The Kingston Street United Church Live performance Collection will current The Callista Trio in live performance on November 22 as a part of the group’s 2025/26 season. The Kingston Street United Church Live performance Collection was launched by Tim Dawson, retired bassist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The Callista Trio’s program contains:
- Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque No. 1
- Beethoven: Trio Op. 70, No. 2
- Schumann: Trio No. 3, Op. 110
The Callista Trio
The Callista Trio is Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Laurence Kayaleh (violin), and Lucas Porter (piano), one in every of Canada’s latest classical music ensembles. They’re presently on a tour of Ontario that features the cease in Toronto on November 22.
Cellist Elizabeth Dolin talks about how the trio got here collectively in a press release.
“We first carried out collectively when Lucas changed one other pianist on the final minute. Laurence and I’ve been enjoying collectively for 22 years, and the chemistry among the many three of us was immediately magical. The best piano trio begins with a virtuosic, delicate pianist and two string gamers who match stylistically — I need to say, we match the invoice!
“We named ourselves The Callista Trio from the Greek phrase for ‘most lovely.’ Since then, we’ve carried out all through Quebec and Ontario, and this 12 months we’ll seem in Nova Scotia as effectively. It’s particularly significant to play within the Kingston Street Village Live performance Collection as a result of Tim Dawson, the collection director, is an previous college good friend and fellow musician.”
The Kingston Street United Church Live performance Collection
The Kingston Street United Church Live performance Collection presents 4 to 6 concert events every season within the acoustically refined church, with choices that vary from conventional classical repertoire to the avant garde.
Future concert events in The Kingston Street United Church music collection embrace quite a lot of music, with household pleasant occasions within the combine.
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- Discover tickets and particulars for all concert events [HERE].
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 a long time, and a artistic writing teacher for Ontariolearn.
