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Apr 24, 2013 Brantford Expositor Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Fundraising Concert.
Apr 8, 2011 CBS Radio Boston Interviewed by Suzanne Sausville on News Radio 1030.
Apr 6, 2011 Univeristy of Toronto Magazine Interviewed by Suzanna Chang - Frank Horvat plays piano in the dark to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Apr 5, 2011 The Temple News Interviewed by Kara Savidge - Pianist plays green keys for 'Earth Hour'.
April 2011 PhildelphiaClassicalMusic.com Interviewed by David Cohen about the Green Keys Tour, part II.
April 2011 Green Keys Concert on CCBC-TV.
Mar 31, 2011 PhildelphiaClassicalMusic.com Interviewed by David Cohen about the Green Keys Tour, part I.
Mar 30 - Apr 2, 2011 KYW News Radio Interviewed by John Ostapkovich.
Mar 28, 2011 Cleveland Scene Green Keys Tour in Rocky River
Mar 24, 2011 GoErie.com Coming to Erie: 'A Little Dark Music'
Mar 20, 2011 The Columbus Dispatch Harmony with nature
Mar 17, 2011 West Hartford News The Green Keys Tour comes to West Hartford
Mar 9, 2011 Toronto Star Torontonian Frank Horvat is one of the few pianists whose living includes performing the music they themselves have created...
Mar 7, 2010 WWF-Canada Blog Reflections of an eco-minded musician Read article...
Mar 6, 2011 Marietta News and Sentinel Pianist brings unique blend of music to Marietta
Mar 4, 2011 CIUT - The Green Majority Interviewed by Daryn Caister on The Green Majority. Listen to podcast (half an hour in to podcast)
Feb 21, 2011 SNAP Niagara Falls Performance night...
Feb 12, 2011 CBC Radio Ottawa In Town and Out
Feb 2011 UnFolding Arts Ottawa Frank Horvat's "adventure beyond belief" is winding down after a year on the road.
Feb 9, 2011 The Fulcrum Ottawa Frank Horvat tours the nation—the green way
Feb 5, 2011 Simcoe Barrie “Earth Hour is a piece that is very ambient, very flowing, very introspective. It crosses musical styles – a bit of classical, a bit of new age, and some minimalist.”
Jan 27, 2011 Waterloo Record “It’s been pretty intense,” said the Toronto-based composer who wraps up his Green Keys Tour in March after crossing the country.
Jan 26, 2011 Journal Argus “Part of the mandate of the Green Keys Tour has been to share my original music, and also share our environmental message with communities."
Jan 24, 2010 CKWR FM 98.5 Waterloo Interviewed by Mary-Lou Schagena Monday Night With The Arts
Jan 22, 2011 The Marietta Times Pianist first of many programs at Unitarian church
Jan 14, 2011 Oakville Beaver The free concert will feature cross-genre instrumental music which was inspired by the environment, poverty and Sept. 11 from Horvat’s album A Little Dark Music.
Jan 13, 2011 Interviewed by Jacqueline Betterton and Jeff Moore on Daytime, Rogers TV Richmond Hill.
Jan 2011 Richmond Hill Liberal Pianist Frank Horvat performs in Richmond Hill
Jan 2011 Innisfil Examiner An afternoon of free music
Nov 26, 2010 First Local News Mississauga, 7 minutes into newscast. Poll Question
Nov 25, 2010 durhamregion.com "The highlight of the concert is the performance of my composition, Earth Hour, a continuous one-hour piano piece inspired by and performed in the dark."
Nov 25, 2010 Interviewed by Kasia Bodurka on Rogers TV Daytime, Durham Region  
Nov 24, 2010 Peterborough Examiner Piano recital to be played in the dark
Nov 20, 2010 Raise the Hammer Hamilton Frank Horvat: Piano Recital in the Dark Read more...
Nov 19, 2010 Mississauga.com Pianist performs in the dark
Nov 18, 2010 Daily Gleaner Saint John 60-minute man
Nov 17, 2010 Interviewed by Brittany Cornish and Christoper Ferreira on Rogers TV Daytime, Mississauga  
Nov 16, 2010 Interviewed by Jackie Vandinther on Cable 14's Hamilton Life  
Nov 10, 2010 CBC Radio Charlottetown Mainstreet PEI
Nov 6, 2010 VOCM Radio St. John's
Nov 6, 2010 Telegraph-Journal New Brunswick C major change
Nov 6, 2010 SNAP St. John's Performance night...
Nov 5, 2010 The St. John's Telegram Making sustainable music
Nov 2010 Mt. Allison Argosy I am amazed at how one person can do so much and maintain a positive attitude towards everything. Horvat admitted, "It gets a little hectic, but it's worth it. I really love music, teaching, playing and being active in my community."
Nov 2010 Downhome Magazine St. John's Devotions in the Dark (pdf)
Oct 28, 2010 My Mississauga Magazine Piano concert tour showcases environmental sustainability
Oct 27, 2010 Sackville Tribune Post The Green Keys Tour Comes to Sackville Nov 9
Oct 27, 2010 Truro Daily News Horvat performing in Truro next month
Oct 23, 2010 The Stratford Beacon Herald Theme decidedly dark
Oct 18, 2010 First Local Stratford  
Oct 15, 2010 The Chatham Daily News Pianist with a conscience
Oct 14, 2010 Northumberland Today Green Keys concert spreads the green gospel at St. Peter's
Oct 5, 2010 CBC Radio Thunder Bay Interviewed by Heather McLeod on Voyage North
Oct 4, 2010 WWF-Canada Blog Composer and pianist Frank Horvat is taking his Green Keys Tour on the road to raise awareness of climate change and sustainable solutions. Read more...
Oct 4, 2010 CBC Radio Winnipeg Up To Speed
Oct 4, 2010 Shaw TV Interview with Tracy Koga on Backstage.
Oct 1, 2010 Brandon Sun "As a composer, I do what feels natural to me." Read more...
Oct 1, 2010 CTV Saskatoon Interviewed by Jeff Rogstad on the noon news.
Oct 1, 2010 CBC Radio Saskatchewan The Morning Edition with Sheila Coles
Oct. 2010 BUZZon Charlottetown Pianist Frank Horvat at Beaconsfield
Sept 30, 2010 Nothumberlandview.ca GreenView: The Green Keys Tour Comes to Cobourg
Sept 30, 2010 Winnipeg Free Press No elephants were harmed for musician's ivory-tickling
Sept 29, 2010 Raisingspaces.com Blog Event: Frank Horvat’s Concert, The Green Keys Tour
Sept 29, 2010 The Soo News The Green Keys Tour Comes to Sault Ste. Marie
Sept 29, 2010 Winnipeg Free Press Horvat bringing his Green Keys Tour to city
Sept 27, 2010 CKFR AM 1150 Kelowna Interviewed by Phil Johnson on the Early Edition
Sept 25, 2010 Victoria Times Colonist Eco-warrior Frank Horvat keeps his concert audience in the dark. Read more...
Sept 24, 2010 CIUT - The Green Majority Interviewed by Daryn Caister. Listen to interview
Sept 24, 2010 CKXU 88.3FM Lethbridge Interviewed by Scott Neale on Classical: Then & Now
Sept 23, 2010 Prairie Belles Podcast Episode 31
Sept 22, 2010 Nanaimo News Pianist promotes green concepts
Sept 14, 2010 CJSW 90.9FM Calgary Interviewed by John Reid on Outside The Lines
Sept 9, 2010 Cantos Blog Canadian Pianist Plays in the Dark for the Environment Read more...
Sept 7, 2010 CKUT 90.3FM Montreal Interview by Eric Lemieux
July 2010 Bullfrog Buzz “The range of sounds and tempos, combined with the darkness of the hall, eased me into a deep state of reflection about climate change and the personal environmental choices I make.” Read more...
Jun 15, 2010 Green Living Being eco-friendly is just an extension of that [life] philosophy. Read more...
Jun 1, 2010 WWF-Canada Blog Composer and pianist Frank Horvat gets his creative juices flowing on the bus. For more than a year, he has been committed to taking public transit to get around Toronto. Read more...
May 1, 2010 North Bay Nugget 'Dark' concert to draw attention to environmental issues. Horvat's style is at times chaotic and frenzied, and grows surprisingly melodic. Read more...
May 2010 SNAP Guelph The Green Keys Tour
Apr 29, 2010 Orillia Packet & Times "The concept of sitting in the dark is hard to grasp," he said, "but I've received a lot of interesting comments from audience members, that they were able to experience a better inner clarity." Read more...
Apr 29, 2010 Sudbury Star
Apr 28, 2010 North Bay Nugget "I just want people to think about these types of issues and their place in the world with respect to these issues." Read more...
Apr 18, 2010 Ontario Arts Review I believe Horvat's Hungarian ethnicity allows for a Lisztian archetype at the piano. Read more...
Apr 17, 2010 Waterloo Region Record
Apr 16, 2010 Rogers TV Guelph Interviewed by Trish Stevenson on Inside Guelph.
Apr 15, 2010 Guelph Mercury  
Apr 15, 2010 Guelph Tribune A Toronto pianist and composer who is doing free piano recitals across Canada for a whole year performs here Saturday in a show that will take place in the dark. Read more...
Apr 14, 2010 BayToday.ca “I want everything I’m doing in the tour to act as an example of how people can still pursue their dreams and ambitions without hurting Mother Nature in the process.” explains Horvat. Read more...
Apr 12, 2010 CKWS TV Kingston Interviewed by Bill Hall.
Apr 9, 2010 Sound Ideas, CFRC 101.9FM Interviewed by Michael Morreale.
Mar 29, 2010 WholeNote Magazine Review: Highly recommended... Will make waves musically. Read more...
Mar 27, 2010 CBC's The National "There is a saying, Make every hour Earth Hour... [that is] partially why people like me are doing what we do."
- Frank Horvat
Earth Hour segment featuring Frank Horvat, David Suzuki and Judi Vandenbrink
Mar 26, 2010 CBC's Morning North Sudbury Interviewed by Markus Schwabe.
Mar 24, 2010 Etobicoke Guardian A grassroots effort and a labour of love, Horvat has been composing this latest CD and planning this tour for the past seven months, including how to make it as eco-friendly as possible. Read more...
Mar 23, 2010 The Weather Network Even musicians can live light on the planet... "...things I feel so strongly about in my every day life, I can bring that to life in my music." View...
Mar 12, 2010 The Green Majority CIUT 89.5FM's show, The Green Majority, plays clip from Frank Horvat's composition, Earth Hour. Listen...
Mar 5, 2010 Metro News Lakeshore Arts launches 1000 Acts of Art program. Read more...
March 2010 Bullfrog Buzz Between passion for change and passion for music, Frank Horvat seems to have struck a balance. Read more...
March 2010 Ecocentric Guide Birth of the Eco Musician. Like many artists, his craft has become the way of giving back to the earth. Read more...
Feb 1, 2010 Blog - Déménagement Myette Frank se qualifie d’éco-musicien. Il croit en effet qu’un musicien peut exercer ses activités professionnelles de manière durable, notamment en utilisant les transports en commun pour se rendre à ses concerts. Read more...
June 2008 The Edmonton Journal Genre-busting pianist carves a niche of his own. Read more...
May 6, 2008 The Mississauga News "One of the reasons I wanted to be a composer was to break down all these musical barriers..." Read more...
Sep 2007 WholeNote Magazine Review: Bordering on the improvisations of Keith Jarrett...this is a truly eclectic mix showcasing Horvat's wealth of technique and energy...I'm left shaking my head in wonder. Read more...
May 2007 WholeNote Magazine It’s an eclectic mixture of various influences – everything from Steve Reich to Billy Joel... I was most impressed by the haunting exoticism.
2007 MainlyPiano.com Review: Wildly original, often chaotic, eclectic as all get-out, and quite a ride. Read more...

 

 

 



 
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