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Guelph Musicfest presents Bénédicte Lauzière (violin) & Ken G
Guelph Youth Music Centre 75 Cardigan Street, Guelph, ON, CanadaGuelph Musicfest opens its 5-concert 2025 series at the Guelph Youth Music Centre with a recital by Bénédicte Lauzière (violin) & Ken Gee (piano). Described as “beautiful to watch and breathtaking to hear” by the Guelph Mercury, violinist Bénédicte Lauzière enjoys a prolific career on the Canadian stage. She is concertmaster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, with which she is often featured as a soloist. She […]
Guelph Musicfest presents Payadora
Payadora is an award-winning ensemble that performs its own arrangements of a core repertoire drawing from Argentinian/Uruguayan traditions (tangos, milongas, waltzes, and folk music such as the Zamba and chacarera), as well as original songs inspired by that tradition. Comprised of musicians who are each musical powerhouses in their own right, this “superstar group” has combined their profound love of tango with their classical, jazz […]
Guelph Musicfest presents the Penderecki Quartet with Roman Borys
The Penderecki String Quartet is a renowned chamber ensemble based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1986, the quartet began its career as winners of the Penderecki Prize at the National Chamber Music Competition in Łódz, Poland. Since 1991, they have been the Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University, where they have established themselves as one of the most respected chamber ensembles in Canada. PERFORMERS: Jerzy Kaplanek […]
Guelph Musicfest presents Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano)
Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has emerged as one of the most important pianists of his generation. Recipient of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and of the prestigious Career Development Award conferred by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, he was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in November […]