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Soloist Rubi Topacio Ortiz Rodriguez will perform with the Orquesta Sinfonica del I.P.N. directed by Vladimir Sagaydo at Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexico City.

In June and July, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet and drummer Andrew Harris performed Here Comes the Ice Cream Truck at various outdoor venues in the Ottawa area in the presence of the Merry Dairy ice cream truck. The first performance took place on June 19, 2025 at the Dominion-Chalmers Centre at the OSO’s 2025-26 season launch.

On June 14 and 15, 2025 Trio Barra Libre joined forces with Monserrat Cruz and Srba Dinic to perform the Garbage Concerto with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM in Mexico City.

On January 18, 2025 Tambuco performed with the Plano Symphony Orchestra conducted by Héctor Gúzman at the Robinson Fine Arts Centre, Plano, Texas.

On October 17 and 19, 2024, the Fourtissimo Percussion Ensemble played the Garbage Concerto in Mexico City with the Orquesta Sinfonica del I.P.N. directed by Vladimir Sagaydo at Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet.

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet recorded an excellent performance of the Woodwind Quintet in Russia.

On May 25, 2024 soloist Jesse Guo gave the first performance of the Vibraphone Concerto accompanied by the Kanata Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yves Lacoursière at Woodroffe United Church, Ottawa. The work was commissioned by the KSO and funded by an arts grant from the City of Ottawa. 

Composer Jan Järvlepp’s SONIX AND OTHER TONIX is available now through Navona Records. Spanning a diverse range of topics and influences, SONIX AND OTHER TONIX exemplifies the iconoclastic creativity for which Järvlepp is known.​

"This collection of vibrant chamber works offers a refreshing departure from the ordinary, delivering a dynamic mix of styles and themes that will please listeners across multiple music genres."
– Dan Donovan, Ottawa Life Magazine

Read the full review here: ​https://www.ottawalife.com/article/sonix-and-other-tonix-jan-jarvlepp-is-a-dynamic-innovator-in-ottawas-music-scene/

The Inside Story: Jan Järvlepp and SONIX+: https://www.navonarecords.com/news/inside-story-jan-jarvlepp-sonix/

Let’s Go To The Beach, from Children’s Songs, was first performed on June 22, 2023 at a school assembly by the grade 5/6 choir of Dr. F. J. McDonald Catholic School, Ottawa under the direction of Patricia Kaiser.
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wnHe6Rz1nXk

​The Divertimento Orchestra, under the direction of Gordon Slater, played Fanfare on April 28 and 29, 2023 at Woodroffe United Church, Ottawa. 

​Orchestras and chamber ensembles can buy the sheet music for Three Stories by Hans Christian Andersen from J. W Pepper either as digital downloads or as print music mailed to you. French and Finnish texts are also available in addition to the English version.
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​The bassoon version of Moonscape was performed at the Commixtus International Chamber Music Festival at Église St. Cybard, Plassac Rouffiac, France on June 3, 2022. Franck Leblois played bassoon and Jérôme Bertholon played electric guitar. 

​On May 13, 2022 the SAFA Percussion Ensemble performed the Garbage Concerto at the Festival Internacional Universitario Cultura accompanied by Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes directed by Miguel Salmon del Real. The event took place at Auditorio de la Autonomia Universitaria, Sinaloa, Mexico. The video of this is on YouTube. 

Composer Jan Järvlepp’s THREE STORIES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN is available now through Navona Records. With narration by award-winning actor Rob Dean, Jan Järvlepp brings classic tales to life on THREE STORIES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Little Match Girl, and The Emperor’s New Clothes, along with other works by Järvlepp, open a new world of imagination for the youth of today and conjoin the countless capabilities of oral and musical storytelling.

Composer Jan Järvlepp’s HIGH VOLTAGE CHAMBER MUSIC is available now through Navona Records. Following close on the heels of CONCERTO 2000 and FLIGHTS OF FANCY, Järvlepp carries forward the momentum with this newest release. Featured on the album is String Quartet No. 1, the composer’s first full-length string quartet. The album also features a couple of Järvlepp’s quintets, both of which undoubtedly live up to the album’s title.

Performed by the Sirius Quartet and violinist Jae Cosmos Lee, Quintet 2003: I. Fancy Fiddling is the first single from HIGH VOLTAGE CHAMBER MUSIC. Look for the full album September 24th.

Listen to Quintet 2003: I. Fancy Fiddling
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On September 11, 2021 Jan Järvlepp and Jane Staples were married at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Ottawa by Rev. Joel Crouse. Composed especially for this ceremony were the Processional and the Recessional. Performing were Alla Perevalova - violin, Steve Smith - cello and Keegan Lazarus - piano. 

Composer Jan Järvlepp’s FLIGHTS OF FANCY is available now through Navona Records. Fusing European and American musical traditions, the album pairs the excitement of rock and jazz rhythms with classical orchestral and chamber music forms. FLIGHTS OF FANCY presents an exciting opportunity for those who find centuries-old classical music alienating but 20th century modern music inaccessible. Full of unique timbres and innovative arrangements, this newest album from Järvlepp offers a scintillating array of sounds and hybrid forms for music lovers to discover.

All of the scores and players’ parts from the Flights of Fancy CD are now available from the publisher J. W. Pepper. In addition, the score and solo flute part of Concerto 2000 are also available in addition to other scores.
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The flute world has a sensational new concerto at the helm.  Jan Järvlepp’s Concerto 2000 is an extraordinary and colorful new work, highly recommended for every flutist’s repertoire list.  Canadian composer and longtime Navona Records artist Jan Jarvlepp. Known for his neo-tonal style and rejection of the avant-garde modernism that he was trained in at university, Jan is a forward-thinking artist. CONCERTO 2000 is Jan’s first full album release with PARMA, and was released on June 26, 2020.

The CD features flutist, Pascale Margely (Artist), Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Artist), Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), Jan Jarvlepp (Composer), Ivan Josip Skender (Conductor), Stanislav Vavrinek (Conductor), Petr Vronsky (Conductor).

The first movement, Caliente  (meaning “hot” in Spanish), Is a riveting, mesmerizing movement.  Using unique percussion choices, and hand clapping (yes! hand clapping!), the work entices from the first note.  Jan Járvlepp’s Caliente is a show stopper!!  In this recording, Pascale Margely presents us with a spellbinding edition of this gripping work.  The trumpet solo, midway in the movement, offers a regal proclamation before the flute continues with the marcato quasi flamenco flute line to the end.

Nocturne is an engrossing and mournful tone poem.  Pascale Margely’s beautiful, mellifluous sound soars above the strings, giving the movement an extra bewitching element. Visceral by nature, this movement sends chills and tugs the wounded soul. The harp and percussion offer a slight change in the atmosphere, yet never leaving the dark and engrossing landscape.  The interweaving flute and strings arrive at a piercing climax which then falls gracefully as announced by the vibraphone and the movement finishes with a meandering and wounded flute.

The third movement Fire, Ice & Vodka is an upbeat folk song sounding movement.  The wonderful and unexpected cheering voices heard from the orchestra members offer a refreshing and unique tapestry to the final movement of the Concerto 2000.  Pascale Margely offers a fantastic interpretation of this most unique and enthralling work.

Jan Järvlepp is a maverick composer who knows how to produce exquisite sonic landscapes.  His CD entitled, Concerto 2000, offers a variety of new symphonic works, of which, the flute concerto, is a guaranteed show stopper.
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-Viviana Guzman, The Flute View
​https://thefluteview.com/2020/07/cd-review-concerto-2000-by-jan-jarvlepp/

Navona Records of New Hampshire, U.S.A. released the first all-Järvlepp orchestral disk ever. Recorded in Europe during the last three years, it is distributed internationally by Naxos and digital versions are available online.