UPCOMING CONCERTS

• Quatuor Amis: Music for a Summer’s Eve |Wednesday, June 24, 2026

  Wednesday, June 24, 2026

  Quatuor Amis: Music for a Summer’s Eve

  

  Gabrielle Després, Violin

  

  Angela Chan, Violin

  

  Samuel Rosenthal, Viola

  

  Bryan Cheng, Cello

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  Join us for an exciting evening of chamber music featuring young superstars Gabrielle Després, Angela Chan, Samuel Rosenthal, and Bryan Cheng. All under 30, these remarkable musicians are already seasoned performers, acclaimed chamber artists, and winners of major international competitions. Together, they bring youthful energy and exceptional artistry to a program that explores lesser-known gems with a beloved chamber music masterpiece.

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  Gabrielle Després

  Angela Chan

  Samuel Rosenthal

  Bryan Cheng

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  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

  Program

  • Pēteris Vasks, The Fruit of Silence for piano quintet
  • Zoltán Kodály, Intermezzo for string trio
  • Lili Boulanger, Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Jean Françaix, String Trio
  • ~Intermission~
  • Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

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• James Ehnes, Violin & Andrew Armstrong, Piano |Monday, September 14, 2026

  Monday, September 14, 2026

  James Ehnes, Violin & Andrew Armstrong, Piano

  

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  Internationally celebrated violinist James Ehnes joins acclaimed pianist Andrew
  Armstrong for an evening of exceptional artistry and musical partnership.

  Canadian-born Ehnes is one of today’s most sought-after violinists, performing regularly with
  leading orchestras and winner of Grammy awards and recipient of multiple
  Gramophone and Juno Awards.

  Armstrong is internationally admired for his passionate expression and dazzling
  technique. He has appeared in major venues, performing more than sixty concertos with
  orchestra and collaborating with leading ensembles worldwide. Longtime recital
  partners, they have produced recordings of the works by Franck, Strauss, Bartók, and
  the complete Beethoven violin sonatas.

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  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Busch Trio |Saturday, October 17, 2026

  Saturday, October 17, 2026

  Busch Trio

  

  Mathieu van Bellen, Violin

  Ori Epstein, Cello

  Omri Epstein, Piano

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  The Busch Trio’s artistic identity was shaped early on when violinist Mathieu van Bellen began
  performing on the historic 1783 G.B. Guadagnini “ex-Adolf Busch,” inspiring the trio’s
  admiration for early-twentieth-century chamber traditions, reflected also in their choice
  to perform on gut strings.
  Praised by critics for their “effortless musicianship” and captivating ensemble playing,
  they appear regularly at leading festivals and concert halls across Europe and North
  America. Their celebrated recordings for Alpha Classics, including works by Dvořák,
  Schubert, Ravel, and Shostakovich, have further established their reputation.

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  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Jan Lisiecki |Friday, November 13, 2026

  Friday, November 13, 2026

  Jan Lisiecki

  

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  Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki looks back on a career spanning a decade and a half on
  the world’s greatest stages. He works closely with the foremost conductors and
  orchestras of our time, performing over a hundred concerts a year. Lisiecki was offered
  an exclusive recording contract by Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 15. Since then,
  he has recorded nine albums which have been awarded with the JUNO Award, ECHO
  Klassik, Gramophone Critics' Choice, Diapason d'Or and Edison Klassiek. At 18, he
  received both the Leonard Bernstein Award and Gramophone’s Young Artist Award,
  becoming the youngest ever recipient of the latter.

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  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Notos Piano Quartett |Thursday, March 25, 2027

  Thursday, March 25, 2027

  Notos Piano Quartett

  

  Sindri Lederer, Violin

  Andrea Burger, Viola

  Benjamin Lai, Cello

  Antonia Koster, Piano

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  Since their formation in 2007, the four musicians have earned six first prizes along with
  numerous special awards at international competitions in the Netherlands, Italy,
  England, and China, establishing a strong presence on the global stage. The Quartet
  has performed in renowned concert halls across Europe and has also toured
  internationally in Australia, the United States, China, Japan, South Africa, and
  Southeast Asia. In 2022, the Notos Quartet received the prestigious Würth Prize from
  Jeunesses Musicales. Alongside performing well-known masterpieces, the quartet
  regularly commissions and premieres new works for piano quartet.

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  CONCERT START

  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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• Constantinople |Friday, April 23, 2027

  Friday, April 23, 2027

  Constantinople

  

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  Since its founding in 2001, the Montreal-based ensemble has promoted the creation of
  new works incorporating musical elements of diverse musical traditions around the
  world, drawing from medieval manuscripts to a contemporary aesthetic, passing by
  Mediterranean Europe to Eastern traditions and New World Baroque. The ensemble
  has 23 albums to its credit and has created 63 works and travelled to more than 296
  cities in 59 countries. Their Kelowna program will feature soprano Hana Blazikova
  singing arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach
  in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam, in Persian, set to music by Kiya Tabassian.

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  7:30 pm

  LOCATION

  Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts

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About our society

Chamber Music Kelowna Society

The Chamber Music Kelowna Society’s purpose is to provide the community with opportunities to experience live chamber music in intimate settings as performed by accomplished musicians at all stages of their careers.

What is chamber music?

In chamber music each player or singer has a part all his own: he/she does not play or sing the same part as other performers, as he/she would in a chorus or the string section of an orchestra. A chamber work may be for one person as in a piano sonata, or for as many as twenty, as it’s a work for chamber orchestras or wind ensemble.

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learning & growing

CMK’s Education Outreach

Our Society always has one eye on the future of classical music, encouraging the development of the performers of tomorrow. We are grateful for the partnership of the Central Okanagan Foundation in all these efforts.

In addition to the Arnold Draper Fund for Young Artists, Chamber Music Kelowna supports aspiring musicians through collaboration with the Kelowna Kiwanis Festival. Endowment funds held on our behalf by the Central Okanagan Foundation, particularly the George Hyde Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, generate the income with which we are able to offer this support to young musicians.

In the coming season, we will be expanding our outreach efforts in musical education. A number of our visiting artists have agreed to offer a master class during their visit to Kelowna, which CMK will organize and facilitate; these are of great interest and benefit to the young artists in our midst. Many of our Concerts in the Community this past season featured young local musicians who have grown and flourished in Kelowna’s fertile musical community, in which we are very proud to play an important part. This season, CMK is also launching a new program in collaboration with the Kelowna Community Music School to provide free admission to a number of students for each of our concerts. We are very grateful for the support of Petraroia Langford LLP who have made this education outreach effort possible.

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