Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, STEWART GOODYEAR is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world. His program includes the monumental LISZT SONATA ...

Guelph Musicfest is thrilled to welcome back Charles Richard-Hamelin. This great artists stands out on the international music scene as a “highly sensitive” pianist (Gramophone), driven by “a great depth of feeling without the slightest condescension” (Le Devoir). He is recognized as “fluent, multifaceted and tonally seductive… a technician of exceptional elegance and sophistication” (BBC Music Magazine). Silver medalist and ...

Guelph Musicfest welcomes back the internationally-renowned PENDERECKI STRING QUARTET. Celebrating their 33rd anniversary, the Penderecki String Quartet began their career as winners of the Penderecki Prize at the National Chamber Music Competition in Łódz, Poland in 1986. Now based in Waterloo, Ontario where they have been Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University since 1991, The Penderecki String Quartet has become one ...

Guelph Musicfest's 2023 festival concludes with the FESTIVAL TRIO with violinist SADIE FIELDS (Belgium), pianist/artistic director KEN GEE and welcoming new cellist CAMERON CROZMAN (Montreal). Rising-star Cameron (who recently appeared as a soloist with the KW Symphony) and his love of French music has inspired this program which includes the exquisite RAVEL PIANO TRIO, Turina's Trio no. 2, Debussy's Violin ...