Joseph Petric

Delivering 'music so diverse, so bold, so alive you're frightened to forget it' (Coda, USA)  Mr. Petric's solo career began with an official London debut  acclaimed by Independent. His American debut given a citation in “Performances of the Year” by the Washington Post’s Joseph D. McLellan was followed by a trajectory across the Classical concert hall with appearances at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall and Bunkai Kaikan Tokyo. His 360 confirmed commissions enjoyed deep connection with audiences and media critics, a curatorial initiative well in tune with the artistic stewardship of the Arditti Quartet and the American Wind Symphony.    

Mr. Petric began his concerto-led career with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Jukka Pekka Saraste, followed by a historic performance of three concertos in one evening with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. His discography includes 42 Cd titles on 17 labels and 59 recordings for international state radio systems. His collaborators include Pauline Oliveros, Witold Lutoslawski, John Cage, David Tudor, IRCAM, the Canadian Electronic Ensemble the Penderecki Quartet, Christoph Pregardien and Pentaedre. His festival appearances include Tokyo Spring, Tangelwood Festival, London Southbank, IRCAM Agora, Hohenems Schubertide, Huddersfield and Montreal's MnM Festival. He is a frequent concerto soloist with the Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec and Montreal's Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.  

Mr Petric's publications reconstruct an emergent accordion epistemology unprecedented in the literature, with his retrieval of Giovanni Gagliardi’s forgotten 1911 treatise Manualetto del Fisharmonicista, the first confirmation of the origins of the concert accordion in the literature, and the pattern archaeology of more than 54 forgotten period instruments and patents 1900-40. He was Invited to a professorship by the Université de Montréal (Québec) where he mentors the Faculté de Musique graduate performance department.     

Mr. Petric plays a bespoke instrument modelled on the 1910 Camerano built Leo Niemi, 1996, Sudbury, Ontario. His masters were Hugo Noth and Colin Tilney.   

He lives in Upper Canada, Montreal and the old Ionian coast.

Joseph Petric gratefully acknowledges the generous support of:

...External Affairs Canada, The Svenska Reikskonzerter and the late Toronto philanthropist Roger Moore.