Montreal, April 15, 2024 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) presents Mozart’s celebrated Requiem, conducted by Jacques Lacombe, with 150 Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal…

All is Love, the new Opera Atelier production is a heterogeneous mix of numbers that impress individually but fail to add up to a dramatically satisfying whole.

Toronto, ON – April 12, 2023 – In a landmark moment during their golden jubilee…

I was never a fan of viola jokes. Just because the instrument is neither one…

Regions USA Europe Asia Australia Featured Festival Atlanta Opera: 96-Hour Opera Festival Atlanta, GA, June…

April 10, 2024 – With deep sadness, the family of Phil Nimmons announces that on…

Montréal, April 9th, 2024 – Mécénat Musica program announced that it has successfully reached its…

Welcome to La Scena Musicale’s weekly Highlights, a roundup of classical music news from Canada…

This year’s OSMose at the Maison Symphonique featured a program of excerpts from 13 well-known pieces, most notably Edvard Grieg’s ‘Morning Mood’ from Peer Gynt, “Hedwig’s Theme” from John Williams’ iconic Harry Potter score, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

Brandon, Manitoba – The 47th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition 2024 in Strings: Violin, Viola and…

In charge since September 2022, Angela Konrad assumes the double role of artistic and general…

It was at the invitation of Caroline Parent, director of the Festival de L’Assomption, that…

If you’ve never heard of the composer Walter Kaufmann, you are not alone. A Czech…

April Marie-Claire Blais’s Un cœur habité de mille voix (A Heart Filled with a Thousand…

The Emily Carr String Quartet specializes in contemporary musical repertoire and has chosen to adopt the name of a local painter.

Italian pianist, Maurizio Baglini, will make his Montreal debut with a recital at the Société Pro Musica on Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Controversial, frequency correction and note modulation tools like Autotune and Melodyne face harsh criticism, as did most tools that have appeared throughout the history of recording.

To lovers of new music, Esprit Orchestra needs no introduction.  Founded in 1983 by conductor…

Kent Nagano has a soft spot in his heart for the province of Quebec. In conversation with La Scena Musicale, he talks about a place he views as a cultural hot spot.

Welcome to the April/May 2024 national issue of La Scena Musicale. Tenor Pene Pati is…

El-Khoury and Kradjian have created a program that combines bel canto favourites with a collection of the Lebanese songs she grew up listening to. This repertoire will be completely new to Toronto audiences, and will include the North American première of Les cèdres by Iyad Kanaan.

Newfoundland Gros Morne Theatre Festival Cow Head, June 1 to September 22 www.theatrenewfoundland.com Nova Scotia…

The concept behind Michael Spyres’s new album, In the Shadows, is an original one—as is the order of the selected repertoire.

On the occasion of Mother’s Day, we pay tribute to the mother behind the artistic and entrepreneurial journeys of musical prodigy Francis Choinière, and his twin brother and accomplice, Nicolas.

On Rock Echoes, Kristan Toczko offers harp arrangements of famous rock songs. The experience may only be worthwhile for rock fans willing to forgive the limitations of the harp.