The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) is proud to present a spring concert series featuring exciting NEW chamber music for intercultural ensembles: works-in-progress, new arrangements, and world premieres by emerging and established Canadian and international composers. Join us for four evenings of adventurous music performed on instruments from all over the world!
“…the United Nations of music” – CBC Radio
“Music that sounds like Vancouver looks” – The Georgia Straight
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CONCERT DETAILS
CONCERT #1: Sounds Global
May 30, 2025 | 7:00 pm
St. Andrews United Church
1044 St Georges Ave, North Vancouver, BC
Admission: pay what you wish at the door
In this exciting chamber concert, the VICO’s intercultural wind quintet performs the world premieres of new works created by participants in our 2025 Sounds Global Composers’ Workshop – composers not only from Vancouver and across Canada, but also as far away as Italy and Iran. Join us on May 30th to witness what they’ve created!
This concert is kindly sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre (BC Region).
CONCERT #2: Erica Roozendaal
Thursday June 5, 2025 | 7:00 pm
Notional Space (1523 East Pender St., Vancouver)
Admission: pay what you wish at the door
International guest artist Erica Roozendaal (accordion) presents a solo recital showcasing her versatility as a musical storyteller, passionate about creating new timbres, images and stories. Erica will perform an exciting and diverse programme of contemporary classical and early music, including the Canadian premiere of Kat en Muis by BC composer Sylvia Rickard, De Profundis by Sofia Gubaidulina, and compositions of her own, all intertwined with The Well Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach.
CONCERTS 3 & 4: Music from the Academy
Friday June 6 & Saturday June 7, 2025 | 7:30 pm
The ANNEX
823 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC
Tickets ($19 / $30) are on sale now! June 6 June 7
The VICO Summer Academy is back this year, and we can’t wait to show you what comes out of this one-of-a-kind creative intensive! Participating composers spend two weeks learning and developing new work, in collaboration with a distinguished faculty of VICO composer mentors, roster musicians, and international guests.
June 6 will feature the world premieres of brand new compositions for an intercultural chamber trio, performed by Lan Tung (erhu), Dai-Lin Hsieh (zheng), and Jonathan Bernard (percussion). Also on the bill: another world premiere of a new work commissioned by the VICO from Parmela Attariwala, performed by Dailin Hsieh (zheng), Sarah Kwok (viola), and Liam Hockley (clarinet). Finally, featured international guest Erica Roozendaal (accordion) will perform Peigner Le Vif by Gerard Pesson (with Sarah Kwok – viola). Buy tickets here!
June 7 will showcase world premieres of brand new compositions for an intercultural tentet, conducted by Janna Sailor and featuring Saina Khaledi (santour), Ali Razmi (tar), Douglas Hensley (oud), Liam Hockley (clarinet), Paolo Bortolussi (flute), Zhongxi Wu (sheng), Jun Rong (erhu), Sarah Kwok (viola), Mark Haney (contrabass), and Brian Nesselroad (percussion). In addition to new works by Academy composers, the ensemble will perform Pareidolia by Farangis Nurulla-Khoja.
Featured international guest Erica Roozendaal (accordion) will join the ensemble to perform the world premiere of a new concerto for accordion and tentet by Farshid Samandari. Buy tickets here
Read about the composers and their pieces here!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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