Music & Truffles KIDS – Andrew Wan, violin & Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano + Dior Quartet
February 23rd, 2025 @ 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm EST $25.00
THE SHOW: Andrew & Charles are crowd favourites and veterans of Music & Truffles KIDS. They are bringing along their special guests, the Dior Quartet, and will present music from Schubert, Brahms, and a rarely performed Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Strings!
Versatile violinist Andrew Wan is concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and member of the New Orford String Quartet. His discography includes Grammy-nominated and JUNO Award-winning releases with the Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Metropolis Ensemble, and Saint-Saëns violin concertos with the OSM and Kent Nagano. Silver medalist at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, Charles Richard-Hamelin has appeared at prestigious festivals including La Roque d’Anthéron (France), Prague Spring, and the Lanaudière. His first solo recording of Chopin late works received critical acclaim from Diapason & BBC Music Magazine. Dior Quartet are silver prize winners of the 2021 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and Bronze Medalists of the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They are currently quartet-in-residence at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
