Joseph Petric reimagining the accordion
The Artist
The London debut of accordionist Joseph Petric – “...a performer of miraculous power and understated mastery” (Winnipeg Sun) – was acclaimed by The Independent, while his American debut merited a citation in “Performances of the Year” by the Washington Post’s Joseph D. McLellan. Mr. Petric's trajectory across the Classical concert hall includes solo appearances at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Bunkai Kaikan Hall and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. A forensic advocate for new creation, his 360 commissioned works underscore his deep engagement with audiences, a curatorial initiative that has been compared with the artistic stewardship of the Kronos Quartet and London Sinfonietta.
Mr. Petric's concerto debut with the Toronto Symphony under Jukka Pekka Saraste began his concerto-led career and his historic performance of three concertos in one evening with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with Pauline Oliveros, Witold Lutoslawski, John Cage, David Tudor, Howard Skempton and the Penderecki String Quartet, and the recent addition of his recording SEEN to his 42 CD discography was cited for “stunning, powerhouse performances” (Fanfare).
As an author, theorist and historian Mr Petric's publications articulate artistic alternatives to positivist orthodoxy beginning with his recovery of Giovanni Gagliardi’s forgotten 1911 Paris treatise Manualetto del Fisharmonicista published by Augemus Press. He is professor of graduate performance at the Faculté de Musique, Université de Montréal (Québec) and plays a bespoke instrument modelled on the 1910 Italian Camerano built by Leo Niemi, 1996 in Sudbury, Ontario.
Mr Petric lives in Upper Canada, Montreal and the Aegean coast.
NEWS
Ongoing - Research and writing - Memory, Signposts and Pathways Toward the Implicit for Augemus Press.
October 1st - Launch of Accordion Dialogues and the Poetics of an Interpretive Art Augemus Press, Essen, Germany. Available at www.Augemus.de
October 13 -16 - Rehearsals and performance of Denis Gougeon's Concerto En Accordeon with the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and conductor Jean-Michael Lavoie, Cinquieme Salle, Place des Artes, Montreal.
Departmental News, Universite de Montreal
International student Julius Schepansky of Essen, Germany, was awarded the status of "Exceptional Recital" and a citation for the Prix du President du Jury by jury unanimity for his final Masters. Julius Schepansky has toured as soloist and chamber artist in 20 EU countries, Senegal and Bali. He has appeared at Montreal's Lichtenstein Hall, Salle Serge Garant and with the Hamilton Philharmonic and conductor James Kahane. Upcoming performances include an appearance with Montreal's Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and premieres for Canadian new music presenters.
Lutosławski – Dance Preludes (1954)
Joseph Petric gratefully acknowledges the generous support of:
...External Affairs Canada, The Svenska Reikskonzerter and the late Toronto philanthropist Roger Moore.