Save the dates | 2024-2025
Upcoming concert for our 29th Season
Founders and Artistic Directors, Boris Zarankin and Inna Perkis
2024-2025 Season Sponsor Horatio Kemeny
June 8, 2025
Ukrainian Salon: Against all hope, we hope
Featuring:
Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Igor Gefter, cello; Elina Kelebeev, piano; Bénédicte Lauzière, cello; Andrea Ludwig, mezzo soprano (OCMS Artist-in-Residence); Rémi Pelletier, viola; Inna Perkis, piano; Mark Skazinetsky, violin; Boris Zarankin, piano; Ilana Zarankin, soprano
Highlights:
Bibik: String Quartet no. 5, and Akvareli, for soprano and piano
Desyatnikov: Five Jewish Songs, for soprano and String Quartet, and selections from Songs of Bukovina, for piano
Nalyvaiko: Toccata and 4 o’clock in the morning, for piano
Off Centre Music Salon presents:
Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes,
a Bechstein Piano and Boris:
Telling Life Stories
An “Off Centre” Art Film - conceived and developed by Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin
Introduction and historical context provided by Dr. Julia Zarankin
From Glenn Gould to Oscar Peterson
to Boris Zarankin, a piano is a very individual choice
From William Littler at Toronto Star
Pianos are more individual than is sometimes realized. When I was on the jury of the Sydney International Piano Competition in Australia, I noticed that the contestants were offered a choice of four different pianos. Although most initially chose Steinway, by the final round some switched allegiance to Yamaha. Steinway had neglected to send a technician to maintain its piano in tip-top condition.
Boris Zarankin’s 1879 Bechstein from Berlin was by no means in tip-top condition when the Toronto pianist bought it in Seattle many years ago. But after submitting it to a thorough restoration, he found it to be an ideal agent for his recording of Shostakovich’s “24 Preludes.”
Read the full article at Toronto Star
Current Season Artists
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