Kaimerata Concert

French born pianist, Catherine Ordronneau enjoys a diverse musical life, sharing her time between teaching and performing. She is equally at ease performing concertos with orchestra as in solo recitals, having a preference of being able to share the stage with her favourite colleagues. She has been a professor of piano and chamber music in the Conservatorio Superior del Liceu in Barcelona since 2008 and Kai's partner in life and chamber music since over 25 years. She is co-founder of Kaimerata Concerts and continues to extensively tour North America, Europe, and China.

Beth Root Sandvoss is known for her intensely committed performances and interpretations. She has a notably varied, international career as a recitalist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Beth has recorded ten commercial CDs and has premiered more than 125 new works for solo cello, cello/piano and chamber ensemble. She has recorded for WERN Madison public radio, RTHK Radio Hong Kong, and CBC Radio. Beth has an intense interest in new music and is a founding member of the acclaimed Juno nominated Land’s End Ensemble, as well as a member of the UCalgary String Quartet in residence at the University of Calgary. Along with her performance career, Beth is a very dedicated pedagogue whose students have won numerous competitions and continued on as scholarship students to major universities and conservatories such as The Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, The Glenn Gould School and the Juilliard School. She is a faculty member at Mount Royal University as well as the University of Calgary and spends her summers teaching and performing at music festivals throughout Canada and the United States.

“The performance brought out its depth of passion.... Beth Root Sandvoss has a beautiful sound, coupled with an excellent sense of harmony” - Gordon Rumson, Music and Vision

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Kai will no longer be performing on August 29. However, he will still join us for the evening to share his passion for chamber music and offer insights into Beethoven's work, adding a unique and engaging element to the performance.

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “His playing had an incandescent technical brilliance as well as an irresistible seductive power...” - The Scotsman

Canadian born violinist, Kai Gleusteen, finished his post-secondary studies in the US, having studied at University of Michigan and Rice University under the tutelage of Camilla Wicks. Since 1990, he has lived in Europe. Almost 10 years in France, a year in Prague and since 2000, in Barcelona, as concertmaster of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra. He has performed world-wide with Catherine Ordronneau and has now completed 13 seasons of Kaimerata Festivals, highlighting a different composer every year.