KEYED UP! A FESTIVAL FOR MULTIPLE KEYBOARDS

• Apr 18 at 7:30PM – Apr 20 at 9:30PM
• Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front Street East, Toronto M5E 1B4
• $69.25

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For all keyboard lovers, Soundstreams presents Keyed Up! a three-day festival featuring exceptional artists from Canada and around the world.

Keyed Up! #1

VARIATIONS ON GOLDBERG VARIATIONS | THURSDAY, APRIL 18

The festival opens with a dazzling array of newly composed, world premiere variations on J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations by four extraordinary Canadian composers: Taylor Brook, Dorothy Chang, Emily Doolittle and André Ristic, plus the North American premiere of Australian composer/pianist Paul Grabowsky’s jazz-inflected take on Bach’s masterpiece – Improvisations on the Aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Keyed Up! #2

NOTATIONS | FRIDAY, APRIL 19 FREE

RBC BRIDGES Composer Showcase

The first half of this free program showcases new works by emerging composers by participants in this year’s RBC Bridges program, chosen through a juried international competition: Uko Abara, Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw, Gustav Knudson, Maria-Eduarda Mendes Martins, Prokhor Protasoff, and Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu.

The second half showcases short works by celebrated composers: T. REX by Ana Sokolović (North American premiere) performed by John Paul Farahat, Mutations by Alvin Singleton performed by Jackie Leung, Toile de Jouy by Monica Pearce performed by Wesley Shen, and Glass Houses (#5) by Ann Southam performed by Gregory Oh.

Keyed Up! #3

6 PIANOS 12 HANDS | SATURDAY, APRIL 20

For the festival’s finale, Soundstreams presents three spectacular works for six grand pianos: Steve Reich’s iconic Six Pianos, Terry Riley’s A Rainbow in Curved Air, André Ristic’s Vivaldi Variations plus two works for two pianos: Trois Études by Ana Sokolović and My Lips From Speaking by Julia Wolfe.

Pianists performing in this concert include Stephanie Chua, Geoffrey Conquer, Simon Docking, Gregory Oh, Midori Koga and Wesley Shen.