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Daniel Bolshoy
Daniel Bolshoy is committed to bringing classical guitar to the attention of audiences everywhere. He is regularly praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions, and progressive programming of solo and chamber music.
Mr. Bolshoy has performed for many prestigious festivals including the Ottawa and the Vancouver International Chamber Music Festivals, the Halifax Guitar Festival, the Indian River Music Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, the Westben Arts Festival, the Festival des arts Boré-Art (Montreal) and the International Music Festival in Macao. He has toured under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales, Prairie Debut, Debut Atlantic and Musique Royale,and has performed for the Début Series in Montreal, Vancouver and the CBC/NAC Début series in Ottawa. His U.S. concerts include a tour for Live on Stage and numerous appearances at music festivals and on University campuses. Mr. Bolshoy’s recitals are frequently broadcast on CBC Radio, and he has also appeared in two documentary films for the Bravo! series The Classical Now. Mr. Bolshoy regularly performs solo and chamber music recitals in Canada’s most prestigious venues, including the Glenn Gould Studio, the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, the National Art Centre, and Vancouver’s Chan Centre among others.
Among recent orchestral appearances are concertos by Rodrigo, Ponce, Kernis, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco with orchestras across North America including: The Mexico City Philharmonic, Toronto Philharmonia, Edmonton Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Vancouver Philharmonic, Peterborough Symphony, Huntsville festival, the Red Deer Symphony, Kamloops Symphony, Symphonie of the Kootenays the Oakville Symphony the Etobicoke Philharmonic as well as the Manitoba and Ottawa Chamber Orchestras.
In addition to his numerous recitals in prestigious concert venues, Daniel Bolshoy has toured the Northwest and Yukon Territories extensively, devoting dozens of performances to the introduction of the classical guitar to new and underserved audiences.
Mr. Bolshoy teaches guitar at Concordia University in Montreal and regularly offers masterclasses to guitar societies and educational institutions internationally. He frequently performs outreach and educational concerts for young people.
Daniel Bolshoy appears on four commercial CD recordings: Resonance, España featuring Spanish music with mezzo-soprano, Julie Nesrallah (Boldan Music). McGillicuddy’s Rant (Centaur classics), as well as soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian’s Tango Notturno (CBC records).
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