Friday, May 16, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Grammy Award-winning banjo superstar, sublime vocalist, and critics’ darling, Rhiannon Giddens returns to Koerner Hall for two performances with an incredible array of talent to celebrate her upcoming release What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Grammy Award-winning banjo superstar, sublime vocalist, and critics’ darling, Rhiannon Giddens returns to Koerner Hall for two performances with an incredible array of talent to celebrate her upcoming release What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow.
Sunday, May 11, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Two of the most sought-after recitalists on the international stage join forces as Canadian violinist James Ehnes and American pianist Orion Weiss return to Koerner Hall to perform works by Bach, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams, and more.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The Grammy Award-winning Cuban singer, guitarist, and songwriter, well known and loved worldwide as one of the original members of Buena Vista Social Club, performs songs from his new album Guajiro as well as Buena Vista classics.
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The three-time Grammy Award winner is joined by yMusic, the genre-bending ensemble, for a night of innovation and favourites from Hornsby’s illustrious catalogue.
Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Music Director Emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, conductor William Eddins leads baritone Colin Mackey (winner of The Robert W. and G. Ann Corcoran Concerto Competition) and the Royal Conservatory Orchestra in a program of works by Igor Stravinsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Giuseppe Verdi.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Celebrate International Jazz Day with two young artists making their mark, a Grammy Award-winning piano virtuoso and a swinging, Juno nominated vocalist.
Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – String students from The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists come together as the Academy Chamber Orchestra to perform a special concert.
Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The Grammy Award-winning quartet joins forces with a hand-picked Toronto big band to blow the roof off Koerner Hall.
Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The extraordinary pianists of The Ihnatowycz Piano Program at the GGS take centre stage.
Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The Breithaupt Brothers host the show as Denzal Sinclaire, Jackie Richardson, Heather Bambrick, Sarah Slean, Kellylee Evans, and Shelley McPherson are joined by an all-star band to bring their songs to life.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – American rising star violinist and protégé of the legendary Itzhak Perlman, Randall Goosby performs works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Fauré, Chausson, and Schubert with pianist Zhu Wang at his Koerner Hall debut.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Curated and conducted by Brian Current, the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble returns with a world premiere by Christina Volpini as well as Augusta Read Thomas’s captivating Selene for four percussionists and string quartet. This concert will also include established masterpieces of the late 20th century, offering a rich and diverse program that celebrates […]
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – George Hinchliffe’s beloved group of all-singing, all-strumming ukulele players returns to perform their hilarious and astonishing interpretations of film scores and rock ’n’ roll.
Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – The three-time Grammy Award nominated ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) performs music drawn from the film scores of Franz Waxman and Miklós Rózsa’s exuberant Piano Quintet.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Solo and chamber works are performed by young artists on the cusp of major careers, who are enrolled in The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at The Glenn Gould School.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Under a moonlit sky, where shadows dance and dreams take flight, immerse yourself in an enchanting evening of nocturnal melodies. Les 9’s Nocturne, featuring the elegant sound of eight cellos and one double bass, takes us on a journey that is woven around the ethereal beauty of nighttime. From Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata to Debussy’s “Clair […]
Sunday, October 22, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Enjoy a night filled with drama and emotion with this dual program, balancing tradition and renewal. First, pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre and the Ensemble Classico-Moderne deliver a spectacular rendition of one of the most popular piano concerto ever written, Rachmaninoff’s 2nd. The night continues with excerpts from Jaap Nico Hamburger’s ARIELLA, a powerful opera inspired by the […]
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Violinist Dubeau and her brilliant string ensemble perform works by Craig Armstrong, Ludovico Einaudi, Jean-Michel Blais, Ólafur Arnalds, Max Richter, and more.
Sunday, January 23, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm – A truly dynamic duo, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake will perform the North American premiere of a song cycle by Mark Anthony Turnage and works by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Thomas Morley, Erich Korngold, Derek Holman, Michael Tippett, Madeleine Dring, and Cole Porter.
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – This string quartet of three Danes and one Norwegian will perform Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 as well as a new composition by Bent Sørensen inspired by the Schubert Quartet. Also on the program is a curated suite of dances by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, John Adams, and Felix Blumenfeld, and a new composition written by the […]
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Eve Egoyan created Seven Studies for Augmented Piano for a newly imagined instrument that delves into the space between what a piano can do and what Eve has always wished a piano could do. Through the delicate intervention of technology, she tests (teases) the edges of the piano’s natural sound, ultimately pushing it beyond the […]
Friday, January 21, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet brings a program of music from the original seven countries “banned” by the USA — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — alongside protest music inspired by Pete Seeger.
Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Built around Kronos’s Fifty for the Future initiative, four quartets from The Glenn Gould School will participate in a two-day mentorship with Kronos, culminating in this joint performance.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – A multimedia performance piece, A Thousand Thoughts, blends live music by Kronos with a documentary film, including interviews with artists like Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man, and Terry Riley. “It’s as magical an amalgamation as you can imagine.” (Los Angeles Times)
Sunday, January 16, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Pianist and Royal Conservatory alumna, Morgan-Paige Melbourne, will perform works by Brian Current and Dawn Davi, as well as the world premieres by Nauroz Tanya, Kathryn Knowles, and herself in a program that is a reflection on the impact of change, struggle, growth, and affection that thrives within our daily life.
Saturday, January 15, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – A celebrated soprano, famous for her rendition of Mahler’s love song, Liebst du um Schönheit, develops early onset Alzheimer’s. The drama follows her (mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert) and her pianist/husband (baritone Kelly Markgraf) as they confront their new reality. This one act opera in its Canadian premiere.
Saturday, January 15, 2022 @ 10:30 pm – 11:59 pm – World premiere! A young, talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes Canadian icon, classical pianist Glenn Gould to guide her towards dizzying heights. Adventurous singers perform suspended from The Royal Conservatory’s atrium in this daring new opera. Award-winning theatre artist and librettist Liza […]
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – World premiere! A young, talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes Canadian icon, classical pianist Glenn Gould to guide her towards dizzying heights. Adventurous singers perform suspended from The Royal Conservatory’s atrium in this daring new opera. Award-winning theatre artist and librettist Liza […]
