Jan 6, 2019
The Spirit & the Dust, feat. Josh Graham & the Zafa Collective
Constellation
Chicago, IL, USA
8.30pm
“Dinuk has effectively captured the vastly varied tone colours of the marimba in his evocative piece ‘The Spirit and the Dust’. Written in memory of my late nephew Cameron Thomas Haynes, each movement breathtakingly explores the never ending mysteries of life and death. This truly is a marimba masterpiece” – Beverley Johnston
January 7, 2019
w/Symphony Nova Scotia & soloists (Dinuk Wijeratne, cond.)
Dunn Theatre
Halifax, NS, Canada
7.30pm
January 16, 2019
First Winter
feat. the Toronto Symphony, cond. Tania Miller
Koerner Hall
Toronto, ON, Canada
8pm
January 26, 2019
Polyphonic Lively
feat. the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra & Bernhard Gueller
Winspear Centre
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Canada
2017 WINNER:
“Integrating an array of multicultural influences….[Wijeratne is] masterful in his art” – the Masterworks jury
February 16, 2019
Invisible Cities
soloists: David Collier, Ben Stiers, Matthew James, Miles Bohlman
Illinois State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music
Anthony Marinello, conductor
Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall
Normal, IL, USA
8pm
“Invisible Cities is a milestone in the genre” – TorQ Percussion Quartet
February 21, 2019
Tabla Concerto
feat. Ed Hanley, Paul Haas, & the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
7.30pm
“The piece is fantastic, complex, and brilliant. The orchestration and solo writing are masterful. I didn’t think one could pull off [such] a concerto, but Dinuk did. I don’t know of anything like it.” – John Corigliano
February 23, 2019
Tabla Concerto
feat. Sandeep Das, Sarah Ioannides, & Symphony Tacoma
Pantages Theatre
Seattle, WA, USA
7.30pm
“The piece is fantastic, complex, and brilliant. The orchestration and solo writing are masterful. I didn’t think one could pull off [such] a concerto, but Dinuk did. I don’t know of anything like it.” – John Corigliano
Mar 2, 2019
The Spirit & the Dust, feat. Thomas Burritt
Bates Recital Hall
Austin, TX, USA
7.30pm
“Dinuk has effectively captured the vastly varied tone colours of the marimba in his evocative piece ‘The Spirit and the Dust’. Written in memory of my late nephew Cameron Thomas Haynes, each movement breathtakingly explores the never ending mysteries of life and death. This truly is a marimba masterpiece” – Beverley Johnston
March 3, 2019
Love Triangle, feat. the Gryphon Trio
John H. Williams Theatre
Tulsa, OK, USA
3pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
March 21, 22, & 24, 2019
Clarinet Concerto – world premiere performances
feat. Kinan Azmeh, Symphony Nova Scotia & Jean-Claude Picard
MAR21: Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, NS, 7.30pm
MAR22: St. John’s Church, Lunenburg, NS, 7.30pm
MAR24: Alderney Landing Theatre, Dartmouth, NS, 2pm
“[Dinuk’s] Clarinet Concerto is unique in its concept and approach to the instrument, and to the concerto genre in general. I trust it will be an incredible addition to the clarinet repertoire for generations to come.” – Kinan Azmeh
April 7, 2019
Between Figure & Ground (World Premiere)
feat. Rei Hotoda & the Fresno Philharmonic
William Saroyan Theatre
Fresno, CA, USA
3pm
April 7, 2019
Love Triangle, feat. the Gryphon Trio
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
St. Catharines, ON, Canada
2pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
April 17, 2019
Lark Ascending & Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no.1
w/James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong, & Symphony Nova Scotia
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Halifax, NS, Canada
7.30pm
April 25, 2019
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
feat. the University of Calgary String Quartet
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre
Calgary, AB, Canada
8pm
JUNO winner: ‘Best Classical Composition’, ECMA winner: ‘Classical Composition of the Year’ (2016)
April 26 & 27, 2019
Tabla Concerto
feat. Ed Hanley, William Eddins, & the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Winspear Centre
Edmonton, AB, Canada
7.30pm & 8pm
“The piece is fantastic, complex, and brilliant. The orchestration and solo writing are masterful. I didn’t think one could pull off [such] a concerto, but Dinuk did. I don’t know of anything like it.” – John Corigliano
April 28, 2019
Love Triangle
feat. Mark Fewer, Adrian Brendel, Walter Delahunt
Lunenburg Academy of Music
Lunenburg, NS, Canada
2.30pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
April 27 & 28, 2019*
w/NSYO & Ben Marmen, cello
music by Bizet, Schumann, & Dvorak
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7:00 pm
First United Church, Truro
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 7:00 pm
St. Matthew’s United Church, Halifax
June 5-21, 2019*
Composition faculty, w/Robert Aitken, Andrew Staniland, and Zygmunt Krauze
Composition Academy of the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
*Dinuk Wijeratne in residence June 5-10
July 12, 2019
Love Triangle, feat. the Gryphon Trio
The Olivier Music Barn
Tippet Rise Art Center
Fishtail, MT, USA
6.30pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
July 14, 2019
The Spirit & the Dust, feat. Tim Borton
C’Mon Festival, Winspear Centre
Edmonton, AB, Canada
3pm
“Dinuk has effectively captured the vastly varied tone colours of the marimba in his evocative piece ‘The Spirit and the Dust’. Written in memory of my late nephew Cameron Thomas Haynes, each movement breathtakingly explores the never ending mysteries of life and death. This truly is a marimba masterpiece” – Beverley Johnston
July 27, 2019
w/Kinan Azmeh & CityBand
Union Episcopal Church
6.30pm
Claremont, NH, USA
July 28, 2019
w/Kinan Azmeh & CityBand
2pm
Saint Gaudens National Park
Cornish, NH, USA
August 1, 2019
‘Searching for home in the KarmicBlue’
w/Kinan Azmeh, Nick Halley, Quatour Danel
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
Ottawa ChamberFest, ON, Canada
7pm
August 16, 2019
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
Belfountain Music Festival
Alton Mill Arts Centre
Ontario, Canada
7.30pm
JUNO winner: ‘Best Classical Composition’, ECMA winner: ‘Classical Composition of the Year’ (2016)
September 10, 2019
w/Diomira, featuring Joseph Petric & Nick Halley
Paul O’Regan Hall
Halifax, NS, Canada
6.30pm
October 9-19, 2019
Faculty*
World Music Academy of the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Performances TBA
*with: Sandeep Das (tabla), Rajib Karkmaker (sitar), Yolanda Bruno (violin), Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Didem Didem Başar (qanun), Nazih Borish (oud), Nick Halley (percussion)
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Part I: (world-premiere arrangement of ‘Chloe’ from ‘Invisible Cities’ at 42 mins)
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September 21, 2019
Concept & Creativity
Keynote speech at the Multidisciplinary Creative Conference
University of Toronto Music Department
5.30pm
September 27, 2019
Wijeratne Trio
feat. Nick Halley & Jon Suters
Union Episcopal Church
Claremont, NH, USA
6.30pm
September 28-30, 2019
The BACH TREE annual workshop and residency program
‘Cultivating Creative and Collaborative Musicians’
w/Nick Halley & Melissa Richmond
Union Episcopal Church
Claremont, NH, USA
October 3, 2019
Wijeratne Trio
feat. Nick Halley & Jon Suters
Norfolk Library
Norfolk, CT, USA
7.30pm
October 5, 2019
Yatra
for orchestra
commissioned by the Toronto Symphony & Symphony Nova Scotia
October 18 & 19, 2019
Culturally INappropriate
Lunenburg Academy World Music Ensemble
featuring Sandeep Das, et al
Brenton Auditorium (18th), LAMP Lunenburg (19th)
October 19 – November 1, 2019
The Spirit & the Dust, feat. Bev Johnston
10+ performances across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, & PEI
(see link below)
“Dinuk has effectively captured the vastly varied tone colours of the marimba in his evocative piece ‘The Spirit and the Dust’. Written in memory of my late nephew Cameron Thomas Haynes, each movement breathtakingly explores the never ending mysteries of life and death. This truly is a marimba masterpiece” – Beverley Johnston
October 29, 2019
Love Triangle, feat. the Gryphon Trio
Société de musique de Neuchâtel
Rue de la Cure
Corcelles-Cormondrèche
Switzerland
8pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
October 30, 2019
Gajaga Vannama (world premiere), Mozart, Bartok, Corigliano, Grieg
w/Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Westminister United Church
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
7.30pm
November 9, 2019
Love Triangle, feat. the Gryphon Trio
H.W. Smith School
1130 Salt Springs Rd.
Syracuse, NY, USA
7.30pm
2015 FINALIST:
“[Dinuk] has a remarkable facility and flexibility. More specifically, what he’s able to do so expertly is articulate a mix of sounds and a mix of worlds. It’s exactly the kind of piece that appeals to me, and it’s the kind of direction I like to see composers who are writing for chamber music go in.” – Roman Borys, the GRYPHON TRIO
November 16, 2019
Colour Study in Rupaktaal (for solo piano)
featuring David Jalbert
KWCMS Music Room
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
8pm
“…mesmerizing Sri Lankan-Canadian conductor/composer/pianist Dinuk Wijeratne…proving his inestimable chops in all three disciplines while living up to his creative reputation. [This] East-meets-West work bristles with the energy of a coiled spring, fuelled by a near-impossible melting pot of Indian tabla-like dance rhythms, funky jazz riffs, tonal clusters and extended instrumental techniques. It left the impression one has just journeyed into the heart of a strange new world of breathtaking beauty and joyous energy.” – Winnipeg Free Press
November 22, 2019
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
Chamber Project St. Louis
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
7.30pm
JUNO winner: ‘Best Classical Composition’, ECMA winner: ‘Classical Composition of the Year’ (2016)
“Dinuk Wijeratne embodies in his writing a truly empathetic lens to diverse audiences. This is because Dinuk has such an omnivorous musical appetite, and has the unique ability to synthesize all of his interests into an authentic, compelling voice. All at once, seasoned concert-goers get the full bouquet of beauty, technique, and intricacy they would expect of our greatest composers; new explorers find themselves completely immersed in the rhythmic, melodic appeal of some of the most exciting music of today. I believe Dinuk’s strength is that he is never daunted by what others may have precluded to be impossible.” – Adrian Fung: the Afiara String Quartet; Vice-President of Innovation, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
