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Amici Chamber Ensemble celebrates 35 years as one of Canada’s finest and most distinguished chamber music ensembles.

Artistic Directors clarinetist Joaquin Valdepeñas, cellist David Hetherington and pianist Serouj Kradjian invite some of the finest musicians to join them in innovative and eclectic programming, celebrating friendship through music.

In Spring of 2009, founding member Patricia Parr (Order of Canada) retired, and the ensemble welcomed pianist, composer and arranger, Serouj Kradjian.

Amici Chamber Ensemble’s annual concert series has featured world-renowned musicians as frequent guests, including James Ehnes, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Lara St. John, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Russell Braun, Michael Schade, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo, Andre Laplante and James Sommerville. 

The ensemble has commissioned and premiered over twenty works by Canadian composers, among them Allan Gordon Bell, Chan Ka Nin, Brian Cherney, Malcolm Forsyth, Jacques Hétu, Alexina Louie and Jeffrey Ryan.

Alongside numerous broadcasts of their concerts on national radio, Amici Chamber Ensemble’s recordings have placed them firmly among the world’s best chamber musicians and garnered the ensemble two JUNO awards, most recently the 2013 Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble for Levant. Other prestigious honors include several JUNO award nominations, including a 2011 nomination for the ATMA Classique disc “Armenian Chamber Music“. Two recordings of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time highlight their critically acclaimed discography.

Joaquin Valdepeñas is the former principal clarinetist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and is regarded as one of the most distinguished clarinetists of his generation. Active as soloist, chamber musician and conductor, Mr. Valdepeñas has performed at festivals & concert series throughout the world.

David Hetherington, former assistant principal cellist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, teaches cello and chamber music at the Glenn Gould School. Mr. Hetherington plays his 1695 cello made by Giovanni Grancino of Milan “with rare delicacy and clarity”.

Pianist and composer Serouj Kradjian is hailed as a “keyboard acrobat” of “crystal virtuosity” by the press. He is regularly invited to appear as soloist and chamber musician in North America and Europe. Lately, he has been gaining much praise as composer and arranger.

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Concerts

April 16, 2023
From Strauss to the Orient
Trinity St. Paul’s, 427 Bloor St. W.
May 27, 2023
Dream Gala
Rosedale Golf Club
1901 Mount Pleasant Rd., Toronto

Recent Album

Inspired by Canada/ Notre Pays
November 12, 2017

Recent Posts

  • Party Time! Featuring Mozart’s Gran Partita
  • Q & A with Jonathan Crow about Messiaenic Revelations
  • Messiaen paired with Pärt

Archives

  • February 2019
  • April 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • January 2015
  • September 2014
  • April 2014
  • February 2014
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • May 2013
  • February 2013

Recent Album

Inspired by Canada/ Notre Pays
November 12, 2017

Concerts

April 16, 2023
From Strauss to the Orient
Trinity St. Paul’s, 427 Bloor St. W.
May 27, 2023
Dream Gala
Rosedale Golf Club
1901 Mount Pleasant Rd., Toronto

Recent Posts

  • Party Time! Featuring Mozart’s Gran Partita
  • Q & A with Jonathan Crow about Messiaenic Revelations
  • Messiaen paired with Pärt

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