2019-2020 season of events

Thursdays at Noon: Erika Raum, violin and Lydia Wong, piano

Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:10 pm Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park

PROGRAM

Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 1 Zoltán Székely (1903-2001) i. Appassionato, poco rubato in tempo molto moderato ii. Scherzo: Presto iii. Intermezzo: Adagio rubato iv. Finale: Molto Allegro, con brio

Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 Béla Bartók (1881-1945) i. Molto moderato ii. Allegretto

Please note that photography and recording are strictly prohibited during the performance. Kindly turn off all electronic devices as a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons.

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. BIOGRAPHIES

Erika Raum is a graduate of the University of Toronto One of Canada’s most sought after collaborative where she studied with the late Professor Lorand pianists, Lydia Wong appears regularly with the world’s Fenyves and was awarded the prestigious Eaton pre-eminent performers. Venues across the globe from Scholarship upon her graduation. Playing professionally Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City to London’s since the age of 12, Erika quickly rose through the Wigmore Hall have featured her expertise. Active in ranks by taking first place at the 1992 new music, Lydia has enjoyed a particular association International Violin Competition in as well as with Krzysztof Penderecki performing his works around the award for best interpretation of a Mozart concerto. the world. She can be heard on Naxos, Centrediscs, Both a recitalist and chamber musician, some of her Marquis Classics and Phoenix Records and has international highlights include the Beethoven Festival performed for networks in North America, Africa and in , the Bargemusic Festival in New York, the Europe besides broadcasting regularly for the CBC. Seattle Chamber Music Festival and, most recently, Her CD, American Flute Masterpieces with flutist Susan the Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, and the Hoeppner was nominated for a 2012 Juno Award. Clandeboye Festival, Ireland. A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Guildhall Erika Raum has been a member of the ARC Ensemble School of Music and Drama, Lydia Wong was artistic since its conception. So far, ARC has released four co-ordinator of the summer Collaborative Piano CDs on the RCA Red Seal label, two of which were Internship program at the Banff Centre from 2008- nominated for Grammy Awards. She is currently on 2016 where she had been on faculty since 1993 and the faculties of The Glenn Gould School of The Royal has been on faculty at the University of Toronto since Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. 2000 where she was appointed Head of the Piano Department in 2016. Photo credit: Margaret Malandruccolo

Coming up at Thursdays at Noon

October 10: Bedford Trio

October 17: Basso Profundo: The Lyrical Bass Clarinet

October 24: Timothy Ying, violin & Lydia Wong, piano

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