ARC Ensemble

The award-winning ARC Ensemble hails from Canada with three GRAMMY, four Juno, and an OPUS Klassik nomination to its name.

Founded in 2002 at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, the group now celebrates over two decades of acclaimed performances across the globe.

The Ensemble’s mission is clear: to resurrect and reintroduce music suppressed and marginalised under 20th century repressive regimes. But this is more than artistic rediscovery, it’s a moral imperative to recover voices once silenced and reveal a more complete, truthful picture of musical history.

Performing at the RNCM for the very first time, the Ensemble performs a programme that offers a compelling glimpse into the music the group has helped return to the stage.

Programme

Ernest Kanitz String Quartet in D major
Robert Müller Hartmann 3 Intermezzi and Scherzo Op 22
Frederick Block Piano Trio No 2 Op 26
Jerzy Fitelberg Nachtmusik Op 9 No 2 ‘Fisches Nachtgesang’
Frederick Block Suite for Clarinet and Piano Op 73
Robert Müller-Hartmann Sonata for 2 Violins Op 32
Szymon Laks Piano Quintet on Popular Polish Themes

Performers

ARC Ensemble:
Erika Raum, Marie Bérard violin
Steven Dann viola
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Thomas Wiebe cello
Kevin Ahfat piano