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Toronto Concerts & Music News
Two World Music, Two Jazz, and Two Royal Conservatory Orchestra Concerts,
Plus Two Returning Artists and Two International Ensembles
Highlight the Beginning of Koerner Hall's Third Concert Season

The Royal Conservatory's 125th anniversary and Koerner Hall's third season of performance offers three special new series: Music From Across the Middle East, Early Music Concerts, and Kabaret at Koerner! All concerts take place at The Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto

Tickets start at $22 (All advertised prices now include service charge and 13% HST). For tickets: www.rcmusic.ca, 416.408.0208, or in person at the Weston Family Box Office

THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY'S 2011-12 SEASON CONCERT LINE-UP

  • Hilario Duran Latin Big Band & Paquito D'Rivera (A Year of Great Sax): May 5, 2012 at 8pm (KH); starting at $39
  • Meow Meow (Kabaret at Koerner!): May 11, 2012 at 8pm (KH); starting at $28
  • Emanuel Ax (Piano): May 13, 2012 at 3pm (KH); starting at $39
  • Christian Gerhaher with Andras Schiff (Piano/Vocal): May 16, 2012 at 8pm (KH); starting at $45
  • Simon Shaheen, violin (Strings): June 1, 2012 at 8pm (KH); starting at $33.50

(KH) – Koerner Hall
(MCH) – Mazzoleni Concert Hall in historic Ihnatowycz Hall
(CT) – Conservatory Theatre
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Where the World Comes to Play!
Experience a world tour of music, dance, and more

Spring 2012 Lineup for the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Until May 19

NATIONAL CHINESE ACROBATS - CHINA
The NATIONAL CHINESE ACROBATS join the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in an unforgettable performance featuring daring maneuvers, feats of strength, gymnastics, balancing and more. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments along with western orchestral instruments, the acrobats will mesmerize and mystify with its stunning displays of the best in Chinese martial arts, illusion, acrobatics, music, dance, and drama in a thrilling display of artistry and daredevil acts.
Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

BOLSHOI BALLET presents SWAN LAKE - RUSSIA
A perennial dance favourite about sorcery and royalty based on Russian folk tales. SWAN LAKE, which the Bolshoi premiered in 1877, is the haunting story of Odette, a beautiful maiden turned swan by an evil sorcerer. A tragic love story, Odette's romance with Prince Siegfried is doomed by a curse which leaves him to wander endlessly on the empty banks of the lake of his dreams.Today, the Bolshoi Ballet remains one of the world's most famous ballet companies.
Tuesday, May 15 - Saturday, May 19, 2012. Tickets as low as $71
Tuesday - Thursday @ 7:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday @ 8 p.m., Saturday @ 2 p.m.

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Second Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Concert Added
to the Royal Conservatory Concert Season
Experience the high style and musical glory of the 1920s and 1930s!

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester is slated to appear at Koerner Hall on March 9, 2012. As tickets have been selling very strongly, a second show has been added on Thursday, March 8, 2012. The concert is part of a new concert series this season: Kabaret at Koerner!

Founded in 1986 by the charismatic baritone Max Raabe, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester embodies the high style and musical glory of the 1920s and the 1930s, as well as American and German standards from that era, and new stylistic adaptations of contemporary songs and original compositions.

Other concerts in Kabaret at Koerner! concert series include Ute Lemper and the Vogler Quartet in an intimate evening of Weimar era songs and the classical works they influenced; Royal Conservatory faculty member and “cabarazz” vocalist Adi Braun in “Noir,” a concert of delicious and dangerous music from the film noir era, in which she is joined by a trio of local musicians; and Meow Meow with her highly theatrical comedic kamikaze cabaret.

The Royal Conservatory thanks Georgian Capital and Goethe-Institut Toronto for their support of the Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester concert, and Jazz FM and NOWmagazine for the support of the Kabaret at Koerner! concert series.

Kabaret at Koerner! Concert Series:

  • Meow Meow: Friday, May 11, 2012 at 8 p.m.; Koerner Hall; starting at $28

Where: The Royal Conservatory, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto

Tickets on sale now!
Available at www.rcmusic.ca, by calling 416.408.0208, or in person at the Weston Family Box Office.

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Royal Ontario Museum Announces Friday Night Live @ROM
Expect the Unexpected as you Drink and Dance amongst the Dinos
April 20 -- June 22

A Night at the Museum has taken on a whole new meaning! The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites you to be a part of history at the most unique social destinationin the city - Friday Night Live @ROM. #FNLROM launches April 20, 2012, with a unique experience planned for every Friday night, for ten weeks only until June 22, 2012. These adult only(19+) events take place from 6 to 11 pm with a $9 cover charge.

“Friday Night Live @ROM is an opportunity for Toronto's young adults to experience the Museum ina way that speaks to them,” says Janet Carding, Director and CEO, Royal Ontario Museum. “Modeled after similar events in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe, we look forward to providing a new and exciting way to be a part of the ROM.”

Every Friday night, party goers can experience a moveable feast of food and drink throughout the ROM's galleries. Pop-up bars around the Museum will feature weekly local and international artisanal wines, beers and cocktails, including Ontario's Somewhereness Wine Collective. Tantalizing fare will be created by Fidel Gastro's sandwich revolution leader Matt Basile, Micha and Jackson Kennedy of JK Frites, and Local Liege Belgian waffle maven Valerie Bain of Waffle Bar. All food and drink items start at $5 each.

Friday night revelers will dance their way through the ROM's collections to the sounds of the city's hottest DJs, presented by ElectriCity Events. Experience live performances, art installations, and late night Museum talks by local artists, collectives, designers and curators, including a collaboration between Sean Frey & Tasseomancy; a performance intervention by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre; a celebration of Canadian fashion with Toronto Fashion Incubator; an exhibition sneak peek with illustrator Jorinde Voigt; a performance by electric violin star Dr. Draw; and the acoustic and electronic beats of iDRUM.

ROM celebrates festivals across the city including Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Hot Docs Film Festival, and Inside Out Film Festival.

Drinks & DJ every Friday night, plus themed programming each week.
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Stock Exchange Serenade Toronto Concert Orchestra
May 5 at the Design Exchange

In keeping with its mandate to set up music stands almost anywhere, the Toronto Concert Orchestra (conducted by Kerry Stratton) presents a read through and concert at Toronto's Design Exchange. Repertoire for this event on May 5 will include:

  • Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture,
  • Dvorak's Symphony Number Eight in G and
  • Mozart's Piano concerto number 20 in D Minor.

The soloist will be pianist Haiou Zhang.
Doors open at 7:00 pm; performance begins at 8:00 pm.
General admission. Get your tickets now (credit, debit or Paypal)

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Festival of Tenors
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7 pm

The Celebrity Symphony Orchestra invites the audience to a gala media music concert, filled with phenomenal singers: Primadonna of the Polish Operetta, superstar coloratura soprano - Grażyna Brodzińska, one of the most promising European tenors - Andrzej Lampert, and brilliant lyric tenor Andrzej Stec.

Also featured are two Italian-Canadian tenors, the best of our young generation, Michael Ciufo and Christopher Dallo.

The program includes the world's most requested music: Nessun dorma, La Donna e mobile, Granada, O sole mio, Brunetki Blondynki, Caruso, Hallelujah, We Are the Champions and Triumphal March from Aida by G. Verdi performed by 50 trumpeters. The soloists will be accompanied by the 45-member Milton Choristers and 50-person Celebrity Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro Andrew Rozbicki. This concert commemorates the 110th anniversary of the birth of world-renowned tenor Jan Kiepura.

The concert will take place at Christian Performing Arts Centre, Church on the Queensway, 1536 The Queensway, Toronto (across from IKEA).

To purchase tickets, $40, $45 and $55 (HST incl.) call 1-800-965-9324 or visit www.itickets.com; visit offices Church on the Queensway located at: 1536 The Queensway, Toronto (across from IKEA), 416-255-0141, Monday to Friday 9 am - 4 pm and Sunday 9 am - 1 pm; Piast 416-531-8786; Pegaz 905-238-9994; Pegaz-Starsky II 905-608-0400; Husarz 905-277-5171. For group students tickets ($25) of 20 or more call 416-567-1278.

Information and order online: www.rozbicki.com
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Star-studded roster honours Leonard Cohen
at Glenn Gould Prize Gala on May 14th

Cowboy Junkies, John Prine, Adam Cohen among musicians performing
Leonard Cohen will appear to accept his award

An eclectic group of musicians and artists will perform in honour of iconic singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen, the Ninth Laureate of The Glenn Gould Prize, on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. at Toronto's Massey Hall (178 Victoria Street). Mr. Cohen will be present to receive his award at this ceremony.

Tickets to The Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert in Honour of Leonard Cohen go on sale to the general public on April 12 at 11:00 a.m.

Billed as The Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert in Honour of Leonard Cohen, the star-studded evening is hosted by Colm Feore and includes musical performances by Cowboy Junkies, Adam Cohen, Serena Ryder, folk singer Basia Bulat, award-winning country singer/songwriters John Prine, James McMurtry, Jimmie Dale Gilmore; and poetry readings by Gordon Pinsent with Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) and Travis Good (the Sadies). Former Governor General and long-time friend, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson will also deliver a spoken tribute.

The Glenn Gould Prize, valued at $50,000 (CDN), has been referred to as “The Nobel Prize of the Arts” and is awarded biennially to a living individual for a unique lifetime contribution that has enriched the human condition through the arts. After accepting his Prize, Mr. Cohen will present The City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé Prize of $15,000 (CDN) to an outstanding young artist of his choice.

A master songwriter, musician, poet, novelist and visual artist, Leonard Cohen's stunning body of original work has touched the lives of millions with a career spanning six decades. His dual careers in music and literature have continued fueling each other over the decades -- his songs revealing a literary richness rare in the world of popular music, and his poetry and prose informed by an intense musicality. Cohen's Book of Longing (2006), a collection of prose, poetry and drawings, was the first book of poetry to reach the top of Canada's bestsellers' lists, and formed the basis of a memorable musical and theatre collaboration with composer Philip Glass.

Leonard Cohen is one of the most covered artists alive today, influencing generations of songwriters, and his music has earned the accolades of other artists in tribute albums in France, Norway, Canada, Spain, the Czech Republic, South Africa, and the United States. “Hallelujah”, one of Cohen's best-known and best-loved songs has been covered by over 150 artists including Willie Nelson and Bono. His music has been extensively featured in films and on television. Numerous documentaries, awards, and tribute albums acknowledge the far-reaching contribution Cohen has made to music. He continues to refine and deepen his art, and as a musician he is constantly exploring new territory.

Regarding his Glenn Gould Prize, Mr. Cohen stated, “I want to thank The Glenn Gould Foundation for their kindness. It is a great honour, sweetened by my love of the work of Glenn Gould, and our collective appreciation of his invigorating and enduring presence in the world of Music and Imagination.”

Tickets to The Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert in Honour of Leonard Cohen go on sale to the general public on April 12 at 11:00 a.m. and are available by calling 416- 872-4255 or online at masseyhall.com or roythomson.com. Proceeds from the gala concert support the ongoing work of The Glenn Gould Foundation.

Prior to the Gala Concert, a celebratory dinner will be hosted at the newly renovated Arcadian Court. Tickets are available online at vipgouldprize.eventbrite.ca or by calling 416-962-6200.
The Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert and Dinner preface the 80th anniversary of Glenn Gould's birth on September 25, 2012, which will be marked by major commemorative events across Canada and around the world honouring this Canadian icon's enduring contribution to music and global culture.
The Glenn Gould Foundation honours Glenn Gould's spirit and legacy by celebrating brilliance, promoting creativity and transforming lives through the power of music and the arts with the Foundation's signature activities, including The Glenn Gould Prize. The international award is presented biennially to a living luminary who has made a unique lifetime contribution through the arts. The Foundation seeks to use the prize to stimulate projects of social impact and significance, as is reflected in its motto: From Celebration to Inspiration to Transformation. Nominations for the prize are made by the general public and a laureate is subsequently chosen by an international panel of judges who convene in Toronto for deliberations. A tribute to Glenn Gould's artistry and his multifaceted contributions to culture, the prize promotes the vital connection between artistic excellence and the transformation of lives. Past laureates include Dr. José Antonio Abreu (2008), founder of El Sistema, Venezuela's free music education program for children and youth, Pierre Boulez (2002), Oscar Peterson (1993) and Yo-Yo Ma (1999). For more information on the foundation, prize and laureates visit www.glenngould.ca .
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STEWART GOODYEAR: THE BEETHOVEN MARATHON

Pianist Stewart Goodyear Undertakes the Herculean Challenge
of Playing All 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in a Single Day

A Co-production Between The Royal Conservatory and Luminato

The Royal Conservatory teams up with Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, for a very special and unique artistic experience on June 9, 2012. Celebrating the 125th anniversary of The Conservatory, alumnus Stewart Goodyear performs an extraordinary musical and physical feat by playing all 32 Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, in the order that they were composed, all in one day!

Mr. Goodyear's style has strength and drama, elegant and exquisite technique, and great emotional depth. It will all be put to the test with the 32 sonatas, comprising 103 individual movements, and totaling more than 10 hours of music! A Toronto native now living in New York, Mr. Goodyear first became fascinated with the sonatas at age five and, as a teenager studying at the Curtis Institute, was instructed to learn one sonata per week until, at school year's end, he had learned all 32. Beethoven's piano sonatas are the pinnacle of the piano repertoire: mystical and poetic, haunting, romantic, freewheeling, emotional, playful, lyrical, and sparkling with energy, and Stewart Goodyear likens them to Beethoven's private diary, recognizing them as his most personal works, spanning his entire career.

The marathon will be divided into three separate concerts, giving audiences the opportunity to attend one, two, or all three. In the first concert, Part 1, Mr. Goodyear will perform sonatas 19 & 20, which were written before Sonata No. 1, and sonatas 1 through 11, including Opus 7 -- “Grand Sonata” and Opus 13 -- “Pathétique.” Part 2 will feature sonatas 12 through 23 (excluding No. 19 and No. 20), including Opus 27 -- “Moonlight,” Opus 28 -- “Pastoral,” Opus 31 -- “Tempest,” Opus 53 -- “Waldstein,” and Opus 57 -- “Appassionata.” In Part 3, audience will hear sonatas 24-32, including Opus 81 -- “Les adieux” and Opus 106 -- “Hammerklavier.”

Enhancing the recital on June 9, Luminato has commissioned internationally acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo to create an on-stage performance piece that will extend the full length of Stewart Goodyear's marathon. Suryodarmo's three performance sequences will provide subtle, almost motionless visual enrichment to heighten the listening process. Her performance pieces are based on research into Beethoven's life and examination of the psychological aspects of his composition of the sonatas. She and Goodyear have worked tirelessly to forge this unique, new link between music performance and performance art.

Stewart Goodyear has a long-standing connection with The Royal Conservatory. His talent was recognized early by James Anagnoson, the current Dean of The Glenn Gould School, who recommended that he study with piano legend Leon Fleisher. After Mr. Goodyear graduated from The Conservatory, he went on to the prestigious Julliard School in New York and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He has performed with many of the major orchestras of the world, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, among others. His repertoire ranges from Bach to Messiaen, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Gershwin. Known as an improviser and a composer, he has been commissioned by orchestras and chamber music organizations, and often performs his own works. In 2010, Mr. Goodyear performed a sold out recital of Beethoven Sonatas in Koerner Hall. His recording of Beethoven's The Late Sonatas were released in 2010 as a two-disc set on the Marquis Label, the Middle Sonatas were released on March 13, 2012, and the remainder will be released before the June 9 concert.
Before the third portion of Stewart Goodyear's marathon performance, esteemed neuroscientist and neurologist Dr. Antonio Damasio presents an enlightening discussion about music and the brain. Dr. Damasio is University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

On June 15, at the Luminato Lounge in David Pecaut Square, Stewart Goodyear will participate in a Lunchtime Illumination in which he will discuss the stamina required to play all of the 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas in one day, a momentous artistic feat.

A rising star of Germany's art scene, Jorinde Voigt, has created a new series of drawings, titled Views on Beethoven, in response to Mr. Goodyear's performance. Together, the 32 works -- one for each sonata -- brilliantly complement Mr. Goodyear's performances with their distinct visual exploration of the emotive power of Beethoven's music. The works will be on display June 8-17, at a location to be announced at a later date.

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Sizzling Summer Concerts at Casino Rama
Announcing the new July 2012 line-up + much anticipated Jacksons show

It won't matter what the weather outside says, this summer at Casino Rama is set to be hot, hot, hot! The new additions to the June 2012 & the all new July 2012 concert line-up are:

The Commodores®
Friday, June 1      
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $25/$35
Super group The Commodores®, featuring Walter “Clyde” Orange, William “WAK” King & James Dean “J.D.” Nicholas return! They are known for power hits: “Brick House”, “Night Shift”, “Easy”, “Three Times A Lady” & “Sail On”.

The Australian Bee Gees Show
A Tribute to the Bee Gees
Saturday, June 2
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $30/$35
Join us for a multi-media concert event that has been performed for over 1 million people in more than 40 countries, celebrating the music of one of the greatest groups of all time, The Bee Gees.  Their hits included: “Stayin' Alive”, “You Should Be Dancing” & “Night Fever”.

The Jacksons
Unity Tour 2012
Wednesday, June 20
SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
Tickets are $45/$55
Iconic Motown legends, The Jacksons (Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon & Tito), will be sharing the unforgettable songs of the Jackson 5 on their worldwide tour this summer.  Their hits include: “ABC”, “I Want You Back”, “I'll Be There” & “The Love You Save”.

Jeff Dunham
The Controlled Chaos Tour 2012
Thursday, July 5
SHOWTIME: 8 PM, DOORS OPEN: 7 PM
Tickets are $60/$70
Back by popular demand, this American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and star of several televised comedy specials, brings his new tour “The Controlled Chaos Tour” to the Casino stage.  He is best known for his hilarious politically incorrect, insulting and ill-tempered humour.

Lonestar
Friday, July 6
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $30/$35
Country super band returns to perform many of their #1 hits.  They are best known for singles: “Amazed”, “I'm Already There”, “Mr. Mom” & “My Front Porch Looking In”.

Seal
Soul 2 Tour
Saturday, July 7
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $50/$60
His distinctive fusion of soul, folk, pop, dance, and rock are evident on his many well-known hits: “Crazy”, “A Kiss From a Rose”, “Prayer for the Dying”, “Fly Like an Eagle” & “Amazing”.

Wilson Phillips
Saturday, July 14
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $25/$35
Making their Casino Rama debut, having sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, the family trio of Chynna Phillips & sisters Wendy & Carnie Wilson are best known for their hit singles: “Hold On”, “Release Me” & “You're in Love”.

Kathy Griffin
Friday, July 20
SHOWTIME: 9 PM, DOORS OPEN: 8 PM
Tickets are $35/$45
Standup comedian, actress and media personality returns to perform.  She is best known for her red carpet commentary, roles in Seinfeld, Suddenly Susan and Kathy Griffin, My Life On The D-List, and for outrageous

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An Evening with Yanni
Experience original, contemporary music compositions from a world-renowned composer
June 16 & 17 @ 8pm, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts

YANNI, music's true world citizen and one of the most popular contemporary composers, makes his triumphant return to Toronto, June 16 and 17 for two shows only!

YANNI's powerful compositions have come to define a new genre of music, and over 500 million people in over 140 countries have seen his live performances.

As YANNI tours across the globe, his heartfelt and compelling music continues to touch both old and new fans. Fans will witness YANNI and his world-class musicians as they take the stage to perform his greatest instrumental hits made famous in his shows from The Acropolis in Greece, The Taj Mahal in India, The Forbidden City in China and The Royal Albert Hall in England.

For the first time ever, the live show will also introduce music from YANNI's new album "Truth of Touch," which is the composer's first album of original studio music in almost a decade.

Tickets: $65-$110 plus applicable taxes and service charges
Call 1-855-872-7669 or visit www.sonycentre.ca

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Celebrating Jamaica’s 50th Year of Independence JAMAICA 50 CELEBRATION INC.
Presents
JAMAICAN RHYTHMS

Thursday, June 28 - 8 p.m. , www.jamaica50.ca 

Jamaican Rhythms, June 28, 8 p.m., is a three-hour “Rocumentary” about Jamaica's music, words and dance -- a tribute to Jamaica's 50th Anniversary of Independence.

Presented by JAMAICA 50 Celebration Inc. and produced by Jones & Jones Productions -- under the auspices of Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada Sheila Sealy Monteith, Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto Seth George Ramocan, Canadian Senator The Honourable Reverend Don Meredith, The Honourable Margarett Best and Councillor Michael Thompson -- this celebration assembles international, Grammy, and 2012 JUNO Award-nominated reggae artists from each decade, linked with dance and talk from 1962 to 2012. JAMAICAN RHYTHMS: ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE!

'60s: Iconic Fab 5 Band -- paying tribute to SKA
'70s: Classic John Holt
'80s: Magnificent Marcia Griffiths
'90s: Fantastic Yellow Man
2000: Grammy Winner Maxi Priest
2010: King of the Dancehall, Grammy Award Winner Beenie Man
CAN CON: 2012 JUNO NOMINEES: Jay Douglas, Steele, Exco Levi backed by Mountain Edge.

Tickets for Jamaican Rhythms are available from the Sony Centre For The Performing Arts in person at the Sony Centre box office, by calling 416.855.872.SONY (7669) or online at www.sonycentre.ca, as well as JAMAICA 50 and Community outlets: $35, $50, $75. VIP tickets are $150 and include pre-show cocktails, meet and greet with the stars, leaders and icons.

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JUSTICE & M83 WITH AUSTRA & BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
At HARD Toronto
Saturday, August 4, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Fort York: Garrison Common, 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto

HARD Toronto lands this summer at Fort York: Garrison Common on Saturday, August 4.  HARD Toronto will feature live performances from headliners JUSTICE (Live) and M83, along with supporting acts AUSTRA & BURAKA SOM SISTEMA. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at www.ticketweb.ca/embrace.

French electronic superstars Justice (Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé) recently released Audio, Video, Disco on tastemaker label Ed Banger Records. Reaching #37 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart and #4 on the Dance/Electronic Albums Chart, Audio, Video, Disco sees Justice mixing their signature electro sound with arena rock elements. They will bring this energetic mixture to life at HARD Toronto, where the duo will perform a live set complete with a full band. France’s electronic pop outfit M83 recently released its sixth studio album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming on Mute Records, debuting at #15 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart with first-week sales of 21,000 copies and becoming their highest-charting album to date. The night will also feature opening sets from Toronto’s own Austra and kuduro masters Buraka Som Sistema. HARD Toronto promises to be an exciting night of live performances from four of today’s most progressive acts, all set in a unique, outdoor festival atmosphere.
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THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY'S 2012-13 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Here's what to expect to see, hear and enjoy.

More than 80 concerts including:
Celebrations of The Royal Conservatory's 125th Anniversary
Dizzy Gillespie's 90th Birthday
Glenn Gould's 80th Birthday
Amici Ensemble's 25th Season
Beethoven's 242nd Birthday

Glenn Gould's Birthday BACHanalia opens the season

Gala concert with Valery Gergiev and the Stradivarius Ensemble

World Premiere
Piano quintet by Danilo Pérez, featuring Pérez and the Cecilia String Quartet

Canadian Premiere

  • Airplane Icarus by award-winning composer Brian Current (a 60-minute, 9-voice opera-oratorio performed in concert format featuring Canadian soprano Carla Huhtanen)

Toronto Premiere

  • Chan Hing-yan's 'Twas the Thawing Wind performed by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and conducted by Yip Wing-sie
  • All Beethoven programs performed by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra with pianist Garrick Ohlsson and the Anagnoson & Kinton piano duo
  • Christmas season concerts by Collegium Vocale Gent singing Bach's Christmas Oratorio
    John McDermott
    Canadian Brass

Canadian Debuts

  • Guitarist Miloš
  • Pianist Daniil Trifonov

Toronto Debuts

  • Hong Kong Sinfonietta conducted by Yip Wing-sie
  • Soprano Marie-Josée Lord
  • Taiwan National Choir
  • Conductor Tito Muñoz

Significant Koerner Hall Debuts

  • Marc-André Hamelin, Horacio Gutierrez, and Chucho Valdés, piano
  • Jon Faddis, Doc Severinsen, and Jens Lindeman, trumpet
  • Dianne Reeves, jazz vocalist
  • Trichy Sankaran, mridangam
  • Milton Nascimento, legendary Brazilian pop artist
  • Alex Cuba, Cuban Canadian pop artist
  • Cameron Carpenter, organ
  • Gary Burton, vibraphone

Returning International Artists

  • Dance courtesy of Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, plus Savion Glover
  • Spanish songstress Buika
  • Pianists Alfredo Rodríguez (Cuba), Danilo Pérez (Panama), Allen Toussaint (United States)
  • American jazz pianist Chick Corea
  • American violinist Mark O'Connor
  • American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter Keb' Mo'
  • American banjo player Béla Fleck
  • The Hungarian Takács Quartet
  • Cuban music group Tiempo Libre
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GORDON LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCES FALL MASSEY HALL PERFORMANCE DATES

The 150 concerts that have followed Canadian music icon, Gordon Lightfoot’s first two sold-out concerts at MASSEY HALL in March 1967 have become the stuff of local legend. They have been described by the Toronto Star “as a defining event in the cultural life of Toronto,” with shows that are “comforting beacons, offering sanctuary and a sense of home, of history and continuation.”  Gordon Lightfoot returns home to the Grand Ol’ Lady of Shuter Street this Fall for a string of 4-concerts on November 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2012.  Lightfoot’s Massey Hall residencies are also celebrated with the release of a new Gordon Lightfoot album Massey Hall Moments – All Live.  This collection of live recordings of the finest Massey Hall performances, recorded between 1998 and 2001, will be released by Warner Music Canada on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
  
A national treasure, Gordon Lightfoot is beloved by music fans around the world. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, Gordon Lightfoot legacy will be further enhanced when he is inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in New York City in the performer category alongside Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones and Jim Steinman. Immediately following this induction ceremony, Gordon continues his 5th decade of touring with performances at the NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, Ottawa on June 15 & 16; Montreal’s PLACE DES ARTS on June 17, followed by appearances at Kitchener’s CENTRE IN THE SQUARE on June 21; CHATHAM CAPITAL THEATRE on June 22, THE RBC CENTRE THEATRE, Sarnia on June 23, with a new concert just added for the TIMKEN CENTRE, in St. Thomas, Ontario on June 24.   Tickets are on sale now!
  
Lightfoot has won 15 Juno Awards and been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001. In May 2003 was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and is also a member of the Order of Ontario and in 2004 was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. 
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