Upcoming Concerts (Oct. 2025)

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by Gianmarco Segato, Eva Stone-Barney, Hal Kowalewski

Montreal

Ladies’ Morning Musical Club (LMMC)

The Verona Quartet, which originated in 2013 at Indiana University, is joined by American pianist Henry Kramer, in his second LMMC appearance, on Oct. 19. They will play works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Schumann. Then on Nov. 9, Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas makes his LMMC debut playing Schubert’s Four Impromptus, Opus 90, and his Minuet in C-sharp minor as well as Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 1 in D minor.
www.lmmc.ca       

Musica Camerata

Musica Camerata will continue its 2025-26 season with a concert of trios for piano, violin and cello (Nov. 8). Featuring the ensemble’s pianist, Berta Rosenohl, violinists Marc Djokic and Luis Grinhaus, and cellist Joshua Morris, the evening will include Niels Gade’s Trio, Op. 42, Grieg’s Andante con moto (1878), and Debussy’s Trio (1880).
www.cameratamontreal.com

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is joined by conductor Lucie Leguay this November for a special evening of music celebrating the tradition of French mélodie and the Belle Époque, alongside French soprano Véronique Gens (Nov. 12, 13). The program will include selections by the most famous exponents of the genre, such as Berlioz, Fauré, Massenet, Hahn, and Dukas alongside works by the lesser-known Irish-French composer, Augusta Holmes.
www.osm.ca

Opéra de Montréal

Opéra de Montréal’s Gala Talent is unlike any other event during the company’s season, as they welcome emerging opera artists to the stage at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier to compete for a spot in the OdM’s two-year Atelier Lyrique training program (Nov. 11). The evening opens with a performance of opera arias, sung by finalists chosen from OdM’s nationwide search for the next generation of Canadian operatic talent. The celebration continues with a cocktail reception, the awarding of various prizes, and finally, a gourmet dinner.www.operademontreal.com

Orchestre classique de Montréal

Orchestre classique de Montréal’s 86th season continues with a trip to imperial Vienna, where the orchestra will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Strauss II (Oct. 24). Conducted by Simon Rivard, OCM will perform Johann Strauss II’s Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, and Lagunen Walzer, in addition to excerpts from the composer’s operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron. Also on the program are selections from Lehár’s The Merry Widow and Der Zigeunerliebe. The orchestra will be joined by artists from the Opera de Montreal’s Aterlier Lyrique, including soprano Odile Portugais, mezzo-soprano Tessa Fackelmann, and baritones Colin Mackey and Jamal Al Titi.
www.en.orchestre.ca

Orchestre philharmonique du Québec

Orchestre philharmonique de Québec’s next concert shines the spotlight on the orchestra’s brass players, who will step out in the form of a quintet to perform a wide variety of repertoire. The quintet will take to the stage at Boucherville’s Église Sainte-Famille (Nov. 8). www.philharmonique.quebec

Quebec City

Orchestre symphonique de Québec

Orchestre symphonique de Québec will be joined this October by conductor Christian Kluxen, and cellist Bryan Cheng, for an evening of works by Dvořák, Bruch, Popper, and Beethoven (Oct. 15). They will then continue their season with a not-to-be-missed performance of Holst’s The Planets, conducted by Delyana Lazarova. The orchestra will be joined by OSQ’s female choir and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang, and the evening will feature digital design by ASTROLab (Nov. 5).
www.osq.org

Opéra de Québec

Opéra de Québec kicks off its season with a production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni, with direction by Veronika Makdissi-Warren. Camille Sherman will sing the title role, joined by Joseph Doody, Christophe Gay, Jean-Luc Ballestra, Odéi Bilodeau, Florence Bourget, and Jean-Philippe Mc Clish (Oct. 25, 28, 30 & Nov. 1).
www.operadequebec.com

Toronto

Koerner Hall

Two of classical music’s biggest names join forces for a recital on Oct. 17 when baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Daniil Trifonov present one of the cornerstones of the romantic repertoire, Schubert’s song cycle, Die Winterreise. Superstar soprano Renée Fleming joins the Royal Conservatory Orchestra on Nov. 1 for an eclectic gala evening. In the first half, selections by Björk, Handel and Bacharach accompany a National Geographic film about nature as both inspiration and casualty of humanity. Then, in the second half, Fleming performs favourite songs and arias. Pianist Sir András Schiff presents a yet-to-be-determined program on Nov. 2. Violinist Kyung Wha Chung is joined by longtime sonata partner Kevin Kenner on piano for works by Schumann, Grieg and Franck on Nov. 9.
www.rcmusic.com

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Former TSO Resident Conductor Earl Lee returns to conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 with cellist Jaemin Han in Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations (Oct. 11 & 12 at George Weston Recital Hall in North York). Franz Welser-Möst, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, conducts Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Suite on Oct. 16, 17 and 18 along with pianist Bruce Liu, who plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova joins the orchestra under Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi for Tõnu Kõrvits’s Dances: Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra, a world premiere and TSO co-commission (Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & 2). The program also includes Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5.
www.tso.ca

Tafelmusik

Violinist Lina Tur Bonet, concertmaster of Jordi Savall’s Le Concert des Nations, returns to play  Vivaldi’s concerto Il Grosso Mogul while the orchestra is featured in Geminiani’s orchestral arrangement of Corelli’s famous violin sonata La Folia. Ensemble members are the soloists in Zelenka’s Sinfonia Concertante in A minor and the Concerto à Quattro in C minor by the Austrian baroque composer who wrote under the pseudonym Giovanni Henrico Albicastro (Oct. 23-26).
www.tafelmusik.org

Canadian Opera Company

The COC continues its season with a revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Welsh countertenor Iestyn Davis sings Orfeo with Canadian sopranos Anna-Sophie Neher as Euridice and Catherine St-Arnaud as Amore. Bernard Labadie conducts (Oct. 9-25).
www.coc.ca

Music Toronto

The Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff/Doerkin Trio appears on Oct. 21 with piano trios by Mozart, Smetana and Tchaikovsky. This will be Toronto’s first opportunity to hear the new incarnation of the group with pianist Doerkin after the tragic early death of Lars Vogt in 2022. American pianist Michelle Cann performs Clara Schumann’s Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Brahms’s  Eleven Variations on an Original Theme in D major and Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor on Nov. 11.
www.musictorontoconcerts.com

Tapestry Opera

The company opens its season with Tapestry Briefs: Under Where?, a collection of 10 opera shorts by Canadian composers Rebecca Gray, Saman Shahi, Roydon Tse, Keith Klassen, and Prokhor Protasoff, and librettists Rachel Gray, Sarah Henstra, Keith Klassen, and Christene Adina Browne. Directed by Tapestry’s General and Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori and Mabel Wonnacott, with music direction by Hyejin Kwon and Gregory Oh. The featured singers are Reilly Nelson, Adanya Dunn, Keith Klassen, and Jorell Williams (Oct 16-19 at the company’s new downtown venue).
www.tapestryopera.com

Sinfonia Toronto

Flutists Susan Hoeppner and Luisa Sello join the orchestra for the world premiere of Alice Ping Yee Ho’s Celestial Concerto for Two Flutes and Strings. The Nov. 6 concert also includes Glazounov’s Theme and Variations, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Flutes and his Sinfonia in G major, as well as Janáček’s Suite.
www.sinfoniatoronto.com

Western Canada

Edmonton

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra opens its Classics series with Bruckner, Wagner & Organ, conducted by Bruckner specialist Mario Venzago. Musicologist Natalie Boisvert’s pre-performance lecture sets up a program that celebrates the natural world, including Bruckner’s “Romantic” Symphony. Toronto-based organist Rashaan Allwood joins the orchestra for Jacques Hétu’s Organ Concerto (Winspear Centre, Oct. 24-25.). Next, the ESO presents The Music of Star Wars, an invitation into the popular music of John Williams and Michael Giacchino. Conductor Lucas Waldin and the ESO will be joined by Korora, the Edmonton-based community choir which has performed in international venues including Carnegie Hall (Oct. 28 & 29).
www.winspearcentre.com

Calgary

Slavonic Dancers is the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s ode to the folk dances of Antonín Dvořák. Rumon Gamba, chief conductor of the Finnish Oulu Symphony Orchestra, leads the orchestra in a program that also includes Arnold’s English Dances and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5 (Jack Singer Concert Hall, Nov. 14 & 15).
www.calgaryphil.com

Vancouver

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem under Music Director Otto Tausk. They are joined by soprano Sarah Dufresne, baritone Xiaomeng Zhang and the Vancouver Chamber Choir (Orpheum and Bell Performing Arts Centre, Nov. 7-9).

South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for works by Maurice Ravel. This comes shortly after the release of Son’s new album, an ode to post-war reparations and South Korean independence movements. Music Director Otto Tausk will lead the VSO in a performance of Ravel’s lighthearted Mother Goose Suite, which includes classic fairytales such as the Sleeping Beauty and the Fairy Garden (Orpheum, Nov. 14 & 15). Please note, VSO performances will take place pending the VSO musicians’ strike, during which the Vancouver Musicians’ Association is advocating for better contracts for VSO musicians.
www.vancouversymphony.ca

At UBC Vancouver’s Chan Performing Arts Centre, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra provides a “tasting menu” of baroque pieces. They are led by British violinist and conductor Rachel Podger, a recipient of the BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year. Their program includes Handel’s Concerto grosso (Chan Performing Arts Centre, Nov. 15).
www.earlymusic.bc.ca
www.tafelmusik.org

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