Millar Piano Duo
Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Millar Piano Duo has been giving high-energy performances since 2008, appearing in venues and series in Canada and the U.S., including Westwood Concerts (Toronto), Tapestry Concerts (Lancaster, ON), Sunday Rendez-vous at Stewart Hall (Pointe-Claire, QC), Gallery 345 (Toronto), the Musideum (Toronto), Music on the Hill (Rhode Island), Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) and the Arlene Kies Piano Recital and Master Class Series at the University of New Hampshire.
In 2019, they launched a new show in collaboration with artist Antonietta Kies, titled Clavier à Couleurs: An Exhibit of Piano Preludes. The event attracted a full house at Heliconian Hall in Toronto and included a vernissage followed by a concert. The first half featured the solo preludes of Scriabin (Op. 11) with projections of artwork created by Kies specifically for the occasion. The preludes of Chopin (Op. 28) rounded out the second half of the program and were accompanied by texts penned by piano legends Hans von Bülow and Alfred Cortot.
Gregory Millar
Gregory Millar is a versatile soloist and chamber musician whose career has taken him to several Canadian provinces, the Northeastern United States, and Europe. In 2019 he appeared as a concert pianist in the Netflix sci-fi thriller In the Shadow of the Moon. Millar has performed as concerto soloist with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra and the Mississauga Symphony. He can be heard on two recordings of chamber music by Frank Horvat, Me to We and The Current Agenda, and plays alongside New York City freelance musicians on Phibbs and Phriends, a CD of music for horn ensemble and percussion by Milton Phibbs. Millar served as resident collaborative pianist for the Kendall Betts Horn Camp in New Hampshire and the Banff Centre’s summer masterclasses. He holds a DMA from the Eastman School of Music, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, a MusM from the University of Toronto, and a BMus from McGill University. In addition to performing, Millar teaches private lessons in piano and theory, and self-publishes a growing catalogue of original compositions, transcriptions, and pedagogical materials.
Lisa Raposa Millar
Lisa Raposa Millar leads a varied career as a piano recitalist, adjudicator, and instructor. Recognized for the clarity and tonal beauty of her playing, she has appeared in established venues including Koerner Hall, the Toronto Convention Centre, the Gardiner Museum, Heliconian Hall, and the former Gallery 345. She has also performed on The Piano Lunaire, a series devoted to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and worked as a rehearsal pianist with the Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT) on the opera The Journey: Notes of Hope featuring soprano Zorana Sadiq. Raposa Millar has contributed to American Music Teacher magazine and currently co-runs a private studio in Toronto. She began playing the piano at the age of four in Tiverton, RI where she studied with JoAnn Mello. Prior to moving to Canada, she completed BA, MM, and DMA degrees at the University of New Hampshire, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Eastman School of Music respectively, earning top awards for her solo and collaborative performances. Lisa enjoys running, writing, and coding in her spare time.