Experience a powerful musical encounter between two groundbreaking voices of their generations: Dmitri Shostakovich and Radiohead. Separated by decades yet united by a restless spirit of innovation, both artists explore uncertainty, transformation, and the complexities of the human experience through bold and uncompromising sound worlds. 

Featuring Idioteque, Toronto’s premier Radiohead tribute ensemble, performing Radiohead’s most challenging material with remarkable precision and passion. Faithfully recreating the band’s iconic recorded sound, Idioteque delivers a high-energy celebration spanning all of Radiohead’s studio albums. Together, Shostakovich and Radiohead reveal the enduring power of artists who challenge convention, push boundaries, and create sounds that continue to resonate across generations. Shostakovich’s dramatic intensity, haunting lyricism, and defiant expression meet Radiohead’s atmospheric textures, electronic landscapes, and emotionally charged songwriting in a compelling journey beyond genre. Featuring guest artists: Idioteque, Mark Fewer, Julia Mirzoev and Russell Iceberg.

Program:

• Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57 (selected movements)

• Oliver Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time (selected movements)

Radiohead songs:

• Everything in its Right Place

• High and Dry

• Fake Plastic Trees

• Creep

• How to Disappear Completely

• Paranoid Android

• Exit Music

• No Surprises

• Karma Police

Guest artists:

• IDIOTEQUE:

• Don Scott, lead vocals/ guitar

• Jessica Stuart, guitar/ vocals

• Charles Tilden, guitar/ vocals

• Teri Parker, keyboards/ percussion

• Liam Smith, bass/ vocals

• Ernesto Cervini, drums/ vocals 

• Mark Fewer, violin

• Julia Mirzoev, violin

• Russell Iceberg, viola

Amici Chamber Ensemble 

• David Hetherington, cello

• Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet

• Serouj Kradjian, piano