Case Studies – Beste Kalender

Fazil Say and Friends

January 2, 2024

January 19, Toronto, Koerner Hall, 21C Music Festival: Fazil Say and Friends

Turkish pianist Fazıl Say has been touching audiences and critics alike with his extraordinary talents for more than 25 years. He is not simply a pianist of genius, but also a master composer and improviser. He will perform his own works for solo piano, voice, and chamber ensemble with Turkish-Canadian mezzo-soprano Beste Kalender, Lara and Scott St. John (violins), Barry Shiffman (viola), and Winona Zelenka (cello).

For more information:

https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/fazil-say-and-friends

A World Premiere During The Pandemic

October 6, 2020

After a long break due to COVID-19 restrictions, Beste was back on stage on August 29th at Koerner Hall, as part of Canadian Composer and Oboist Patricia Morehead’s 80th birthday celebration concert. During the the live-streamed concert, Beste was joined by Maestro Philip Morehead on the piano and the duo performed, among other pieces, the world premiere of the composer’s most recent work: A Shimmering.

The the recorded performance of this piece can be viewed below:

SOIRÉES LYRIQUES MONTREAL-MOSCOU

September 19, 2017

Beste will be performing in SOIRÉES LYRIQUES MONTREAL-MOSCOU, at Helikon Opera, Moscow, on Nov 30th, 2017 at 7:00pm

Stravinsky Hall, Moscow

Maestro:
Valery Kyrianov

Performers:
Lara Secord-Haid, Soprano

Beste Kalender, Mezzo soprano

Lucas van Lierop, Tenor

Hugo Laporte, baritone

Soprano Sharon Azrieli

ГЕЛИКОН-ОПЕРА

Beste wins The Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award

July 3, 2016

The Sylva Gelber Music Foundation is devoted to supporting talented young Canadians embarking on a professional career in music performance.

This prestigious award will help Beste realize several exciting projects and performances next season.

For more information about Sylva Gelber Foundation please visit: http://www.sylvagelber.ca/home/

Beste will be performing at the Toronto Summer Music Festival

July 3, 2016

Beste will be performing Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia (Britten) with The Open Space Program of The Banff Centre.

July 22^nd 7:30pm, Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto

For details and ticket information please visit: http://www.torontosummermusic.com/2016-festival/july-22-the-rape-of-lucretia/

Beste will be performing at The Banff Centre’s Open Space: Opera in The 21st Century

July 3, 2016

Open Space is a partnership between The Banff Centre, Against the Grain Theatre, and the Canadian Opera Company

At Banff Centre Beste will be performing in 3 different productions:

1. Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)

Conductor: Christopher Mokrzewski

Stage Director: Paul Curran

2. Cari Bayar in No One’s Safe (Mozart Mash up)

Conductor: Milos Repicky

Stage Director: Joel Ivany

3. Chamber Music Concert

3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Ravel, Maurice)Conductor: Christopher Mokrzewski

For more information please click https://www.banffcentre.ca/announcing-2016-open-space-participants

Beste will be performing Carmen with Barrie Choral Fest

March 13, 2016

Beste will be performing the title role in Carmen by Bizet with Barrie Choral Fest:

Saturday, April 2nd
Conductor: Oliver Balaburski
Orchestra: Huronia Symphony

For more information and tickets please visit the festival’s home page:
Barrie Choral Fest

Beste invited to participate in “The Song Continues” at Carnegie Hall

November 8, 2015

Beste has been invited to participate in “The Song Continues” with Marilyn Horne, Stephanie Blythe, and Sir Thomas Allen between January 18 – 23, 2016 at Carnegie Hall.

For more information and to purchase tickets please visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/songcontinues/

Beste will be on air at The New Classical FM at noon on October 13th

October 11, 2015

The New Classical FM will be welcoming the faculty and students from the Glenn Gould School of Music & Royal Conservatory to The New Zoomer Hall on Tuesday, October 13th for a live broadcast of a noon concert.

Rebanks Family Fellow Beste Kalender will be performing Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91 by Johannes Brahms with Barry Shiffman (viola) and Jeanie Chung (piano) and also three melodies by Reynaldo Hahn: A Chloris, Si mes vers avaient des ailes and Quand je fus pris aux pavillon with Jeanie Chung at the piano.

Please click here for the detailed schedule. For more information, please visit:
http://www.classical963fm.com/live-concerts-video/rsvp-to-see-the-glenn-gould-school-of-music-live-at-zoomer-hall/

Beste selected as Fellow at The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program

September 26, 2015

Beste is very excited to be back at The Glenn Gould School of RCM as a Rebanks Fellow. She will be pursuing some great projects and giving outreach concerts in the Greater Toronto Area.

For more information about The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program please visit https://learning.rcmusic.ca/rebanksfellowship.

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