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Lying between what the composers create and what we, the audience, hear, are the performers – the talented musicians who take what’s on paper and turn it into music for us. It’s an incredibly important and crucial step, delving into upbringing, education, personality, character and interpretation. This 4-part series surveying four great performers, past and present, male and female, will feature violinist Jascha Heifetz, contralto Kathleen Ferrier and Canadian pianists Angela Hewitt and the RCM’s own alumni, Jan Lisiecki.

Rick Phillips was affiliated with CBC Radio for 30 years, working in Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto in a career that spanned production to management to on-air. For 14 years, he was the Host and Producer of SOUND ADVICE, the weekly guide to classical music and recordings heard across Canada on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two every weekend. As well as broadcasting and webcasting, Rick is a busy freelance writer and reviewer, speaker, panel moderator, consultant, musical tour guide, and concert host. He's often a juror in the classical music categories for the Juno Awards, and is the author of "The Essential Classical Recordings--101 CDs," published by McClelland & Stewart. Rick delivers music history and appreciation courses at a range of institutions and organizations across the city. He holds a B. Mus. from McGill University and an M. Mus. from the University of Toronto.