Toronto Summer Music Festival presents Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi & Friends

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Winner of the International Casals Competition and a founding member of Quartet Canada , Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi returns to Canada to perform with two of Japan ’s most accomplished string players: Yasuko Ohtani, concertmaster of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Yoshiko Kawamoto, formerly of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony. Temperament and passion mark Schubert’s String Trio in Bb Major and Martinu’s String Trio No. 2. Einstein deemed the final piece on the program, Mozart’s Divertimento in Eb Major, “one of his noblest works.”

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Toronto Summer Music site at http://www.tsmaf.ca/2009jul25_tsutsumi.html.

This event is presented with support from the Japan Foundation.