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Purchasing Tickets Online
Tickets are available online 24 hours a day on the Empress Theatre website.
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Project Muse
Tomorrow’s classical music superstars
Matching young musicians with seasoned artists
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Music Unwrapped
An introduction to the rich world and heritage of classical music.
For parents, children and others. Beethoven and Mozart performed by our Project Muse artists.
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Anton Kuerti
The Fort Macleod International Festival is pleased to have Austrian born Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti.
Profile: Corey Cerovsek
Corey Cerovsek, a Canadian violinist now residing in Paris, France, began playing the violin at the age of five. By the age of 12, he graduated from the University of Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music with a gold medal for highest marks. At age 15, he received bachelor's degrees in music and mathematics and at age 16 received masters in both. At 18, he completed his doctoral work in music and mathematics all the while studying piano wit...
Artists
The Fort Macleod International Festival is pleased to have Austrian born Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti join us this year. Kuerti, a recipient of the Order of Canada is one of today’s most recorded artists. Please visit our website for further information.
Musicians
Edmond Agopian - Violin
Edmond Agopian began his violin training in Constantza, Romania where, along with classical studies at the Constantza Music Lyceum, he played and toured with a taraf- a Romanian /Gypsy ensemble. After immigrating to Canada he continued his musical ...
Bernadene Blaha - Piano
Bernadene Blaha's "brilliant command of the piano," whether featured as recitalist, concerto soloist, or chamber musician, has been heralded in performances throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Originally from Canada, Bernadene Blaha first came to international attention as a ...
Darko Brlek - Clarinet
Clarinetist Darko Brlek has performed throughout Europe and in many distinguished musical centres all over the world. In Europe he performed in Italy in Trieste, Firenze, in Scala Verdi in Milan, in Teatro Rossini in Pessaro, in Baslica di ...
David Brown - Bass
Bassist David Brown has been a member of Vancouver's professional music community for thirty years. He has performed with almost all the musical organizations (Masterpiece Music, Curio, Music in the Morning, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Children's Festival, ...
Corey Cerovsek - Violin
Corey Cerovsek, a Canadian violinist now residing in Paris, France, began playing the violin at the age of five. By the age of 12, he graduated from the University of Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music with a gold medal ...
Ofer Falk, Violin
Born in Israel in 1967, Ofer studied with the legendary pedagogue Ilona Feher in Tel-Aviv and later with Professor Dora Schwarzberg in Vienna. He has also been coached by Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zuckerman, Josef Gingold, Menahem Pressler ...
Kevin Fitz-Gerald - Piano
Canadian pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald enjoys a versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist, and chamber musician. His performances have garnered international acclaim and he has been recognized for his "hypnotically powerful and precise" pianism and "dynamic and distinguished" interpretations. His ...
Gerard Gibbs - Oboe
Gerard Gibbs, in his younger years tried numerous instruments including the violin, flute and even accordion. But when he heard a recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertant featuring an oboe, he knew instantly that this was the ...
Rivka Golani - Viola
Rivka Golani is recognized as one of the great violists and musicians of modern times. BBC magazine included her in its list of the 200 most important instrumentalists and the five most important violists currently concertizing. Her contributions to ...
Leonid Gorokhov - Cello
One of the finest cellists of his generation, Leonid Gorokhov studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire with Anatoli Nikitin and took part in masterclasses with Daniil Shafran. Winner of the Concertino Praga (First Prize) and the Paris Chamber Music ...
Micah Heilbrunn, Clarinet
Born in London Ontario, Micah Heilbrunn is currently acting principal clarinet of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Micah is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of ...
Michael Hope, Bassoon
Michael Hope has just completed his 25th season as the Second Bassoonist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and is one of Calgary’s most respected artists through his musicianship and his dedication to the musical life of our ...
Matthew Heller - Double Bass
Double Bassist Matthew Heller joined the Calgary Philharmonic in fall 2007. A native of Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Heller has performed as a member of the New World Symphony (Miami), Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He has ...
Tido Janssen - Cello
Cellist Tido Janssen joined the University of Lethbridge music faculty in 2006. A native of Germany, he studied at Folkwang Hochschule für Musik Essen in Duisburg, received his MM from Boston University and DMA from the University of North Texas. ...
Anton Kuerti - Piano
Pianist Anton Kuerti was born in Austria, grew up in the United States, and has lived in Canada for the last 35 years. His teachers included Arthur Loesser, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, and Rudolf Serkin. At the age of 11 ...
Mélanie Léonard - Conductor
Mélanie Léonard is known for her vibrant conducting and versatility of style, and continues to prove her virtuosity on the classical scene as well as the jazz scene. She has served as Artistic Director of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Classical Choir ...
John Lowry - Violin
John Lowry has been Associate Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra since 1987. He was Concertmaster of the Edmonton Symphony for the 2002-2003 season, and has served as Guest Concertmaster of orchestras in Halifax, Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo, Red Deer, and the ...
Robert McCosh - Horn
Robert McCosh was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan. After completing his Bachelor of Music with a gold medal at Brandon University, he studied with Erich Penzel in Cologne, Germany for 2 years, courtesy of a German Academic Exchange Scholarship. He ...
Nic Pendlebury - Viola, conductor
Nic is the violist and founder member of the Smith Quartet. Regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of contemporary music, over 200 works have been written for them by many of the world's leading composers. Collaboratively the ...
Barry Shiffman - Viola
Canadian violinist and violist Barry Shiffman has a rich and varied career as a performer, recording artist, teacher, and creator of special projects. Shiffman made his debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15. As a ...
Muse Players
Matthew Blackburn - Piano
Matthew Blackburn began piano studies at age 7 and has been seriously pursuing a career in music since the completion of high school in 2005. In 2007 he completed the Victoria Conservatory of Music diploma program and received an Associate ...
Brooke Day - Viola
Brooke Day was born in 1981 and brought up in Lethbridge, Alberta. He started the violin at the age of 5 when he took lessons from Norbert Boehm. During these early years, Brooke competed in the local Kiwanis Music ...
Sarah Gieck - Flute
Sarah Gieck received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Calgary where she studied with Calgary Philharmonic flutist, Gwen Klassen. She then traveled to Manchester, England to study with the former principal flutist of the London Symphony ...
Arturo Serna, Cellist
‘A strong, confident and engaging performer who always gives his very best’, Arturo Serna is one of the most promising Venezuelan cellists of his generation. Born in 1982, he started his musical studies in the System of Youth ...
Lana Trotovsek - Violin
Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovsek is emerging as one of the most talented violinists of her generation. She performs throughout Europe with orchestras and as a recital soloist to critical and public acclaim. She has been invited to perform many ...
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