L’Atelier Romantique
(Canada)
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 | 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Church
73 Simcoe St., Toronto
Conveniently located next to St. Andrew’s subway station. Use Simcoe Street doors opposite Roy Thomson Hall in the Entertainment District.
- Advance Tickets: $40 General | $35 Seniors | $20 Students
- At the door: $45 | $40 | $25
Advance Tickets available through Zeffy at link below. Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase unless the event is cancelled. In that case, a refund will be issued within 60 days.
About the Artists
“The romantic guitar in all its splendour” — Magazine Guitare Classique
“I am the master of the violin, but the guitar is my master,” Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) is said to have said. The Italian violin virtuoso shared a passion for the guitar with Franz Schubert (1797-1828).
Along with Jessy Dubé (violin) Sari Tsuji (viola) and Marie-Michel Beauparlant (cello), Pascal Valois (guitar) invites you on a musical journey featuring period instruments. This romantic journey will take you from Schubert’s masterful Arpeggione Sonata to Paganini’s virtuoso Caprice No. 24. Prepare to experience the finest guitar works by two masters of Romanticism.
Pascal Valois is dedicated to reviving enthusiasm for the Romantic era guitar. He performs music from the nineteenth-century repertoire, using various period instruments, ornamentation, stylistic practices of the period, as well as improvisation, which was customary in that era. He has performed in Basel, Paris, Riga, San Francisco, New York, Ottawa, and Toronto. He has been a soloist with many ensembles, among them Rigas’s Ensemble Samsara and Montreal’s Les Idées Heureuses. Pascal has also given master-classes in many institutions, including the Manhattan School of music, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal.Pascal has recorded for Centaur Records and Analekta. He is a professor of classical guitar at Alma College and Conservatoire de Saguenay.