With every little thing from internationally acknowledged stars of classical music to progressive icons and artists, The Elora Competition takes place from July 11 to 27, 2025. From its opening Mozart extravaganza to the closing barn dance, there’s a wealth of music to expertise within the inexperienced riverside streets of Elora and Fergus, Ontario.
The Competition contains greater than 20 concert events and experiences, curated by inventive director, Mark Vuorinen.
Elora Competition 2025: Highlights
Blockbuster Spotlight Live shows showcase excessive profile performers and each progressive and conventional repertoire.
Opening Evening Gala: The Genius of Mozart (July 11)
The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart comes below the highlight. Mark Vuorinen conducts, with pianist Chelsea Ahn, The Elora Singers, and Musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. This system contains actions from Idomeneo, the Piano Concerto in A Main, Ok.488, and the Mass in C Minor, Ok.427.
Jeremy Dutcher in Live performance (July 12)
Multi-award profitable Jeremy Dutcher is a classically educated two-spirit track service, a composer, activist and ethnomusicologist. He’ll be performing his atmospheric authentic works.
Chanticleer: And not using a Track (July 16)
The San Francisco-based Grammy® Award-winning vocal ensemble carry out their And not using a Track repertoire, exploring the ability of music throughout the centuries, from Medieval and Renaissance motets by Francesco Landini and Orlando di Lasso, to a brand new work by the GRAMMY-nominated composer Ayanna Woods, and a brand new model of the jazz normal “And not using a Track,” specifically organized for the ensemble.
Kaleidoscope: Autorickshaw, Penderecki String Quartet, The Elora Singers (July 18)
North-South-East-West fusion is what you possibly can anticipate from this distinctive collaborative live performance that can tackle something from classical Indian music to Bollywood, by way of jazz and folks to Indo-inspired authentic items.
The Elora Singers and Junges Vokalensemble Hannover (July 19)
The Elora Competition welcomes the Junges Vokalensemble Hannover and their conductor, Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold from Germany. Shaped by Prof. Etzold in 1981, Junges Vokalensemble is an award-winning skilled choir that performs a appellate. The joint program contains music by Eric Whitacre, Imant Raminsh, Andrew Balfour, Timothy Corlis and others.
The Gesualdo Six: Fading (July 24)
Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park, launched their ninth album, Queen of Hearts, in 2024. This system is impressed by the service of Compline, together with renaissance polyphony by Palestrina, Tallis and Gesualdo, together with works by Veljo Tormis, Franz Schubert, and Gerda Blok-Wilson.
Unplugged (July 25)
This fashionable Competition characteristic returns, with The Elora Singers in a program of Broadway classics and pop hits sung solo and in small ensembles.
Competition Finale: Heroic Handel (July 26)
The music of George Frideric Handel comes below the highlight for the competition finale. Mark Vuorinen conducts, with soprano Myriam Leblanc, The Elora Singers, and Musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, in a program highlighting his 1713 Te Deum, together with virtuosic arias from Handel’s opera and oratorios.
Chamber Live shows
Chamber concert events in intimate venues give the viewers an immersive expertise.
Elinor Frey: Bach Cello Suites July 12)
American-Canadian cellist, gambist, and researcher Elinor Frey returns to the Competition to carry out Bach’s Suites 1, 5, and 6.
The Elora Singers at Twilight with Bénédicte Lauziére (July 17)
This system includes a choral setting of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, with violin soloist Bénédicte Lauzière in a candle-lit twilight live performance.
Rachel Fenlon: Winterreise (July 19)
Soprano and pianist Rachel Fenlon has carved out a singular profession within the classical music world as an operatic vocalist who accompanies herself on the piano. She’ll carry out Schubert’s iconic Winterreise.
Of Mild and Solace (July 20)
American saxophonist Paul Cohen and organist Andrew Henderson to carry out Calvin Hampton’s Variations on Wonderful Grace, Man de Lioncourt’s Trois Mélodies Grégoriennes, and works by Denis Bédard, André Lamproye & David Sampson which benefit from the distinctive instrumental mixture.
Schmaltz & Pepper (July 26)
Toronto ensemble Schmaltz & Pepper redefines modern Yiddish music, utilizing classical virtuosity to light up their very own compositions in addition to preparations of conventional works.
Janina Fialkowska in Recital (July 26)
Live performance pianist Janina Fialkowska is a legend who has been lighting up the stage for a half century. She’ll be performing a program of music by Grieg, Schumann, Ravel and Chopin.
Live performance Experiences
Particular immersive experiences supply music in a particular atmosphere.
Baroque Music by Candlelight (July 13)
The Elora Singers, cellist Elinor Frey, lutist Lucas Harris, and organist Jonathan Oldengarm carry out music from seventeenth century and 18th century Italy, France and England within the candlelit Fieldstone Barn.
Wrapped in Love (July 23)
Viewers members at this interactive, immersive live performance expertise can transfer freely across the Fieldstone Barn, interacting with artwork installations as The Elora Singers carry out works from the choral repertoire.
Music within the Woods (July 24)
Shiny and early at 8 a.m., you possibly can be a part of The Elora Singers and instrumentalists for a path stroll to music within the Sandy Hills Regional Forest.
And Extra…
Together with ticketed occasions, The Elora Competition affords free music, household concert events, and The Competition wraps up with a family-friendly Barn Dance full with meals vans, video games and dwell
music by Toronto-based folks/bluegrass band The Barrel Boys.
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