShaun McIntyre\nShaun McIntyre has been with the renowned Merrick Architecture practice for 26 years\, becoming a Principal and owner in 2014 after serving as a Managing Associate of the Victoria Studio since 2010. He is a LEED® AP and AIBC Registered Architect. He has served on the City of Victoria’s Advisory Design Panel\, and Vancouver’s Gastown Heritage Area Planning Committee. Shaun is an accomplished designer\, providing project leadership with a focus on client engagement\, in addition to his daily management of the Victoria Studio. He is especially skilled in the preparation of conceptual designs during the project visioning stage and has contributed to a wide range of complex rezoning initiatives on Vancouver Island and the Mainland. Shaun has been involved with complex heritage rehabilitation projects\, including the Hudson’s Bay redevelopment\, the historic Janion Hotel\, the Johnson Street Gateway (formerly the Northern Junk)\, the Victoria Public Market at the Hudson\, and the Morgan Block.\n  \n\n  \nMerinda Conley\nMerinda Conley is the principal owner of Community Design Strategies Inc.\, which was incorporated in 2006. Merinda holds a Master of Environmental Design in Architecture\, an Honours Diploma in Architectural Technology\, and a Certificate in Management Development from The University of Alberta’s School of Business. She is a certified member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada\, certified under the National Charrette Institute\, and an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects. She is a recipient of over sixteen awards\, including a Canadian Institute of Planners Award of Merit in 2019\, a Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects and two Alberta Premier’s Awards of Excellence for her professional contributions\, delivery and management of the Alberta Main Street Program. Merinda’s focus is on her consulting work with heritage conservation\, main street revitalization\, public engagement\, and design and illustration. Her heritage conservation services include working with communities to survey their local heritage resources\, identify Places of Interest\, develop heritage inventories\, prepare context papers and heritage management plans with interactive management tools. She also prepares conservation plans\, heritage impact assessments\, and various protocols for appropriate building conservation. Merinda is also Associate Director of the award- winning Co-Design Group based out of Vancouver and Calgary\, and is a core Co-Design architect/artist facilitator. She also co-author of the book Co-Design: A Process of Design Participation published in 1989 by Van Nostrand Reinhold in New York. \nAt the time of the Morgan Block and Watson & McGregor application Merinda was serving as the Senior Heritage Planner for the City of Victoria.\n  \n\n  \nPamela Madoff\nPamela Madoff is a prominent former city councillor and a dedicated advocate for heritage preservation\, architecture\, and urban design in Victoria\, British Columbia. She served on the Victoria City Council for 25 years. Born and raised in Victoria\, Pamela developed an interest in urban form and heritage preservation early on\, becoming an activist in local movements to save historic buildings from demolition in the 1980s. Before entering politics\, her experience included writing and lecturing on architectural history\, preservation\, and urban planning. Pamela was first elected to the Victoria City Council in 1993\, where she served for an uninterrupted stretch until 2018. During her tenure\, she was known as the city’s “conscience” on matters of land use\, urban design\, and built form. Since leaving the city council\, Pamela has remained active in the field of heritage preservation. She was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Heritage B.C. in 2019 for her contributions. She continues to serve as chairwoman of the Victoria Heritage Advisory Panel\, a member of the Advisory Design Panel\, and a board member of the Civic Trust and the Heritage Foundation.\n  \n\n  \n\nDouglas Campbell\nDoug Campbell is an architect with experience in a wide range of projects. After a career of over 25 years with Carruthers and Associates and Cannon Design in Calgary and Vancouver\, he moved to Victoria and set up a practice in focused on residential projects. Doug was a council member and President of the Aberta Association of Architects\, and served on the Victoria Heritage Advisory Panel from 2017 to 2020. He is registered with the AIBC and is a Fellow of the RAIC.
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SUMMARY:The Stories Houses Tell
DESCRIPTION:Every house is more than a collection of walls and ceilings; houses carry the stories\, memories\, and identities of the people who live in them. In this talk\, Maryam Vakil shares her journey to Yazd – a UNESCO World Heritage City – and the experience of reviving a 200-year-old adobe house. What began as a short visit turned into a deep immersion in the history\, culture\, and architecture of the city. Restoring Homayoun House was not only about reconstruction; it was a way to connect with the historic fabric of Yazd — with its enduring traditions\, the Zoroastrian neighborhood\, and the sense of old-fashioned neighbourliness that still shapes everyday life. This experience led her to reflect on the meaning of home\, its link to personal and collective identity\, and the role of architectural heritage in our lives today. \nFrom the mud-brick courtyards of Yazd to the wooden Victorian houses of Victoria\, this talk is an invitation to listen to the stories that houses tell — each shaped by its own climate\, culture\, and community — and to consider a larger question: when we listen to houses\, what do we rediscover about ourselves? \nMaryam Vakil is an architect and urban designer from Iran\, now living in Victoria. Her work weaves together architecture\, culture\, and memory\, seeking to revive the spirit of spaces and reconnect them with contemporary life\, shaping vibrant and inclusive communities. She currently works with the City of Victoria’s Arts\, Culture and Events team as a Programs & Policy Coordinator.
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SUMMARY:Omega String Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Omega Trio is made up of three of Canada’s finest chamber musicians\, who first came together as a string trio (violin\, viola\, cello) through a love of playing together\, and a wish to play the little-heard repertoire for this combination\, some of it by the most famous composers. Named after a now-defunct garage for repairing French cars in Vancouver (don’t ask)\, they have performed in unusual spaces\, including dilapidated private homes\, luxurious mansions\, cathedrals and small churches\, as well as in traditional concert venues. Their repertoire comprises music from the 18th century to the present day\, including masterworks by Schubert\, Beethoven and Schnittke.\n  \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nFranz Schubert ( 1797-1828)\n     Allegro\n  \nGideon Klein (1919-1945)  \n     I. Allegro\n     II. Variations on a Moravian Folk Song\n     III. Molto vivace\n                   \nString trio in B flat major\, D471\n \n \nString Trio\n \n \n \n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nLudwig van Beethoven (1770 –1827) \n     I. Allegro con brio\n      II. Andante\n      III. Menuetto – Allegretto\n      IV. Adagio\n      V. Menuetto – Moderato\n      VI. Finale – Allegro\n  \n                     \nString Trio in E-flat major\, Op. 3\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nPraised for her “meltingly beautiful solos” and “depth and insight\,” cellist Pamela Highbaugh Aloni has been an Associate Professor at UVic since 1991 where she teaches cello\, chamber music\, and string pedagogy. She is a founding member of the award-winning Lafayette String Quartet which performed together for 37 years before taking their final bow in August of 2023.  \nIn those years\, the Lafayette quartet enjoyed a rich musical life together with the same four members. Highlights of their years include a celebration in 2000 performing all sixteen of Beethoven’s string quartets\, a 30th anniversary Shostakovich Cycle\, a Second Viennese School project\, commission of five new quartets by women composers\, and the initiation of the Lafayette Health Awareness Forum. Their CBC recording “Death and the Maiden” was awarded “Outstanding Classical Recording of the Year” by the Western Canada Music Awards. \nA native of California\, Pamela served as principal cellist with the Detroit’s Renaissance City Chamber Players. She was a Ford Motor Company Artist in Residence at the Center for Creative Studies Institute of Music and Dance and a faculty member at Oakland University. She earned her BMus and MMus degrees from California State University\, Northridge and Indiana University. Her principal teachers include Peter Rejto\, Janos Starker and Paul Katz. \nAn enthusiastic and devoted teacher\, Ms. Highbaugh Aloni served for ten years on the faculty at the Courtenay Youth Music School and Festival and has been the coach for the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra cello section since 2004. She performs both as a soloist and recitalist and has been a guest artist with the Vetta Ensemble of Vancouver\, Victoria Chamber Orchestra\, Victoria Summer Festival\, Festival of the Sound\, Sooke Philharmonic\, Eine Kleine Summer Music\, Chamber Music San Juan\, and served as principal cellist with the Galiano Ensemble from 2000-2018. Pamela plays on a George Craske cello made in England\, 1850.\n  \n\n \nViolinist Marc Destrubé is a musical polymath – soloist\, chamber musician\, concertmaster\, orchestral leader and teacher – whose career straddles the contemporary and ‘early music’ worlds. Marc grew up in Victoria BC and started violin lessons at 9. Following studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg\, he attended the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario and became an active freelancer. He was a founding member of Tafelmusik in Toronto and was soon invited to play with leading early music orchestras and ensembles in Europe. He has travelled the world and made dozens of recordings as co-concertmaster of the Orchestra of the 18th Century. He’s led the Belgian ensemble Anima Eterna\, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Hanover Band. He’s toured with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and is concertmaster of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra. He’s been concertmaster of the CBC Radio Orchestra and music director of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. \nToday\, he’s a member of the Axelrod String Quartet\, quartet-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.\, which plays on the museum’s exceptional collection of Stradivari and Amati instruments; Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble\, which specializes in contemporary music\, and the Microcosmos Quartet\, whose repertoire ranges far and wide. He is Artistic Director of the Pacific Baroque Festival (Victoria).\n  \n\n \nViolist Yariv Aloni is acclaimed by critics for his “impeccable technical accomplishments\, exquisite phrasing and superb viola playing”\, and as having “a huge\, singing tone and a rare depth and nobility of feeling”.   \nHe performs in numerous chamber music concerts\, festivals and recital series and currently plays with both the Omega String Trio and the Victoria Piano Quartet. \nAs the violist of both the AVIV and the PENDERECKI quartets\, he has performed in many of the world’s renowned concert halls including the Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre in New York\, the Louvre in Paris\, Tonhalle in Zurich\, Alte Oper in Frankfurt.  He has recorded for the United\, Marquise\, Tritonus and the CBC labels. \nYariv Aloni is the Music Director of the Victoria Chamber Orchestra\, the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra\, and the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra. His appearances as a guest conductor include the Victoria Symphony\, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, the West Coast Symphony in Vancouver and the Civic Orchestra of Victoria. \nYariv Aloni studied viola with David Chen at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem\, Daniel Benyamini\, principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra\, and Michael Tree and the Guarneri String Quartet.  He was a finalist at the François Shapira competition in Tel-Aviv and has won numerous awards from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation\, as well as the Israel Broadcasting Authority award for chamber music performance.
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/omega-string-trio/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Tending Eden: A Garden History of Victoria
DESCRIPTION:Martin Segger will talk about the golden years of Victoria as a garden city\, 1890-1930. He will focus on those who commissioned and created the great estate gardens\, the social rituals they accommodated\, and their importance as symbols of social status\, wealth\, and of horticultural and aesthetic sophistication. \nMartin Segger is an architectural historian and urban critic who has written extensively on Victoria’s built environment. He is the author of numerous publications on the architectural history of Victoria and BC including (with Douglas Franklin) the path-breaking Victoria: A Primer for Regional History in Architecture 1843-1929 (1979) and The Buildings of Samuel Maclure: In Search of Appropriate Form  (1986). He is also a former City of Victoria councillor and co-chair of the Provincial Capital Commission\, and has enjoyed a long career as a gallery curator focusing on BC historic and decorative arts. \nPlease reserve your seating below.
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/tending-eden-a-garden-history-of-victoria/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Heritage Homes,Lectures,Local History,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Ida Pelliccioli
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to welcome Italo-Croatian concert pianist Ida Pelliccioli\, making her Wentworth Villa debut\, on tour from her home base in Paris. She describes her program as “a journey from Spanish keyboard music to the Viennese Classic Style through the work of a forgotten composer – Manuel Blasco de Nebra.”\n  \n\n  \nRecital Program\n\n\n\nD. Scarlatti\n  \n  \n  \nW.A. Mozart\n    \n                                   \nSonata in D major K.492\nSonata in G minor K.43\nSonata in C minor K.22\n  \nFantasia and Fugue in C Major K. 394\nFantasia in C minor K. 396 \n\n\n\n  \nIntermission\n\n\n\nM. Blasco de Nebra\n  \n  \n  \nF. Schubert     \n                        \n Sonata n°6 in E minor\nSonata n° 1 in C minor\nSonata n°9 in A minor\n \nDrei Klavierstücke D946\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nIda Pelliccioli was born in Bergamo\, Italy. She studied at the Nice Conservatoire de Région and at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris – Alfred Cortot in the class of Serguei Markarov\, Unesco Artist for Peace. During her studies\, Ida Pelliccioli was awarded several scholarships\, amongst them\, one from the Zygmunt Zaleski Foundation and one from Fondation Albert Roussel. \nIda Pelliccioli participated in number of master-classes\, among others with Jean-Claude Pennetier\, Gerard Wyss and received a double diploma in interpretation and pedagogy\, at the École Normale in Paris. \nShe received artistic guidance from Norma Fisher who teaches at the Royal College of Music in London and she is one of  the rare pianists to have received guidance from  the cuban concert pianist Jorge Luis Prats. \nIda chose to avoid the international competition circuit and\, before becoming a full-time pianist\, received a double master diploma at the Sorbonne University – in Italian Literature and in Ancient Greek History\, specializing for the latter in the practice of music during the Hellenistic period. \nIda has been performing throughout Europe\, Canada\, Australia and South Africa. In 2024 she has debuted in Sweden\, Lithuania\, Austria\, Iceland and Australia. She has debuted in Singapore and will also play for the first time in Thailand in 2025. During her 2024-2025 Season\, Ida will perform\, among other prestigious venues\, at the National Gallery in London and the Royal Theater and Concert Hall in Nottingham and the Lyceum Club in Florence in collaboration with Amici della Musica di Firenze. \nIda shows a great interest in contemporary music: in 2023 she has performed music by Polish composer Elżbieta Sikora with soprano Joanna Freszel live on French radio – France Musique – in September 2023. \nIda has always been opened to other forms of art and collaborations. She appeared on screen\, playing the role of a pianist\, for the american TV Series “Find me in Paris” – Season 1 and 2 (2017/2018) and the french TV Series “Munch” (2018) and “Le diplôme” (2025).\nIn 2019\, she has been casted to double the role of the pianist in the short movie „Quand on ne sait pas voler” directed by Thomas Keumurian and produced by FILMO. \nIn 2021 Ida also took up a teaching position at Paris Conservatoire du 8ème arrondissement.
URL:https://wentworthvilla.com/event/ida-pelliccioli/
LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Victoria Attractions
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SUMMARY:Eliot Quartett
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming back the award-winning Eliot Quartett\, based in Frankfurt. The group first performed for us in September 2023\, playing a sold-out program of string quartets by Haydn\, Tailleferre\, and Schubert. This time\, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich they will play an exciting program of Shostakovich and Beethoven. \n\n  \nRecital Program\nDmitri Shostakovich – Quartet No. 12 in D flat Major for Strings\, Op. 133 \n1. Moderato — Allegretto — Moderato — Allegretto — Moderato\n2. Allegretto — Adagio — Moderato — Adagio — Moderato — Allegretto \nIntermission\nBeethoven: Quartet in A minor\, Op. 132 \nAssai sostenuto – Allegro\nAllegro ma non tanto\nMolto Adagio – Andante Andante – Molto adagio – Andante–Molto adagio.\nAlla Marcia\, assai vivace\nAllegro appassionato – Presto \n  \n\n \nThe Eliot Quartett was founded in 2014 and has become one of the most engaging string quartets of its generation. Hailing from Canada\, Germany and Russia\, the quartet’s members formed the group in Frankfurt am Main and have since gone on to win prizes at major national and international music competitions\, including second prize at both the Mozart International Competition in Salzburg and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition\, the Prize of the German Music Competition as well as three additional special prizes\, and first prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a piece by Karol Szymanowski at the inaugural International Karol Szymanowski Competition in Katowice\, Poland. \nThe Eliot Quartett has established itself as a cornerstone of the music scene in its hometown of Frankfurt\, Germany. In addition to appearances at the Alte Oper\, the Polytechnische Gesellschaft concert series and the Schumann Gesellschaft\, the Eliot Quartett is a regular guest at the Holzhausenschlösschen in Frankfurt and founded its own festival ‘Eliots am Main’ in 2022. \nThe Eliot Quartett’s concert schedule includes performances at renowned festivals and concerts series throughout Europe. It has performed at the Bachfest Leipzig\, the Kasseler Musiktagen\, the Mozartfest Würzburg\, the Rheingau Musik Festival\, the Shostakovich Tage\, the Festival Musica Sur and Delta Chamber Music Festival in Spain\, the Styriarte in Graz\, the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Schubertiade. \nThe four musicians began their chamber music instruction with Prof. Hubert Buchberger and went on to study with Prof. Tim Vogler at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and with Prof. Günter Pichler at the Instituto Internacional de Música de Camera at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. The Eliot Quartett has received valuable musical guidance from Valentin Erben\, Oliver Wille\, Martin Beaver\, and the Mandelring Quartet and enjoys a close working relationship with the esteemed pianist Alfred Brendel and the Belcea Quartet. \nThe Eliot Quartett is named after the American poet T. S. Eliot whose famous work “Four Quartets” was inspired by the innovative late Quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven. Eliot\, like Beethoven\, attempted to establish a connection between past\, present and future by breaking away from the accepted classical forms of the time. \nThe Eliot Quartett has released several recordings on GENUIN classics.
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LOCATION:Wentworth Villa\, 1156 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3K8
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Victoria Attractions
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