Kristan Toczko | Professional Harpist

P E R F O R M A N C E H I G H L I G H T S

Working with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, November 2019	Performing trumpet and harp recitals as part of Concerts in Care in Sudbury, August 2019
Performing live on stage with Sarah McLachlan, 2019	Adjudicating Harp Provincials in Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 2019
Working with the Thunder Bay Symphony, April 2019	Recording setup at Revolution Recording as part Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project, 2019
Harry Potter live with the London Symphonia, 2019	Working with Aventa Ensemble and Pacific Opera in Victoria, 2018
Working with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018	Performing several solo recitals at the Rio Harp Festival in Rio de Janeiro, 2018
A week of performances of the Nutcracker ballet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alberta Ballet, 2016	Working with composer Osvaldo Golijov on his piece Ayre, 2016
At the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts performing Golijov's Ayre with Against the Grain Theatre, 2016	Performing Zarathustra in the brand new Southam Hall as part of the National Arts Centre Orchestra's opening season, 2016
Performing Golijov's Ayre with Against the Grain Theatre at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, 2016	Workshopping Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at the Banff Centre as part of Against the Grain Theatre, 2016.
Dress rehearsal in Rolston Hall at the Banff Centre, performing the Debussy trio with Lorna McGhee and David Harding, 2016.	Rehearsing for Mozart's flute and harp concerto as part of the Bathurst Chamber Music Festival with Lara Deutsch, under the baton of Dylan Maddix, 2016.
Video recording for noncerto with Duo Novus around Scarborough area, 2016.	Duo Novus after performing at The Toronto Heliconian Club, 2015.
As part of the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, performing Boulez's Notations, August 2015.	Performing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major in Koerner Hall on tour with the YOA, July 2015.
On tour with the YOA, collaborating with the NYOC for our Stratford concert, July 2015. Photo of the harp section of both orchestras.	Performing Saint-Saens' Fantaisie for harp and violin as part of the YOA, July 2015.
Performing together with Measha Brueggergosman and the YOA in Domaine Forget, July 2015.	Performing as principal harp with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas for their summer tour of Canada, 2015.
Performing Debussy's Danse Sacree et Profane with the Orchestre Francophonie & Youth Orchestra of the Americas, June 2015.	Performed Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, as well as a solo recital as part of the Bathurst Chamber Music Festival, May 2015.
Duo Novus in concert in Maastricht, The Netherlands, February 2015.	Masterclass held in Halifax, NS, December 2014.
Recording with The Shaw Street Collective, December 2014.	Recording with Duo Novus at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, November 2014.
Performing under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle with the Lucerne Festival Academy orchestra in Switzerland, August 2014.	Working with maestro Simon Rattle at the Lucerne Festival, 2014
Duo Novus in concert with New Morse Code performing music by Andy Akiho at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, July 2014.	In concert with soprano Jana Miller in Truro, NS while touring the Maritimes, June 2014.
Working in collaboration with the McGill Tabla Ensemble, March 2014.	Performance of Ginastera's Harp Concerto with the McGill Symphony Orchestra with conductor Alexis Hauser, October 2013.
Recording David Bruce's The Eye of Night with Hez Leung and Tara O'Connor at the Banff Centre, July 2013. Leonie Wagner, producer; Stuart Bremner, assistant engineer.	Performance at the 2013 Banff Centre's Midsummer Ball, including Jens Lindemann and Measha Brueggergosman.
Recording session at McGill University in the MMR studio. A weekend of recording three concerti (Mozart: Concerto for Harp and Flute; Michael Conway Baker: Concerto for Harp; and Ginastera: Harp Concerto) with recording engineer and producer Jeremy VanSlyke, pianist Michelle Powell, percussionist Christian Smith, and flutist Lara Deutsch. May 2013.	Performing the Ravel Introduction and Allegro at the Banff Centre, 2012.
Concerto performance of the Ginastera Harp Concerto with the Yale Philharmonic and conductor Jahja Ling, April 2012.	Performing the Debussy Danses with string quintet at Yale University, April 2012.
Concerto performance of the Debussy Danses with the Saybrook Orchestra at Yale University, New Haven, CT, Fall 2011.	Concerto performance of Michael Conway Baker's Harp Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, August 2011.
Performing Robin Engelman's Dance Movements for harp and marimba with Daniel Tones at the World Harp Congress 2011 in Vancouver, BC.	Members and Competitors of the OSM Standard Life Competition 2010.

P H O T O S

Photographers:

Megan Cary Photography

Beatrice Rose Photography

Hannah Belvedere Photography

Tiramisu Photography

Kristan Toczko Photography

P E R F O R M A N C E H I G H L I G H T S

Working with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, November 2019

Performing trumpet and harp recitals as part of Concerts in Care in Sudbury, August 2019

Performing live on stage with Sarah McLachlan, 2019

Adjudicating Harp Provincials in Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 2019

Working with the Thunder Bay Symphony, April 2019

Recording setup at Revolution Recording as part Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project, 2019

Harry Potter live with the London Symphonia, 2019

Working with Aventa Ensemble and Pacific Opera in Victoria, 2018

Working with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018

Performing several solo recitals at the Rio Harp Festival in Rio de Janeiro, 2018

A week of performances of the Nutcracker ballet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alberta Ballet, 2016

Working with composer Osvaldo Golijov on his piece Ayre, 2016

At the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts performing Golijov's Ayre with Against the Grain Theatre, 2016

Performing Zarathustra in the brand new Southam Hall as part of the National Arts Centre Orchestra's opening season, 2016

Performing Golijov's Ayre with Against the Grain Theatre at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, 2016

Workshopping Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at the Banff Centre as part of Against the Grain Theatre, 2016.

Dress rehearsal in Rolston Hall at the Banff Centre, performing the Debussy trio with Lorna McGhee and David Harding, 2016.

Rehearsing for Mozart's flute and harp concerto as part of the Bathurst Chamber Music Festival with Lara Deutsch, under the baton of Dylan Maddix, 2016.

Video recording for noncerto with Duo Novus around Scarborough area, 2016.

Duo Novus after performing at The Toronto Heliconian Club, 2015.

As part of the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, performing Boulez's Notations, August 2015.

Performing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major in Koerner Hall on tour with the YOA, July 2015.

On tour with the YOA, collaborating with the NYOC for our Stratford concert, July 2015. Photo of the harp section of both orchestras.

Performing Saint-Saens' Fantaisie for harp and violin as part of the YOA, July 2015.

Performing together with Measha Brueggergosman and the YOA in Domaine Forget, July 2015.

Performing as principal harp with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas for their summer tour of Canada, 2015.

Performing Debussy's Danse Sacree et Profane with the Orchestre Francophonie & Youth Orchestra of the Americas, June 2015.

Performed Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, as well as a solo recital as part of the Bathurst Chamber Music Festival, May 2015.

Duo Novus in concert in Maastricht, The Netherlands, February 2015.

Masterclass held in Halifax, NS, December 2014.

Recording with The Shaw Street Collective, December 2014.

Recording with Duo Novus at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, November 2014.

Performing under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle with the Lucerne Festival Academy orchestra in Switzerland, August 2014.

Working with maestro Simon Rattle at the Lucerne Festival, 2014

Duo Novus in concert with New Morse Code performing music by Andy Akiho at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, July 2014.

In concert with soprano Jana Miller in Truro, NS while touring the Maritimes, June 2014.

Working in collaboration with the McGill Tabla Ensemble, March 2014.

Performance of Ginastera's Harp Concerto with the McGill Symphony Orchestra with conductor Alexis Hauser, October 2013.

Recording David Bruce's The Eye of Night with Hez Leung and Tara O'Connor at the Banff Centre, July 2013. Leonie Wagner, producer; Stuart Bremner, assistant engineer.

Performance at the 2013 Banff Centre's Midsummer Ball, including Jens Lindemann and Measha Brueggergosman.

Performing the Ravel Introduction and Allegro at the Banff Centre, 2012.

Concerto performance of the Ginastera Harp Concerto with the Yale Philharmonic and conductor Jahja Ling, April 2012.

Performing the Debussy Danses with string quintet at Yale University, April 2012.

Concerto performance of the Debussy Danses with the Saybrook Orchestra at Yale University, New Haven, CT, Fall 2011.

Concerto performance of Michael Conway Baker's Harp Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, August 2011.

Performing Robin Engelman's Dance Movements for harp and marimba with Daniel Tones at the World Harp Congress 2011 in Vancouver, BC.

Members and Competitors of the OSM Standard Life Competition 2010.

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