Online coverage "Piano virtuoso Angela Cheng joins Vetta for all-Dvořák gala concert", featured in Vancouver's digital magazine, Stir, May 5, 2022 

Acclaimed pianist Angela Cheng comes from a musical family: her grandfather started a factory making violins in…

Canadian Music Centre and Vancouver Chamber Choir, with special acknowledgment to Vetta Chamber Music, co-present Music on the Point: Stephen Chatman 70th Birthday Celebration on March 6 at 3 pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Stephen Chatman…

Recorded at Pyatt Hall in Vancouver, enjoy Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 and Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in B minor, Op. 115 performed at the 36th concert season's opener The…

We have come a long way from when we first commissioned the cross-cultural collaboration Seasons of the Sea in 2016.  We had no idea how relevant this work would be to these times. In the light of recent news reaching…

Vetta Chamber Music is named Western Canadian Music Awards' 2021 Award Nominee for best Classical Artist or Ensemble of the Year. The Western Canadian Music Awards celebrate the best of artistic talent in western Canada.

This wonderful recognition was…

At first glance, the Franck Quintet and the Mozart Concerto “Jeune Homme” seem to belong to different universes. Mozart wrote his Piano Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major, K. 271 when he was but…

Thanks for participating in our online survey!

We thought we would share some of the feedback we have received about our online concerts. 

We got 4.75 out of 5 for overall enjoyment.

The winner for what was most enjoyable about…

The Mozart String Quintet in G minor and the Brahms String Quintet in G major are two of the best in the literature. Why do they “rock”? 

Mozart rocked the musical norms of the time in his G minor quintet…

VANCOUVER’S JODI PROZNICK was in Grade 9 when she first plucked a bass in her Surrey high-school band class…

I knew when I asked Jodi Proznick to arrange some of her songs from the Juno award winning album Sun Songs, I was aware I was stepping into a brave new land to some degree. In my years in the…

While we can’t get together in person, enjoying music brings us closer together in a different way. 

We hope you enjoy this little bonbon of J.S. Bach, the Gavotte en Rondeau from the E major Partita for Unaccompanied Violin…

Pianist and scholar Alfred Brendel said when comparing Schubert to Beethoven, “Beethoven composes like an architect, Schubert like a sleepwalker….in Beethoven’s music, we never lose our bearings, we always know where we are; Schubert on the other hand puts us…

Faced with unprecedented challenges and desire to connect with our loved ones this holiday season, we know that music has the power to move, connect and unite us all in magical ways. 

Bring the joy of music to the homes…

We are very delighted to share some of our audience feedback received for our concert 'At Home with Vetta. This first-ever virtual concert was produced in response to the pandemic's strict regulations and safety protocols around large gatherings and on…

We are so sad to hear of Eugene's passing. One of the founding Artistic Directors of Vetta Chamber Music, Eugene Osadchy had a profound influence…

A preview of what's to come in our season opener! Presented in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, we are excited to return to performing music in one of Vancouver's beautiful concert hall and be able to…

Socially distanced rehearsing with Jane Hayes at her house, then at the beautiful UBC's Chan Centre in Vancouver for our recording. Boy did we have fun playing together after such a long time apart!

Originally, Bach wrote the six sonatas for harpsichord and violin, with an optional viola da gamba part doubling the bass line. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, Bach wrote out the whole keyboard part rather than indicating a…

Did you know that the Brahms G major Sonata for violin and piano is subtitled the Regen, or Rain Sonata? In fact, the third movement is based on the exact same melody and accompaniment as this beautiful song…

Dear music lovers, Vetta patrons and musicians, 

I have been thinking a lot lately about the intimacy of chamber music, about what I get from reacting to and communing with my colleagues, and how we transfer this indescribable energy the…

We appreciate your patience as we plan a season that is safe! While we would love nothing better than to perform live, to share our love of the music with you in person, we will be sharing our concerts with…

Bach       Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017 
Beethoven  Sonata for Piano and Violin in D major, Opus 12, No. 1 
Brahms        Sonata for Piano…