Filmed on May 17, 2020, in the Church of St. Elizabeth in Toronto.
According to ticket offices and newspapers, Xaver Varnus is among the three most popular organists in the world – it is nearly impossible to get tickets to his sell-out concerts. He has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bach’s Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Washington Cathedral, Notre Dame, Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Eustache in Paris, Berliner Dom, Canterbury Cathedral, as well as the largest existing instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia. Organist, improviser, author, lecturer and media personality, Varnus has had a dramatic impact on the popular audience’s acceptance and appreciation of organ music. Over the course of his career, Varnus has played to more than six million people worldwide, recorded fifty-five albums, made seventy concert films, and written five books. His videos have surpassed seventeen million views on YouTube ( / xavervarnus . His “Quadruple Platinum Disc Award” winning album “From Ravel to Vangelis” (SONY, 2007),
is the best-selling collection of organ recordings ever. The Casavant organ of St Elizabeth's was inaugurated by Xaver Varnus in 1978.
Orsi Szalados (violin) has been playing the violin since early childhood. She studied at the Bela Bartok Conservatory of Music in Budapest, Hungary and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria, where she was awarded the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Violin Performance degrees. Following her graduation, Orsi was a member of the Danubia Orchestra Obuda in Budapest for six years. She played throughout Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, England and the US in various orchestras. Before relocating to Canada at the end of 2016, she lived in London, UK where she ran her private music studio and she toured with the Moscow City Ballet across the country. Since her move to Canada, Orsi has been a member of the Niagara Symphony Orchestra.
Gergo Teleki is a Hungarian concert pianist whose curiosity, versatility and diverse musical interests have taken him across the globe, seeing his work in many different roles and contexts. In his worldwide concert appearances, he has performed works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Bartók. Mr. Teleki gave highly acclaimed performances at the world’s most prestigious concert venues, including Place des Arts in Montréal, Palace of Arts and the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, and famous concert halls in Stockholm, Göteborg, Helsinki, Aarhus, Nybro, Palmse-castle, Malmö, Hannover, Brussels, Göttingen, Rome,
Graz, Wien and Nürnberg. His victory at the Géza Anda Foundation Switzerland, Zürich, where Gergo Teleki received first prize, was preceded by a remarkable musical career.
Andras Molnar was born in Hungary. Since Kindergarten educated in special Kodaly music schools. During his university years at the famous Franz Liszt Academy of Music Andras was the principal trumpet player of the Hungarian Symphony orchestra. After a tour to West Germany rather going back to Hungary he took a "wrong" turn ended up playing with the Stuttgart Philharmoniker Orchestra then coming to Canada played with the Hamilton Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra as well as Aradia Baroque Orchestra and the Hannaford Street Silver Band. He is now freelancing and teaching in Toronto. Andras has played trumpet on over 40 recordings. He has travelled the world playing baroque trumpet including in Europe, Asia, North and South America.
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