Christina Petrowska Quilico. C.M., OOnt, FRSC

CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO has amassed many of the country’s highest honours. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2020 “for her celebrated career as a classical and contemporary pianist, and for championing Canadian music,” and to the Order of Ontario in 2022 “for opening the ears of music lovers through her [performances, recordings and teaching].” She was also inducted in 2021 into the Royal Society of Canada, “the country’s highest honour an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences.” The CBC named her 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. 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. She was honored with the Oskar Morawetz Prize in September 2023.