TSM announces free concerts and events offered at the 2019 Festival

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TORONTO – Toronto Summer Music announced programming details for the free concerts, masterclasses and events offered during the 2019 Festival, which runs July 11 to August 3.  All free events at TSM’s 2019 Festival are part of the TD Free Concert Series.

TSM Connect is a series of free daytime events running during the festival in Walter Hall at University of Toronto (80 Queen’s Park).

TSM Connect – Masterclasses are open to the general public to observe with pianist Warren Jones (July 12, 10 a.m. – Noon); violinist Bryan Lee (July 16, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.); Art of Song Masterclass with tenor Anthony Dean Griffey (July 19, 10 a.m. – Noon); Chamber Music Institute Masterclass with cellist Yegor Dyachov (July 23, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.); and violist Hsin-Yun Huang (July 30, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.).

TSM Connect – Open Rehearsals give fans the opportunity to watch guest artists prepare for select festival concerts: Charles Richard-Hamelin (July 19, 2 p.m.); Souvenir de Florence (July 26, 2 p.m.) and Mendelssohn Octet (August 2, 2 p.m.).

TSM Connect – Talks feature composer Christos Hatzis (July 12, 6:30 p.m. in the Boyd Neel Room in the Edward Johnson Building) and the artists from Source and Inspiration (July 26, 4:30 p.m.) in Walter Hall.

Academy Lunch Concerts are free concerts that showcase gifted young performers from the Toronto Summer Music Academy on July 17, 18, 19, 31, August 1 and 2, at Noon in Heliconian Hall (35 Hazelton Avenue).

SHUFFLE Hour free concerts take place at 5 p.m. in Yorkville’s Heliconian Hall (35 Hazelton Avenue) and feature performances by Festival artists and exciting next-generation stars. The 2019 line-up includes:

July 16  Kollwitz-Konnex (…im Frieden seiner Hände) featuring Anne Harley and
Steven Thachuk
July 17   Silk Road: Then and Now featuring Chan Ka Nin
July 18   Taylor Academy Thursday featuring Duncan McDougall
July 23   Shared Madness: Jennifer Koh
July 24   Philip Chiu
July 25   Taylor Academy Thursday featuring Tiffany Yeung
July 30   Ladom Ensemble
July 31   Continuum
August 1  Taylor Academy Thursday featuring JJ Bui and Vivian Kukiel

Toronto Summer Music gratefully acknowledges the support of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Arts Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, Azrieli Foundation, W. Garfield Weston Foundation,TD Bank, Deloitte, JCIC Asset Management Inc., BMO Financial Group, RBC Emerging Artists Project, CIBC, Sheffield Moving & Storage, PricewaterhouseCoopers, First National Financial LP, Power Corporation of Canada, B Espresso Bar, Steam Whistle Brewing, Remenyi House of Music, Long & McQuade, TELUS Centre for Performing and Learning, University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Xenia Concerts, Classical 96.3 FM, Toronto Life, The Wholenote, Ballyhoo Push Pin Media, the InterContinental Toronto Yorkville and The Royal Conservatory – The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists.

About Toronto Summer Music
From July 11 to August 3, Toronto Summer Music brings outstanding classical music experiences to the city with a festival featuring 50+ public events including 28 mainstage concerts at Koerner Hall, Walter Hall, Lula Lounge and Church of the Redeemer, performed by renowned Canadian and international artists, plus masterclasses, lectures, workshops, and free outreach concerts. The 2019 Festival theme, Beyond Borders, celebrates the cross-cultural influences that have pervaded classical music from the times of Mozart and Mahler, right up to the composers of today.  Performances include soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, pianist Jon Kimura Parker, countertenor Daniel Taylor, pianist Angela Hewitt, the acclaimed Dover Quartet, The Art of Time Ensemble with Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Slean, and the Rolston String Quartet. Call 416-408-0208 or visit www.torontosummermusic.com .

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