Syrinx Concerts Toronto

On Sunday May 31, at 3pm, Syrinx Concerts presents the
Pamina String Quartet with Sheng Cai, piano

Sheng Cai:

Recently nominated for Canada's prestigious "2025 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance" Canadian pianist Sheng Cai has been delighting audience and critics across four continents with his electrifying performing charisma and individual personality. Recently described as "with seemingly effortlessness and performing with gusto and a loving attention to detail" by Buffalo Hives in New York and as "having the inner passion paired with Rubinstein's nonchalance "by Thuringer Allgemeine in Germany, Sheng Cai has gained praises worldwide for his performances of major keyboard works of the past four centuries. With a number of prizes and awards, he continues to push the boundaries in interpreting both the established and rarities of the piano literature.

Since winning top prizes at Concours OSM (Montreal Symphony Competition/concours orchestre symphonique de Montréal) and Toronto Symphony's piano Competition at fifteen years old, Sheng Cai has performed a broad spectrum of over 35 different piano concertos from Mozart to 21st century living composers with invitations to more 60 orchestras worldwide as guest soloist.

In solo recitals, Sheng Cai has been presented at many prestigious venues in North America and Europe, such as Steinway Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, and Chicago's International Music Centre.

Sheng Cai is a passionate recording artist, his first recording was a CD of works by Mozart and Bohuslav Martinu for Canadian Broadcast Company. His most recent Liszt, Grieg and Rachmaninoff discs on ATMA classique label gained international acclaim from the American Record Guide, Classics Today, the International Music Web review in the UK, the Wholenote Magazine in Canada and the Fanfare Music Magazine in the US.

PROGRAM:

Dvorak: Piano Quintet #2 in A+ Op.81
Glick: Suite Hebraique #3 for String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in Eflat K.428

Sunday May 31, 3pm.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto

The grand finale of our 2026 concert season!

On May 31, Syrinx welcomes the Pamina String Quartet:
violinists Amanda Goodburn & Eri Hattori Kosaka; violist Theresa Rudolph; cellist Roberta Janzen

with Sheng Cai, piano

The Pamina String Quartet is made up of four members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra who love to play great chamber music alongside their work playing great symphonic works. They have collaborated together for many years in various combinations performing for concert series throughout Toronto including the TSO Chamber Soloists, Opera 5, and The Five Small Concerts.

Canadian pianist Sheng Cai was recently nominated for Canada's prestigious "2025 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance." To date, he has gained praises worldwide and a number of prizes and awards for his performances of major keyboard works of the past four centuries.

PROGRAM:

Dvorak: Piano Quintet #2 in A+ Op.81
Glick: Suite Hebraique #3 for String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in Eflat K.428


Please visit SyrinxConcerts.ca for more information.
All concerts at 3pm.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto