Sinfonia Toronto Concert - Two Giants: Dvorak & Elgar November 16, 2007

Sinfonia Toronto will present a Masterpiece Series concert on Friday, November 16 at 8 pm in the Grace Church on-the-Hill (300 Lonsdale Road). Music Director, Nurhan Arman will conduct.

The concert titled ‘Two Giants’ is devoted to the music of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and Britain’s Edward Elgar. Both composers are celebrating anniversaries in 2007. Virtuoso Russian pianist Anya Alexeyev will be the featured guest artist in Dvorak’s melodious Sextet.

Anya Alexeyev received her education at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied with Dmitri Bashkirov.
She has performed with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber, The Philharmonia, Royal Scottish National, Deutschland Radio, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony and Sinfonietta, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, English Chamber, Malaysian Philharmonic, Belgian National Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto and Quebec Symphony.
In 1995, Alexeyev premiered Sir Paul McCartney’s first solo piano piece, A Leaf, which was later released on CD for EMI Classics. She regularly performs live for BBC radio and has also been broadcast by GMTV (UK), PBS (USA), CBC (Canada), Deutschland Radio, and a number of other radio stations in Britain, Finland and Russia.
In addition to the Dvorak’s Sextet the concert will feature Elgar’s light-hearted The Spanish Lady Suite and his brilliant Introduction and Allegro.
There will be a free post-concert reception, giving audience members a chance to meet the orchestra members, guest conductor and soloists.

Tickets are $40 adult, $32 senior, $12 student (16-29) and can be purchased from 416-499-0403 or online with a $5 online only discount at www.sinfoniatoronto.com

Official Website: http://www.sinfoniatoronto.com