Winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition to perform at UPEI
On Sunday, November 1, the UPEI Music Department will present violinist Joshua Peters, winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall at 7:30 pm.
The Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition is the most important annually held contemporary music competition for exceptional emerging Canadian performing artists in piano,voice and strings. Established in 1976, the E-Gré Competition discovers, develops, and promotes exceptional young Canadian performing musicians who show artistic proficiency, knowledge, and keen interest in Canadian and international repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. The semi-final and final rounds are live recitals performed at Brandon University for an esteemed panel of jurors and enthusiastic audience members. Shortly after the competition, the winner performs recitals during a 3-week residency at the prestigious Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy before the cross-Canada winner’s tour in November. For 38 years, the annual E-Gré Competition & Winner’s National Tour have played a significant role in the early careers of Canadian performers recognized nationally and internationally for their achievements in music.
This year’s winner, Joshua Peters, was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began his violin studies at the age of four and continued his studies at McGill University and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Particularly drawn to the performance of chamber music, Peters has collaborated with renowned musicians including Menahem Pressler, Kim Kashkashian, André LaPlante, Steven Dann, and members of the Emerson, Concord, St. Lawrence, and Pacifica quartets. He has appeared as a soloist on numerous occasions with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, as concertmaster of the McGill Symphony Orchestra, and as a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is the First Prize Winner of the 2015 Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Competition, the First Prize Winner of the 2014 WMC Doris McClellan Competition, and also wishes to acknowledge the support of the Sylva Gelber Foundation and the Manitoba Arts Council.
Pianist Katherine Dowling will be accompanying Peters on this national tour. Following two seasons as a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, Katherine was awarded the Henri Kohn Memorial Prize and appointed to the contemporary ensemble-in residence of the center, the New Fromm Players. She has enjoyed working with esteemed artists including the Jupiter String Quartet, Shauna Rolston, Joel Sachs, Marc Destrubé, composers John Harbison, Anthony Cheung, Marco Stroppa, and David Lang, and visual artist Andrea Büttner. Katherine credits her teacher, Gil Kalish, as the major influence in her musical life.
Admission is $15 Adults / $10 Students & Seniors. Tickets are available at the door, online, or by calling or e-mailing the music office at 902-566-0507/music@upei.ca.
