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05/05/2011

Injury means Jordi Savall forced to cancel tour, delay his Toronto début to March 2012

This just in:

jordi savall cancels

his north american tour

SAVALL’s performance this sunday, may 8, 2011 at koerner hall

has already been re-scheduled for thursday, march 1, 2012

Following an injury he sustained while on a European tour, and on the advice of doctors, one of the most celebrated viol (viola da gamba) players, Jordi Savall, has cancelled his North American concerts. Mr. Savall and his ensembleHespèrion XXI, 2011 Grammy Award winners for Best Small Ensemble Performance, were slated to make theirKoerner Hall debut this Sunday, May 8, 2011, at 8:00pm.

Mervon Mehta, Executive Director, Performing Arts, has been able to re-book Mr. Savall for the recently announced 2011-12 concert season, for Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 8:00pm.

The Royal Conservatory regrets the inconvenience and ticket buyers have the option of keeping their existing tickets, which will be valid for the new date, exchanging into a concert during our 2011-12 season, or obtaining a refund.

Ticket exchanges and refunds are available by calling 416.408.0208

or in person at the Weston Family Box Office

at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning

Posted by John Terauds at 02:18:12 PM in Baroque, Canada, Cello, Current Affairs, Early Music, Europe, Music, News, Travel

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John Terauds started at the Toronto Star as a freelance writer in 1988, and has been on staff since 1997. He began writing on classical music in 2001, and has been the full-time classical music critic since 2005.

He is also the organist and choir director at St. Peter's Anglican Church, a parish founded in 1863 in downtown Toronto.

If he's not listening to, writing about or playing music, it means he's either asleep, unconscious, walking his dog -- or all of the above.

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