It was great to see a well-filled Vancouver Playhouse on the May 29th opening night of MOVETHECOMPANY’s 20th Anniversary Gala,…

Hungarian State Opera’s new production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda marks the opera’s first staging in this country (seen May 31).…

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra continues to thrive, playing to a packed Roy Thomson Hall on May 28, each part of…

It was great to see a well-filled Vancouver Playhouse on the May 29th opening night of MOVETHECOMPANY’s 20th Anniversary Gala,…

Hungarian State Opera’s new production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda marks the opera’s first staging in this country (seen May 31).…

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra continues to thrive, playing to a packed Roy Thomson Hall on May 28, each part of…

While the major exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks continues its run until October 20 – and, already, it’s been seen by over 50,000 people – the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is preparing a host of offerings for this fall, including an opportunity to see more than 100 works that have recently entered the Museum’s collection.

The Orchestre Classique de Montréal (OCM) announces the departure of its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Maestro Jacques Lacombe.

On Feb. 5, after two years and as many virtual occasions, the Prix Opus gala returned to the Salle…

Pianist David Potvin struggled to settle on a name for his debut album, which comes out on April 19 under Leaf Music.

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Montreal, April 10, 2025 —Today, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal proudly unveils its 2025–2026 season. With sumptuous and varied programming…

Marc Boucher, founder and artistic director of Festival Classica, is a man with wide open ears. “An artistic director,” he…

In this week’s news highlights: there’s a shuffle going on with women conductors in Canada; Canadians in Oper Frankfurt’s 24-25 season; Beethoven #9 at 200

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What links French Impressionist composer Maurice Ravel with the Venice Biennale and American minimalist composer Steve Reich? Their association might…

Established in 2022, La Route des concerts continues to expand. It now welcomes an increasing number of partners into its…

The second symphony by this unsung French composer has been included in this summer’s BBC Proms and I wanted to…

Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had…

If you had told me at the start of the week that I’d still be listening to Biber on Friday,…

La Scena Musicale is celebrating the Art Song with the worldwide survey, What is your favourite art song? Submit your vote at www.nextgreatartsong.com. Conductor Sergio…

La Scena is sad to learn of the passing of tenor Alain Nonat on Dec. 31, 2024 at the age…

Legendary Japanese conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama has passed away at the age of 84. A cornerstone of Vancouver’s classical music scene,…

Sir Andrew Davis, former conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, died of Leukemia on Saturday, at the age of 80.…

Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts! After the illumination of Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the Montreal-based firm…

A hundred years ago this week, on November 7, 1916, soprano Rayén Quitral was born in the small village of…

Romantic composer Robert Schuman died of pneumonia on this day in music in 1856. The young Schumann wasn’t the most…

Montreal, April 10, 2025 —Today, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal proudly unveils its 2025–2026 season. With sumptuous and varied programming…

On Tuesday, September 12, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) launches its 90th season with two musical masterpieces of the…

On September 24, 2023, the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) will present the fourth concert in their Hommage…

Joy and excitement ! The Harbourfront Centre welcomes the incomparable United Kingdom-based Hofesh Shechter Company and its highly anticipated Double Murder for…

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, the third of three productions of the Canadian Opera Company’s…

Canadian soprano Edith Wiens gives masterclass at University of TorontoNow that both the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Atelier have…

On Saturday, the reputable Boston Symphony Orchestra played at the Maison Symphonique. The last time the orchestra visited Montreal was…

Opera Lafayette is getting many positive reviews for their production of Léonare, ou l’Amour Conjugal, which has an all Canadian…

In today’s Video of the Day, maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin gives us a crash course in orchestral conducting, describing his process.…

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 1, 2025—The jury of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 21–June 7, 2025) has announced the…

Montreal, May 29, 2025 — Jeunesses Musicales Canada (JMC) is proud to unveil its 76th season in Joseph-Rouleau Hall at…