Event Description
Join us in Banff for BISQFest, September 3–6, 2026!
This intimate weekend concert experience offers beautifully curated opportunities to hear laureates from the competitions in unique collaborations with other world-renowned musicians.
BISQFest 2026 features an exceptional lineup, including Calgary-born pianist and Banff Centre alumnus Jan Lisiecki with the Banff Festival Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning cellist Steven Isserlis, BISQC laureates Afiara Quartet (2016) and Opus13 (2022), and the Dalí Quartet.
Experience the Canadian premiere of a newly commissioned work by Gavin Bryars, alongside a work by composer-in-residence Mark Applebaum, and chamber music by Brahms and Dvořák performed by an exceptional roster of festival artists.
Program
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo soprano
Barry Shiffman, viola
Jeanie Chung, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Mark Applebaum, actor
MARK APPLEBAUM: Aphasia
INTERMISSION
Livia Sohn, violin
Hao Zhou, violin
Barry Shiffman, viola
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74
Afiara Quartet
Jeanie Chung, harpsichord
GAVIN BRYARS: Harpsichord Quintet: Mr Bryars, his sorrow at Miss Bley, her passing*
This work was jointly commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Rockport Music, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
*Canadian Premiere
Thu. September 3rd
Rolston Recital Hall Banff Alberta
$75
In-Person Event
7:30pm
