October 2025
After working on this project for almost a year, the 1775 Silbermann Clavichord is finished!
November 2024
The 1775 Silbermann Clavichord Project
In the summer of 2024, I was playing some repertoire on my 1953 Sperrhake clavichord. I realized that the piece I was playing was not being served well on this instrument. The single stringing was the main problem. The piece I was playing was C.Ph.E. Bachs Abschied von meinen Silbermannischen Claviere in einem Rondo, H. 272 (Farewell to my Silbermann clavichord). That's when I decided to build a Silbermann clavichord! It's a big job to build such a thing from scratch but I obtained the technical drawings from the Nuremburg National Museum in Germany for the 1775 Silbermann (this builder was the son of the man who built C.Ph. Bachs instrument) and began building in earnest. I'm looking forward to playing the same piece on the new instrument.
October 2024
A Fall Trip
It was such a pleasure for my wife and I to revisit Sault Ste. Marie "the Soo". The Agawa Canyon, Pancake Bay, Chippewa Falls, the family "camps", the Rapids (for which the Soo gets its name) and so many other places as well as family, made the trip special. I never get tired and am always inspired by a trip to the place of my birth!
June 2024
Liszt's Liebestraum N. 3 in A Flat Major
I first was introduced to this piece as a child. I played a simplified version then. Now I felt that it was time to learn the concert version so I did...over the summer and fall...it's more difficult than it sounds.
May 2024
- Teacher Lineage...here's a fun bit of trivia:
- 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- 2. Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785)
- 3. Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804)
- 4. Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798)
- 5. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- 6. Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
- 7. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- 8. Carl Reineke (1824-1910)
- 9. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- 10. Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964)
- 11. James Tenney (1934-2006)
- 12. Victor Mio (b.1961)
July 22, 2023
A very special gig...I had the distinct pleasure of playing for the cocktail hour before the final ICFF dinner honouring Anna Fendi (Fashion Icon) at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto. I also attended the dinner (with Raffi). Ms. Fendi was wonderfully poised and articulate at the tender age of 90!
December 25, 2022
Cambridge, England
We attended the Christmas Service at King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England.
December 24, 2022
We attended the Nine Lessons and Carols Service at King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England
July 16, 2022
I was happy to be on the introductory panel for an ICFF film entitled Quest for Tonewood.
After showing the video La Storia di Victor Mio, I helped introduce the film and spoke to the director Hans Lukas live via Zoom.
May 28, 2022
Track 1 of my "I Remember" Piano Improvisations lp surpasses 50,000 streams on Spotify.
February 17, 2022
Il Gazzettino includes a story entitled "Dal Canada a Zoppola, legame senza fine" (story below)
February 14, 2022
Rai TV presents a video segment entitled "La Storia di Victor Mio" on the program "L'Italia Con Voi" (see below and on "Videos" page)
December 16, 2021
Video inspired by track 1 of my I Remember digital LP released on YouTube (see below and on "Videos" page)
June 18, 2021
I Remember...Piano Improvisations released on Spotify, Apple Music and all other major streaming platforms.
June 1, 2021
Officially retired from Rhodes Piano restoration and the building, restoring and repairing of Harpsicord and Clavichords.
