102 Events Announced For Koerner Hall's 10th Anniversary Concert Season

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 2018-19 season, which will mark Koerner Hall's 10th anniversary season.

"These extraordinary concerts affirm Koerner Hall as the venue of choice for internationally celebrated performers. Its landmark 10th anniversary season will further strengthen the position of The Royal Conservatory as a leading concert presenter and global cultural hub, which has brought together more than a million Canadians through the unifying power of music," says Dr. Peter Simon.

Mervon Mehta said: "The 10th anniversary season will be a celebration featuring some of Koerner Hall's favourite artists from the first nine seasons alongside some new faces. The finest musicians in classical music, jazz, world, roots, and folk have made Koerner Hall their Toronto home and helped us establish our global reputation. We have invited many of them back this season and left room for a few legends that, finally, will make their Koerner Hall debuts."

Koerner Hall's 10th anniversary concert season consists of 102 concerts and events

478 Canadian artists and 27 countries will be represented on the Koerner Hall stage

Koerner Hall 10th Anniversary Gala with soprano Kathleen Battle

and Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Orchestre Métropolitain

headline the 10th Anniversary Opening Festival,

which will include seven concerts in seven days, with three free events

21C Music Festival moves to January

and welcomes the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Stewart Goodyear and Esprit Orchestra

Minimalist composer Terry Riley and his music is featured in three concerts

American jazz musicians John Pizzarelli and Freddy Cole celebrate

the 100th birthday of Freddy's older brother, Nat King Cole

The King's Singers celebrate their 50th anniversary

Iconic Canadian band Lighthouse celebrates "50 Years of Sunny Days"

in a season-closing concert

Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni returns, this time with his father-in-law,

the famous American baritone Thomas Hampson, in a "No Tenors Allowed" evening

A mini-series of Roma culture with superstar fiddler Roby Lakatos, jazz pianist Robi Botos,

and a celebration of Django Reinhardt

Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives the Canadian premiere of a new piece

by Wynton Marsalis written especially for her

Vienna Boys Choir returns after their sold out concert in 2015

Jazz pianist Marcus Roberts plays solo and with his trio?

Canadian pianists include Chilly Gonzales, Jan Lisiecki, and Charles Richard-Hamelin

Internationally acclaimed pianist debuts by Nicholas Angelich, Seong-Jin Cho,

Gabriela Montero, and Murray Perahia

Pianist Richard Goode plays an all Ludwig van Beethoven program

Violinist Hilary Hahn performs an all Johann Sebastian Bach program

Pianists Jan Lisiecki (renowned Chopin specialist), Charles Richard-Hamelin (2105 Chopin International Competition silver medalist),

and Seong-Jin Cho (2015 Chopin International Competition gold medalist) all choose Chopin for their recitals

Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and French cellist Gautier Capuçon to record an album in Koerner Hall

DJ Skratch Bastid is joined by Jurassic 5's DJ Nu-Mark

Violinist Daniel Hope and Friends bring a program titled AIR - A Baroque Journey

Canadian jazz greats Jane Bunnett and Hilario Durán return after being part of Koerner Hall's inaugural concert season

Paquito D'Rivera is joined by the Harlem Quartet?

Saxophonist Joshua Redman leads an all-star band

World music concerts include Anoushka Shankar, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the "Ukrainian ethno-chaos" of DakhaBrakha

The Royal Conservatory Orchestra is conducted by Johannes Debus, András Keller, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and Bramwell Tovey

Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage concert series welcomes the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie,

fado queen Mariza, cabaret great Storm Large,

and double bills of Noa and Mira Awad, and Amada Martinez and Kellylee Evans

Music On Film returns for the 6th consecutive year

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