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Fresh from a highly successful Carnegie Hall debut, Duo Concertante (Nancy Dahn, violin and Timothy Steeves, piano) celebrates its brand new Marquis Classics recording, Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano. The 3-CD box set is currently available at Canadian and U.S. retailers.

Duo Concertante will make a short Toronto stop on April 22nd for a special celebration: an evening of live music, delectable conversation and friendly refreshments in the welcoming and informal atmosphere of Gallery 345. Duo Concertante will perform some Canadian music, a bit of Bach and of course, Beethoven!

Dahn and Steeves have a particular affinity for the music of the illustrious German composer. “We actually took our name, Duo Concertante  from the inscription over Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” sonata, which was the very first piece we played together”, they explain. “The inscription reads “in stile molto concertante,” with the implication being that the performers are two equal and dynamic voices, sometimes together and sometimes opposing each other, and that’s what we thought we wanted to become as a duo.”

This all-Beethoven CD box set – Duo Concertante’s sixth recording- was recorded at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto (production, editing and mastering by David Jaeger; engineer and editing by Dennis Patterson).

Based at Memorial University in St. John’s (Newfoundland), Dahn and Steeves are dedicated teachers. In 2000, they founded the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival, of which they are Artistic Directors. Definitely a treat to have such an energetic duo here in Toronto even if for a short stop!