We are pleased to announce that we now offer our classical music services to clients for weddings and other events in and around the city of Sherbrooke, Québec. Email us to reserve your date today!
Cadenza Strings founding musician Sonya Matoussova will present an afternoon recital with pianist Ioulia Blinova on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 as part of the Glebe-St. James Young Artists Series. The Diaghilev Duo will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Cassado, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky. The concert begins at 2:30pm at Glebe-St. James United Church (650 Lyon Street South, Ottawa) and tickets are available at the door; $10 for adults, $7 for students/seniors.
March 1st, 2010 - Upcoming concerts by the Cadenza String QuartetCadenza Strings musicians Maria Demacheva (violin), Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh (violin), Aidar Bagoutdinov (viola) and Sonya Matoussova (cello) welcome guest musician Andrei Smirnov (clarinet) to perform two spring concerts. The program features Mendelssohn's String Quartet Op. 44 No. 2 and Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. Concerts will take place on Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 7PM at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church (2345 Alta Vista Drive) in Ottawa and on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 8PM at the Church of St. John the Evangelist (137 President Kennedy Avenue, near metro Place-des-arts) in Montréal. (Click the photo for a full-resolution image.)
February 13th, 2010 - Upcoming concerts by the Diaghilev TrioCadenza Strings musicians Sonya Matoussova and Olga Rykov have joined forces with pianist Ioulia Blinova to form the Diaghilev Trio. They will be giving two concerts this month. Join them in Ottawa on February 21st, or in Montreal on February 28th for a fantastic program featuring works by Haydn, Arensky, and Piazzolla. (Click the photo for a full-resolution image.)
It was brought to our attention yesterday that the contact form found on our Contact Us page had not been functional for quite some time, and has therefore been removed from the site until the problem has been resolved. If you sent us a quote request or availability query using our online form anytime after August 20th, 2009, we did not receive it. Our sincere apologies to anyone who did not receive a response! We ask that you resubmit your request via our email address (info@cadenzastrings.com) or toll-free number (1.888.589.6801) and you will be contacted as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
Have you always dreamed of having that touch of romance in your wedding ceremony that only a harp can add? Well now Cadenza Strings can help you find it! Choose from our Cadenza Strings Harp Duo (violin & classical harp), Cadenza Strings Celtic Duo (fiddle & celtic harp), or Cadenza Strings solo harp.
Cadenza Strings welcomes Dutch harpsichord player and organist Robert Koolstra to our roster! Email us for information on booking a string quartet and keyboard for your wedding.
Cadenza Strings is happy to announce the addition of oboe player Joel Verkaik to our roster of talented guest musicians. We are now offering oboe trios (oboe, violin & cello) for weddings and other events. Click here to see the current Cadenza Oboe Trio repertoire list.
The Alaya String Quartet's performance of Debussy's String Quartet in G minor on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 earned the ensemble first prize in the chamber music "21 years" category at the national finals of the 2009 Canadian Music Competition. The results were announced today at Salle Claude-Champagne of l'Université de Montréal in Montréal, QC and the quartet took home the $1000.00 Fonds les amis de l'art William Tritt scholarship. The panel, consisting of Andrew Dawes, Michael Kim, James C. Lebens, Beth Roberts and David Rosenmeyer, assigned the quartet a score of 97%.
May 1st, 2009 - Alaya String Quartet successful in provincial finals of Canadian Music Competition The provincial finals in the Canadian Music Competition were held yesterday at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Québec. The Alaya String Quartet performed Schumann's String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, receiving a mark of 89% from adjudicators Bonnie Nicholson, Midori Koga and Laurence Kayaleh. The quartet will now advance to the national finals, to be held in Montreal in July.
The Alaya String Quartet performed Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K.421 today in Montréal for the first round of the Canadian Music Competition. The group was assigned a grade of 90% by judges Marie-André Chevrette and Réjean Coallier and will advance to the provincial finals taking place later this month.
The Alaya String Quartet will perform Haydn's String Quartet Op. 20 No. 4 in at 2PM in the March 19th concert of the Haydn 2009 festival, presented by the Arte Musica Foundation. Come to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montréal for a day of Haydn quartets performed by young string quartets from all over Montreal!
