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Newswire | Ottawa Chamberfest Announces Its 30th Annual Summer Festival
OTTAWA, April 17, 2024 — Ottawa’s own internationally-acclaimed chamber music festival celebrates 30 years of changing lives through music this summer! Ottawa Chamberfest will celebrate…
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Newswire | Eleven young organists from around the world at the 6th Canadian International Organ Competition
MONTREAL, APRIL 16, 2024 – The Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) presents its triennial competition…
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La Scena Musicale Announces the Launch of the 2024 Choir Guide: Celebrating Choral Music
Montreal, Quebec – April 17, 2024. La Scena Musicale, the renowned music magazine committed to…
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Ladies Morning Musical Club Announces 133rd Season at Oscar Peterson Hall
The Ladies Morning Musical Club (LMMC) has announced their programming for the 2024-25 season.
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Newswire | Orchestre classique de Montréal features stars of tomorrow in Mozart’s Requiem
Montreal, April 15, 2024 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) presents Mozart’s celebrated Requiem,…
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Concert Review | Beautiful parts fail to add up to a dramatic whole in Opera Atelier All is Love
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.
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Newswire | Amadeus Choir Celebrates 50 Years and Honours Lydia Adams as Conductor Emerita
Toronto, ON – April 12, 2023 – In a landmark moment during their golden jubilee…
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4.0Weekly Lebrecht | Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
I was never a fan of viola jokes. Just because the instrument is neither one…
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La Scena 2024 International Festivals Guide
Regions USA Europe Asia Australia Featured Festival Atlanta Opera: 96-Hour Opera Festival Atlanta, GA, June…
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Newswire | Canadian jazz legend Dr. Phil Nimmons dies at 100
April 10, 2024 – With deep sadness, the family of Phil Nimmons announces that on…
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Newswire | Mécénat Musica program reaches $100,000,000 fundraising goal in perpetuity capital for Québec culture
Montréal, April 9th, 2024 – Mécénat Musica program announced that it has successfully reached its…
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Highlights | Canadians in Munich, Mäkelä takes Chicago, 24-25 opera in Winnipeg, Calgary & Quebec
Welcome to La Scena Musicale’s weekly Highlights, a roundup of classical music news from Canada…
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Concert Review | OSMose: Great Fun for Kids!
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.
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Newswire | Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition Announces 2024 Finalists in Strings
Brandon, Manitoba – The 47th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition 2024 in Strings: Violin, Viola and…
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Angela Konrad: Giving form to desire
In charge since September 2022, Angela Konrad assumes the double role of artistic and general…
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Émilie Perreault: Essential Cultural Service
It was at the invitation of Caroline Parent, director of the Festival de L’Assomption, that…
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4.0Lebrecht Weekly | Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
If you’ve never heard of the composer Walter Kaufmann, you are not alone. A Czech…
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Theatre calendar – Spring 2024
April Marie-Claire Blais’s Un cœur habité de mille voix (A Heart Filled with a Thousand…
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3.0CD Review | Portraits, Emily Carr String Quartet (Leaf Music)
The Emily Carr String Quartet specializes in contemporary musical repertoire and has chosen to adopt the name of a local painter.
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Société Pro Musica: Maurizio Baglini and the Symphonic Piano
Italian pianist, Maurizio Baglini, will make his Montreal debut with a recital at the Société Pro Musica on Sunday, May 12, 2024.
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Auto-Tune and Classical Music: Harmony or Heresy?
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.
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Review | Mark Fewer Shines in Esprit Orchestra’s Richter and Ligeti Evening
To lovers of new music, Esprit Orchestra needs no introduction. Founded in 1983 by conductor…
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The Homecoming of Kent Nagano
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.
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Editorial (April 2024)
Welcome to the April/May 2024 national issue of La Scena Musicale. Tenor Pene Pati is…
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Joyce El-Khoury & Serouj Kradjian: What They’re Made Of
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.
Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company opens 2023-24 season with Beethoven’s Fidelio
The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2023-24 season with a rare gem. Fidelio is the only opera Beethoven ever wrote,…
Newswire | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new 23.24 season Community Engagement Team and Activities
Toronto, September 25, 2023 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces an exciting array of community events for the 2023/2024 season,…
Breaking News | Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Cancels 23/24 Season
Sept. 18, 2023 – The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Ontario’s third largest orchestra, announced this morning that the organization has…
La Scena 2024 International Festivals Guide
Regions USA Europe Asia Australia Featured Festival Atlanta Opera: 96-Hour Opera Festival Atlanta, GA, June 15 to 17 http://www.atlantaopera.org The…
Joel Ivany & Miriam Khalil: Just Getting Started
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) is a pillar of the Canadian opera scene. The award-winning company has been pushing boundaries…
On his Own Terms: Davóne Tines at Bourgie Hall
Although Davóne Tines may have “tumbled his way into the opera world” somewhat accidentally, his artistic output has been deliberate…
CD Review | Ispiciwin (Leaf Music, 2023)
In the company of the Luminous Voices vocal ensemble, Andrew Balfour presents Ispiciwin, a new album of compositions inspired by Cree texts.
Newswire | Orchestre classique de Montréal features stars of tomorrow in Mozart’s Requiem
Montreal, April 15, 2024 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) presents Mozart’s celebrated Requiem, conducted by Jacques Lacombe, with…
Concert Review | Beautiful parts fail to add up to a dramatic whole in Opera Atelier All is Love
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.
Newswire | Circus community holds its breath over Minister Girard’s “demanding and responsible” budget
Joyce El-Khoury & Serouj Kradjian: What They’re Made Of
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.
Verdi Goes to Church: A Requiem with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
At the time of its première in 1874, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem was described by sharp-tongued conductor Hans von Bülow as “an opera in ecclesiastical robes.”
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