On Sunday March 1, 2009, a 199th Birthday Party for Fryderyk Chopin was held at the John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre.  An engaging lecture-recital entitled, " The Polish Prodigy - Chopin in his Native Land " was presented by Dr. Janet Lopinski, Artistic Director of the Canadian Chopin Festival 2010. Special guest Thomas Yu - Third Prize Winner of the Second Canadian Piano Competition -  offered brilliant and sensitive interpretations of  Chopin's Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise,  Ballade No. 2  and Berceuse. John Barnum, Music Director & Conductor of Orchestras Mississauga was recognized for his dedication, leadership and vision with the Chopin Festival's "Freddy Award". Greg Glista, Fundraising Director,  thanked the guests for their generous support and invited new members to join the "Friends of Chopin".  The evening concluded with a birthday cake and candles in anticipation of the celebration next year!

A Piano Recital by Irene Wong

Date:  Sunday, May 25, 2008
Time:  7.00 p.m.
Place:  Living Arts Centre - RBC Theatre - 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga, L5B 4B8

Ms. Wong was first prize winner of the Junior Division of the First Canadian Chopin Competition in 1999. She is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, University of British Columbia and is currently studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

She will perform works by Mozart, Ravel and Chopin

A Chopin Concert featuring:

Scholarship Students of the

Royal Conservatory, Glen Gould School and

Young Artist Performance Academy

held on

Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

Royal Conservatory of Music

Conservatory Theatre

Telus Centre for performance and Learning

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto

(next door to the ROM)