“a high-quality concert full of originality, verve and energy” —The Hindu, Bangalore, India

Internationally renowned, Canadian-based Autorickshaw is on the cultural cutting-edge with their seamless and fresh-sounding blend of jazz, folk, pop, Indian classical music, and originals. From Leonard Cohen to Indo-Brazilian fusion, Peter Gabriel to Bollywood hits, Autorickshaw presents a unique world-fusion experience that could only come from multicultural Canada. With multiple JUNO-nominated albums and 17 years on the music scene, Autorickshaw features the sultry, sophisticated vocals of Suba Sankaran, the driving basslines and beatboxing of Dylan Bell, and the intricate tabla grooves of Ed Hanley.

BEETHOVEN/RACHMANINOFF

“His originality stems from a convergence of heart and mind, served by immaculate technique.” —GRAMOPHONE

A recent prize winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and Queen Elisabeth Competition, the young Moscow-born, Israeli pianist is lauded across the globe as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter. He has been increasingly recognized as a leading interpreter of Rachmaninoff and will perform the composer’s expressive Preludes and two Beethoven sonatas.

Beethoven                     Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109                               

Beethoven                         Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110

INTERMISSION

Rachmaninoff             13 Preludes, Op. 32

No. 1 in C major (Allegro vivace)

No. 2 in B♭ minor (Allegretto)

No. 3 in E major (Allegro vivace)

No. 4 in E minor (Allegro con brio)

No. 5 in G major (Moderato)

No. 6 in F minor (Allegro appassionato)

No. 7 in F major (Moderato)

No. 8 in A minor (Vivo)

No. 9 in A major (Allegro moderato)

No. 10 in B minor (Lento)

No. 11 in B major (Allegretto)

No. 12 in G♯ minor (Allegro)

No. 13 in D♭ major (Grave – Allegro)

Kris + Dee, known for their honest, powerful, poetic songs that are equally as personal as they are universal, will perform with their band to a live streamed and in-person audience. The show will include songs and visuals from their four full-length albums and new material. Described as ‘Springsteen-esque’ and the ‘Super Folk duo of our riot grrrl dreams’, they are trusted voices for the working class and academics, Millennials and Boomers, gendered and genderless, and everyone in between