Violinist Ralitsa Tcholakova performing alongside Amélie Langlois

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Ralitsa Tcholakova is an internationally renowned, Ottawa-based violin and viola player, currently on the Faculty of Music at Carleton University. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras at chamber music series and festivals in over 25 countries. She was nominated for Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts for 2018. In 2017, she was nominated for the GG's Persons Case Award. Ralitsa has recorded many highly-acclaimed albums, including “Ballad of the North”, an album featuring music by Canadian female composers and distributed by SOCAN to 135 radio stations worldwide. Her CD, “Aboriginal Inspirations” featuring Grammy nominee Ron Korb is promoted nationally and internationally by the Canadian Music Centre and NAXOS. She is currently working on two solo violin CDs, one in collaboration with Centrediscs and Sinfonia Toronto featuring violin concertos by Canadian composers and a CD with music by Latin American composers. Since 2015, Ralitsa performs annual recitals in the Senate of Canada.

Collaborative pianist Amélie Langlois enjoys the busy life of an accompanist. She received her bachelor’s degree from Sherbrooke University and persued her studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Currently she maintains a full private music studio and works as a vocal coach and accompanist at the Centre d'excellence artistique De La Salle.  As an educator, Amélie is much in demand as an adjudicator and as an examiner. Amélie is an examiner for Conservatory Canada and has been recently examining for them in China for the United States Music Certification Exams. She is also a new member of the Canadian Music Festival Adjudicator's Association.  As a collaborative artist, Amélie has performed across Canada, the United States and Europe.

Program:

Isabella Leonarda - Sonata Duodecima opus 16 (1693)

Adagio

Allegro e Presto

Vivace e Largo

Adagio

Aria, Allegro

Veloce

Georg Philipp Telemann

Dolce

Allegro

Largo

Presto

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Siciliene

W.A. Mozart 

Violin Sonata in E minor KV 304

Allegro

Tempo di Menueto

Clara Schumann

Romance op.22 No.1

Jules Massenet 

Meditation 

George Enescu

Ballade

Fritz Kreisler

Schön Rosmarin

Syncopation

Avro Part

Spiegel im Spiegel

Astor Piazzolla

Tango Etude No.3

Dora Draganova

Under the Lilac