Patricia Krueger

Patricia Krueger (born 1946)is a Canadian classical pianist,[1] organist[2] and percussionist. In 2016 she is a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. [3]

Early life

Krueger was born Patricia Perrin in Toronto.[4][5] She attended the University of Toronto and played in the National Youth Orchestra.[3]

Career

Krueger worked as a high school music teacher. She began performing occasionally on percussion and piano with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and later became their house pianist;[6] she was a member of the group for 40 years.[4]

Krueger performed at the with the Nagano Winter Orchestra at the 1998 Olympics in Japan.[3] She later formed her own orchestra, which performed at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

Krueger performed the piece "Victor's Piano Solo" in the 2005 film The Corpse Bride.[7]

In 2011 she toured with the TSO in the United States.[8]

References

  1. ↑ " TSO welcomes two guests bearing musical gifts". KEN WINTERS, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 01, 2003
  2. ↑ "Concert Review: Mozart merely meh in Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s annual festival". Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, via the National Post, January 19, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 "Toronto Symphony Orchestra pianist ending on high note". Toronto Star, November 5, 2016. page E3. William Littler.
  4. 1 2 "Why retire? Classical performers still touring well past 65". Toronto Star, Trish Crawford, April 10, 2014
  5. ↑ Peter S. Grant (4 November 2013). Changing Channels: Confessions of a Canadian Communications Lawyer. The Porcupine's Quill. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-88984-366-0.
  6. ↑ "TSO with Emanuel Ax and Jan Lisiecki: review". Toronto Star, Michael VincentS Feb. 12, 2015
  7. ↑ "SCRUTINY | It’s A Beautiful Day! It’s A Rather Nice Day". Musical Toronto, By Brian Chang on November 3, 2016
  8. ↑ "Review: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, from Festival of Orchestras". January 14, 2011|By Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel
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