March 29, 2026
Two Piano Trios, 4 Hands
Vivian Chen, piano, Noam Dekalo, piano, Julia Mirzoev, violin, Peter Eom, cello
Program:
Mendelssohn: Trio in D-, *Marc-Andre Hamelin: “Tango” for 4 hands, Scriabin: Six Preludes Op.13, Chopin: Etudes #s 10,11,12 Op.25, Debussy: Trio in G+
Toronto based pianist Vivian Lang Chen has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions and is active as a soloist internationally, performing at venues in and around various parts of Canada, the United States, Europe, and China. Recent highlights include winning an Artist Prize in the 2023 Eppan Academy in Italy, Third Prize in the 2022 Prix Ravel of the Fondation Ravel in France, and her US solo recital debut at the Kennedy Center (2021) as the First and Audience Prize Winner of the 2021 Washington International Piano Competition. She has also collaborated with orchestras such as the Avanti Orchestra and Orchestra 914 in the United States and the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, York Symphony Orchestra, Georgian Bay Symphony Orchestra in Canada.
Based in Toronto, Israeli pianist Noam Dekalo is an accomplished solo artist as well as an experienced chamber musician whose performances have taken him all around the world. Most recently, Noam performed as a soloist under the baton of Vadim Tchijik at the 2024 International Music Festival in Paris. He also performed the Franck violin sonata in the Dr. Rando Hall at the 2024 Las Vegas Chamber Music Festival. Dekalo has received several chamber music awards worldwide, including the Prix Maria Belooussova for excellence in chamber music from the Fontainebleau School of Music, the Full Scholarship Prize of the LVCM Festival competition to study in the Global Summer Music Institute of Vienna in 2025 and the First Prize in the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Competition.
Violinist Julia Mirzoev is noted for her warm tone, grace, and fierce attack (California Music Center). A native of Toronto, Canada, Julia has been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Center’s “Top 30 Classical Musicians Under 30”, CBC radio 94.1, and classical 96.3 FM. Her awards include the prize for the commissioned work at both Michael Hill and the Irving M. Klein international competition, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal competition, grand prize at the Canadian Music Competition, and first prizes at the Crescendo International competition and Cremona music festival competitions. A passionate chamber musician, Julia has been a winner of the Yale Chamber Music competition, and has been invited to participate in the Sarasota, Manchester, Toronto, and Perlman Music Program festivals.
Armed with a versatility of creative interests ranging from literature to fashion, cellist Peter Eom has been hailed for his “flowing, lyrical quality of sound” and “agility, purity of intonation, and sureness of taste” (Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2022). As soloist, Eom has performed with orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Denver Philharmonic, and MusicaNova Orchestra. Eom is the cellist of the Rolston String Quartet, first prize winner of the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition and heralded as “one of the very best in a quartet-rich age” and the cellist of the genre-defying experimental music collective The Happenstancers. Eom was the sole recipient of the 2023 Rockefeller Brothers Fund and YoungArts NYC Residency.
*Canadian Composer