In-person Arts & Culture

Love Letters to Alberta

Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
8:00pm to 9:30pm

Winspear Centre
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Join us for an affectionate salute to composers who call Alberta home. Enjoy a unique variety of orchestral styles by three generations of contemporary creators.

You'll experience world premieres by local student Annika Schoenhardt and Cree composer Cris Derksen, alongside music inspired by lunar tides (Estacio), contemporary multitasking (Fung), the Great Lakes (Toews), and sunlight dancing through ice crystals (Bell). Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducts this special concert of music by friends and neighbours.

This concert will not include an intermission.

Program:
JOHN ESTACIO
Moontides
ESO Premiere
ZOSHA DI CASTRI
Pentimento
ALLAN GORDON BELL
Sundogs Reel
ESO Premiere
JOEL TOEWS
Sleeping Giant
ESO Premiere
CRIS DERKSEN
Amiskkwacîwâskahikan
World Premiere
ANNIKA SCHOENHARDT
For the Star Chasers
World Premiere (Young Composers Project)
VIVIAN FUNG
Earworms
ESO Premiere
Program subject to change.

Featured Artists
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Conductor
Robert Uchida, ESO Violin
Rafael Hoekman, ESO Cello

About New Music
Our New Music Series offers a captivating and thought-provoking concert experience, showcasing groundbreaking compositions from living composers. These performances feature innovative works that span from cutting-edge to lush neo-romanticism to hypnotic minimalism – music that reflects the ideas and emotions of today’s generation. Expertly curated, these concerts offer a rare opportunity to hear new compositions performed live, long before these emerging composers become a household name. Don’t miss this engaging, one-of-a-kind experience – your chance to discover the next Mozart!


Winspear Centre

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


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