Like a master class for advanced players with the incomparable Marc-André Hamelin – but unfortunately it’s also a sales video for tonebase Piano. A breakdown of 9 “impossible piano pieces.” Grit your teeth and learn from a master. buff.ly/42gHjNc

The Ying Quartet celebrate Antonin Dvorak, whose music resonates deeply with their musical roots and aspirations. Quartet in G Major, Op. 106. buff.ly/3Ok7qgy Hear them live Feb. 22 at 8 pm. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley. Tickets at 416-266-7723

Irish grand master John O’Conor brings poetry to his playing of Beethoven. His beguilingly eloquent style and deep sensitivity drives to the heart of the musical matter. None better than John O’Conor to play the Moonlight sonata. buff.ly/49fzVUN

The Ying Quartet play the moving and gorgeous 2nd Molto adagio movement from Samuel Barber’s Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11. buff.ly/48RPRN3 Hear them live Feb. 22 at 8 pm. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley or tickets at 416-266-7723 choosing options 1 – 1

Maria Thompson Corley – your chance to hear this unforgettable pianist tonight. Hear fine committed playing, wonderfully listenable, with a programme of Beethoven, Chopin and Black women composers. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley or tickets at 416-266-7723 choosing options 1 – 1

Pianist Maria Thompson Corley brings a wealth of life experience to her expressive playing. Hear her live Tues. Feb. 13 at 8 pm. with a programme of Beethoven, Chopin and Black women composers. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley or tickets at 416-266-7723 choosing options 1 – 1

Legendary pianist Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven’s Pathetique sonata. buff.ly/3Och7NR Maria Thompson Corley plays this great work live in concert Tues. Feb. 13 at 8 pm. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley; tickets at 416-266-7723 choosing options 1 – 1

Escape February in Toronto with great live music in a perfect small concert hall downtown. Expressive pianist Maria Thompson Corley Feb. 13 and the polished and sensitive Ying String Quartet Feb. 22. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley or tickets at 416-266-7723 choosing options 1–1

Maria Thompson Corley – you won’t forget this pianist’s name. Feb. 13 hear fine committed playing, and a commitment to Black women composers. He she plays Florence Price Sonata in E Minor, No. 2, II. Andante, buff.ly/3Hz7bKK. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley

“Serioso” is the only quartet Beethoven nicknamed himself. Its expressive music seems to reflect his despair after a failed love affair. Hear the complete “Serioso,”Beethoven’s string quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, from the acclaimed Miró Quartet. buff.ly/3LoVUfC

Considered one of the greatest living pianists, French-Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris, an unabashed Romantic, captures colour and atmosphere in his playing. Cyprien Katsaris live at Carnegie Hall, New York - Chopin: Prelude, Op. 28 No. 17 buff.ly/3nnhCI2

Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism - elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect. Here he plays Eric Satie’s “Gymnopédie No. 1”. Hear how he captures the new sounds the young composer was experimenting with in this waltz-like piece. buff.ly/3CPnfmL

Live in concert tonight! The Verona Quartet named as a tribute to Shakespeare as a storyteller, rather than to the Italian city. Their All Roads Lead to Rome programme of music with Italian roots promises a showcase of versatility and virtuosity. Tickets 416-2366-7723. Be there!

From our friends at Classical 96.3

The great French pianist Brigitte Engerer played for us only once, in 1992. She enjoyed a brilliant 40-year career from her first prize winning, and died from cancer at 59 in 2012. Here she plays Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58. Audio only buff.ly/31WmviX

Verona Quartet – electrifying. Critics rank this young quartet with the Takacs, Hagen and Juilliard. Hear why. The Verona Quartet live in concert with their All Roads Lead to Rome programme. Dec 7. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley or Tickets at 416-366-7723 choosing options 1 - 1.

Deutsche Grammophon will only allow us this excerpt of Grigory Sokolov playing Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G. Since the great Russian master does not travel outside Europe, you must travel to hear him live. . Enjoy a few moments of musical bliss buff.ly/30rTKue

The vibrant Verona Quartet, a diverse string ensemble for the 21st century, play All Roads Lead to Rome, a string programme capturing the great operatic themes of love and death. January 18 at 8 pm. Info at buff.ly/3o2Qley and Tickets at 416-366-7723, choosing Option 1

Renowned Czech quartet, named for one composer, who better to play the work of another? The Pavel Haas Quartet plays Bedřich Smetana, String Quartet No. 1, "From My Life" – moving, dramatic, an emotional biography. buff.ly/3oE7I4p

Veteran Irish master John O'Conor plays Beethoven with incisive, even visionary virtuosity, representing a tradition that favors inner expression and atmosphere over showmanship and bravura. John O’Conor plays the Pathetique sonata. buff.ly/3vmyQMi