Name: TSM presents Finale
Start: 2025-08-02T19:30:00
Location: The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Toronto Summer Music Festival

Classical music and jazz collide as two of today’s most prolific and compelling pianists join forces to create a unique program featuring jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure.

Grammy Award–winning pianist and composer Brad Mehldau has long bridged musical worlds, shaping modern jazz with performances that blend intellect, emotion, and structure. Kirill Gerstein, equally at home in classical and jazz traditions, is celebrated for his dynamic artistry and curiosity, connecting diverse musical voices with insight and imagination.

Brad Mehldau with Kirill Gerstein

Pop singer-songwriter Dragonette, film composer Jonathan Goldsmith, and The Henrys frontman Don Rooke put their distinctive musical backgrounds together to form a genre-blurring trio united by the playful constraint of crafting songs under two minutes.

Dragonette with Tiny Sun

Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a diverse repertoire guided by artistic curiosity. She is currently artist-in-residence at both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and London’s Wigmore Hall, and is co-founder and vice president of artistic partnerships of the AI-music initiative Deepmusic.AI. Hahn is a prolific and celebrated recording artist whose 21 feature albums on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Sony have all opened in the top ten of the Billboard charts

Hilary Hahn, violin

The Oscar Peterson Program presents student concerts featuring solo and chamber works, and the Oscar Peterson Program Orchestra conducted by Artistic Director Colin Clarke.

Oscar Peterson Program

The 2025 Festival concludes with our finale concert, featuring Academy Fellows, Festival Artist Mentors, and Community Program participants! 