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Ivars Taurins
conductor

Photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann

Equally at home conducting symphonic and choral repertoire, Ivars Taurins is the founding director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, now celebrating its 41st season. He was also founding member and violist of the Tafelmusik Orchestra for its first 23 years. Under his direction, the choir has been praised for its clarity, nuance, and brilliance.

Principal Baroque Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 to 2011, Ivars appears as guest director with orchestras and choirs across Canada, including the Edmonton, Victoria, Winnipeg, Regina, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Okanagan Symphonies, Calgary and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestra London, Symphony Nova Scotia, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Thirteen Strings (Ottawa), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Winnipeg Singers, Halifax Camerata Singers, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Early Music Vancouver, the Elora Festival Orchestra & Singers, and at the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Lamèque.  

In 2017 he directed the Cuban choir Schola Cantorum Coralina in Havana. Some recent highlights include directing Symphony Nova Scotia’s 2019 Mozart Festival and Handel’s Messiah for Early Music Vancouver in December 2019, featuring the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Vancouver Cantata Singers. Upcoming engagements include a return to Symphony Nova Scotia and an invitation from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australia, to direct their Messiah performances in December 2024. 

He was director of the 2012 National Youth Choir, and has directed the Ontario and Nova Scotia Youth Choirs, and London, Calgary, and Nova Scotia Youth Orchestras. He regularly guest-directs The Taylor Academy Orchestra, RCM. A passionate lecturer and teacher, Ivars Taurins teaches orchestral conducting at the University of Toronto, is on the faculty of the Glenn Gould School, and has been a guest teacher/conductor at universities across Canada. He is director of the vocal/choral programme at the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.

Ivars Taurins
conductor

Photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann

Equally at home conducting symphonic and choral repertoire, Ivars Taurins is the founding director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, now celebrating its 41st season. He was also founding member and violist of the Tafelmusik Orchestra for its first 23 years. Under his direction, the choir has been praised for its clarity, nuance, and brilliance.

Principal Baroque Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 to 2011, Ivars appears as guest director with orchestras and choirs across Canada, including the Edmonton, Victoria, Winnipeg, Regina, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Okanagan Symphonies, Calgary and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestra London, Symphony Nova Scotia, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Thirteen Strings (Ottawa), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Winnipeg Singers, Halifax Camerata Singers, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Early Music Vancouver, the Elora Festival Orchestra & Singers, and at the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Lamèque.  

In 2017 he directed the Cuban choir Schola Cantorum Coralina in Havana. Some recent highlights include directing Symphony Nova Scotia’s 2019 Mozart Festival and Handel’s Messiah for Early Music Vancouver in December 2019, featuring the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Vancouver Cantata Singers. Upcoming engagements include a return to Symphony Nova Scotia and an invitation from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australia, to direct their Messiah performances in December 2024. 

He was director of the 2012 National Youth Choir, and has directed the Ontario and Nova Scotia Youth Choirs, and London, Calgary, and Nova Scotia Youth Orchestras. He regularly guest-directs The Taylor Academy Orchestra, RCM. A passionate lecturer and teacher, Ivars Taurins teaches orchestral conducting at the University of Toronto, is on the faculty of the Glenn Gould School, and has been a guest teacher/conductor at universities across Canada. He is director of the vocal/choral programme at the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.