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Live scoring

Music Masterclass with Afiara Quartet

outreach activity

Tuesday, May 9 @ 7pm

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Learn from the virtuosos behind Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall

Musicians of all levels and across all instruments are welcome join the Aifara Quartet for an insightful lesson into live scoring for live cinema.

Seats are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.

About AFIARA QUARTET

Valeri Li, violin

Timothy Kantor, violin

Eric Wong, viola

Adrian Fung, cello

The Afiara Quartet, an ensemble for the 21st century, is a string quartet defined by its pursuit of beauty, meaning, and growth as musicians and ambassadors for its genre. It is a dynamic and award-winning ensemble, described as “a revelation” (La Presse) with performances balancing “intensity and commitment” and “frequent moments of tenderness” (Montreal Gazette). After residencies at The Juilliard School and San Francisco State University, the Afiara are currently Fellowship Quartet at the Royal Conservatory of Music. The ensemble is winner of the Young Canadian Musicians Award, Concert Artist Guild, Munich ARD, and Banff International String Quartet Competitions, including the latter’s Szekely Prize for the best interpretation of Beethoven. The Afiara has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, at such venues as Carnegie Hall’s Zankel and Weill Halls, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Library of Congress in DC, Sao Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art, Pro Musica of San Miguel de Allende, London’s Wigmore Hall, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, Munich’s Prinz Regenten Theatre, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, and the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Their relentless pursuit of beauty and discovery is documented in over 25 commissions of new music, new educational outreach initiatives for school children funded by the Ontario Arts Council, and projects with jazz virtuoso Uri Caine, Latin Grammy Award-winning producer Javier Limon, and ground-breaking scratch DJ, Kid Koala.

Other Kid Koala events you might like


Interactive Media Workshop
Sunday, May 7 @ 8pm


Puppetry Workshop
Tuesday, May 9 @ 7pm


Nufonia Must Fall
A story of robots in love
Turntables, puppets, live cinema, and a string quartet create a realtime theatrical masterpiece.
Thursday, May 11 8pm & Friday, May 12 4pm


Music to Draw to
Thursday, May 11 @ 9:30pm


Kids – Robot Dance Party Friday, May 12 @ 11:30am