O RANGE BASKETS BY dALE C HIHu LY ( BELOW ) ; WAYNE SHORTER ( RIGHT ) |
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popular pieces . For instance , this season sees the orchestra performing the scores to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark with Live Orchestra ( March 29 , 2017 ) and disney-Pixar ’ s Ratatouille in Concert ( February 18 , 2017 ), and interpreting The Music of ABBA ( October 4 and 5 , 2016 ). On the other hand , the more traditional side of the TSO ’ s schedule is boosted by many star soloists , including violinists Itzhak Perlman ( November 22 , 2016 ) and Isabelle Faust ( January 18 and 20 , 2017 ), pianists Yuja Wang ( October 13 and 15 , 2016 ) and Emanuel Ax ( January 13 and 14 , 2017 ), plus such Canadians as Stewart Goodyear ( January 28 , 2017 ) Jan Lisiecki ( Febraury 15 and 16 , 2017 ), and mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta ( June 14 and 15 , 2017 ). |
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orange baskets by Dale Chihuly photo Courtesy of the royal ontario MuseuM ; Wayne shorter photo by robert asCroft ; Jan lisieCki photo by Mathias bothor . |
Stars shine brightly , too , on the beautiful Koerner Hall stage at the Royal Conservatory , which offers programing in myriad genres . A special series of shows focusing on jazz trios is a particular highlight , bringing to the city top performers like Kenny Barron ( October 29 , 2016 ), Stefano Bollani ( November 18 , 2016 ), and Jason Moran ( April 1 , 2017 ). The Wayne Shorter Quartet ( April 22 , 2017 ) and Joe Lovano Quintet with pianist Chucho Valdés ( November 9 , 2017 ) are also heavily featured .
NEW VIEWS
After almost a decade of solid , if not always spectacular success , the Art Gallery of Ontario finds itself in a period of transition . The 2015 departure of its lauded director and CEO , Matthew Teitelbaum , set off an almost year-long search that culminated in the hiring of Stephan Jost ( formerly of the Honolulu Museum of Art ) as the AGO ’ s new head . Fortunately , his honeymoon period looks to be a prosperous one ; the gallery ’ s exhibition schedule features a number of crowd pleasers . The putative blockbuster , Mystical Landscapes ( October 22 , 2016 to January 29 , 2017 ), assembles more than 100 masterpieces by a who ’ s who of painters — Monet , van Gogh , Gauguin , Munch , Carr , Mondrian , Kandinsky and many more — to explore the link between the contemplation of nature and the search for spiritual truths . You can expect
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