Our Next concert

November 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-show chat at 6:45 p.m.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto

Confluence Concerts is proud to present these exciting young performers in recital. Cellist Peter Eom and Japanese music collective the Hibiki Project are teaming up to present an eclectic concert.

The night brings with it a world of darkness and dreams. 

THE MOONLIT NIGHT BLINDED US takes inspiration from surrealism and transfiguration. Woven together by selections from György Kurtág's Kafka-Fragments and curated Japanese repertoire, experience a tapestry of broad musical selections that step back and forth between darkness and light, clarity and obscurity. What we make of the music is a mirror of our own minds, opening the door to the unconscious. We invite listeners to step into this shifting reflection with us, commune with our deeper selves, and re-emerge.

Guest Curated by Peter Eom and the Hibiki Project

Performers
Peter Eom (cello), The Hibiki Project: Sakurako Jayne Abe 阿部櫻子ジェーン(piano) Kento Stratford ストラットフォード賢人 (piano), Chihiro Yasufuku 安福知優 (voice)

News

Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 to be honoured with Opera Canada's Nada Ristich Change Maker Award  at the Ruby Awards Gala on Monday, November 3, 2025

 The Opera Canada Ruby Awards, named in honour of Opera Canada’s founding editor Ruby Mercer, were first awarded in 2000. The Rubies were created to recognize and honour outstanding achievement and leadership in the realm of Canadian opera – both on stage and behind the scenes.

While they have been given in various categories over the years – in 2000, three were awarded: a Creative Artist Award, an Opera Builder Award, and an Opera Educator Award – these categories have become more permeable to allow the recognition of people who work in any area of the art form. The Rubies represent the highest honour in Canadian opera.

In 2022, a new category of Ruby Award was introduced. The Rubies’ Nada Ristich Change Maker Award celebrates innovative leadership and social impact in opera. The award recognizes an individual (or group of artists) who has made an outstanding cultural contribution to the community through their artistic practice, or to initiatives that create significant creative and social change in the field of opera in Canada. 

We are delighted to congratulate Confluence Artistic Associate Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 as this year's Nada Ristich Change Maker Award recipient.