This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Sinfonia Toronto performing in George Weston Recital Hall in North York
Hosted Open Rehearsal
In-person
MusicDate and time
Location
Willowdale Emmanuel United Church
349 Kenneth Avenue
Toronto, ON
Directions: Please arrive by 1:50 pm. Enter the door at the top of the ramp from sidwalk along the parking lot. (The front doors on Kenneth Avenue will not be open.) Free parking is available.
Access
Free.
Offered in English and French.
Wheelchair accessible and is a relaxed performance.
Explanations and Q&A with a music educator
About
How do tens of thousands of notes come together? See and hear how an orchestra creates the "whole greater than the sum of its parts" as Music Director Nurhan Arman rehearses with the superb professional musicians of Sinfonia Toronto in three contrasting selections - a Classical symphony by Felix Mendelssohn; a fascinating 1968 sonata for violin solo, strings and percussion by Dmitri Shostakovich, with virtuoso Russian-American violinist Igor Pikayzen and percussionist Tim Francom; and Antonin Dvorak's beautiful folk-Romantic serenade. A music educator will be present to give background stories about the composers and answer questions about all the rehearsal action.
Links
- Sinfonia Toronto website sinfoniatoronto.com
Organizer
Sinfonia Toronto
Sinfonia Toronto is a JUNO-winning chamber orchestra acclaimed as “A World-Class Orchestra” (German review headline). Under the baton of Music Director Nurhan Arman, they perform at the Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jane Mallett Theatre and George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto, tour in Ontario from Brockville to Sarnia, Barrie to Sault Ste-Marie, and present the interactive ‘Concerts under Construction’ program in high-needs schools.
The orchestra’s virtuoso members play standing, in the tradition of great European chamber orchestras, performing major works of the Classical and Romantic periods, the 20th Century and today, especially Canadian works: during 26 seasons they have given 120 premieres, of which 44 were world premieres, including 30 world premieres of works by Canadian composers.
Sinfonia Toronto has toured in Germany, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, the US and China, earning headlines like ‘’Sinfonia Toronto Inspires,’’ and ‘’Sinfonia Toronto Thrilled the Audience.’’ Their performances of works by Mozart and Dvorak in Buenos Aires were hailed as “definitive.”