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2017 Honens Festival: Pianoscapes

Stephen Avenue Walk

Stephen Avenue Walk Between Centre Street S and First Street SE Pianoscapes is Honens’ gift to Calgary for the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. The project was inspired by the desire to enrich the community through providing access to music-making, and to encourage collaboration between business, music, and visual art. Five pianos are being transformed […]

2017 Honens Festival: Montrose Trio

Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"Absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear … they are poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world”—Washington Post Formed in 2013, the Montrose Trio is a collaboration stemming from a long and fruitful relationship between pianist Jon Kimura Parker and the Tokyo String Quartet. Mr Parker was the […]

Concrete Sonata

Third Street and Sixth Avenue SW Calgary Enjoy classical music on your lunch hour. Downtown Calgary and Honens present 2000 Honens Prize Laureate Katherine Chi with special guests in this free outdoor concert. Bring your lunch and enjoy the #IAMDOWNTOWN lounge chairs while listening to beautiful classical piano. All free, family friendly and fun! #IAMDOWNTOWN #ConcreteSonata #Honens2016 […]

A440 Canadian Craft

An exclusive event for A440 members Enjoy a night out with fellow A440 members during the 2017 Honens Festival. Schedule 5:30 pm Dinner Local 522 Public Tavern & Kitchen 522 6 Ave SW Arrive at Local 522 Public Tavern & Kitchen for a delicious meal. See menu on the right. Menu Drinks Draft Beer Highball […]

2017 Honens Festival: Ceilia String Quartet and Luca Buratto

Knox United Church 506 Fourth St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Toronto-based Cecilia String Quartet (CSQ) is applauded for their “powerful” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “dauntingly perfect” (Berliner Zeitung) performances. To celebrate the start of their second decade as an ensemble, the Quartet has initiated Celebrating Canadian Women in Music—a spotlight on a ‘quartet’ of immensely talented female Canadian composers from which it commissioned the creation of four […]

2017 Honens Festival: Bison Noir

This edition of Bison Noir shines a spotlight on Sri Lankan-born, Canada-based composer-performer Dinuk Wijeratne, who has been described by the Toronto Star as “an artist who reflects a positive vision of our cultural future”, and by The New York Times as “exuberantly creative”. Mr Wijeratne made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004 as a composer, conductor, and pianist performing […]

2017 Honens Festival: Masterclass

King Eddy 438 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Co-presented by National Music Centre Visiting pianist Katherine Chi instructs and inspires music students and teachers from across Alberta.       Catherine Yang Sun Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 55 No. 2 Georgeanne Van Helden Prokofiev from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op. 75 No. 2 Scene (The Street Awakens) No. 6 Montagues […]

Honens Day at Studio Bell, Home of the National Music Centre

Studio Bell, Home of the National Music Centre 850 4 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Explore Calgary's newest music hub in the heart of the East Village. Honens Day at Studio Bell brings you music from morning to night in the new Home of the National Music Centre. Co-presented by the National Music Centre. Studio Bell, Home of the National Music Centre Explore five floors of exhibitions that tell the […]

2017 Honens Festival: Storytellers I

Studio Bell, Home of the National Music Centre 850 4 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Co-presented by National Music Centre Artists Dmitry Nesterov piano Hazel Hutchins narrator Tess loves the prairie, but her parents do not. Coming from an easier life, far, far away, they resent the bitter cold winter and the poverty that means burning cow dung for fuel. Based on a true incident, Tess combines authenticity with drama. Set during […]