TBC 2023
Solo and Chamber Performance, ‘Resonance Prism’, a retrospective of the works of Professor Emeritus Howard Bashaw; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; works TBC

June 9
Performance, with Viktoria Grynenko, violin, as part of a paper presentation at the International Conference ‘Musical Competitions in Europe 1700-1920’, Sala Affreschi, Accademia di Bella Arti Tadini, Piazza Garibaldi, Lovere, Italy; Lolli Duo Sonata op. 9 no. 6, Khandoshkin Variations for 2 violins, Lolli Variations on a Russian Theme

May 26
Solo and Chamber Performance, with Felipe Avellar, cello, Sandra Aquino, violin, and Lena Johnson, piano, ‘Impressions: A Musical Journey from Brazil to Europe’, with the support of the Brazilian Consulate (Milan) and the Milan Conservatory, and in the presence of the Brazilian Ambassador (Milan), Sala Puccini, Milan Conservatory, Milan, Italy; Ravel Piano Trio, Ripper ‘Kinderszenen’ Trio, Milhaud Cinéma-Fantaisie ‘Le Boeuf sur le Toit’ (arr. G. Tardif), Dvořák Bagatelles op. 47, 1 and 5

May 23
Solo and Chamber Performance, organized by the Brazilian Embassy (Rome), and in the presence of the Ambassador of Brazil (Rome), Sala Palestrina, Palazzo Pamphilj, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy (see May 26 for performers and repertoire)

May 21
Solo and Chamber Performance, with Viktoria Grynenko, violin, including a collaborative paper presentation with Olga Zaitseva-Herz, International Conference ‘Ukraine in Music History’, Oskar Morgenstern Centre, University of Vienna, Austria; Khandoshkin, Variations for 2 Violins, Khandoshkin Solo Violin Sonata No. 2, I ‘Myrovych’

May 17
Solo and Chamber Performance, Noon Hour Series, Markuskyrkan (St. Mark’s Church), Stockholm, Sweden (see May 26 for performers and repertoire)

May 16
Solo and Chamber Performance, KlostersKyrka Music Series, Eskilstuna, Sweden (see May 26 for performers and repertoire)

May 15
Solo and Chamber Performance, Södra Latin Hall Series, Stockholm, Sweden (see May 26 for performers and repertoire)

May 12
Solo and Chamber Performance, University of Őrebro Concert Hall, School of Music, Őrebro, Sweden (see May 26 for performers and repertoire)

May 3
Duo Performance, with Thomas Mathieu, piano, as part of the presentation ‘Waves upon Waves’, SpokenWeb Conference, CoLAB Edmonton, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Ernst Polyphonic Etude no. 4 ‘à Vieuxtemps’ (new piano acc. by G. Tardif), Milhaud ‘Cinéma-Fantaisie’ (new arr. by G. Tardif)

Apr 23
Guest Soloist, with the Edmonton Pops Orchestra, Michael Clark, cond., 46th Johann Strauss Ball, Johann Strauss Foundation, Chateau Lacombe, Edmonton, AB; Kreisler Liebesfreud and Syncopation (arr. M. Clark)

Apr. 15
Concertmaster and soloist, with the Alberta Symphony Orchestra, Emilio de Mercato, cond., Betty Allard Hall, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB; movie-themed program

Feb. 10
Duo Recital, with Roger Admiral, piano, 2022-2023 ‘Faculty & Friends’ Series, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Grieg Sonata in C Minor No. 3, Bull Adagio Religioso and Polacca Guerriera, Ernst Concerto in F-sharp Minor ‘Pathetique’ and Rondo ‘Papageno’, Schumann Fantasy Op. 131 (arr. Kreisler)

Jan. 20
Second Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare’, ESO Classics, Yaniv Dinur, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Prokofiev Classical Symphony, Valentin Silvestrov Hymn (2001), Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet

Jan. 19, 21
Second Violin Section, with Katherine Chi, piano, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Brahms First Piano Concerto’, ESO Classics, Yaniv Dinur, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Prokofiev Classical Symphony, Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1

Dec. 9-10
Second Violin Section, with Hannah Pagenkopf, Soprano, Sara Staples, Mezzo-Soprano, John Tessier, Tenor, Michael Kurschat, Bass, the Richard Eaton Singers, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Robbins Christmas at the Winspear Special, ‘Handel’s Messiah’, Timothy Shantz, cond.

Nov. 10
First Violin Section, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Dream’, Cosette Justo Valdés, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Kelly-Maria Murphy This is the Colour of My Dreams, Jennifer Higdon Blue Cathedral (ESO Premiere), Missy Mazzoli Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (ESO Premiere), Bekah Simms Bite (ESO Premiere) (2022 Toronto Symphony Orchestra commission), June Danse Vivante, Jocelyn Morlock After the Rain

June 3, 4
First Violin Section, with Bernd Glemser, Piano, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Rachmaninoff and Dvořák’, Alex Prior, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178.

Apr. 29
Second Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Glass’, Alex Prior, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Alissa Cheung Impressions (World Premiere of an ESO commission), Vivian Fung A Child’s Dream of Toys

Apr. 20-24
Second Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘John Williams’ Greatest Hits’, Alex Prior, cond., Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB.

Mar. 31
Virtual Talk, with Jacques Després, piano; Central European Talks 2021, Wirth Institute; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/online-programming/lectures-and-podcasts/central-european-talks-2021/despres-tardif.html

Nov. 16
Solo Lecture Recital, ‘Bach's Stand-Alone Violin’ (streaming online), 2020-2021 Mainstage Concert Season, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; works by Bach, Walther, Pisendel, Westhoff, and Geminiani
https://www.ualberta.ca/arts/shows/concert-listings/2020-21/bachs-stand-alone-violin.html

Feb. 14, 15, 16
First Violin Section, with Michael Grandinetti, magician/illusionist, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Symphony of Magic’, Cosette Justo Valdés, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB

Feb. 6
Chamber Performance, with Roy Abdalnour, violin, Ahmed al-Auqaily, percussion, and Michael Frishkopf, nay and keyboard, ‘Transpositions: Music for resilient sustainable communities’, as part of the University of Alberta’s International Week 2020, and sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights, Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, Dept. of Music, Faculty of Arts Conference Fund and Global Education Program, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Jan. 16, 19
First Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Music from West Side Story’, Alexander Prior, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB; Bernstein West Side Story Symphonic Dances, Copland Fanfare for the Common Man and A Lincoln Portrait, Barber Overture to The School for Scandal, Hanson Merry Mount: Suite, Mazzoli River Rouge Transfiguration

Oct. 11
Duo Recital, with Laura Andriani, violin, ‘Per due - À deux’, 2019-2020 Mainstage Concert Season, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; a selection of Violin Duets from French and Italian baroque and classical masters, and a new work by Howard Bashaw

July 15
Duo Performance, with Roger Admiral, piano, ‘Hubert Léonard and The Belgian School of Violin Playing’, 2019 College Music Society International Conference, Brussels, Ghent (performance), and Bruges; Ghent Conservatory / School of Arts Ghent, Belgium; Léonard Concerto No.3, Op.16, II-III, Vieuxtemps Concerto No.5, Op.37, II-III, Thomson Passacaglia nach Händel, Musin Paraphrase sur les Paroles du Coeur de J. T. Radoux, Op. 16

June 12
Duo Performance, with Joanna Zathey, piano, I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music, Poznan, Poland; Léonard Concerto No.3, Op.16, II-III, Thomson Passacaglia nach Händel, Musin Paraphrase sur les Paroles du Coeur de J. T. Radoux, Op. 16

May 21
Chamber Performance, with Kornel Wolak, clarinet and Michael Bridge, accordion, Łódź U of Technology, Łódź, Poland; selections from the CD recording “Tales from the Dinarides’ (Wirth Institute)

May 17
Chamber Performance, with Kornel Wolak, clarinet and Michael Bridge, accordion, Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine; selections from the CD recording “Tales from the Dinarides’ (Wirth Institute)

May 16
Lecture Recital, with Michael Bridge, accordion and Kornel Wolak, clarinet; National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kiev, Ukraine; selections from the CD recording ‘Tales from the Dinarides’ (Wirth Institute)

April 26-7
Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Eddins Conducts Bernstein & Falla’ William Eddins, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB; Berstein West Side Story - Suite for Violin, Wijeratne Tabla Concerto, Falla The Three-Cornered Hat

Oct. 27
Duo Performance, with Roger Admiral, piano, Music Conference Alberta 2018, Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton, AB (performance will be held at McDougall United Church); Bashaw 12 for violin and piano (2017)

Oct. 21
Duo Recital, with Matthew Bengtson, piano (U Michigan), “From the Salon to the Armistice: French Music”, Britton Recital Hall, Earl V. Moore Building, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; works by Fauré, Viardot, Ysaÿe, and Debussy

Oct. 12
Chamber Music, with selected players from the USA and Canada (organized by Mike Harley, U of South Carolina), 2018 College Music Society National Conference, Vancouver, BC; John Luther Adams Ten Thousand Birds

Oct. 11
Duo Performance, with Roger Admiral, piano, 2018 CMS National Conference, College Music Society, Vancouver, BC; Bashaw 12 for violin and piano (2017)

Sept. 28-29
First Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Mozart & Bruckner’, James Campbell, clarinet and Alexander Prior, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB; Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Lizée Zeiss After Dark

Sept. 21
Duo Recital, with Matthew Bengtson, piano (U Michigan), From the Salon to the Armistice: French Music, 2018-2019 Mainstage Concert Season, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; works by Fauré, Viardot, Ysaÿe, and Debussy

Sept. 2
Chamber Music, with Double-Double Duo: Kornel Wolak, clarinet, and Michael Bridge, accordion, Austrian Centers Meeting, Wirth Institute, artsPlace, Canmore, AB; selections from the trio’s CD recording ‘Tales from the Dinarides’ (Wirth, 2017)

Aug. 31
Chamber Music, with Double-Double Duo: Kornel Wolak, clarinet, and Michael Bridge, accordion, Wirth Institute 20th Anniversary Banquet, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, AB; Ichmouratov Tales from the Dinarides (commissioned work dedicated to the trio, 2017)

Aug. 20-22
Brazil Tour: Chamber Music, with Felipe Avellar de Aquino, cello and Lena Johnson, piano; Tchaikovsky Waltz-Scherzo for violin and piano, Op. 34, Trio for piano, violin and cello in A minor, Op. 50 (also including Romance for piano in F Minor, Op. 5, Tchaikovsky Sentimental Waltz for cello and piano, Op. 51, No. 6)

• Aug. 22. Guiomar Novaes Espaço (Sala Cecília Meireles), Rio de Janeiro
• Aug. 20. Casa Thomas Jefferson ASA Sul, Brasília

Aug. 10-17
2º Festival Internacional de Música de Câmara PPGM-UFPB, ‘Dialogues between Music and Literature’, Sala de Concertos Radegundis Feitosa – UFPB (Universidade Federal da Paraíba), João Pessoa, Brazil

• Aug. 17. Chamber Music, with Lena Johnson, piano, Closing Concert; Tchaikovsky Waltz-Scherzo for violin and piano, Op. 34
• Aug. 16. Chamber Music, with Felipe Avellar de Aquino, cello and Lena Johnson, piano, Concert No. 6; Tchaikovsky Waltz-Scherzo for violin and piano, Op. 34, Trio for piano, violin and cello in A minor, Op. 50
• Aug. 14. Solo Performance, Concert No. 4; Béla Bartók Sonata for Solo Violin (1944), Fuga and Presto

Aug. 4-5
Concerto, with João Pessoa Municipal Orchestra, cond. Laércio Sinhorelli Diniz, Ariano Suassuna Cultural Center - Celso Furtado Hall, João Pessoa, Brazil; Tchaikovsky Concerto Op. 35

July 19 & 22
Duo Recital, with Theodor Chow, piano, ‘Dare to Discover Music’, Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo Op. 34 and Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35

July 16-20
Alberta Summer Suzuki Institute 2018, Edmonton, AB

• July 18, Duo Performance, with Theodor Chow, piano, ‘Alberta Suzuki Summer Institute Faculty Showcase’, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35, II-III
• July 20. Director, Alberta Suzuki Institute Student Ensembles, Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; in a program including Corelli, Mozart, Holst, Hindemith, and Johow

July 16
Duo Recital, with Jacques Després, piano, ‘Dare to Discover Music’, Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.378, Images, 1ere série (J. Despres), Bartók Sonata for solo violin, Sz117 (G. Tardif), Debussy/Heifetz Beau Soir

May 17
First Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Great Russian Ballet’, Alexander Prior, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB; Tchaikovsky Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

May 13
Orchestra Performance, ‘Celebrating 88 Keys’, Inaugural Piano Concert of the UofA’s New Steinway D Grand Piano, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofé)

May 12
First Violin Section, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, ‘Brahms & Barber’, Bernd Glemser, piano, and Alexander Prior, cond., Winspear Center, Edmonton, AB; Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, Barber Symphony No. 1, Miller Palimpsest

May 11
Concertmaster and soloist, Grande Prairie ‘Symphony and Singing in the City’, People’s Church, Grande Prairie, AB; varied program

Mar. 9
Duo Performance, with Roger Admiral, piano, Mainstage Concerts:  Faculty Composers, Echo of Nothing, Timms Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Bashaw 12 for violin and piano (2017)

Feb. 20
Guest soloist, with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martha Placeres, White Hall, Washburn University, Topeka, KS, USA; Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50, Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 - Rondo ‘La Campanella’

Feb. 18
Duo Recital, with Jenny Gregoire, violin, and Hyunhee Byun, piano (also live video streamed), Moody Music Building Concert Hall, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Scarlatti/Heifetz Sonatina, Scarlatti/Heifetz 3 Pieces (Menuetto, Andante, Allegro), Ferrari Duet VI, Nardini Duet IV - La Caccia, Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 - Adagio and Rondo ‘La Campanella’, Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 (arrangement with piano), Elgar La Capricieuse – Morceau de Genre, MacMillen Barcarole, Gershwin/Dushkin Short Story, Milhaud/Lévy Saudades do Brazil – Corcovado, Sumare, Ipanema, Kupkovič Souvenir

Jan. 13
Duo Recital, with Roger Admiral, piano, ‘Violinissimo III’, Music at Convocation Hall Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Scarlatti/Heifetz Sonatina in D major, Minuetto in Bflat major, Andante in f minor (from Suite XXXVIII), Allegro in F major (from Suite XXXVII), Tartini/Léonard Fugues in G major and A major (from the Sonatas), Paganini Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, Elgar La capricieuse - morceau de genre, Alard Cavatine, Air varié, and Boléro (from 15 Pièces caractéristiques), MacMillen Barcarole, Gershwin/Dushkin Short Story, Milhaud/Lévy Corcovado, Sumare, Ipanema (from Saudades do Brazil), and Kupkovič Souvenir (from Fantasy K).

Jan. 11
Same, Chapel, Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Camrose, AB

Dec. 13
Duo Recital, with Janusz Wawrowski, violin (University of Warsaw, Poland), Convocation Hall, University of Alberta; solo works (Wawrowski); duet works - Leclair Sonata No. 5 in E minor (from 6 Sonatas for 2 Violins, Op.3), Duranowski Duet No. 1 in A major and Duet No. 3 in G minor (from 6 Violin Duets, Op.1), Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices, Op.18, Nos. 6, 8, and 4

Nov. 26
Duo Recital, 'Mozart’s Salon', with Andrea Botticelli, fortepiano, inaugural concert, Da Camera Toronto, Seeley Hall, Trinity College, U of Toronto; Mozart Sonatas K. 306 and 379, Variations ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’

Nov. 15
Lecture Recital, with Laura Andriani, violin, "Musique et pouvoirs: L'Evolution du Violon dans l'Europe du XVIII siècle", as part of the 2017 Montreal Bach Festival, and the series "Politique et musique", organized by the Departments of Anthropology and Political Science, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC; Duets by French and Italian violinists-composers

Nov. 4
Chamber Music, with Double-Double Duo: Kornel Wolak, clarinet, and Michael Bridge, accordion, CD release concert, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, in partnership with the Wirth Institute

Oct. 27
Director and soloist, with Cristian Neacsu, Qian Yin, and Anele Mhlahlo, violins, ASA Honour String Orchestra, Music Conference Alberta 2017, Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, Red Deer, AB; Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, RV 580

Sept. 10
Duo Performance, with Jeanne Yang, piano, joining several featured performers for “mysterious BARRICADES”, A Cross-Canada Concert for Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Hope (16 cites, 22 hours, live streamed), Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Mozart Violin Sonata in F, K. 376, II; www.mysteriousbarricades.org

July 30-Aug. 11
Global Summer Institute of Music, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

• Aug. 10. Concertmaster, with GSIM festival orchestra, cond. Daniel Myssyk, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall; works by Beethoven, Duvernoy, Stamitz, Mendelssohn
• Aug. 4. Duo Performance, with Magda Adamek, piano, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Wieniawski Capriccio-Waltz
• July 31. Solo Performance, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall; Ernst ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ Variations
  

July 15
Solo Performance, Victoria University School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand; Bashaw Seven Movements for Solo Violin

July 13
Solo Performance, 2017 CMS International Conference, College Music Society, Sydney Conservatorium Workshop Hall, Australia; Bashaw Seven Movements for Solo Violin

Apr. 6
Duo Performance, with Laura Andriani, violin, Gli allievi di Tartini e il repertorio per Duo: Musiche di Paganelli, Campioni, Nardini, Pugnani, Naumann e Sirmen at “La tradizione violinistica italiana: 1650-1850”, Ridotto del Teatro Masini, Faenza, Italy; Paganelli Sonata VI in D Major (from Deuxième livre de six sonates à deux violons ou deux flûtes); Campioni Duetto IV in B-flat Major (from Six Duets for Two Violins); Nardini Duetto IV in F Major (from Six Duos pour Violons); Pugnani Duetto I in A Major (from Six Sonates à Deux Violons); Naumann Duett III in D Major (from Sechs Leichte Duette), Sirmen Duetto IV, Op. 5, No. 4 in E Major (from Sei Duetti Per due Violini)

Apr. 1
Duo Performance, with Laura Andriani, violin, Sala Ghislieri (formerly the Oratorio di Santa Croce), Academia Montis Regalis (Early Music), Mondovi, Italy; Pugnani Duetto I in A Major (from Six Sonates à Deux Violons)

Feb. 15
Duo Peroformance, with Boris Konovalov, piano, Faculty Recital, 10th International Festival of Russian Music – Vancouver, Tom Lee Concert Hall, Vancouver, BC; Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer'; http://www.viform.org/

Jan. 27
Solo Performance, as part of “Open Studios: Music Curated by Guillaume Tardif”, Banff Musicians in Residence Program (Winter 2017), Rolston Hall, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, AB; Bashaw Seven Movements for Solo Violin