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MONTREAL
Bourgie Hall
Aline Kutan. Photo: Patrik Boghosian
Bourgie Hall’s 2025–26 season offers concerts across various musical genres. The second year of their complete Franz Schubert lieder series includes concerts by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (Oct.16); baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and Bourgie Hall’s co-artistic director, pianist Olivier Godin (Oct. 30); soprano Aline Kutan, clarinetist André Moisan, and pianist Michael McMahon (March 15); and baritone Olivier Bergeron, pianist Chloé Dumoulin, and dancers Diana León and Paco Ziel (March 28 & 29). Musicians of the OSM will also feature Schubert’s string music (Oct. 24). Piano will be central this season, with headliners Leif Ove Andsnes (Oct. 2) and Víkingur Ólaffson (Jan. 30), artist-in-residence Kristian Bezuidenhot (Oct. 15, 16, 19), and Bourgie Hall’s first-ever piano week, featuring Beatrice Rana (Nov. 4), David Jalbert performing Prokofiev’s complete piano sonatas (Nov. 5), Florent Boffard (Nov. 6), Robert D. Levin with Les Violons du Roy (Nov. 7), and the Geister Duo (Nov. 9). The season also features chamber concerts by Esmé Quartet (Nov. 2) and Roomful of Teeth (Dec. 2), as well as piano recitals by Janina Fialkowska (Feb. 27) and Charles Richard-Hamelin and Marc-André Hamelin (April 1 & 2), and a saxophone recital by Steven Banks (Feb. 13). www.mbam.qc.ca
Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur
Les Barocudas
Although the chapel itself is temporarily closed, the Chapelle at the Canadian Centre for Architecture will offer a dynamic series of free chamber concerts this season. Early music will be featured with ensembles such as Les Barocudas (Sept. 28) and Ensemble Mirabilia (Nov. 30). Highlights also include the Quasar saxophone quartet (Oct. 29), pianist Olga Kudriakova (Nov. 5), soprano Myriam Leblanc with pianist Jean Marchand (Oct. 8), and pianists Ruxandra Oancea and Ilya Polataev (Dec. 3). www.montreal.ca
QUEBEC CITY
Club musical de Québec
Philippe Jaroussky. Photo: Simon Fowler
The Club musical’s season kicks off with a Schubert program presented by baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Daniil Trifonov (Oct. 13). Recitals also include solo accordionist Ksenija Sidorova (Nov. 3) and violist Tabea Zimmermann with pianist Javier Perianes (March 17). Les Arts Florissants will celebrate the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte (Nov. 26), while Mozart, Chopin, Chaminade, Medtner, and Grainger will be featured on a program with pianists Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin (March 31). The season will culminate with countertenor Philippe Jaroussky’s Gelosia program with Ensemble Artaserse (May 4). www.clubmusicaldequebec.com
Chapelle du Seminaire, Musée de la Civilisation
The Chapelle du Seminaire will host five chamber concerts that highlight its historic Quebec setting. Sound Rebellion Collective will use the Chapelle’s two historic organs, as well as an electronic LIMINARE organ (Sept. 20), while Quebec composers will be on display in a concert by mezzo-soprano Marie-Andrée Mathieu, clarinetist Stéphane Fontaine, pianist Nathalie Tremblay, and cellist Anne-Sophie Laliberté (Feb. 1). Pianist Emmanuel Roberts Dugal and guitarist Le Tuong Nguyen will offer fantasies of Bach, Chopin, and Schumann (March 22). In collaboration with the museum’s exhibition Titanic: Récits et destin, the Chapelle will offer two Titanic-inspired concerts (Oct. 5, Nov. 23). www.mcq.org
TORONTO
Koerner Hall
Jane Archibald. Photo: Bo Huang
In addition to literature talks, chamber opera, conservatory showcases, and a special evening with Renée Fleming (Nov. 1), Koerner Hall offers a variety of world-class concerts in 2025-26. Highlights include recitals by pianists Sofiane Pamart (Sept. 13), Sir András Schiff (Nov. 2), Seong-Jin Cho (Nov. 29), and Víkingur Ólafsson (Feb. 1). Also on the program are: mandolinist Chris Thile (Oct. 15); trumpeter Jens Lindemann (Jan. 24); violinist Nicola Benedetti (Feb. 4); violinist Hilary Hahn with pianist Tom Poster (May 21); baritone Matthias Goerne with pianist Daniil Trifonov (Oct. 16); soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian with pianist Kevork Mourad (Nov. 22); soprano Jane Archibald with the COC’s Liz Upchurch (May 6); the Danish String Quartet (Feb. 28); and the Conservatory’s own ARC Ensemble (Oct. 29, April 12). www.rcmusic.com
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) presents a season that celebrates musical heritage. Soprano Karoline Podolak, with pianist Rachael Kerr, will give a recital which celebrates Podolak’s Slavic heritage through Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Nowowiejski (Oct. 9). Later, the kilted Maxwell Quartet will offer arrangements of Scottish traditional folk music (Nov. 13). In the spring, the VC2 Cello Duo, with violinist Amy Hillis, will showcase Canadian composers Andrew Staniland, Fjóla Evans, and Dinuk Wijeratne (March 5). The trio of cellist Stéphane Tétreault, bandoneon player Denis Plante, and pianist Chloé Dumoulin appear on April 2, and the season culminates with Fierbois: oboists Caitlin Broms-Jacobs and pianist Madeline Hildebrand, featuring Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite and a new work by WMCT commissioned composer David Braid (May 7). www.wmct.on.ca
OTTAWA
Ottawa Chamberfest – Ottawa Chamber Music Society
Angela Hewitt. Photo: Bernd Eberle
Although known for its summer festival, Ottawa Chamberfest offers a condensed program of chamber concerts throughout the year. The season will open with CelloFellos Bryan Cheng and Leonard Disselhorst, followed by a Gala Noël Holiday Kickoff (Nov. 22). The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and the Canadian Guitar Quartet will present the Four Seasons, South American folk music, and Patrick Roux’s La valse des temps nouveaux (Feb. 14). Ottawa’s own Angela Hewitt will continue her Mozart Odyssey project with his Piano Concerto No.18 (March 6), and the season concludes with piano duo Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin (March 25). www.chamberfest.com
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