For almost three decades, Duo Concertante have forged a musical legacy who strive to provoke thought and engagement as performers, mentors, champions of new music, and visionary artistic directors. Violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have performed more than 750 concerts across North America, Europe, Central America and China, receiving accolades at home and abroad for “deeply integrated performances that flow naturally as if the music were being created on the spot” (Gramophone) filled with “grace and fire… fury and repose…a triumphant mass of non-stop energy “(WholeNote). The Duo have commissioned over 70 works from Canada’s leading composers and regularly champion new pieces alongside standard repertoire in such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Roy Thomson Hall, Koerner Hall, Spandau Citadel (Berlin), and the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing). Their discography of 15 award-winning albums includes the newly released Maier/Franck/Schumann (Delphian), described as “a powerful, heart on your sleeve performance” (The Strad) and “sublime” (Yorkshire Times). Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, they are also the founding Artistic Directors of the Tuckamore Festival—which, since 2001, has mentored more than 500 young musicians and brought 180 world renowned guest artists to Newfoundland and Labrador.
