The 2024 Honens Festival features something for everyone with the piano at the centre! Concerts include free, family-friendly events such as 176 Keys at CF Chinook Centre and on Stephen Avenue Walk; two adaptive concerts designed specifically to be inclusive and accessible for all, including neurodivergent audiences; a solo piano recital by 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko; Bison Noir: a late-night cabaret with a Jazz Age focus; and two performances of the ever-popular Open Air in Central Memorial Park in Calgary and George Lane Memorial Park in High River.
176 Keys @ Chinook Centre
Thursday 5 September at 4 pm
Grand Court at Chinook Centre | 6455 Macleod Trail
Join us to kick off the 2024 Honens Festival at 176 Keys! 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko and Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker are joined by Alberta’s own virtuoso pianists Carmen Morin and Zhenni Li-Cohen in this annual favourite, where you will hear some of some of the most fun, exciting, and upbeat repertoire classical piano has to offer.
176 Keys @ Stephen Ave
Friday 6 September at 12:30 pm
Stephen Avenue Walk, 100 E block
Pianists 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko and Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker are joined by Alberta’s own virtuoso pianists Carmen Morin and Zhenni Li-Cohen in this annual favourite, where you will hear some of some of the most fun, exciting, and upbeat repertoire classical piano has to offer. Get ready to see eight hands fly!
Illia Ovcharenko in Recital
Beethoven Three Ways
Friday 6 September at 7 pm
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church | 1121 14 Ave SW
Highlighting this year’s Honens Festival is a solo recital by 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko. Illia is taking the world by storm with a fast-growing list of accolades. Hailed as a “tremendous pianist,” his performances are described as “technically flawless and impeccably musical” (International Piano).
Bison Noir
Centenary in Blue with WindSync
Friday 6 September at 9:30 pm
Royal Canadian Legion No. 1 | 116 7 Ave SE
Put away classical music concert traditions, pull up a chair, and enjoy a beer and some nosh, while award-winning wind quintet WindSync and Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker take you out for a night in Birdland with a Jazz Age inspired program.
Classical Adaptations @ St. Stephen’s
Adaptive concert with WindSync
Saturday 7 September at 10:30 am
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church | 1121 14 Ave SW
Join WindSync at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church for a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability.
Open Air Calgary @ Central Memorial Park
Saturday 7 September at 2:30 pm
Central Memorial Park | 1221 2 St SW
Join us for a free musical extravaganza in the beautiful Central Memorial Park.
Classical Adaptations @ YMCA Seton
Adaptive concert with WindSync
Sunday 8 September at 10:30 am
Evan Hazell Theatre at Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton | 4995 Market St S
Join WindSync at YMCA Seton for a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability.
Open Air High River @ George Lane Memorial Park
Sunday 8 September at 2:30 pm
George Lane Memorial Park Gazebo | 343 Macleod Trail SW
Wrap up the 2024 Honens Festival with the whole family for an afternoon in the beautiful George Lane Memorial Park!
