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Known and Unknown: Rachel Iwaasa, piano

Sun. October 19th 2025 Phillip T. Young Recital By Donation

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Known and Unknown: Rachel Iwaasa, piano

Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa performs works by fellow UVic alumni and Victoria composers.
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Music Classical / Baroque / Orchestral
Sun. October 19th 2025 + Add to Calendar Phillip T. Young Recital (All Ages)
2:30pm - 4:30pm  Doors at: 2:00pm By Donation

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In this UVic School of Music alumni showcase, “piano virtuoso and avant-garde muse” Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa returns to her Alma Mater to perform works by fellow UVic alumni Rodney Sharman, Linda Catlin Smith and Kristy Farkas, as well as by Victoria native Jennifer Butler.



The recital takes its name from Iwaasa’s critically acclaimed 2024 album, Known and Unknown: Solo piano works by Rodney Sharman. Sharman’s work is known for its surreptitious virtuosity and frank but sensitive treatment of LGBTQ+ themes.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa is recognized among Canada’s foremost contemporary music pianists. She has appeared internationally in the Netherlands, Germany, the US, and across Canada, with performances at Muziekweek Gaudeamus, Music TORONTO, Music on Main, Vancouver New Music, Redshift, Western Front, and with the Vancouver and Victoria Symphonies, Aventa Ensemble, CONTACT, and more.

Rachel has commissioned or premiered works by leading Canadian composers including Hildegard Westerkamp, Rodney Sharman, Jocelyn Morlock, and Nicole Lizée. She is one half of the acclaimed flute/piano duo Tiresias with Mark Takeshi McGregor, and has collaborated with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Judith Forst, Caroline Shaw, and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire). Her debut CD Cosmophony was praised as “brilliant” (Vancouver Sun). Rachel is also a co-founder of Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival.

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