Violinist Martin Chalifour and pianist Sarah Hagen join forces in Halifax on Wednesday, September 18th at 7:30 pm for an evening of masterworks for violin and piano duo. Martin, who is concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Sarah first met at a music festival on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, and, over too many cups of coffee, began scheming ways to perform together. This highly caffeinated meeting led to laughter-filled tours in BC and Washington State and an eventual recording. Their upcoming programme features Beethoven’s glorious and transcendent Opus 96 Sonata, a thoughtful work which transforms both performers and listeners.

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From Québec, Martin has been principal concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1995. He came to wide prominence upon receiving a Certificate of Honour at Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, with a laureate at the Montréal International Musical Competition the following year. Martin has maintained a career as a much sought-after orchestral violinist, soloist, and chamber musician ever since. Throughout these years, he has performed a vast repertory of more than 50 concertos, spanning the world as a soloist, and sharing concert stages with such notable conductors as Pierre Boulez, Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach and Esa-Pekka Salonen.