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Cedar House Concert
"DoSi: Beethoven, Brahms, Bentz"

Sunday, May 4th, 2025 @ 2:00 PM

Hosted by Flora Liebich 

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.3 in E-flat Major, Op.12 No.3 (18 min) 

I.               Allegro con spirito 

II.             Adagio con molto espressione 

III.           Rondo. Allegro molt

Joe Hisaishi/ Wesley Chu - The Boy and Heron (10 min)  

(brief pause)

Nick Bentz - The Transformation of Hyacinth (6 min)

Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108 (21 min) 

I.               Allegro

II.             Adagio

III.           Un poco presto e con sentimento

IV.           Presto agitato

Reception 

Maitreyi Muralidaran, violin

Tong Wang, piano

Donations to In Concert for Cambodia will support education for students from The Peaceful Children’s Home in Battambang.  

Musician Bios

DoSi is a classical and contemporary duo formed by pianist Tong Wang, and violinist Maitreyi Muralidharan. They use human-centric design and unconventional programming to foster spaces of connection and present works by immigrant and minority composers. They created the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to collaborate with like-minded artists and share the power of music to connect land and people. The Duo has toured internationally and has appeared as resident artists at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. They are based in Montreal and routinely perform in east coast Canada and the US.

Tong Wang (tong-wang.com) is a Canadian pianist recognized for her innovative contributions to performance, research, and community engagement. Her work investigates the intersection of art with identity, culture, and contemporary issues. Tong’s performance highlights include collaborations with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and ensembles throughout North America and Europe. A versatile artist, she has spearheaded the creation of a new horror anime opera “Labyrinth of Tears” alongside research into the aesthetics of "cuteness" in music, supported by the Canada Council, FRQSC, and SSHRC doctoral grants. Tong’s recent projects have explored multiculturalism, diaspora identity, and climate issues, including her solo tour “我们Us” in Lunenburg, Montreal, Basel, Verbier, and her tour with Duo Perdendosi, “Homecoming”, “Wanting to Start Again”, and “Dark Tales” across Canada, US, and eastern Europe. In 2022, she co-founded the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to bring classical chamber music to rural communities. In 2024, she performed with Barbara Hannigan, Lyrica Baroque, and Xenia Concerts. In the upcoming seasons, Tong will be touring her solo recital “Towards the Flame” with Debut Atlantic, as well as the new Canada Council commissioned work by Alice Ho, “Four Impressions of China” with the Dietz-Wang duo in China. Tong is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the Schulich School of Music. She continues to embark on solo and chamber tours across North America, Europe, and Asia, showcasing her dedication to fostering global connections through art. 

Critically recognized as “an accomplished violin soloist,” (CVNC) Maitreyi Muralidharan is an east coast based musician, interdisciplinary artist, and researcher whose work intersects multiple artistic and scientific disciplines. They frequently premiere new music and tour with DoSi—a violin-piano duo which aims to celebrate new music, and music by underrepresented composers and Asian diaspora populations. The Duo just presented their program, “Dark Tales,” in May 2024 in Eastern Europe through an Arts Abroad grant funded by the Canada Council of the Arts. They were resident artists at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in 2023, and frequently perform in venues around Canada and the US. As a musician who has dealt with significant injury, Maitreyi has had to find their own paths in the field of classical and contemporary music, and in that process, has grown a deep appreciation and love for connecting with the unconventional. They aim to share this idea of connection with all walks of life—the idea that being a musician is far more than what is understood or seen, and that one of the greatest joys is fostering a sense of community that can happen any time music is made. Maitreyi co-founded the Windwood Music Festival in an effort to highlight these ideas and provide a space for classical musicians to learn how to incorporate community connection into their performing. Maitreyi is currently a PhD student in Applied Performance Science at McGill, where they study how metaphors facilitate understanding in music performance and pedagogy. They also assist musicians with injuries develop creative and sustainable playing practices.

In Concert for Cambodia (IC4C) is a musical youth-based initiative that supports The Peaceful Children’s Home (PCH) in Cambodia through proceeds raised at concerts.  Created in 2006 by Ottawa violinist Laurent Côté (Ontario Youth Philanthropist Award 2009), IC4C has been awarded the Prix Reconnaissance Asie for outstanding cultural and humanitarian contributions to Southeast Asia.   The Peaceful Children’s Home was created privately in 1994 for homeless Cambodian children returning from the refugee camps on the Thai border.  PCH later accepted children who had been abandoned, orphaned, rescued from the street or from human trafficking.  Since 2006, IC4C has provided support for medical care, food self-sufficiency and education.  Over the years, many of the young PCH residents, who come from highly underprivileged backgrounds, have attained their dream of attending university, with assistance from IC4C.  They have graduated in fields as diverse as law, agriculture, economics, business management, medicine, midwifery and tourism.  IC4C is proud to give these talented young people a chance to realize their educational dream, to improve their lives, and to contribute to Cambodia’s development.