FRANZ DANZI
Duo No. 1 in C major for viola and cello
IAN CUSSON
The Garden of Earthly Delights for violin and piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K. 548
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Music For A Sunday Afternoon is back at the Fourth Stage, the NAC’s most intimate venue, for relaxed and cozy performances of classical and contemporary chamber works from a range of diverse and fascinating composers. Settle into our cabaret-style seating to see and hear individual NACO musicians shine alongside special guests. Or join us via livestream and enjoy the flexibility of bringing superb chamber music right into the comfort of your own home.
Oxbow Trio:
David Thies-Thompson, violin
Leah Wyber, cello
Nicole Presentey, piano
Yosuke Kawasaki currently serves as Concertmaster of the NAC Orchestra. His versatile musicianship allows him to pursue a career in orchestra, solo, and chamber music. His orchestral career began with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and soon led to Mito Chamber Orchestra, Saito Kinen Orchestra, and Japan Century Orchestra, all of which he led as concertmaster. His solo and chamber music career spans five continents, collaborating with artists such as Seiji Ozawa, Pinchas Zukerman, and Yo-Yo Ma, and appearing in the world's most prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, and the Royal Concertgebouw.
Kawasaki's current regular ensembles are Trio Ink and the Mito String Quartet. His passion for chamber music led to his appointment as Music Director to the Affinis Music Festival in Japan. He is also an artistic advisor to a new chamber music festival, Off the Beaten Path, in Bulgaria.
As an educator Kawasaki has given masterclasses and performed side by side with students in schools across Canada. Well versed in the string quartet literature he was entrusted by Seiji Ozawa as the youngest faculty member of the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy at the age of 26. He was also an adjunct professor of violin at the University of Ottawa School of Music from 2013 to 2022 alongside the beloved pedagogue Yehonatan Berick.
Kawasaki began his violin studies at the age of six with his father Masao Kawasaki and Setsu Goto. He was subsequently accepted into The Juilliard School Pre-College Division and further continued his education and graduated from The Juilliard School in 1998 under the tutorship of Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Felix Galimir, and Joel Smirnoff.
Paul Casey was born and raised in Ottawa and is an avid orchestral, chamber and solo musician and pedagogue.
Paul is one of the newest additions to the National Arts Centre Orchestra viola section; as a soloist, Paul has performed with NACO as part of FanFair, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and has given recitals in Canada and the United States. He was the 2011 recipient of the NACO Bursary Competition's Harold Crabtree Foundation Award.
Paul obtained a MMus and BMus from Indiana University and the University of Ottawa, respectively, and most recently studied at McGill University.
Paul is on faculty at the Leading Note Foundation's OrKidstra Program and was string coach for the Ottawa Junior Youth Orchestra. He is also a member of the Silflay String Quartet with his wife, cellist Karen Kang and violinists Leah Roseman and Mark Friedman.
Karen Kang is a Korean-Canadian cellist who has performed internationally as a soloist and as an avid chamber musician. She has performed and collaborated with some of the most distinguished musicians, including the Borromeo String Quartet, the Parker Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman, Natalia Gutman, Frans Helmerson, and Lynn Harrell. She is an alumnus of Ravinia-Steans Institute, the Banff Centre, and Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg. In 2011, Kang resided in Hamburg, Germany, where she toured and performed as the cellist of the Saguaro Piano Trio. She now resides in Ottawa, where she performs regularly with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
Vadim Serebryany has been acclaimed by audiences and critics on five continents for his sensitive and intelligent music making.
Serebryany has been highly sought after as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician. He has performed in Europe, South America, Australia, and throughout North America, and in 2008 completed his eighth consecutive recital tour of Japan. In recent seasons he has been a guest soloist with the NAC Orchestra, the Kingston Symphony, the Osaka Century Orchestra, and Montgomery Symphony Orchestra.
In 2005, Vadim founded Trio Ink, with violinist Yosuke Kawasaki and cellist Wolfram Koessel. The ensemble is known for its creative programs that explore a large portion of the chamber repertoire, including duos, trios, and larger ensembles in which they frequently collaborate with guest artists. The trio has performed to critical acclaim throughout North America and Japan.
An Honours graduate with Distinction from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he was a student of Marina Geringas, Vadim went on to complete his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at The Juilliard School in New York City, under the tutelages of the legendary Russian pianist Oxana Yablonskaya and the esteemed American pianist Jacob Lateiner. The final leg of Serebryany’s formal education took him to Yale University, where he completed his studies in the prestigious Doctor of Musical Arts program under the brilliant Russian pianist and teacher Boris Berman.
Vadim Serebryany joined the piano faculty at the renowned School of Music at Ithaca College in 2016.
David Thies-Thompson, violin
Leah Wyber, cello
Nicole Presentey, piano
The Oxbow Trio was formed when three friends came together to explore repertoire during the pandemic. Their time spent together quickly became a creative refuge through a period when in-person music making was a rarity.
As a geographical formation, an oxbow wetland is both familiar and unexpected, adding richness and diversity to an ever-changing landscape.
David Thies-Thompson is a member of the NAC Orchestra and has performed as concertmaster with Thirteen Strings, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Lyra Ottawa Orchestra. He frequently appears in the NAC’s chamber music concerts and at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, the Music and Beyond Festival, and the Festival aux iles du Bic.
Leah Wyber has been a member of the NAC Orchestra since 1993, and is also a former member of La Pieta of Montreal, Thirteen Strings of Ottawa, the Atlantic String Quartet, and Joe Trio of Vancouver. She was also principal cello of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra for several years. Some of the many festivals and programs she has participated in include the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, the Scotia Festival, the Whistler Mozart Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra.
A native of Ottawa, Nicole Presentey made her first appearance with orchestra at age 12 performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 271 with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. Recipient of numerous prizes in Canada, she went on to compete successfully in several international music competitions, including the prestigious Royal Overseas League Competition in London. She is on the Faculty at Carleton University where, in 2003, she founded and continues to direct the Carleton University Chamber Music Ensembles.
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