For twenty-three years, violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have built an international career as artist and life partners in the Canadian chamber ensemble Duo Concertante. Award-winning artists, champions of new music, visionary artistic directors, and inspiring mentors, Duo Concertante have forged a musical legacy and strive to provoke thought and engagement through their art.
Duo Concertante has performed throughout North America, Europe, the UK and China, appearing at the Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Roy Thomson Hall, the National Arts Centre, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. Their 13 award-winning recordings include Schubert: Works for Violin and Piano (CBC’s Top 20 Classical Music CD’s of the year), Incarnation (in CBC Radio’s Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2017),and 2011’s JUNO-winning Wild Bird. In addition to their dedication to the rich canon of standard repertoire, Nancy and Tim have consistently supported new music, commissioning almost 70 works for violin and piano from many of Canada’s leading composers. Nancy and Timothy’s devotion to “citizen artistry” synthesizes the performing arts with issues important to them personally, such as environmentalism and mental health, seen in projects such as “Ecology of Being”, “Taking on Water” and “What Life Throws at You”.
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, they are also the founding Artistic Directors of the Tuckamore Festival, now a major attraction where for two weeks every summer, international artists and students gather for two weeks of intense workshops, coachings and performances in beautiful St. John’s, Newfoundland. In the fall of 2024, they will release their 14th CD, recorded in Scotland on the Delphian Classics label.
