Sunday September 18th, 2011

Solo Cello Works by Bach, Britten and Cassado

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Journée d'illusions
Thursday, August 4, 12:00 pm, 2011
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Juno® award nominee Winona Zelenka joins Connie Shih for a noon-hour concert of great French music, featuring works for cello and piano by Debussy, Chausson, Franck, and Fauré.
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Winona Zelenka
Connie Shih

Sonata for Cello and Piano by Claude Debussy
Pièce, Op. 39 by Ernest Chausson
Papillon, Op. 77 by Gabriel Fauré
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major by César Franck

Torontonians rule small-ensemble classical category in 2011 Juno Award nominations

Reading the list of nominees in the small-ensemble/solo classical catgory in the 2011 Junos is like reading a who's who of Toronto's music scene: Anton Kuerti, Amici Ensemble, Gryphon Trio and Winona Zelenka.
-John Terauds, Feb.2/11

Works For Solo Cello- Bach, Britten, and Cassado

Thursday February 24th, 12p.m.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
145 Queen St. W

TRIO ARKEL in Recital
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society
February 6th, 8p.m.
Marie Bérard, violin ** Teng Li, viola ** Winona Zelenka, cello

Oct. 21st, 2010, 8:00 PM
THE CELLO SUITES With Eric Siblin and music by Winona Zelenka Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave. Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or SeniorFree for Festival Members and Carleton Students Join us for an unforgettable evening of words and music. Part biography, part music history, and part literary mystery, Eric Siblin’s The Cello Suites explores the history and power of Bach’s compositions for cello. Eric’s words will share the stage with music by Winona Zelenka, renowned cellist with the Toronto Symphony, whose new release is Complete Bach Suites for Solo Cello.

Saturday December 4th 2010,7:30 p.m.
Kingston Road United Church
975 Kingston Road,
Toronto

Read Story at thewholenote.com

A Delicate Balance: Winona Zelenka
Written by Colin Eatock

To some people, Winona Zelenka is the cellist who sits at the head of her section in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Perhaps to others, she’s the cellist whose performances of Bach’s cello suites have become annual events at Toronto’s Music Garden. These activities are all part of a delicate balancing act, combining her orchestral playing with her love of chamber and solo repertoire. And as far as she’s concerned, that’s as it should be.
“I think it’s essential for an orchestral string player to do other things: solo or chamber music,” observes the 43-year-old musician over lunch. “In an orchestra you don’t always hear yourself well enough, and things get out of place. If orchestral playing was all that I did, I don’t think my playing would be in great shape.” She pauses, and then adds, “It’s different for the winds and brass – maybe they’re just louder!”

Glenn Gould Studio: Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 3PM

For Immediate Release – April 15, 2010: Toronto cellist Winona Zelenka, recognized for her warm and luminous tone, celebrates the launch of her two-CD recording, J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Solo Cello on Marquis Classics with an exclusive performance. On Sunday, June 6 (note the 3PM starting time), Winona Zelenka takes centre stage at Glenn Gould Studio to perform Bach’s hauntingly beautiful Suites 1, 2 and 6.

“My journey with the Bach Suites has been at the very heart of my odyssey as a musician”, explains Zelenka. “With this recording, I feel I have expressed the search for my artistic soul that began as a child and continues, as a servant of music who wishes above all else to tell a story. With this as my greatest desire, I continue to believe that there is nothing that can’t be said with this amazing music.”