The harp-and-piano duo Couloir will perform in the Vancouver Chamber Music Society series on Feb. 10-12. Besides a transcription of a classic—Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata—harpist Heidi Krutzen and pianist Ariel Barnes will play works by two living composers, Caroline Lizotte and Jeffrey Ryan. https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/couloir
Pianist Teo Gheorghiu makes his Symphony Nova Scotia debut playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto under conductor Andrei Feher. The Feb. 13 program, which will also be livestreamed, opens with Anna Clyne’s Stride and closes with Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, Pastoral. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/beethovens-pastoral-symphony/
Violinist Sergey Khachatryan will make his debut on Feb. 19-20 playing the Tchaikovsky concerto with Rafael Payare on the podium. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905, completes the program. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/tchaikovskys-lustrous-violin-concerto
Thomas Adès will conduct Kirill Gerstein and the Toronto Symphony in the Canadian premiere of his Piano Concerto on Feb. 26-March 1. The program opens with “Paradiso” from Adès’ Dante and closes with Holst’s The Planets. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/holsts-the-planets/
