Mozart Festival - April 20, 21 & 22
Join us for two thrilling programs over three days as the KWS celebrates one of the most enduringly popular composers of all time - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
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Kuerti Conducts the Emperor - March 23 & 24
The KWS is joined by incredibbe Canadian conductor Julian Kuerti and world-renowned pianist Nareh Arghamanyan for a concert that features Gary Kulesha's Torque and Beethoven's most famous and endearing concerto, the Emperor.
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Spanish Origins: Boléro and Rodrigo - Feb 17 & 18
Guitar soloist Jason Vieaux joins your KWS for Rodrigo's world-famous Concierto de Aranjuez for a concert that also includes Ravel's memorable Boléro as well as the world premiere of a new commission from composer Nico Muhly.
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Musical Fireworks: Prokofiev 5 and Brahms' Concerto for Violin - Jan 13 & 14
Vadim Gluzman joins your KWS for Brahms' colossal Violin Concerto in a concert that also features the oft-requested Prokofiev 5 with its hold-on-to-your-seats ending.
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Russian Fire - Dec 2, 3 & 4
Shostakovich's incredible Piano and Trumpet Concerto will showcase pianist Peter Longworth and KWS principal trumpet Larry Larson. This is a program of Russian genius from Tchaikovsky's affectionate Mozartiana suite to a beautiful Rachmaninoff Vocalise and Stravinsky's seminal Symphony in C.
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The Magic of Hugh Russell - Nov 4 & 5
Hugh Russell returns to the stage with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony to perform Mahler’s highly emotional and musically graphic Songs of a Wayfarer. This program also includes Mozart’s entertaining Paris Symphony and the richly lyrical Second Symphony of Brahms.
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The Virtuoso Piano - Sept 30 & Oct 1
One of Canada's most admired and acclaimed pianists, Andre Laplante joins the KWS to perform a unique double header of Liszt's first and second piano concertos in celebration of Liszt's 200th birthday.
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