As summer’s rays fade into fall, the Honens Festival presents four days of live music concerts in Calgary. The second day of the festival includes a reprise of 176 Keys, a free program featuring four pianists. Eight hands will fly on two pianos when 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko is joined by Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, as well as Calgary pianists Akiko Tominaga and Jani Parsons.

The program includes the massive Toccata and Fugue by J.S. Bach, Dave Brubeck’s jazzy Take Five, Milhaud’s colourful Scaramouche, and cameo appearances by Scott Joplin’s Rags and Wagner’s Valkyries!

Check out two paid Honens Festival 2023 events as well, later in the day at different locations – Illia Ovcharenko in Recital ($10-55; 7 pm at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 1121 14 Ave SW) and Bison Noir: Around the World with Ladom Ensemble ($18-35; 9:30 pm at Royal Canadian Legion No. 1, 116 7 Ave SE). More info at honens.com.