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Show One Productions Founder, President & Producer
Biography
“We’ve got a new cultural icon in the making, and Canadian audiences are already lining up at the box office.” – Lifestyles Magazine, 2004
Toronto’s Show One Productions was founded in 2004 by the enterprising Russian born impresario Svetlana Dvoretsky.
Initially focused on classical music and special projects, the company has since expanded greatly and is now a leading commercial presenter of international artists including musicians, and theatre and dance companies from around the world.
Svetlana’s own training as a classical pianist and her exposure at a young age to a wide range of musicians and other artists inspired her to celebrate them in her chosen calling.
She paid her dues upon arriving in Canada in 1998. Positions in the arts were hard to come by, so she volunteered at concerts and worked at a clothing store, with long hours and duties that were neither fulfilling nor relevant. She tried business development for two large human resource companies, but a “normal 9 to 5 job” wasn’t for her, either. “I have known what I wanted to do since I was 15,” said Dvoretsky in one media interview, “and that path has been calling me ever since I immigrated to Canada.”
Ms. Dvoretsky quit all her jobs, determined to forge ahead with her dreams. With very little money, but no shortage of spunk, she organized her first Toronto concert in 2004. The event, Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi, was a huge success, and Show One Productions was born.
Fifteen years later, Show One Productions is proudly collaborating with extraordinary artists from around the world. The company is especially proud of its presentations of Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Malkovich, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi, Eifman Ballet, the Vakhtangov Theatre, and opera stars sopranos Sondra Radvanovsky and Hibla Gerzmava, and the late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Trio Magnifico – the historic union at The Four Seasons Opera House of soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov in their Toronto debuts, with Hvorostovsky in his last Toronto appearance – remains an exceptional musical memory.
Show One produces around 50 performing arts events annually and attracts over 50,000 patrons, mostly in Toronto but also in Montreal, Vancouver and other locales.
Giving back is an important part of Svetlana’s philosophy. Show One constantly participates in charity events, supporting causes close to her heart, and extending invitations to unprivileged families. She served on the Board of Directors of Toronto’s Ashkenaz Festival from 2006 to 2009.
Svetlana is a proud recipient of the Order of York Centre Award given by the Government of Canada to “individuals that have improved the lives of others, and have acted as public leaders.”
The daughter of Dr. Michael Dvoretsky and the Russian pianist/St. Petersburg Conservatory faculty member Annetta Maisel, Svetlana was born and raised in St. Petersburg. She is a music school graduate and holds a masters degree in Business and Theatre Management from the Academy of Culture in that city. She has resided in Toronto since her arrival in Canada.
Svetlana is passionate about gourmet cooking and hosting friends at her house. She recently took up tennis, but while her new sport plays a big part in her life, nothing can beat travelling and discovering new worlds – and bringing some of the finest performing artists from these back to Toronto audiences.
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