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Pianist Antonina Suhanova has performed on international stages since 2000, in venues like the Steinway Hall in New York, the Wiener Saal in Salzburg, the Wigmore Hall and the Barbican Hall in London. From 2012 to 2018 she acquired First Class Bachelor of Music, Master of Performance and Artist Diploma degrees, all with distinction, under the tutelage of the British pianist Ronan O’Hora at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During her studies, Antonina participated in numerous masterclasses of such world-renowned pianists as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Idil Biret, Steven Osborne, Matti Raekallio, Richard Goode, Robert Levin and Yefim Bronfman.

Antonina has appeared as a soloist with the “Moscow Virtuosi” Chamber Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra and other collectives, collaborating with such distinguished conductors as Andris Nelsons and Vladimir Spivakov. 

She has performed at renowned festivals in the United Kingdom, USA, Brazil, China, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Russia. Antonina is a recipient of the Hattori Foundation Senior Award, Help Musicians UK awards, the Drake Calleja Trust award, the William Brown prize in the Scottish International Piano Competition (2017) and a nominee for the International German Piano Award 2018. 

In 2018, her solo debut at the Wigmore Hall was broadcasted live on BBC Radio 3. In 2020 as the Musicians’ Company prize winner Antonina made her solo debut at the Southbank Centre, Purcell Room. In 2022 she became grant holder of Oleg Prokofiev Trust and was invited to perform at the Rio Piano Festival in Brazil. Since September 2022 Antonina joined the faculty of the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

Antonina Suhanova was generously supported by the Sir Mark Turner Memorial Scholarships Endowment. 

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First prize winner of the 2023 edition of the Auguste-Descarries competition, Antoine Rivard-Landry is a pianist from Montreal known for his expressivity, on-stage charisma and confidence. He made his international debut in 2018 with the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra. Antoine was recently a finalist at the Orford Music Award, at the Université de Montréal concerto competition and at the 2022 edition of the Stepping Stone. He has studied with Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School of Music and in Montreal with Jean Saulnier and Richard Raymond.

At 12 years old, Antoine headlines his first concert with the Orchestre Métropolitain. He also performed with the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières and the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal. He performed at the Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, the Espace Kin and the Orford on the Road concert series. He recently made his Place des Arts debuts as a Promusica guest artist. He also takes part in many chamber music ensembles alongside artists such as countertenor and flautist Hugo Perina, mezzo soprano Mélissa Zerbib and drag queen Miss Badessa.

Antoine Rivard-Landry was generously supported by the Heather Edwards Artist Award.

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Alona Milner is an Israeli born pianist, an alumnus of the McGill-UdeM piano Vocal residency program supported by the Azrieli Foundation in Montreal, Canada. In September 2024, she will start a Doctor of Music degree at the University of Montreal. Graduated (M.Mus) Cum Laude and Dean’s list from the Buchmann Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Prof. Tomer Lev. She was an “Excellent Musician” at the IDF.

Working intensively with singers, Alona played the piano at the performance of La Cenerentola by Rossini in a live performance of opera McGill under Giovanni Reggioli. Alona played her recent recital called "La Valse" in Villecroze and Draguignan, (France), and in Tel Aviv in 2023. She played a recital at the Israeli embassy in Paris in 2022.

Alona is a recipient of the Polonsky foundation scholarship to the Aspen Music Festival and school in 2022, studied with Prof. Hung-Kuan Chen (Julliard). She received the Sir Jack Lyons Scholarship for the Arts to study in Banff the art of piano program. She was invited to the Edwin Fischer Summer Academy in Potsdam with Prof. Klaus Hellwig (UdK).

She has been supported by the American Israel Cultural Foundation since 2014 and is a top excelling grant recipient in 2022-2024. She is supported by the Ronen Foundation since 2019.

Alona recently received a generous grant from Villecroze music academy for her project "Dance the Waltz".

Alona Milner was generously supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Scholarship for the Arts.

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Joanna MacGregor
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Enjoy a rare opportunity to learn from world-renowned musician Joanna MacGregor as she mentors the next generation of pianists.
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House program for Art of Piano Public Masterclass: Joanna MacGregor July 16
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Joanna MacGregor
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Enjoy a rare opportunity to learn from world-renowned musician Joanna MacGregor as she mentors the next generation of pianists.
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House program for Art of Piano Public Masterclass: Joanna MacGregor July 15
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Marc-Andre Hamelin by Sim Cannety-Clarke
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Experience musical mastery in real time as Marc-André Hamelin mentors the rising stars of piano.
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Experience musical mastery in real time as Marc-André Hamelin mentors the rising stars of piano.
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Marc-Andre Hamelin by Sim Cannety-Clarke
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Experience musical mastery in real time as Marc-André Hamelin mentors the rising stars of piano.
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Experience musical mastery in real time as Marc-André Hamelin mentors the rising stars of piano.
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Tema Blackstone
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Don't miss renowned musician and lecturer Tema Blackstone as she leads an exciting masterclass in piano.
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Don't miss renowned musician and lecturer Tema Blackstone as she leads an exciting masterclass in piano.
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Hung-Kuan Chen
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Join us for a musical masterclass as Hung-Kuan Chen of Julliard mentors the rising the stars of contemporary piano.
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House program for Public Masterclass: Hung-Kuan Chen
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Walter Phillips Gallery is thrilled to present Dawn Chorus, Evensong (Bow River Valley), a newly commissioned audio-based work with accompanying visual scores by Canadian artist Lou Sheppard to be exhibited this summer in Banff Centre’s Shaw Amphitheatre. This seven-channel audio installation is a continuation of a previous body of work commissioned for the 2019 edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art. Informed by the concept of the biophony, or sounds made by organisms within a given ecosystem, Dawn Chorus, Evensong (Bow River Valley) seeks to amplify and respond to the chorus of creatures audible on Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain at dawn and at dusk, times of increased activity in the forest. The installation will be activated twice daily for one hour at 8 AM and 8 PM as well as subtly sounding intermittently throughout the day. The activation of the work also takes place at what might be understood as queer times of day, when visibility is lessened and ramifications of normative conceptions of gender perhaps less pervasive. Dawn Chorus, Evensong (Bow River Valley) is suggestive of the power of collective sounding as present within a biophony, where the pitches of a creature’s calls can allow them to be heard or concealed. The work’s location in the man-made structure of the Shaw Amphitheatre as well as within the natural acoustic bowl created by the mountains makes use of these overlapping architectures for listening, amplification and transmission.

Dawn Chorus Evensong (Bow River Valley) is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Government of Canada, and Government of Alberta.

Vocalists: Pamela Hart, Stewart Legere, Lou Sheppard and Stephanie Yee. The artist would like to thank Pamela Hart for her assistance and conversations about the project; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and staff Mimmo Maiolo, Tyler Jordan, Megan Feniak, Karen Howard and Jacqueline Bell. 

 

'Dawn Chorus, Evensong Bow River Valley (score)' by Lou Sheppard
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Walter Phillips Gallery is thrilled to announce 'Dawn Chorus, Evensong (Bow River Valley)', an audio-based work with accompanying visual scores by Lou Sheppard.
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Lou Sheppard

Lou Sheppard works in interdisciplinary audio, performance and installation-based practices. He has performed and exhibited across Canada, notably at The Art Gallery of York University; The Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown; and at Plug-In ICA, Winnipeg; as part of the first Toronto Biennial; as well as internationally at Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Estonia; in the Antarctic Biennial, and at Titanik Gallery, Finland. Lou has participated in numerous residencies, including the International Studio Curatorial Program, Brooklyn; La Cité des Arts, Paris; and as participant and faculty at Banff Centre. He has been longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2018, 2020 and 2021, and was the winner of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Emerging Atlantic Artist Residency in 2017. Lou is a settler on the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia.

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8 AM and 8 PM for one hour daily, with intermittent activations during daytime hours.
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