upcScavenger » University Of Toronto Alumni » Wiki: Patricia Krueger

Patricia Krueger

( University Of Toronto Alumni )

Krueger Orchestra Toronto Tso

Rank: 100%

Wiki
Comments
Media

Patricia Krueger (born 1946) is a Canadians classical pianist, " TSO welcomes two guests bearing musical gifts". KEN WINTERS, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 01, 2003 organist "Concert Review: Mozart merely meh in Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s annual festival". Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, via the National Post, January 19, 2015 and percussionist. In 2016 she became a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). "Toronto Symphony Orchestra pianist ending on high note". Toronto Star, November 5, 2016. page E3. William Littler.

Early life

Krueger was born Patricia Perrin in Toronto. "Why retire? Classical performers still touring well past 65". Toronto Star, Trish Crawford, April 10, 2014

Peter S. Grant (2013). 9780889843660, The Porcupine's Quill. . ISBN 9780889843660

She attended the University of Toronto and played in the National Youth Orchestra.

Career

Krueger worked as a high school music teacher. She began performing occasionally on percussion and piano with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), and later became their house pianist; "TSO with Emanuel Ax and Jan Lisiecki: review". Toronto Star, Michael VincentS Feb. 12, 2015 she was a member of the group for 40 years.

Krueger performed with the Nagano Winter Orchestra at the 1998 Olympics in Japan. She later formed her own orchestra, which performed at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.

Krueger performed the piece "Victor's Piano Solo" in the 2005 film Corpse Bride. "SCRUTINY | It’s A Beautiful Day! It’s A Rather Nice Day". Musical Toronto, By Brian Chang on November 3, 2016

In 2011 she toured with the TSO in the United States. "Review: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, from Festival of Orchestras". January 14, 2011|By Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel