by Wendalyn Bartley The piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada will be premiering their unique and ambitious Mosaïque Project at Festival of the Sound on July 26. The ensemble got their start in 2006 at the Banff Centre for the Arts, when Angela Park (piano) and Sharon Wei (viola) were […]
We were guests of the ever-charming Michael Enright on The Sunday Edition, October 8th. Have a look and a listen!
“Quartet outstanding for opening concert..this chamber group was outstanding. They form a true ensemble, working together to present the music with not just unified playing but with one soul. This showed particularly in the grand Second Quartet by Johannes Brahms…who would have found everything about […]
“The Made in Canada Quartet has risen rapidly to become the premier ensemble of this kind in Canada. To their collection of great Italian instruments and individually outstanding backgrounds as performers, they add a terrific ensemble spirit that enlivens everything they do. Their previous performances […]
“…the all-female quartet delighted audience members with a variety of new and old classical compositions…Although dainty and graceful the musicians exuded an astonishing amount of energy throughout the entire performance as fingers, arms and eyes all moved quickly and smoothly…As pieces by Mozart and Brahms […]
“Made in Canada means perfection: the performers are each a virtuoso with numerous credits. Together they make a spectacular ensemble, in sync with each other in phrasing, dynamics and interpretation, maintaining a strong rhythmic pulse, as well as long melodic lines. They were a joy […]
“Ensemble Made In Canada’s Debut CD Paced with Style and Grace …This is a bold and stylish debut for Ensemble Made In Canada. The sound of their recording in the Glenn Gould Studio co-produced by violinist Scott St. John and engineered by Ron Searles is […]
“Ensemble Made In Canada: Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2, Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 — Crowdfunded and self-produced the 21st century way, yet performed with timeless care, this is favourite chamber music delivered on a beautifully polished silver platter. Check out my review here.” — John Terauds […]
After the intermission the Brahms A-major piano quartet, Op. 26, was clearly a work that EMIC has in its collective bones. In chamber music playing of such depth and refinement it would be invidious to single out individual players, so I won’t. Suffice it to say […]