2018 Honens International Piano Competition & Festival Brochure

PIANO | FESTIVAL | COMPETITION

PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL 30 AUGUST TO 8 SEPTEMBER 2018 | TICKETS AT HONENS.COM

The Complete Artist.

MEET THE 2018 SEMIFINALISTS Get to know the pianists at honens.com/semifinalists. Artists subject to change.

STEFANO ANDREATTA ITALY

HAN CHEN TAIWAN

TZU-YIN HUANG TAIWAN

ADELA LICULESCU ROMANIA

NICOLAS NAMORADZE GEORGIA

MEGAN-GEOFFREY PRINS SOUTH AFRICA

LLEWELLYN SANCHEZ-WERNER UNITED STATES

PHILIPP SCHEUCHER AUSTRIA

ARISTO SHAM HONG KONG

YANNICK VAN DE VELDE BELGIUM

TEN DAYS OF EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC MAKING IN THE HEART OF CALGARY Visit honens.com/2018 for program details and tickets.

30 AUGUST TO 3 SEPTEMBER 2018

6 SEPTEMBER 2018 7:30 PM COMPETITION FINALS I

12:30 & 7:30 PM COMPETITION SEMIFINALS

Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons

Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons

The three Finalists each perform a quintet with the Azahar Ensemble.

Ten Semifinalists perform a solo recital and a collaborative recital with baritone Philip Addis, and violinist Jonathan Crow.

10 PM BISON NOIR Royal Canadian Legion No. 1

3 SEPTEMBER 2018 10 AM STORYTELLERS Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons Join us for the world premiere of a newly commissioned arrangement of Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater for piano, violin, and narrator.

11 AM XENIA CONCERT Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons Xenia Concerts are a series of accessible concerts that are designed to appeal to, and be welcoming of, children on the autism spectrum and their families.

4 SEPTEMBER 2018 8 PM GARRICK OHLSSON Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons Music of Brahms, Chopin

Honens’ 2018 Mentor-inResidence and multi awardwinning pianist, Garrick Ohlsson, performs in Calgary for the first time in more than 15 years.

5 SEPTEMBER 2018 6 PM HONENS HONOURS The Fairmont Palliser Celebrate extraordinary Calgarians—Heather Bourne and Masters Gallery Ltd.—and their commitment to Calgary’s cultural life at this fundraising dinner.

8 PM LUCA BURATTO AND SZYMON NEHRING WITH THE CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons Music of Mozart, Strauss, Liszt

A rare opportunity to hear two international piano competition winners perform together with the CPO and conductor Karina Canellakis.

Join Honens’ Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker (and friends!) for an after-hours jam following Finals I.

7 SEPTEMBER 2018 7:30 PM COMPETITION FINALS II & AWARDS SHOW Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons The three Finalists each perform a concerto of their choice with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Karina Canellakis.

A night of excitement when the 2018 Honens Prize Laureate is announced, offering the winner a $100,000 cash award and an Artist Development Program valued at a half-million dollars.

8 SEPTEMBER 2018 2 PM HONENS OPEN AIR Central Memorial Park The ever-popular Open Air is back to wrap up the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition & Festival!

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FESTIVAL PASS $475

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SEMIFINALS MASTERCLASS STORYTELLERS XENIA CONCERT GARRICK OHLSSON HONENS HONOURS* LUCA BURATTO & SZYMON NEHRING WITH THE CPO FINALS I BISON NOIR FINALS II & AWARDS OPEN AIR

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