About this Event
Loose Tea Music Theatre presents our Backyard Concert Series featuring Toronto-based pianist and Juno Awards nominee: Cheryll Duval. On September 17th, 2021, Cheryl will play a curated piano set to immerse you in an array of compositions inspired by nature. This is a live concert and will take place in person. Masks will be required.
About Cheryl Duvall
Toronto-based pianist Cheryl Duvall has established herself as one of Canada's foremost contemporary music interpreters. Her voracious eclecticism has led to her immersion in a wide variety of compositional aesthetics and collaborative endeavours and imparted versatility, a lucid sense of contour, and an evocative sonic and emotional presence.
Alongside violinist Ilana Waniuk she co-founded the "adventurous and smartly programmed" (Musicworks Magazine) Thin Edge New Music Collective. Since their inception in spring 2012 they've commissioned over 75 works, spearheaded imaginative multidisciplinary initiatives including Balancing On The Edge, and joined forces with leading creative performers such as Charlotte Mundy, Jason Sharp (Constellation Records), and Montréal's Ensemble Paramirabo, with whom they recorded an album.
They're widely noted for their direct engagement with composers — among them Linda Catlin Smith, Elliott Sharp, Michael Oesterle, Barbara Monk Feldman and Sarah Hennies. In addition to touring across Europe, in Japan and Argentina, they've also given Canadian premieres of works by Sean McCann, Samuel Andreyev, Miya Masaoka, Alex Mincek, and Jo Kondo.
A dynamic soloist and in-demand collaborator, Duvall has immersed herself in a wide variety of compositional aesthetics and collaborative endeavours. In 2016 her formidable skill and commitment was recognized with a nomination for the KM Hunter Award. Recently, she's embarked on her second commissioning project to gather concert length solo works from a diverse selection of Canadian composers. The project encompasses the open ended hush of Can/Japan-based composer Daryl Jamieson, Keiko Devaux’s vibrant cascades of colour, the dexterous texture of James O'Callaghan, Jason Doell's hypnotic introspection, the visceral and immersive electroacoustic textures of Dutch-Canadian composer Lieke Vander Voort, the intimate and ecstatic compositions of Patrick Giguère and Anna Höstman, whose piano music is the subject of her debut solo recording, Harbour (Redshift Records). Harbour has been featured on the CBC radio and was chosen as the #1 Modern Composition Recording of 2020 by UK's 'The Wire' Magazine and was nominated for a Juno for Classical Composition of the Year.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
36 Winchester St, 36 Winchester Street, Toronto, Canada
CAD 20.00