Sheila Vandikas

Looking forward to hearing this soon!! I have never heard this Concerto until Greg started working on it. It has been haunting my every thought mainly because I am hearing the practicing daily... A beautiful work and I can't wait to hear it with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra!

So proud of these boys, who are both Mazo de la Roche P.S. graduates, classmates and friends. Congratulations to both and looking forward to hearing them perform at Mazzoleni Hall on Saturday for the Celebration of Excellence concert! Way to go, Stylian and Greg!!

Looking forward to hearing Greg this weekend!

Happy Easter!!!

Greg vandikas Makeup & hair by Julia Crimson Styling by La Fumiko

Thanks La Fumiko (LizPR), Bo Huang , and Julia Crimson on another fantastic photo! Thanks as well to Yamaha Music School for allowing us to use their location and their Yamaha CFX for this project!

Congratulations to La Fiammata Piano Duo!!! What an accomplishment for both Charissa Vandikas and Linda Ruan!!!

The rare instance when Linda wants to sleep and Charissa wants to dance What we’re doing in this video is figuring out how to present a piece to an audienc...e. We strongly believe that as musicians, it’s important to use all the tools available to create a connection with our listeners. And one of those things is words by telling stories and context to the music! And that takes practice, too! So here is an excerpt from Erik Satie’s La belle excentrique featuring grumpy Linda and hyperactive Charissa in a very serious cakewalk #cakewalk #rehearsaltime #publicspeaking #practicemakesperfect #exhausted #musicians #almostweekend #satie #fourhands #dancingqueen

It’s #day3 of our #100daysofmusic challenge! Isn’t it wonderful how stories could be told through music? Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite is based on a collection of... #fairytales and these enchanting pieces clearly evoked our #imagination.. though maybe fairytale to Jaws is a bit of a stretch. We do go #offtangent sometimes. : Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty, from Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel (and a bit of the #iconic Jaws motif by John Williams, possibly in the wrong key ) #classicalmusicians #johnwilliams #mamereloye #sleepingbeauty #pavane #pollywantacracker #100daysproject #welovemusic #storytelling #childrenmusic #frenchmusic #canadianmusicians #imaginationrunswild #toronto #gratitude

It's #day6, and speaking of #firstmeetings, here's a clip of one of the pieces Linda performed when I first laid eyes on her in a #competition in #Vancouver. Ev...erything on her program that day sounded wonderful, but it was this 4th movement of #chopin 's 3rd sonata that stood out in my mind. The energy and passion in her performance was refreshing and inspiring (and may have driven me to clap so hard my hands felt numb #worthit). Who would know that 2 months later we'd be at the same conservatory sitting down for the very first time in rehearsal as a #pianoduo. Was I nervous to play with this #beast of a pianist? Obviously . But mostly I was #grateful for the events that led us to find each other. #100daysofmusic #pianist #cheesy #rambling #cfmta #sonata #inspiring #ggs

#flashbackfriday to the time we first met in Vancouver at the 2015 #cfmta piano competition! On #day5 of #100daysofmusic, we appreciate all the amazing, intere...sting and wonderfully strange people we meet through #music - including each other Wow, we look so #awkward with each other.. Also, another thing to #thank music for is: ?!?! #welovedressup : papa ruan #pianocompetition #friendlycompetition #canada #coasttocoast #vancouver #sheraton #pianistsunite #firstmeeting #throwback #rememberwhen #humblebeginnings #awkwardsmiles #100daysproject #100dayschallenge #toronto #throwbacktosummer #july2015 #wonderful #strange #dresses #welovemusic