Concerts
All Concerts Presented at the Aultsville Theatre
2 St. Lawrence Drive, Cornwall, ON
www.aultsvilletheatre.com
FROM SPAIN TO CUBA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 • 7:30 PM
Legendary Latin guitarist Johannes Linstead fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation. With over 500 million streams, seven top-ten US Billboard charting albums, and Canadian “Guitarist of the Year”, he has become recognized internationally as one of the best-selling guitarists in the Instrumental, Latin Jazz and World Music genres.
SCANDALOUS ROMANTICS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 • 2 PM
Genius! Stardom! Betrayal! Michael Bridge & Kornel Wolak (accordion and clarinet) present Scandalous Romantics — an hilarious tabloid take on a few of the salacious stories behind the most celebrated music stars across genres — exposing the lust, pride, and envy that fuelled some of the greatest music ever written.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2024 • 2 PM
Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Vnukowski is the finest exponent of the solo piano version of Gershwin’s classic, Rhapsody in Blue, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024. Hailed as “a pianist to watch” by New York Classical Review and “a dashing pianist” by The Sunday Times,Vnukowski has performed in prestigious concert halls throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN & ANDREW WAN
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 • 2 PM
Some musical encounters have the capacity to arouse fervor and delight. At the peak of their art after an award-winning and critically acclaimed recording of the Beethoven and Schumann sonatas, violinist Andrew Wan (concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) and pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin (Silver Medalist at the 2015 International Chopin Competition) will perform the three Brahms sonatas.
www.charlesrichardhamelin.com & www.osm.ca/en/musician/andrew-wan
CHENG² DUO
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 • 2 PM
Cellist Bryan Cheng and pianist Sylvie Cheng are rooted by a sibling bond that transcends the familial. The JUNO-nominated Cheng² Duo transfixes listeners through its impassioned expressivity and contagious joy. Critics have hailed their performances as “brilliant” (The Sunday Times, UK), “truly exhilarating” (The WholeNote, Canada), and “absolutely captivating…through a tremendous mastery of their instruments” (Pizzicato Magazine, Luxembourg).
FROM SPAIN TO CUBA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 • 7:30 PM
Legendary Latin guitarist Johannes Linstead fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation. With over 500 million streams, seven top-ten US Billboard charting albums, and Canadian “Guitarist of the Year”, he has become recognized internationally as one of the best-selling guitarists in the Instrumental, Latin Jazz and World Music genres.
SCANDALOUS ROMANTICS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 • 2 PM
Genius! Stardom! Betrayal! Michael Bridge & Kornel Wolak (accordion and clarinet) present Scandalous Romantics — an hilarious tabloid take on a few of the salacious stories behind the most celebrated music stars across genres — exposing the lust, pride, and envy that fuelled some of the greatest music ever written.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2024 • 2 PM
Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Vnukowski is the finest exponent of the solo piano version of Gershwin’s classic, Rhapsody in Blue, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024. Hailed as “a pianist to watch” by New York Classical Review and “a dashing pianist” by The Sunday Times,Vnukowski has performed in prestigious concert halls throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN & ANDREW WAN
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 • 2 PM
Some musical encounters have the capacity to arouse fervor and delight. At the peak of their art after an award-winning and critically acclaimed recording of the Beethoven and Schumann sonatas, violinist Andrew Wan (concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) and pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin (Silver Medalist at the 2015 International Chopin Competition) will perform the three Brahms sonatas.
www.charlesrichardhamelin.com & www.osm.ca/en/musician/andrew-wan
CHENG² DUO
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 • 2 PM
Cellist Bryan Cheng and pianist Sylvie Cheng are rooted by a sibling bond that transcends the familial. The JUNO-nominated Cheng² Duo transfixes listeners through its impassioned expressivity and contagious joy. Critics have hailed their performances as “brilliant” (The Sunday Times, UK), “truly exhilarating” (The WholeNote, Canada), and “absolutely captivating…through a tremendous mastery of their instruments” (Pizzicato Magazine, Luxembourg).
