Vancouver Playhouse

Address

600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2R4

Upcoming Concerts

Fri
Nov 13
7:30 PM

The Little Match Girl

David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, based on Hans Christian Andersen, pairs choral music with choreography by...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Tue
Nov 17
7:30 PM

Terra String Quartet

The Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young ensemble from New York. In 2025, they won the Naumberg Chamber Music Competition and prizes at t...

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Nov 22
3:00 PM

Saskia Giorgini, piano

Italian-Dutch pianist Saskia Giorgini performs for the Vancouver Chopin Society at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Chopin Society
Tue
Dec 1
7:30 PM

Escher String Quartet (USA)

The Escher String Quartet performs an evening of music written in response to World War II, celebrated for its profound musical insight and ...

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Jan 24
3:00 PM

LUKAS STERNATH, piano

Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath, First Prize winner at the 2022 ARD Music Competition and Igor Levit's only student in Hanover, makes his Ca...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sun
Jan 31
3:00 PM

Dudok Quartet (Netherlands)

The Amsterdam-based Dudok Quartet brings a program inspired by Dutch painters across three epochs, with a visual art component, pairing its ...

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Feb 7
3:00 PM

MISHKA RUSHDIE MOMEN, piano

British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen makes her long-delayed Canadian debut, captivating audiences with refined, expressive playing across Be...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sun
Feb 21
3:00 PM

CHLOE CHUA, violin & MARIO HÄRING, piano

19-year-old Singaporean violinist Chloe Chua makes her Canadian debut with pianist Mario Häring in a virtuosic program culminating in Waxman...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sun
Feb 28
3:00 PM

BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, piano

VRS favourite Behzod Abduraimov, who made his electrifying debut on this stage in 2012, returns with a program showing off the piano's range...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Tue
Mar 2
7:30 PM

Sitkovetsky Trio (UK)

The London-based Sitkovetsky Trio, regulars at Wigmore Hall, plays Haydn's E-flat Trio, Schumann's Third Trio and Beethoven's Archduke Trio.

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Mar 7
3:00 PM

BENJAMIN APPL, baritone & KSENIJA SIDOROVA, accordion

Baritone Benjamin Appl and accordionist Ksenija Sidorova present 'Breath and Bone: A Folk Life in Song', a journey through a human life told...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Tue
Mar 9
7:30 PM

Fauré Quartett (Germany)

One of the world's leading piano quartets explores repertoire beyond the old rules with piano quartets by three women composers: Fanny Mende...

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Mar 14
3:00 PM

LEIF OVE ANDSNES, piano

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who made his Canadian debut on this series at 22, returns with an all-Beethoven program of the composer'...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Tue
Mar 23
7:30 PM

Notos Quartett (Germany)

The German piano quartet Notos Quartett, prize-winners at international competitions across Europe and China, makes its Friends of Chamber M...

Vancouver Playhouse
Friends of Chamber Music
Sun
Apr 4
3:00 PM

STEPHEN WAARTS, violin & JUHO POHJONEN, piano

Violinist Stephen Waarts and pianist Juho Pohjonen, familiar VRS faces, reunite for a duo recital spanning Adès, Schubert, Schumann, and Bra...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Thu
Apr 8
7:30 PM

DREAMERS' CIRCUS

Scandinavian trio Dreamers' Circus, including Danish String Quartet violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, blends Nordic folk with classical lyr...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sun
Apr 11
3:00 PM

JONATHAN SWENSEN, cello & JUHO POHJONEN, piano

Danish cellist Jonathan Swensen, a 2024 Naumburg Competition First Prize winner, returns for a duo recital with pianist Juho Pohjonen spanni...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sun
Apr 18
3:00 PM

PAUL LEWIS, piano

Paul Lewis, VRS's most frequent performer, gives the second of two Mozart+ concerts this season, pairing Mozart sonatas with Mendelssohn's V...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society
Sat
May 8
7:30 PM

Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

The VBFC and Turning Point Ensemble are proud to co-present Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone, a powerful and contemplative musical medi...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs
Sun
May 9
3:00 PM

TIMOTHY RIDOUT, viola & FEDERICO COLLI, piano

Violist Timothy Ridout and pianist Federico Colli close the VRS season with Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, Hummel, W.F. Bach, and Brahms' Son...

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver Recital Society