ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE (Artistic Director - Andrew Burashko)

Art of Time Ensemble concerts fuse artists and ideas from unlikely inspirations…popular, classical, old and new. Provocative and unpredictable, no concert series pushes the boundaries of music presentation quite like Art of Time.

Hailed as "chamber's engaging new hope" (William Littler, Toronto Star), Art of Time Ensemble was formed in 1998 by pianist Andrew Burashko. It is a collective that comprises some of the most unsurpassed classical and jazz musicians in Canada.

Since its inception, Art of Time has steadily grown in reputation as an ensemble that undertakes and delivers programs that are at once thought provoking and compelling. Committed to finding new ways of blending classical music with other genres as well as other art forms, Art of Time has presented over twenty programs – each uniquely different in theme and content.

Over the years, Art of Time has collaborated and shared the stage with some of the most accomplished artists from the worlds of Canadian pop music, theatre and dance. In 2004, their collaboration with Volcano Theatre of German/Argentinean composer Mauricio Kagel's Variété led to five Dora Nominations, winning the award for Outstanding Music. This show was hailed as "a landmark interdisciplinary collaboration" by Tamara Bernstein of the National Post. They have also regularly collaborated with singer/songwriter Martin Tielli (of Rheostatics) and jazz chanteuse Melissa Stylianou. The 2006/07 saw the return Martin of Martin Tielli as well as new collaborations with Sarah Slean, Hawksley Workman, Serena Ryder, Danny Michel and many other musicians from the worlds of pop and jazz.

Art of Time Ensemble has performed throughout Canada and abroad. In 2001 Art of Time was invited to Finland, and in the spring 2006 they performed two of their programs in Moscow.

 

THE SONGBOOK

Art of Time Ensemble concerts fuse artists and ideas from unlikely inspirations and genres. Featuring singer/songwriter Sarah Slean, accompanied by an ensemble comprised of some of Canada’s finest musicians including: Phil Dwyer (sax), Rob Piltch (guitar), Igor Gefter (cello), Joe Phillips (bass), Steven Sitarski (violin) & Andrew Burashko (piano). Provocative and unpredictable, no concert series pushes the boundaries of music presentation quite like Art of Time.  

THE TORONTO SONGBOOK featuring Sarah Slean  features the music of popular musicians such as Leonard Cohen, Feist, Ron Sexsmith and Sarah Harmer in distinctive new arrangements by innovators in the worlds of pop, jazz & classical music. This program also included works by Christos Hatzis, Phil Dwyer and Cameron Wilson.

THE SONGBOOK featuring Steven Page (formerly of the Barenaked Ladies)
Songs by Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright, Jane Siberry and Radiohead; in fresh new arrangements by innovators from the worlds of pop, jazz & classical music such as Gavin Bryars, Rob Carli, Phil Dwyer, Kevin Fox, Jonathan Goldsmith, Jim McGrath, Tom Walsh, Finn Manniche, Glen Buhr and Cameron Wilson.The program also includes a performance of Prokofiev's Sonata No. 1 in F- for Violin and Piano.

ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE: ALL THAT…. JAZZ?!

Jazz influenced classical music by 20th century composers including Kurt Weill, Astor Piazolla, George Gershwin, Bohuslav Martinu, Phil Dwyer and others. Canadian jazz legend Phil Dwyer is joined by of one Canada’s most accomplished classical pianists, Andrew Burashko and violinist Stephen Sitarski in presenting an entirely fresh look at this vibrant music. This program has been performed in Moscow, Helsinki and across Canada to great popular and critical acclaim.

Established in 1998, ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE is comprised of the best musicians on the Canadian scene.  Through collaborations with artists from other disciplines and inventive programming, ART OF TIME strives to build a wider audience for classical music.

“Burashko has assembled a high-powered group o fellow instrumentalists with a taste for chamber music….The appropriate shout has to be Encore!” ~ The Toronto Star

"Some of the best evenings that I have witnessed in Toronto have been performances by Andrew Bourashka's Art of Time Ensemble -- a caravan ensemble of classical and popular musicians. Art of Time leaps over the usual barriers of culture. So Schumann and Tolstoy can rub shoulders with Gisnberg and our best contempporary musicians. The result is entertainment that is often thrilling, often full of insights - as in the old values of art that delight and instruct." Michael Ondaatje