Lebrecht Weekly – Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze (Hyperion)
Do not be put off by the cover, which shows two Victorians of different gender having a pre-Raphaelite snog. What they look like post-Raphael is…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Tenor at the Table! Opera Philadelphia Welcomes Lawrence Brownlee as Artistic Advisor
INTERVIEW: with Lawrence Brownlee (and Opera Philadelphia general director David Devan). The busy life of one world-class tenor just got that much busier, and the…
First-Ever Dancemakers Minifest Announced!
2017 MiniFest Biographies Amanda Acorn Amanda Acorn is an award winning choreographer based in Toronto, Canada. As a dancer she collaborated as a company artist…
Lebrecht Weekly – Karol Szymanowski; Stabat Mater, 3rd Symphony (Warner)
Never a big Easter bunny, I generally receive the springtime festival releases with the same excitement as I’d feel about a Placido Domingo Christmas record.…
McGill Music Students to Present Holocaust Memorial Concert, “Petr’s Moon”
(MONTREAL)—In the week following Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Downwind Quintet, comprising McGill University graduate and undergraduate students, presents “Petr’s Moon,” a powerful recital in memory…
Kent Nagano | Season Announcement 2017/18 Philharmonic State Orchestra and State Opera Hamburg
On 11 April 2017, Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Chief Conductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra, together with GeorgesDelnon,…
Meet 20 of the most talented young organists in the world! During the Canadian International Organ Competition In Montreal!
Montreal, April 11, 2017 – The names of the 20 candidates that will take part in the 2017 edition of the Canadian International Organ Competition…
Call for Submissions for Canada’s Largest Prize for Classical Music Composition
Following the triumphant inaugural launch of the Azrieli Music Prizes in 2014, the Azrieli Foundation is again searching for composers to receive two substantial prizes:…
Soundstreams Announces 35th Season!
Monday April 10, 2017 // Toronto – Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney is delighted to announce Soundstreams’ 35th season. The main stage series features five sensational shows: Northern Encounters, with music and dance from…
Robert Carsen, Christine Goerke, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Matthew Polenzani and Frederica von Stade Receive Honors at 12th Annual Opera News Awards
~ Sold-out evening featured surprise appearance by Renée Fleming; presentations by Elīna Garanča, Kiri Te Kanawa and Joseph Volpe ~ New York, NY (April 10,…
