DuWors & Runge Duo

Kerry DuWors, violin
Stephen Runge, piano

Kerry DuWors and Stephen Runge first starting playing together in 1997 as undergraduate students at the University of Victoria.  After completing further studies, winning prestigious competitions as soloists, and attaining esteemed academic teaching positions, Ms. DuWors and Dr. Runge have reunited as a violin-piano duo.  They recently gave performances of a program of French and American music of the 20th Century in Manitoba (Brandon University), Alberta (Bonnyville Fine Arts Society), and British Columbia (University of Victoria).  A tour of the east coast is planned for the fall of 2008.

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Pianist Stephen Runge has been heard across Canada in recital, as chamber musician, and with orchestra.  Born in 1979, Stephen came to national attention in 1999 when he was awarded first prize in the piano category of the National Music Festival.  Since then he has been the recipient of several important awards, including prizes at the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, the International Stepping Stone of the Canadian Music Competition, the C.F.M.T.A. National Piano Competition, the Roberto and Mary Wood Competition, the Shean Piano Competition, and the B.C. Young Artists' Piano Competition. 

Stephen enjoys performing lesser known repertoire and new works.  In 2000, he gave the Canadian premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Regina Symphony Orchestra.   He has also performed with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and the University of Victoria Orchestra.  Dr. Runge has been broadcast nationally on CBC Radio Two and La Chaîne Culturelle de Radio-Canada.  Stephen has received special recognition for his frequent performances as chamber musician and art song collaborator.  In the summer of 2005 he attended the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts as a Fellow where he performed in a variety of chamber and orchestral concerts. 

Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Stephen studied with Janice Elliott-Denike before completing a Bachelor of Music degree with a major in Piano Performance at the University of Victoria where he was a student of Dr. Robin Wood.  Upon graduation from the University of Victoria, Stephen was awarded the Victoria Medal and the Governor General's Silver Medal as the top undergraduate student in his class.  Stephen completed a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at l'Université de Montréal and an Artist Diploma at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto under the direction of Marc Durand.  He has also studied at the Banff Centre for the Arts with Julian Martin of the Julliard School, and has performed in masterclasses for Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, André Laplante, and John Perry.  Stephen Runge was granted a Doctorate of Music from l’Université de Montréal in April 2007.    He is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.