Ontario Pops Orchestra Album Release Concert – 'Breaking Barriers'
$20-$30 CAD
- Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin
- Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon
- Yanet Campbell Secades, violin
Mikhail Glinka — Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" ("IV. Finale")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate" ("Summer" from The Four Seasons) (Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin)
Antonio Vivaldi — Bassoon Concerto in E minor RV 484 (Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (Yanet Campbell, violin)
On March 31, 2023 at 8 pm the Ontario Pops Orchestra (OPO) celebrates the release of its debut CD, Breaking Barriers, with a concert at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts. The album was released on digital platforms in Fall 2022.
On both the CD and concert, three Black women are spotlighted as soloists: violinists Tanya Charles Iveniuk and Yanet Campbell Secades, and bassoonist Marlene Ngalissamy. The recording includes concertos by Bach and Vivaldi alongside Holst's St. Paul's Suite, and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Symphony No. 40 by Mozart, all led by OPO founder, conductor, and music director Carlos Bastidas.
Much of the album's repertoire will be featured on the program, including the three concertos with Iveniuk, Secades, and Ngalissamy, and Mozart's Symphony No. 40, alongside works by Dvořák, Glinka, and the Canadian national anthem.
More info about the album here: https://ffm.to/breakingbarriers
About Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin
About Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon
Born in Moscow, Marlène Ngalissamy moved to Canada at the age of 10 and began learning the bassoon three years later. She quickly developed a deep passion for the instrument and was accepted at the Montreal Conservatory of Music in the class of Mathieu Harel.
Winner of the first prize in the Canadian Music Competition (2012), she performed the W.A. Mozart Bassoon Concerto with the Gala Orchestra in Toronto. As a soloist, she performed with the Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal, the Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra and the orchestra of the Conservatory of Montreal. She played with different orchestras in Quebec such as The Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal, les Violons du Roy, and The Montreal Symphony Orchestra as both substitute bassoon and contrabassoon.
In February 2014, Marlène gave a recital at the Red Path Hall at McGill University as part of the Montreal High Lights Festival. The performance was recorded and broadcasted on CBC Radio2. She is also a finalist of the Meg Quigley Bassoon Competition 2015.
One of the eight laureates of the Developing Artist Grant of the Hnatyshyn Foundation (2013), Marlène completed her Bachelor degree at the Montreal Conservatory with Mathieu Harel and Stéphane Levesque, and attended the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Daniel Matsukawa.
About Yanet Campbell Secades, violin
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, violinist Yanet Campbell Secades is an accomplished soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. Her skilled and sensitive playing has enabled her to perform not just in some of the most important venues in Cuba, but throughout Europe and the Caribbean. In 2015, she won the first prize at Cuba's prestigious Unión de Artistas y Escritores Cubanos (UNEAC) competition, and in 2019 she was awarded 2nd prize, in the string's category, within the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals' National Competition.
Yanet has performed in major international music festivals such as the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany and the Mozartwoche in Austria. She received her Master of Music from Memorial University of Newfoundland and she is currently in the second year of the Artist Diploma Program at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice, and the Arts
427 Bloor St WToronto, ON M5S 1X7
Canada