Student Matinee : Amanda Forsyth Cello | Nov 14, 2018

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Nov 14, 2018

Southam Hall 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

Music Classical music Masterworks

Approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes

Performance options	Start time	Language	Availability
Wednesday, November 14, 2018	10:00 am	bilingual	Seats available

“I envisage myself as a prism in which music and the musicians are like the ray of white light that goes through one end of me, and I refract,” muses Elim Chan, the young conductor making her NAC main series debut in these concerts. A past fellow in the NAC Orchestra’s Conductor’s Program, the Hong Kong-born musician has made her mark on the classical music circuit with her thoughtful and dynamic performances, imbued with energy and imagination.

JUNO Award winner Amanda Forsyth, the long-tenured former principal cello of the NAC Orchestra, has enthralled critics and audiences the world over with her remarkable technique, intense tone and exceptional musicality. Exuding a palpable charisma, she commands the gaze of audiences, captivating them beyond the aural realm.

Forsyth will premiere a new work written for her by leading Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich. A self-professed lover of all types of popular music, Mozetich composes in a unique style of post-modern romantic blended with traditional, popular and modern sounds. “There’s a certain satisfaction and a pleasure in writing something that connects to people”, said Mozetich.

Experience the creation of a new work, brought to life by the marriage of musical minds.

Commissioned by Charles Richard (Dick) Harington for
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, Music Director

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Adults & chaperones

1 Free adult per 15 students

Free admittance for special needs assistants

$ (HST included) for additional chaperons At the discretion of the National Arts Centre

Payment deadlines

3 weeks before the performance

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Seating

There are no reserved seats for NAC student matinee performances.

Instead of tickets you will receive a letter of admission and groups will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis at the performance.

The letter of admission will be issued upon receipt of full payment.

If you have any questions, please contact us at education@nac-cna.ca

Artists

conductor Elim Chan

conductor Elim Chan

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cello Amanda Forsyth
cello Amanda Forsyth

Canadian JUNO Award-winning Amanda Forsyth is considered one of North America’s most dynamic cellists. She has performed on tours with the Royal Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras, and has appeared with such orchestras as the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Orchestre Radio de France, Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the San Diego and Grand Rapids Symphonies. Summer festival appearances have included Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier and Edinburgh.

Ms. Forsyth began the 2014-15 season with her first homecoming tour of South Africa performing Malcolm Forsyth’s Elektra Rising as well as chamber music engagements with the Zukerman Trio. As featured soloist, Ms. Forsyth joins the IRIS Orchestra in Memphis, the Korean Chamber Orchestra in Moscow, Vienna and Seoul, and the Maggio Musicale Orchestra in Florence. She performs Brahms’s Double Concerto for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Gala.

A founding member of the Zukerman ChamberPlayers, further tours with the Zukerman Trio bring her to Italy, Spain, China, Korea, and the Miyazaki Festival in Japan.

In 2002 she was the subject of the Bravo! Canada television documentary Amanda Rising: The Amanda Forsyth Story.

La Canadienne Amanda Forsyth, couronnée aux JUNO, est considérée comme l’une des violoncellistes les plus dynamiques en Amérique du Nord. Elle s’est produite en tournée avec le Royal Philharmonic et l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Israël, et a partagé la scène avec de nombreux ensembles dont l’Orchestre du Mariinsky à Saint-Pétersbourg, l’Orchestre de la Radio de France, le Gulbenkian Orchestra de Lisbonne, l’English Chamber Orchestra, ainsi que les orchestres symphoniques de San Diego et de Grand Rapids. Elle a également pris part à des festivals d’été dont ceux de Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier et Édimbourg.

Mme Forsyth a amorcé sa saison 2014-2015 avec une toute première tournée dans son pays natal, l’Afrique du Sud, comme soliste dans la pièce Elektra Rising de son père Malcolm Forsyth, et comme chambriste avec le Zukerman Trio. Elle a aussi des engagements comme soliste avec l’IRIS Orchestra à Memphis, l’Orchestre de chambre de Corée à Moscou, Vienne et Séoul, et le Maggio Musicale Orchestra à Florence.

Elle se produit par ailleurs dans le Double Concerto de Brahms au Gala de l’Orchestre symphonique de Tucson, et effectue avec le Zukerman Trio des tournées en Italie, en Espagne, en Chine, en Corée et au Festival Miyazaki au Japon. Soulignons qu’elle est également membre fondatrice des Zukerman ChamberPlayers.

En 2002, elle a fait l’objet d’un documentaire intitulé Amanda Rising : The Amanda Forsyth Story, diffusé au réseau de télévision Bravo! Canada.
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