An international festival of contemporary music presented annually by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.
Meet Our Guest
Vivian Fung
Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition
2026 Season
January 23 – February 3, 2026
23 January (Friday)
Christoph Hartmann
Berlin Philharmonic Oboist
Oboe Masterclass
10:00 am | Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
23 January (Friday)
2026 Bedford Trio Composition Competition
Reading Session
4:00 pm | Room 217, Edward Johnson Building
23 January (Friday)
FOUR CENTURIES
Berlin Montreal TO
CHRISTOPH HARTMANN, Oboe I NOÉMIE RAYMOND, Cello
7:30 pm | Trinity-St. Paul’s Church
Presented by Sinfonia Toronto
24 January (Saturday)
Christoph Hartmann
Berlin Philharmonic Oboist
Younggun Kim, Piano
Featuring the Winning Piece of the 2026 Bedford Trio Composition Competition
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
24 January (Saturday)
University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Intrinsic Light
7:30 pm | Tribute Communities Recital Hall,
York University
Pratik Gandhi, conductor
Featuring KöNG Duo, percussion
25 January (Sunday)
minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra
Simple Beginnings
Anthony Gunadi and Elienna Wang, directors
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
26 January (Monday)
Composition Masterclass #1 with Vivian Fung
EVENT POSTPONED
26 January (Monday)
The Sound of Nordic Voices
12:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
26 January (Monday)
Canadian Art Song Project
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
27 January (Tuesday)
Composition Masterclass #2 with Vivian Fung
10:00 am | Room 109, Edward Johnson Building
27 January (Tuesday)
Tuesday Voice Series | Canadian Art Song Showcase
12:10 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
27 January (Tuesday)
Gryphon Trio with Nordic Voices
7:30 pm | Jane Mallett Theatre,
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Presented by Music Toronto
28 January (Wednesday)
Jeffrey Ryan Composition Lecture
10:00 am | Room 109, Edward Johnson Building
28 January (Wednesday)
Nordic Voices Vocal Composition Workshop
12:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
28 January (Wednesday)
Canadian League of Composers 75th Anniversary Past Presidents’ Piano Recital
John Burge, piano
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
29 January (Thursday)
Thursdays at Noon: “Made in Manitoba”
Jana Starling, clarinet and Allison Wiebe, piano
12:10 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
29 January (Thursday)
Rob MacDonald, guitar
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
30 January (Friday)
Vivian Fung Composition Lecture
12:00 pm | Room 130, Edward Johnson Building
30 January (Friday)
Electroacoustic Music Concert
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
31 January (Saturday)
Prize Winners’ Concert
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
31 January (Saturday)
University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Korngold Sinfonietta
7:30 pm | Tribute Communities Recital Hall,
York University
Uri Mayer, conductor
1 February (Sunday)
DOG Ensemble and Jazz Faculty
2:00 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
1 February (Sunday)
TaPIR Lab Open House
Aiyun Huang, director
4:00 pm | Room 079, Edward Johnson Building
1 February (Sunday)
Portraits and Tributes
Mariusz Monczak, violin and Robert Adamczak, piano
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
“Is Music a Mimetic Art?”
Polish composers since Szymanowski
A Lecture-Presentation by
Mariusz Monczak, violin and Robert Adamczak, piano
10:00 am | Room 225, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
Jakub Polaczyk
Composition Lecture
11:00 am | Room 225, Edward Johnson Building
26 January (Monday)
Composition Masterclass with Vivian Fung
1:00 pm | Room TBA, Edward Johnson Building
2 February (Monday)
University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble
VIS-À-VIS
Aiyun Huang, director
Featuring Brad Cherwin, bass clarinet
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
3 February (Tuesday)
University of Toronto
Contemporary Music Ensemble
A Storm Within: The Music of Vivian Fung
Wallace Halladay, conductor
Featuring Sophie Lanthier, flute
University of Toronto Saxophone Collective
7:30 pm | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
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