CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO, C.M., OOnt, FRSC was appointed to the Order of Canada for her celebrated career as a classical and contemporary pianist, and for championing Canadian music. She was inducted to the Order of Ontario and into the Royal Society of Canada and has received the Friends of Canadian Music Award from the Canadian Music Centre and Canadian League of Composers, selected as one of the CMC’s Ambassadors of Canadian music and recently awarded 3 York University Research Awards. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation named her one of “20 Can’t-Miss Classical Pianists” one of “Canada’s 25 best classical pianists” and inducted her into CBC’s “In Concert Hall of Fame”. Four of her 50 plus CDs have earned JUNO Awards nominations including Glass Houses Revisited by Ann Southam. Solo concerts and performances with orchestra of 53 concertos have taken her across the U.S. and Canada, as well as to Taiwan, the Middle East, France, England, Germany, Greece. This internationally acclaimed and celebrated pianist and interpreter of both classical and contemporary music is renowned for performing the most challenging music, in collaboration with leading orchestras and composers worldwide. A champion of Canadian composers and the music of women, she is a respected York University Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar. www.christinapetrowskaquilico.com