Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957): The Greatest Conductor of Conscience
We celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini’s birth and the 60th anniversary of his death in 2017. He had an epic start…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Jazz: Classics … Reloaded
Pierre-Yves Martel – Quartetski et le loup (Bartók et Prokofiev dans le collimateur) Since his arrival in Montreal in 2004, Pierre-Yves Martel has carved himself…
Cultural Rendez-Vous: Montreal Literary Events to Mark
Promenade littéraire with the BAnQ Saturdays at 1:30 PM, Various neighbourhoods In collaboration with Tours Kaléidoscope, the Bibliothèque et Archives national du Québec offers guided…
Industry News: April 2017
Concert halls La Seine Musicale, a new concert hall located in Boulogne-Billancourt, west of Paris, will be inaugurated from the 18th to the 21st of…
Piano Esmonde White: A New Cycle for the Piano
Oliver Esmonde-White’s great passion is the piano. But his love for the instrument is different from that of the pianist, whose heroes may be Bach,…
Bay and Austin Symphony Superb in Mahler Sixth
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6. Austin Symphony Orchestra/Peter Bay, conductor. Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas. March 25, 2017 Symphony No. 6 first saw…
Lebrecht Weekly – Verdi: Requiem (LSO Live)
The Barbican’s season opener last September was one of the great Requiems of my life. The London Symphony Orchestra had a spring in their step…
24 OF THE WORLD’S MOST PROMISING PIANISTS TO COMPETE IN MONTREAL
Montreal, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 – 24 young pianists, 6 women and 18 men from 15 countries with an average age of 26, have been…
Experience the “Tido Effect” – Music May Never Be the Same
NEW TECHNOLOGY PROFILE: “Tido” – a new digital platform for learning, appreciating, and experiencing music; and INTERVIEW: with Tido originator Brad Cohen. It happened on…
National Art Centre Statement Regarding Cancellation of Magnetic North Theatre Festival
March 22, 2017 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) today expressed its regret over the cancellation of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival.…
