Canadian Opera Legend Russell Braun Joins Faculty of NAC’s Young Artist Program June 5-24
June 5, 2017 (Ottawa) – From June 5-24, 2017, 64 talented young musicians from all around the world will embark on a three-week coaching and…
Monthly Archives: June, 2017
Victor Julien-Laferrière Wins the First Queen Elisabeth Cello Competititon
Victor Julien-Laferrière has won the 2017 Queen Elisabeth cello competition! The winner of the International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize – Queen Mathilde Prize receives 25.000 EUR…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ravel/De Falla: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Never forget that Maurice Ravel was more Basque than French. His rhythms and harmonies belong to the borderlands. He is happiest with the smell of…
Ottawa Chamberfest: Roman Borys talks Canadian Content and Funding
Running July 22 to August 4, the Ottawa Chamberfest is bound to please with featured guests Miró Quartet, Rolston String Quartet, Cinquecento, Stephen Hough, Julian…
Festival d’Opéra de Québec: 2017 edition
This year’s Festival d’Opéra de Québec takes place from July 24 to August 5 in Quebec City. Now in its seventh year, the festival has…
First Episodic Made-for-TV & Online Opera “VIREO: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser”
Burbank, CA – May 31, 2017 – Today, KCETLink Media Group – a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network – releases all 12 of the…
Toronto Summer Music Festival 2017
This season marks the first edition of the Toronto Summer Music Festival with TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow at the helm as Artistic Director. The festival,…
Sir Andrew Davis to Provide Interim Artistic Leadership During TSO Music Director Search
May 31, 2017: The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announces today that Sir Andrew Davis will act as Interim Artistic Director for two seasons following the conclusion of Peter Oundjian’s…
Wiikondiwin in the Haliburton Highlands
Wiikondiwin, meaning feasting or feast, is the title of Odawa composer Barbara Croall’s latest project, a commission by the Highlands Opera Studio in partnership with…
Canadian Classical Summer Music Festivals 2017: Ontario
The Highlands Opera Studio in Haliburton has an exciting season lined up this summer. See one of two (or both!) concerts of selections from opera…
