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The Board of Directors of the Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra
has elected Dr. Milos Krajny as president. Shaun Pilot has been
appointed executive director.
Dr. Krajny succeeds William Jensen, who served as president for
three years. Mr. Pilot has a 27-year background in arts
presentation and production in Montreal, New York, Prague and
Toronto.
The Toronto Philharmonia is orchestra-in-residence at the
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts. In
2009-2010, Maestro Kerry Stratton marks his 21st
season as the orchestra’s music director and conductor.
Stratton and the new TPO management team have created an
exhilarating and diverse concert schedule for the coming
season. "We are especially proud of this season," says Dr.
Krajny. "We have the Canadian premiere of the long-awaited
Fourth Symphony by the internationally revered composer Arvo
Part, Dvorak’s deeply moving Stabat Mater, and the
Toronto debut of the young Swiss piano prodigy, Teo Gheorghiu,
who starred in the award-winning film Vitus . We are also
very much looking forward to another Canadian premiere, Frank
Zappa’s The Yellow Shark symphony."
Shaun Pilot comments, "Operating with 1/30th of the budget of
most major orchestras forces us to be 30 times more creative in
what we produce. A far more daring and sexier model is way
overdue. The great masters Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin et al have
left us with much more than the majesty of their works. It is
within the courage of their artistry that we’ve come to learn
how boundaries can and must be broken."
Maestro Stratton enthusiastically sums up, "There's a new spirit
at the TPO. Join us on this voyage of exploration and
discovery."
Subscriptions range from $216-$352 for eight concerts, to
$112-224 for four concerts. ($184-288 or $96-184 for seniors).
Information and season ticket order forms are online at
www.torontophil.on.ca, or can be obtained by calling
416-499-2204.
Single tickets:
$29-59 adults; and $25-49 seniors and $25 students, may be
purchased online at www.ticketmaster.ca, by calling
416-872-1111, or by visiting the Toronto Centre for the Arts Box
Office (11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 12-4 p.m. Sunday).
Concerts take place:
Thursdays at 8 p.m. (except Saturday,
January 23) in the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre
for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St., Toronto (North York Centre
subway).
The 2009-10 season is as follows
(all conducted by
Kerry Stratton except October 22):
September 24, 2009:
ARVO PART: Symphony No. 4 (2008; Canadian Premiere)
KEVIN LAU: Symphonic Prelude (World Premiere)
ANTON RUBINSTEIN: Concerto No. 4 in D Minor
Elaine Kwon (USA) Piano
October 22, 2009:
HANDEL: Water Music Suite, Arr. Harty
ARRIAGA: Symphony in D
de FALLA: El Amor Brujo
Marion Newman, Mezzo-Soprano
Guest Conductor: Maestro Jose Miguel Rodilla (Spain; Principal
Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Région de Murcia)
November 12, 2009:
DVORAK: Stabat Mater
Allison Arends, soprano; Deborah Overes, alto; Stephen
Harlands, tenor; Jason Nedecky, baritone; Toronto Philharmonia
Chorus (Vincent Cheng, director)
SUCHON: Balladic Suite
December 10, 2009:
Carol For Christmas
Featuring Canadian jazz star Carol Welsman
January 23, 2010:
FRANK ZAPPA: Music from The Yellow Shark (Canadian
Premiere)
HOVHANESS: The Holy City – Psalm & Fugue
February 11, 2010:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto
MARK NERENBERG: Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra (World
Premiere)
Peter Stoll, clarinet
April 15, 2010:
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2
Teo Gheorghiu (Swiss piano prodigy and star of the Fredi M.
Murer film Vitus –
www.harrisonparrott.com/artists/Teo_Gheorghiu.asp) (Toronto
Debut)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
May 13, 2010:
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2
Boris Krajny (Czech Republic), piano
ROBERT WILLIAM HARDY and WILLARD RILEY: Fifth Day Suite
(Canadian premiere)
RECITAL SERIES:
The Toronto Philharmonia will also present a
recital series in 2009-10, also in the George Weston Recital
Hall. Concerts confirmed to date include pianists Cristina
Ortiz (Brazil/UK) and Juana Zayas (Cuba/US).
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