Vancouver Recital Society
The Vancouver Recital Society is one of Vancouver’s major presenters of classical and chamber music, offering a platform for fans to see new and established high-profile performers. Concerts have taken place in the Orpheum Theatre, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, the Kay Meek Centre and the Vancouver Playhouse.[1]
Leila Getz created the organization in 1980. Its first season had a budget of $10,000. By the 2010s, its annual revenue had grown to $1.4 million.[1]
The Vancouver Recital Society presented in their Canadian and/or Vancouver recital debuts Lang Lang, Cecilia Bartoli, Maxim Vengerov, Anne Sofie von Otter, Yo-Yo Ma, András Schiff, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Bryn Terfel, and Canadian musicians including Angela Cheng, Scott St. John, James Ehnes, Richard Raymond and Jon Kimura Parker.[1][2]
In recognition of her work to found and grow the society, Getz was inducted into the
The Vancouver Recital Society attracted criticism in 2022 for using Russian ethnicity as a basis for whether or not it would require statements of
References
- ^ a b c d Haskell, Richard (2013-12-16). "Vancouver Recital Society". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Lee, Tara (2017-01-25). "The Vancouver Recital Society Presents Piano and Cello Winterlude Concerts". Inside Vancouver. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "VRS: Beyond the concert hall". Creators Vancouver. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Bains, Camille (2022-03-08). "Vancouver Recital Society hopes for fourth attempt to have Russian pianist perform". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (2022-03-12). "A Russian pianist's shows are canceled even though he condemns the war in Ukraine". NPR. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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