Description

 

Canadian artists Jan Lisiecki (piano) and Jonathan Crow (violin) perform Beethoven’s Spring Sonata, alongside additional performances by BISQFest artists.

Program

Livia Sohn
MARK APPLEBAUM: More or Less for pre-recorded and live violin

Jonathan Crow, violin
Jan Lisiecki, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’

Opus13
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

 

 

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Jan Lisiecki and Jonathan Crow
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Jan Lisiecki & Jonathan Crow perform Beethoven, alongside performances by BISQFest artists.
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1788726600
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Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Acclaimed for its unique programming, the Dalí Quartet brings music by Latin American composers to the stage alongside works by the masters.

Program

JUAN CRISÓSTOMO DE ARRIAGA: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS: String Quartet No. 2 – Magueyes
SONIA MORALES-MATOS: Divertimento Caribeño No. 3
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Four, for Tango

 

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Dalí Quartet
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Dalí Quartet brings music by Latin American composers to the stage alongside works by the masters.
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1788712200
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Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Canadian dancer and choreographer Neshama Nashman brings new works to life on the Jenny Belzberg stage with live music, followed by a performance of Copland’s Appalachian Spring for chamber ensemble.

Program

ERBARME DICH
Yolanda Bruno, violin
Michael Bridge, accordion
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo soprano
Neshama Nashman, choreographer
Anton Tcherny, dancer
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Erbarme dich, mein Gott from ‘St. Matthew Passion’, BWV 244 (1727)    

Michael Bridge, accordion
KHACHATUR AVETISYAN: Tzaghgatz Baleni 

AND MY BELOVED*
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo soprano
Diana Agasian, soprano
Katie Kirkpatrick, soprano
Opus13
Neshama Nashman, choreographer
Anton Tcherny, dancer
Irene Yang, dancer
DAVID LANG: just (after song of songs)

Michael Bridge, accordion
PETRO MAKKONEN: Tango-Toccata

MYCELIUM
Opus13
Neshama Nashman, choreographer
Anton Tcherny, dancer
Irene Yang, dancer
SAMUEL BARBER: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 

Intermission

Jonathan Crow, violin
Hao Zhou, violin
Leslie Ashworth, violin
Valerie Li, violin
Eric Wong, viola
Barry Shiffman, viola
Adrian Fung, cello
Sabina Sandvoss, cello
Jeremy McCoy, bass
Leslie Newman, flute
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Michael Hope, bassoon
Jeanie Chung, piano
AARON COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

 

*This piece may contain partial nudity

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A man playing an accordion; a dance in a studio
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Canadian choreographer Neshama Nashman debuts new works with live music, followed by Copland’s Appalachian Spring for chamber ensemble.
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1788660000
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Cellist Steven Isserlis joins pianist Connie Shih for an intimate recital performance.

Program

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Twelve Variations on ‘See the Conquering Hero Comes’, WoO 45
WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT: Sonata Duo for Piano and Cello, Op. 32
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Seven Variations on a theme from ‘The Magic Flute’, WoO 46
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102

 

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Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih
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Cellist Steven Isserlis joins pianist Connie Shih for an afternoon recital performance.
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1788640200
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Cellist Steven Isserlis joins pianist Connie Shih for an intimate recital performance.

Program

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Twelve Variations on ‘See the Conquering Hero Comes’, WoO 45
WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT: Sonata Duo for Piano and Cello, Op. 32
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Seven Variations on a theme from ‘The Magic Flute’, WoO 46
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102

 

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Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih
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Cellist Steven Isserlis joins pianist Connie Shih for a morning recital performance.
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Free
No
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Off
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1788625800
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

World-renowned Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in c with the Banff Festival Orchestra, alongside a special string orchestra performance of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.

Program

Afiara Quartet 
Dali Quartet
Opus13
Jonathan Crow, violin
Livia Sohn, violin
Barry Shiffman, violin
Yolanda Bruno, violin
Anna Štube, violin
Solana Frebold, violin
Leslie Ashworth, viola
Sabina Sandvoss, cello
Jeremy McCoy, bass
Hilda Cowie, bass
FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Jan Lisiecki, piano
Banff Festival Orchestra
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Program is subject to change

 

An Evening With Barry Shiffman and Jan Lisiecki 

Join Barry Shiffman, Jan Lisiecki, and fellow artists for a one-night-only, intimate gathering created in support of BISQC/Fest. This rare post-concert experience includes a brief Q&A, followed by drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and informal conversation.

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Jan Lisiecki performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Banff Festival Orchestra, alongside Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.
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1788573600
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Laureates of BISQC 2022 and first prize winners at the 2025 Wigmore Hall and Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions, Norway’s Opus13 returns to Banff for an afternoon performance.

Program

LEOŠ JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” 

EDVARD GRIEG: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27

 

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Four musicians dressed black, standing in front of a backlit wall
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Laureates of BISQC 2022 and winners of the 2025 Wigmore Hall and Bordeaux competitions, Norway’s Opus13 returns for an afternoon performance.
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1788553800
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival
Description

 

Laureates of BISQC 2022 and first prize winners at the 2025 Wigmore Hall and Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions, Norway’s Opus13 returns to Banff for an afternoon performance.

Program

LEOŠ JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” 

EDVARD GRIEG: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27

 

Program is subject to change

Four musicians dressed black, standing in front of a backlit wall
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Laureates of BISQC 2022 and winners of the 2025 Wigmore Hall and Bordeaux competitions, Norway’s Opus13 returns for a morning performance.
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Banff International String Quartet Festival
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Experience the Canadian premiere of a newly commissioned work by Gavin Bryars, alongside a work by composer-in-residence Mark Applebaum, and chamber music by Brahms and Dvořák performed by an exceptional roster of festival artists.

Program

Krisztina Szabó, mezzo soprano
Barry Shiffman, viola
Jeanie Chung, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91

Mark Applebaum, actor
MARK APPLEBAUM: Aphasia

INTERMISSION

Livia Sohn, violin
Hao Zhou, violin
Barry Shiffman, viola
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74              

Afiara Quartet
Jeanie Chung, harpsichord
GAVIN BRYARS: Harpsichord Quintet:  Mr Bryars, his sorrow at Miss Bley, her passing*

This work was jointly commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Rockport Music, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

*Canadian Premiere
 


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Mark Applebaum (left) and Afiara Quartet (right)
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Canadian premiere of Gavin Bryars' Harpsichord Quintet, plus works by Mark Applebaum, Brahms, and Dvořák.
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Off
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1788485400
Event Subtitle
Banff International String Quartet Festival

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Dane Ko was generously supported by the Banff Centre Artist Award.

Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist Dane Ko is a recitalist, chamber musician and educator active internationally. The 2025-26 season includes debuts at Montreal International Bach Festival, Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Algoma Conservatory Concerts and the Gilmore International Piano Festival as a Gilmore Festival Fellow.

As soloist, Dane has performed in France, Austria, Italy, Hong Kong, Macau, Canada and the US. Dane is a prizewinner at Prix Ravel, The Shean Piano Competition, The Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the CMC “Stepping Stone”. Dane has interviewed and performed on Florida’s Classical WSMR, Hong Kong’s RTHK Radio 4, and CBC Radio One. 

Dane is also a dedicated music educator and an award-winning research scholar, having lectured in institutions such as University of Toronto’s Graduate Piano Pedagogy Seminar, University of Hong Kong Advanced Performance Seminar among others. 

Dane trained at such academies as Chigiana, Mozarteum, Fontainebleau, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, ISA of mdw with Lilya Zilberstein, Robert Levin, Klaus Hellwig among many others. In Canada, his primary teachers include Marietta Orlov, Lydia Wong and Ilya Poletaev. Graduate of the University of Toronto and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory, Dane is currently a Doctor of Music candidate and instructor of piano at McGill University Schulich School of Music.

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