Cellist Cameron Crozman and Pianist Meagan Milatz perform The Brahms Sonatas – January 17, 2025 LiveEvents January 10, 2025 73 Cameron Crozman & Meagan Milatz – The Brahms Sonatas Described as a “simply ideal” partnership by Le Devoir, pianist Meagan Milatz (Prix Opus Discovery of the Year) and cellist Cameron Crozman (“Canada’s next big cello star” CBC Music) make their duo debut at Salle Bourgie. At the heart of the program are Brahms’ two sonatas for cello and piano, towering masterpieces of German romanticism. Complementing these are works by Popper and Dohnányi, evoking two sources of inspiration for Romantic composers: nature and folk music. Artists Cameron Crozman, cello “With a rich imagination and a keen mind” (Diapason Magazine), Canadian cellist Cameron Crozman leads an active performing career as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the USA, and Europe. He has appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France (Paris), Montreal, Winnipeg, Hamilton, and Vancouver Island Symphonies among others, and performances have taken him everywhere from the Philharmonie de Paris and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, to the Qidi Vidi Brewery of St. John’s, Newfoundland. An avid collaborator and chamber musician, Cameron shares the stage with eminent artists such as James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Louis Lortie, Gérard Caussé, James Campbell, and members of the Ébène, New Zealand, and Penderecki String Quartets. Meagan Milatz, piano Meagan Milatz, winner of the 2024 Prix Opus “Discovery of the Year”, is “a remarkable pianist with a seemingly limitless palette of expression” (Le Devoir). Meagan regularly shares the stage with top international musicians including Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, Kai Gleusteen, concertmaster of the Orchestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona, cellist Matt Haimovitz, and mandolinist Avi Avital. Meagan has appeared as soloist with the Edmonton, Regina, Sherbrooke, and McGill Symphonies. She has performed in concert in Ireland (New Ross Piano Festival 2023), France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, and Malta. Meagan’s duo “meagan&amy” won the first-ever 50-concert Pan-Canadian Tour offered by Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Debut Atlantic, and Prairie Debut. Meagan has a recording contract for nine albums of solo and chamber music with ATMA Classique. She is grateful to her teachers and lifelong mentors Cherith Alexander, Ilya Poletaev, fortepianist Tom Beghin, and Philip Chiu. Program David POPPER Selections from « Im Walde », op. 50 Johannes BRAHMS Sonata no. 1 for cello and piano in e minor, op. 38 Erno DOHNYANI Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32d J. BRAHMS Sonata no. 2 for cello and piano in F major, op. 99 Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
