Blue Moods
Gone but not forgotten If jazz is social music, as Miles Davis once put it, the current rule of social distancing has weighed heavily against…
Yearly Archives: 2020
The Corona Serenades
By Adrian Rodriguez and Eva Stone-Barney La Scena Musicale launched the Corona Serenades in early April as a means of connecting people through music in…
Thomas Yu: Periodontist By Day, Pianist By Night
Tomas Yu is the unanimous winner of the 2016 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, for which he took home the gold medal as well as…
Nareh Arghamanyan: “Competitions are crucial for self-examination”
By Pati Harboyan Pianist Nareh Arghamanyan was recently back in Quebec. The Concours musical international de Montréal laureate performed Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with…
Nicolas Namoradze: Breakthrough Artist Here to Stay
Born in Georgia but raised in Hungary, the pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze launched his international career in 2018 when he became the winner of the Honens…
CD Reviews
André Mathieu: Concerto de Québec and works for two pianos Alain Lefèvre et Hélène Mercier, pianos. Warner Classics 9029548866 Total time: 65:24 ★★★★★ For his…
Dang Thai Son: Moving On, Staying Put
Like all performing artists, Dang Thai Son has modified his schedule to adapt to the ravages of COVID-19. The benefit concert he was to give…
La Maison musicale de Warwick: Showcase of Québécois talent
By Marq Doyon La Maison musicale de Warwick has been operating for eight years in the Centre-du-Québec region. Its mandate is to promote talented Québécois…
Andrew Gray: The Montreal Choral Institute and Voces Boreales
Andrew Gray couldn’t have chosen a better city than Montreal when, in 2010, he decided to leave the U.K. to start a new chapter in…
Ladies stay the course for 129th Season
Only good news from the Ladies’ Morning Musical Club,” Constance Pathy, president of the venerable organization, said at the formal launch of the 2020-21 season.…
