runs the Tafelmusik Winter Institute, a one-week intensive training program launched in 2013. The orchestra also performs without sheet music in several multimedia shows celebrating the history of music and musical instruments. Their production J. S. Bach: The Circle of Creation has toured internationally. In 2017, the orchestra played at the swearing-in ceremony of Julie Payette, former astronaut, as Governor General of Canada; Payette is a former member of the choir. Awards 9 JUNO Awards, most recently for Classical Album of the Year for Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6, and Children's Album Of The Year for Baroque Adventure: The Quest for Arundo Donax The 1996 Echo Klassik Award for Best Orchestra of the Year (Germany's highest recording accolade) The orchestra's recordings have also received the following awards: Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month in BBC Music Magazine Diapason D'Or awards Record of the Year in Absolute Sound Magazine Disc of the Month in CD Review Nominations for Record of the Year in Gramophone Magazine England's The Penguin Guide awarded Tafelmusik's recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons its highest accolade — the Rosette in 1994. Discography The orchestra has made over 75 recordings, DVDs and CDs. Some are to be found in Sony Classical's Vivarte series. Tafelmusik launched the independent label Tafelmusik Media in January 2012, with new releases of The Galileo Project (CD and DVD), Sing-Along Messiah (DVD), and Messiah (CD), as well as re-releases of Tafelmusik CDs originally recorded for Sony and CBC Records. The recordings include: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos The Mozart Requiem (directed by Bruno Weil) The complete piano concertos of Beethoven (with Jos van Immerseel as soloist and conducted by Bruno Weil) Works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks coupled with Concerti a duo cori Nos. 1-3 Works by Salamone Rossi References External links http://www.tafelmusik.org/ Colbert Artists Management Inc. Interview with Jeanne Lamon, November 11, 1993 Musical groups established in 1979 Canadian orchestras Musical groups from Toronto Early music orchestras Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year winners 1979 establishments in Ontario Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment winners Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance winners