Description
In Room of Keys, David James Brock adapts Bela Bartok’s opera, Bluebeard’s Castle with music from Bartok and original compositions by Adam Sherkin. The play explores a man discovering his father’s secret and abandoned music shop. Once there, their shared history unravels through seven memories and instruments – from a child's toy to a Bösendorfer Grand – where the music is not always beautiful.
A Toronto homecoming: PIANO LUNAIRE returns to its west end Toronto origins, re-inaugurating The nanoSTAGE (now at a new location). Join Adam Sherkin on stage with this world premiere by David James Brock, directed by Tom Diamond: a play-then-piano recital, not to be missed!
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Room of Keys, by David James Brock
Starring Adam Sherkin, pianist and actor
Directed by Tom Diamond
RECITAL PROGRAMME (Bartok's Opera-adjacent works for solo piano):
Allegro Barbaro, BB 63 (Sz. 49, composed 1911)
From: Seven Sketches, Op. 9b; BB 54 ("Vázlatok," Sz. 44, composed 1908-10) No. 5 Romanian Folk Melody and No. 3 Lento
Four Dirges, Op. 9a, BB 58 (Sz. 45, composed 1909-10)
Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, BB 55 (Sz. 47, composed 1908-11)
by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Allegro Civile (After Bartok), Op. 45* by Adam Sherkin (b. 1982)
*World premiere
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Seating is limited to 30 seats per show so please purchase tickets in advance as is possible.
A few more details:
- No dress code in effect
- Begins promptly at 8pm; end promptly at 9pm
- Complimentary bar (beer, wine and cider)
- Performance is ca. 50 minutes, with no intermission
- All seats are the same price at $25. If you are able, please donate to Piano Lunaire Inc. as this series is entirely for-profit and not funded by any public sources to-date
DOORS: 7:30 PM
SHOW: 8:00 PM
END: 9:00 PM
Please call: (+1) 416-825-2744 or email: info@pianolunaire.org
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Date & Time
Apr 9 - 11, 2026
Venue Details
The nanoSTAGE
1001 R Bloor Street WestToronto, Ontario M6H 1M1
