Valery Gergiev début one of many 2012-13 season highlights at Royal Conservatory

Valery Gergiev makes his Koerner Hall début with the Stradivarius Ensemble on Oct. 26.

Yesterday, the Royal Conservatory of Music unveiled 49 classical music and opera dates with its 80-plus concert 2012-13 season — its fourth since the opening of the Telus Centre and Toronto’s now-beloved Koerner Hall.

And those dates don’t include a long list of outside presenters who now present some or all of their art music concerts at Koerner Hall — people like Soundstreams, Esprit Orchestra and Tafelmusik. Continue reading