It is a checklist of live shows we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or interested by attending between January 5 and 11, 2026. For extra of what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar here.
Small World Music Incubator/Drom Taverna: Alilo-Oba with Ori Shalva & Andrea Kuzmich’s Songscapin’
Wednesday, January 7, 7 p.m.
Drom Taverna, 458 Queen St. W., cowl cost — please verify with Drom Taverna
Right here’s a celebration from afar: Georgia, on the coast of the Black Sea — on our personal doorstep! The Previous Christmas celebration will fill the ears of their viewers this Wednesday, beginning at 7 p.m., because the virtuosi of Ori Shalva, led by Shalva Makharashvili, carry out on the Drom. The second set, Songscapin’, is a tasty mixture of Georgian and Ukrainian folks music with jazz and improvisation, promising foot-stomping, sing-along good instances. Toronto’s cultural range is among the most interesting on this planet, and it’s so straightforward to say ‘I’ll go subsequent week.’ Nonetheless, Christmas actually solely comes round every year, and what higher approach to enliven the primary dreary January week than to be with this extremely lovely Georgian concord? Drom releases the weekly data together with cowl cost charges on Mondays — often nominal payment of 15-25 bucks — what a discount! Additionally their Czech Wednesday particular of pilsner and schnitzels (meals at DT is superb) makes this occasion a good way to convey a little bit of festivus into the week. Information here.
Canadian Opera Firm: Instrumental Collection — Songs With out Phrases
Thursday, January 8, 12 Midday
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 4 Seasons Centre, free
After the bustle of the vacation, a stunning midday live performance on this Thursday of the primary full week again is a welcome alternative to centre your self for the brand new 12 months. Vivian Lang Chen (piano) and Patrick Goodwin (violin) convey piano-violin duo works of the previous and now, together with the acquainted favorite of Brahms’s mild Violin Sonata No. 1, and Jhula Jhule, a piece based mostly on Indian folksong by Reena Esmail, one of many brighter up to date composers. Come out and be reminded of the small beauties which can be current all through our lives, and be sustained by them, particularly after blurred days of holidays. Information here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Vivaldi’s The 4 Seasons
Thursday, January 8, Friday January 9, Saturday, January 10: 7:30 p.m. at Roy Thomson Corridor
Sunday January 11, 3 p.m. at George Weston Recital Corridor, please contact Patron Companies
Our metropolis’s most important orchestra opens 2026 with a celebratory program of Baroque classics that includes Jonathan Crow, chief and violin; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; Heidi Elise Bearcroft, harp; Rémi Pelletier, viola. Together with Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons — the primary centrepiece and maybe essentially the most well-known classical composition of all instances — Bach’s Oboe Concerto, Telemann’s Viola Concerto, and Handel’s Harp Concerto will fill out these three evenings at Roy Thomson, along with a Sunday afternoon matinee at George Weston Corridor in North York. This massively widespread program appears at the moment bought out, however there are at all times just a few returned tickets and new availability, particularly on the day of the efficiency — completely price calling in and getting in contact with the Patrons Companies (416-598-3375). Information here.
Niagara Classics: Emma Rush — Classical Guitar
Saturday, January 10, 7 p.m.
Small World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St., $40 or Pay-What-You-Can
Come all the way down to slightly cozy area of the Small World Centre by the Trinity Bellwoods Park and lend your ears to the intricacy of solo guitar. Emma Rush, a Canadian classical guitarist, has been a precious contributor to guitar communities via her worldwide performing profession, alongside along with her analysis on Victorian virtuoso, Catharina Pratte (learn our Interview with Rush here). As we strive unwind from the push of the busy week of back-to-the-madness, a solo guitar recital the place all sound and element is delivered with the utmost care, carried via the hearts and ears of devoted Toronto guitar fans (you’ll not discover a extra cautious and quiet viewers anyplace else within the metropolis!), this simply is perhaps the magic ticket for the weekend. Information here.
Anastasia Rizikov: Continuum — Piano Recital
Saturday, January 10, 7 p.m.
Jeanne Lamon Corridor, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. 427 Bloor Avenue West., $30/60
Celebrated for her prowess on the piano, Anastasia Rizikov, not a baby protegé, now a mature musician with huge expertise and creativeness, brings a solo piano program: Continuum, to the Annex. Her exploration of spirituality, folklore, and minimalism on this program will embody her personal transcriptions of Bloch, Mahler, and Skoryk, and works by Say, Shamo, and others. It’s at all times attention-grabbing to get an in-depth take a look at an individual, and on this live performance, Rizikov’s id in a number of layers — as a performer and an arranger — guarantees a lot intrigue. Come and see the place she might information you, in her circulation of consciousness, and be able to encounter beautiful piano taking part in. Learn our Interview with Anastasia here. Information here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music examine when she determined to keep away from attending medical faculty. Presently working within the discipline of classical music, recording, and Korean-English interpretation, she tends to get her nostril soiled in many various issues within the metropolis. Cecilia holds a DMA in Piano Efficiency from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln.
