Crowd welcomes trio who take over chamber music festival
Steven Mazey | The Ottawa Citizen
There were loud cheers from the crowd at the closing concert of the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival Saturday at the news many had suspected was coming: the musicians of the Toronto-based Gryphon Trio have been named the permanent new artistic programmers of the festival.
The three musicians succeed Ottawa cellist Julian Armour, the popular and much admired founder of the festival, who ran the event for 13 years but resigned in early 2007 over differences with the organization’s board of directors.
As interim directors following Armour’s departure, the Gryphon Trio musicians programmed this year’s festival and last year’s as well, and their programming has generally been praised for staying true to Armour’s vision, with a wide range of music from the traditional classical repertoire to new music, world music and jazz, as well as concerts for young people.
Founded in 1993, the Gryphon Trio was presented regularly at the festival by Armour and has developed a loyal Ottawa following. The three musicians live in Toronto and tour internationally. Borys has commuted extensively for his work in programming the festival.
At Saturday’s concert, Hodgins praised the group’s work in programming the festival for the past two summers.
“None of this happens without a sense of extraordinary vision and creative programming. At the heart of it, that’s what we’re all about. You’ve had 16 years to get to know the Gryphon Trio as the wonderful Canadian ensemble that it is. The capacity audience we had at their concert this past Wednesday night and a number of standing ovations demonstrates how much they are loved here in Ottawa,” he said, adding “they have brought us two fantastic festivals as interim programmers.”
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