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Fantasy

Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
8:00pm to 10:00pm

Winspear Centre
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Triple-threat composer, conductor, and pianist Dinuk Wijeratne makes his ESO debut. A JUNO Award-winner who made his Carnegie Hall debut while still a student in 2004, Wijeratne has performed with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma to tabla legend Zakir Hussain.

Experience a provocative program featuring Wijeratne's Fantasy Variations for Piano and Strings, plus recent music by Kareem Roustom and Luis Ramirez.

PROGRAM TO INCLUDE

DINUK WIJERATNE The Spirit and the DustTwo Pop Songs on Antique PoemsGajaga Vannama - Fantasy Variations on a Traditional Theme
KAREEM ROUSTOM Dabke
LUIS RAMIREZ Chido
KELLY MARIE MURPHY Murmuration
CHRIS BRUBECK Concerto for Bass Trombone

Program subject to change.

This concert will not include an intermission.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Dinuk Wijeratne, Curator, Conductor & Piano
Tyler Cairns, ESO Bass Trombone

Winspear Centre

4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8


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