September 3rd, 2008 - Cadenza Strings cellists to be featured in concert with I Musici de Montréal

Cadenza Strings cellists Sonya Matoussova and Adel Zakirov are two of Yuli Turovsky's students to be featured in the world premiere of Paul Desenne's Dragoncello for 6 celli, accompanied by the I Musici de Montréal chamber orchestra. The concert will take place at 8PM on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at Place des Arts in Montreal.

May 12th, 2008 - Alaya String Quartet wins 1st Prize in Sorel-Tracy

The Alaya String Quartet's performance of Beethoven's String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4 won first prize ($1000.00 and a spot in the festival's Gala Concert) in the chamber music category yesterday at the Festival de Musique Classique du Bas-Richelieu in Sorel-Tracy, QC. The panel, consisting of Pierre Morin (assistant principal cellist of l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec) and Guy Carmichaël (professor of French horn at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec), assigned the quartet a score of 96%.

March 16th, 2008 - Cadenza Strings presents the Alaya String Quartet!

Formerly known as the Cadenza String Quartet, the Alaya String Quartet (Sheila Jaffé & Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh, violins, Emilie Grimes, viola, & Sonya Matoussova, cello) will present three full-length recitals this April, in Laval-des-Rapides, Montréal, and Ottawa. For concert details, please visit their page or click the photo on the right.

February 9th, 2008 - Now offering guitar & violin duos in Ottawa

Cadenza Strings is happy to announce the addition of classical guitarist Khalid Omar to our roster of talented guest musicians. We are now offering violin & guitar duos for weddings and other events in Ottawa. Click here to see the current Cadenza String Duo (violin & guitar) repertoire list.

January 20th, 2008 - Cadenza Strings "ensembles" page

An "ensembles" page has been added to the Cadenza Strings website. The page includes a breakdown of all of our performance, wedding and event ensembles, as well as brief descriptions and links to applicable pages containing further information.

January 6th, 2008 - Concert at Jeunesses Musicales in Montreal

Cadenza Strings violinist Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh will be playing second violin in a performance of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat major, Opus 44 at Jeunesses Musicales in Montreal, alongside l'Orchestre de la Francophonie (OFC) concertmaster Amélie Benoit Bastien, OFC conductor and violist Jean-Philippe Tremblay, OFC principal cellist Caroline Milot, and pianist Louise-Andrée Baril. The concert is on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 6:00PM, and tickets are $20.00. For more information, click here.

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