QUOTES

“No one can put together music and musicians in a more dazzling, brilliant, and moving way than Andrew Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble. Every concert is thrilling, inspiring, and leaves you longing for the next one. Surprise and accomplishment only begin to describe Art of Time Ensemble’s achievements.”

“[Best of 2013]: Every concert by Art of Time Ensemble.”

“If happiness is being surrounded by a warm, exciting group and being accepted as one of their peers, then I have known true happiness with Art of Time Ensemble. They are the cream of the crop. Why do the best always come from Canada?”

“I haven’t enjoyed a concert so much in a long time – a reaction that, judging from the standing ovation, was shared by my fellow audience members. But as I stood and clapped and whooped along with everyone else, it did cross my mind that we hadn’t had half as much fun as the people onstage”We’re lucky to have them; good musicians, that is. The Art Of Time Ensemble, that is. And we shouldn’t miss the opportunity to listen to them having so much fun.”

“(I Send you This Cadmium Red) is a contemplation of colour via words, music, and projected animation. And I can’t remember the last time I saw a play or a film in which the inevitable apartheid between form and content, style and substance, was so elegantly obliterated. It’s what you always wanted from your liberal arts education, distilled into a sublime 40-minute elixir of revelation.”

“A never-failing ride on music’s wild side.”

“Art of Time creates opportunities of a lifetime for musicians.”

“Art of Time Ensemble is as soulful as it is innovative. It’s rare and it’s precious to find such a blend of daring and subtlety. Performing with them was one of the most creatively nourishing moments of my career.”

“An Art of Time performance is a chance to make precious contact with what music truly is - a source of revelation and wonder.”

“Art of Time has mixed jazz and classical, worked circus acts into concerts, reached out to other performance disciplines. It’s broken the serious music mold and won rave reviews – even a Dora Award along the way. Tonight, Art of Time does it again with a ravishing program of music and dance.”

“Dancetheatre David Earle’s Miserere with Choir 21 at the close of Art of Time’s What is Sacred? program was one of the highlights of our history. The artists with whom we shared the concert inspired an unforgettable performance. The echo remains.”

“Art of Time makes me love music.”

“DJing in the lobby of the Enwave afterwards, and even later on in the night at Nocturne, the classical heir would fully reveal his undeniable strength. In repurposing vibrations of a grand, storied heritage, [Gabriel] Prokofiev nurtures generational semblance and essential innovation. Toronto is lucky to have Burashko, and happy to host his visitors.”

“I have always welcomed the chance to reinvent songs for Art of Time, knowing that their musicianship is of the highest calibre, their dedication to excellence is pure and they grant a wide creative license for composers and arrangers to explore new musical territory. Art of Time plays an important role in our musical community; it not only breaks down barriers between idioms, it builds bridges between them.”

“Andrew Burashko has become such an inventive programmer, we forget he made his reputation as something of a piano prodigy. With Burashko on piano, Benjamin Bowman on violin and Rachel Mercer on cello, we heard a Schubert Trio of immense power, drama and style... A stunning performance.”

“Andrew Burashko is a cultural treasure in this city. Besides being an accomplished musician, he is the gifted driving force behind the Art of Time Ensemble. [War of the Worlds features] wonderful, dramatic, stirring music, and Burashko brings it to vibrant life. This is an evening rich in music, drama, suspending disbelief, and art. Bravo to Andrew Burashko and the company.”

“Art of Time’s production manages to tell the story not just of an alien invasion, but also of a bid for notoriety that was both an artistic and professional gamble, and in doing so, the ensemble adds a second cast of heroes to the original play without changing a word... riveting storytelling... If you get the chance to see this play, do. This is exactly what the reinterpretation of a classic piece of theatre should look like.”

“Where words, notes and steps meet. Call is a bicycle-wheel model of artistic programming that’s gaining momentum - as it should.”

“I thoroughly enjoy the Art of Time evenings. I like the surprises, the contextual shifts, the unusual repertoire. I like that I’m expected to bring my brains along.”

“Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble continue their pathfinding tradition of making art without borders, art that globalizes the mind, is tasteful and rich for the senses, and that nourishes the spirit.”

“Art of Time is simply one of the most interesting, innovative, original and eclectic arts companies in North America. Andrew Burashko is a brilliant artist whose curiosity knows no bounds. A season ticket to Art of Time is the best buy in town.”

“The magic of the Art of Time Ensemble is that Andrew Burashko manages to shape new and fascinating collaborations between artists of various disciplines which produce exciting and innovative evenings that are always delightfully surprising.”

“I never know what I’m going to hear at an Art of Time concert, but I always come away feeling invigorated, challenged, surprised and delighted. Exactly what I want in a night out.”

“I love that I am still thinking about it.”

“These are the only shows that will drag me out of hiding these years... and I enjoy hiding. Burashko’s Art of Time is just that good. The chance to explore territories I’d never have thought of and play with the most remarkable musicians anywhere.”

“The Art of Time seems like a game of artistic hopscotch, in which everyone is invited to jump over the notional barriers between music, dance and visual art, and between high and low. It’s a game worth playing.”

“Art of Time is a vibrant, classy addition to Toronto’s new music scene.”

“Artistic Director, pianist Andrew Burashko, creates ravishing, brilliantly concieved music concerts performed by peerless artists from across a spectrum of disciplines. In the posession of a fierce intellect, he is a master at sharing his passion for great music, the people who create it, and the times and circumstances that frame it, through his articulate opening remarks. Every Art of Time concert leaves me inspired, moved, and keenly aware of the creative act as a fundamental force in human history and experience.”

“What I felt last night is very well expressed in something T.S. Eliot said once, that my uncle - who is a dancer - quoted to me: ‘When things become more intense, prose moves into poetry, speaking moves into singing, walking moves into dancing.’ I felt like I had a direct experience of this last night during the performances.”

“Chamber’s Engaging New Hope... Burashko has assembled a high-power group of fellow instrumentalists with a taste for chamber music. The group varies depending on the needs of the music at hand, but includes some of the finest musicians in the country. Equally important, there is a programming philosophy that champions musical coherence and innovation. The appropriate shout has to be ‘Encore!’”

“Art of Time re-visits music in an utterly new-minted way that is electrifying for the ears and soul. I can’t remember when I’ve felt so elated by a musical experience. Any performance is guaranteed to be inspired, imaginative, and full of such tremendous talent, it’ll make you giddy.”

“Seven of the best instrumental musicians around, pooling their skills under the off but apt title of the Art of Time Ensemble - apt because what else is music but the art of time?”