Emerging cellist Bryan Cheng wins 2017 Michael Measures Prize
Ottawa, July 11, 2017 – Cellist Bryan Cheng is the recipient of the 2017 Michael Measures Prize. A unique collaboration between the Canada Council for…
Yearly Archives: 2017
National Music Centre launches special exhibition dedicated to k.d. lang on July 11
National Music Centre launches special exhibition dedicated to k.d. lang on July 11 Big, Big Love exhibition to showcase performance costumes and artifacts from k.d. lang…
Gianmarco Segato joins Opera Canada Publications as the magazine’s new Editorial Director
Opera Canada Publications is pleased to announce the appointment of Gianmarco Segato as Editorial Director, effective July 24th. He will be working with the current editor, Wayne…
At Opera Saratoga, New Hands Rock Blitzstein’s Cradle
PREVIEW: Opera Saratoga’s new, full-out production of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 musical masterpiece, The Cradle Will Rock; and INTERVIEWS: with director Lawrence Edelson and musical director…
Lebrecht Weekly – Shostakovich, Martinu: Second cello concertos (Bis)
The second concerto for cello by Dmitri Shostakovich is the least ingratiating of the six he wrote, two for each major instrument. Opening with a…
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Suoni per il Popolo Festival) Montreal, June 2017
Words: Marc Chénard / Images: Jacques Gravel There once was a time when the city of Montreal sported one major music event, the Festival International de…
Cirque du Soleil Acquires Entertainment Phenomenon Blue Man Group
MONTREAL, July 6, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ – Global entertainment leader Cirque du Soleil today announced the acquisition of New-York-based Blue Man Productions, a global live entertainment company best…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ben-Haim: Concerto Grosso 1, Symphony No. 2 (NDR)
In May 1933, the composer Paul Frankenburger left Munich for Tel-Aviv, where he Hebraised his surname and became teacher of the first generation of…
Kent Nagano will be passing the torch in 2020
News by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Transmitted by CNW Group on June 29, 2017 12:45 ET Kent Nagano will be passing the torch in 2020…
Lebrecht Weekly – Richard Strauss: Through Life and Love (Orchid)
Of the two UK finalists in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World last weekend, many felt the English soprano Louise Alder stood a better chance…
