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Introduced and conducted by Jacques Israelievitch.
Divertimento for Piano and Strings (1985) contains three movements entitled “Preamble," “Incantation (Lodzahut), and “Capriccio.” The second movement is based on a Tsimshian Indian tune from the west coast of British Columbia.
The Tsimshian are one of the largest First Nations peoples in northwest British Columbia.

Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, The Governor General Announces announced the appointment of Christina Petrowska Quilico, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario, “For her celebrated career as a classical and contemporary pianist, and for championing Canadian music.” The Order of Canada is one of our country’s highest civilian honours.
CBC Music named her one of “20 Can’t-Miss Classical Pianists of 2014” and one of “Canada’s 25 best classical pianists” in 2015.
Quilico, one of Canada’s leading interpreters of contemporary music, joined the Koffler Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jacques Israelievitch for Music She Wrote: A Tribute to Canadian Women Composers. She performed piano concerti by two Canadian women composers: Piano Concerto No. 3 for piano and strings by Heather Schmidt; and Divertimento for Piano and Strings by Violet Archer (1913-2000).
As well, the Koffler Chamber Orchestra also performed two orchestral works: Webster’s Spin by Ann Southam (1937-2010), and A Prayer by Larysa Kuzmenko.
Christina Petrowska Quilico has been connected with the music of all four composers. She gave the North American premiere of the Archer concerto in the 1980s. Heather Schmidt wrote her second piano concerto for Petrowska Quilico. It was Petrowska Quilico’s CD performances of piano concerti by Schmidt and Kuzmenko, as well as her CD of Southam’s Glass Houses that garnered JUNO nominations for all 3 composers.
The concert was the first in the 2013-14 season of the Koffler Chamber Orchestra. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra is the only one of its kind in Toronto, comprising some of the city’s best-regarded professional musicians, who perform with community members and music students under the direction of acclaimed violinist and former TSO Concertmaster Jacques Israelievitch.

VIOLET ARCHER

Violet Louise Archer (April 24, 1913 – February 21, 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, & percussionist.

In 1983, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Archer for more information.


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