Les AMIS opens its 21st season with an educational outreach program Oct 3rd (UTS Auditorium). Clarinetist Kaye Royer, pianist Janice Lin & cellist Ronald Royer with the University of Toronto School’s Strings perform works by Beethoven, Weber & L.A. composer Jeannie Pool.

The regular series takes place at the Heliconian Hall. The Oct 5th concert features cellist Carina Reeves & Orfeo Duo (Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano) in works by Shostakovich, Schnittke, Royer, Schumann and the world premiere of Duo Concertante for Cello & Piano by Gunther Schuller. 

Nov 16th, violinists Aisslinn Nosky & Julia Wedman are joined by violist Steven Dann & cellist Carina Reeves. Works are by Bach, Paganini & Constantinescu. Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 2 is featured. 

Dec 14 - violinist Kio Seiler, clarinetist Shalom Bard & pianist Vadim Serebriani perform Bartok and the world premiere of a work by Michael Pepa. 

Feb 22nd, violinist Nikola Aleksic & pianist Julijana Sulovic, a duo from Belgrade, play works by Schumann, Tartini, Saint-Saens, Enescu, the Canadian premiere of a piece by Serbian composer Babic & a world premiere by Philip McConnell.