Brazilian pianist and composer Heloísa Fernandes paints her musical pictures with contrasts—driving rhythm and delicacy, joyous dance, quiet introspection, playfulness, and elegance. With this vast artistic vocabulary, Fernandes reveals a Brazil largely unknown even to Brazilians. Her sources of inspiration are often folkloric and ancient, but what she makes of them is modern and unique....
Ballet Kelowna brings compelling and inspiring performances to regional, national, and international audiences. The company presents numerous styles of dance from Canada’s finest emerging and established choreographers. It embraces the precision and athleticism of ballet technique to create original new works that captivate and engage today’s diverse audiences.... Read more
Guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas channels the passion and flair of fellow Spaniard Andrés Segovia, the original star who premiered Joaquín Rodrigo’s debonair fantasy on old Spanish melodies. Cuban sensation Jorge Amado draws inspiration from the traditional music of his homeland in a new work for Orpheus. Evocative night music from Manuel Ponce and a vivid sketch...
“Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?” is an electrifying concert experience blurring the lines between classical, jazz, and contemporary music as the “pure gold” Akropolis Reed Quintet joins forces with the GRAMMY®-nominated composer and jazz pianist Pascal Le Boeuf and drummer Christian Euman. Giving themselves complete musical freedom, the seven musicians created a large-scale piece of...
Yumi Kurosawa was born and raised in a traditional Japanese music environment, taking up the koto from a young age and rising fast to the upper echelons of her craft. For this trio, Yumi is joined by violinist Naho Parrini and percussionist Yousif Sheronick. The program features exhilarating new compositions from Yumi alongside striking reinterpretations...
Flamenco Vivo has commissioned Patricia Guerrero, internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer-choreographer and winner of the 2021 Spain National Dance Award, to create QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), a new evening-length work set to an original score of live music by GRAMMY®-nominated composer Jose Luis de la Paz. QUINTO ELEMENTO explores ether, that which we do not see...
Few musicians balance the new opposite the old quite like American pianist Holly Roadfeldt. In this multimedia event, Holly Roadfeldt will be joined by composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, poet Jessica Suchon, and dancer/choreographer Megan Flynn as she performs works by Stephanie Ann Boyd, Philip Glass, Joan Tower, and Lafayette student composers Conrad Tilroe and Owen...
Doric String Quartet brings elegance and intimacy to both the classical canon and new music. Their intellectual rigour has led them to use specially made original-style bows for performing Classical repertoire from Haydn to Mendelssohn, and while they are known for their refined performances of this repertoire, they are also committed to new music, performing...