VC LIVE | 2022 Montréal Chamber Music Festival

Tune in here every Monday from October 24-November 21 at 7PM ET for a broadcast of concerts from the 2022 Montréal Chamber Music Festival

We're coming to you from the Salle Bourgie in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts for a broadcast of concerts from the 2022 Montréal Chamber Music Festival.

Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director, Denis Brott, the Montréal Chamber Music Festival has presented more than 300 concerts and featured over 1000 artists from Canada and abroad, reaching an audience of over 110 000 people.

From October 24 to November 21, The Violin Channel will present highlights from the 2022 Festival, featuring performances by VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu, the Jeunes Virtuoses of Montreal, Karina & Friends, Wonny Song, and David Jalbert.

 

 

OCTOBER 24 | 7PM (ET)

PAGANINI – DATE WITH THE DEVIL

SALLE BOURGIE, MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | MONTRÉAL, CANADA

VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu performs Paganini 24 Caprices, Op. 1 (arr. for violin and piano by Robert Schumann) with pianist Philip Chiu.

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 31 | 7PM (ET)

THE ART OF KARINA GAUVIN 

SALLE BOURGIE, MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | MONTRÉAL, CANADA

In this concert, Karina Gauvin (soprano), Jeanne Ireland (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Kaiser (tenor), Dominique Côté (bass), Jean-François Normand (clarinet), and Michael McMahon & Olivier Godin (piano four-hands) perform Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock, Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer for vocal quartet and piano four-hands, and more.

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 7 | 7PM (ET)

WEST SIDE STORY

SALLE BOURGIE, MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | MONTRÉAL, CANADA

In this concert, Canadian piano duo Wonny Song & David Jalbert perform works by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Bernstein, as well as an arrangement commissioned by the Festival for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists.

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 14 | 7PM (ET)

BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT BY MAHLER

SALLE BOURGIE, MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | MONTRÉAL, CANADA

This concert features two actors and an ensemble of 23 musicians including the Jeunes Virtuoses of Montreal, Montreal Symphony concertmaster Andrew Wan, violist Barry Shiffman and Festival Founder & Artistic Director cellist Denis Brott

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 21 | 7PM (ET)

DORMAN/BEETHOVEN/MENDELSSOHN

SALLE BOURGIE, MONTRÉAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | MONTRÉAL, CANADA

This performance features violinists James Ehnes and Itamar Zorman, Festival founder cellist Denis Brott, pianist Alon Goldstein, and the Barbican Quartet. This program features the world premiere of Dorman Nigunim, winner of the 2018 Azrieli Music Prize.