
Things Lived and Dreamt
Francine Kay
Saturday, September 27, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Hiway Church, 50 Anne St. N, Barrie, ON, L4N 2B6
This concert is the make-up concert for Ms. Kay’s cancelled performance of the spring and is NOT part of this season’s subscription. Please present your tickets from LAST season to gain admittance to this concert. Single tickets will be made available about 30 days before the concert.
Performers
Francine Kay: Noted for “an extraordinary range of colour” (Montreal Gazette), and “poetic brilliance” (Toronto Star), Canadian pianist Francine Kay has performed extensively in Europe, North America, and Asia. Francine Kay made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as the winner and Recitalist of the Year of the New York Pro Piano Competition. Francine Kay’s recordings on the Analekta and Audio Ideas labels have received international acclaim. Her recording of the Debussy Preludes was nominated for a JUNO Award and selected by Germany’s Fono Forum as as Disc of the Month, citing its “astonishing grace and floating sonorities”. Francine Kay was the recipient of the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Career Development Award, the Chalmers Award, and grants from the Canada Council. Francine Kay is currently on the faculty of Princeton University and is a regular faculty artist at the Zodiac Academy and Festival in the south of France.
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The Program
Join us for an inspiring program of Romantic and Impressionist works by Debussy, Dvorak, Chopin, and others. Please click on the tab below for the program when available.