Violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon, cellist Roman Borys, and pianist Jamie Parker are creative innovators with an appetite for discovery and new ideas. They have commissioned over 85 new works, and they frequently collaborate with other artists on projects that push the boundaries of Classical music.
The Trio tours regularly throughout North America and Europe. It enjoys longstanding relationships with prominent festivals and arts incubators like Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Orford Music Academy, Music Toronto, Ottawa Chamberfest, and Festival del Lago International Academy of Music in Ajijic, Mexico. Gryphon Trio often performs triple concerti with the world’s major symphony orchestras and smaller chamber orchestras.

Gryphon Trio’s prolific recording catalogue includes 22 releases on Analekta, Naxos, and other labels; it is an encyclopaedia of works for the genre. Honours include 11 nominations and three Juno Awards for Classical Album of the Year in 2004, 2011, and most recently in 2019. In 2013, Canada Council for the Arts presented Gryphon Trio with the prestigious Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.

The Gryphons are deeply committed to community engagement, education, and the development of next-generation audiences and performers. They conduct masterclasses and workshops at universities and conservatories. They are ensemble-in-residence at the Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts in Kingston, Ontario, and artists-in-residence at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Since 2010, the Trio’s ground-breaking outreach program, Listen Up!, has inspired 16 Canadian communities to collaborate on large-scale multifaceted arts creation projects. The Trio leads Orford Music Academy’s Piano Trio Workshop and directs the Classical Music Summer Programs at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

From 2007 to 2020, Roman Borys was Artistic Director of the Ottawa Chamber Music Society; Annalee Patipatanakoon and Jamie Parker served as OCMS’ Artistic Advisors. Mr. Parker is the Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Ms. Patipatanakoon is Associate Professor of Violin and Performance Area Chair of Strings.

Dévah recently released their third album Prometheus, just on the heels of their second
album 2112, which features a full length instrumental tribute to Canadian icon RUSH’s suite
of the same name. Prometheus has been featured in various Prog Rock journals and
podcasts, and 2112 was featured in the UK magazine PROG (Dévah’s second write up in this
publication). Dévah’s tribute to Rush’s 2112 led to being invited to perform at A Night for
Neil, the tribute event held for Rush drummer Neil Peart.

A multi-genre (note: not cross-genre) string quartet, Dévah has held residencies at the
University of Toronto’s New Music Festival performing works on both acoustic and electric
instruments, and at San Jacinto College in Texas as visiting artists, where they provide
masterclasses and composer workshops with both sets of instruments.

Dévah’s notable performances include Canada Day at Yonge and Dundas Square (twice),
the countdown launch for the Pan Am Games, The 2022 Canada Games, and featured guest
artists at Interprovincial Music Camp’s CAMP ROCK. When in electric mode, Dévah
performs high energy sets with effects pedals and wireless cables, enabling them to
encourage interaction with the audience through movement. Dévah Quartet’s shows are
often performed by memory and backed by a drummer, and at times accompanied by a
projection artist.

No stranger to multi-disciplinary collaboration, Dévah has performed live with dancers,
including Toronto’s A2D2 Aerial Dancers, and a special collaboration with ballet dancers for
the Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange installation party for the Toronto International Film
Festival.

Classically trained, Dévah Quartet’s members are active principal players in Toronto-based
ensembles. Violinist Sharon Lee is Concertmaster of Toronto Concert Orchestra, violinist
Emily Hau is Principal Second of Sinfonia Toronto, cellist Liza McLellan was cellist of
Quartetto Gelato for nine years, violist Moira Burke plays for Mirvish productions.
Dévah became Yamaha Canada Artists in 2011, and D’Addario Canada Artists in 2013.

collectif9 presents new programmes every season in Montréal, Canada, and their national and
international touring schedule includes performances in chamber music series, festivals,
universities, and more. Highlights include concerts in the Festival de Música de Morelia
(Mexico), La Folle journée de Nantes (France), Festival de Lanaudière (Québec), Shenzhen
Concert Hall (China), and Sound Unbound (Barbican Centre, London). The ensemble continually
explores new repertoire and new artistic partnerships with composers, video artists, poets,
lighting designers, and other inspired collaborators, to create multidisciplinary projects that
come to life in acoustic or amplified settings.