The NEM and Tim Brady: Silence Deployed on a Grand Scale
More than 100 musicians and singers will fill the Church of the Gesù on April 26 to perform the latest symphonic work of composer and…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Orchestre classique de Montréal: A Viennese concert brought down to size
A harmonium you only find in heaven,” Boris Brott said from his earthly lodgings in Montreal. “And even there they get tired of pumping with…
Elias String Quartet A Big Year for Beethoven
Haydn’s Op. 77 No. 1, Mendelssohn’s Op. 13, Beethoven’s Op. 131: The program is logical enough. After all, the Elias String Quartet takes its name from…
Elisa Citterio: A New Approach to Early Music
I love Wozzeck,” Elisa Citterio, 43, said in a cozy spot in Trinity-St. Paul’s, the renovated church in Toronto where Tafelmusik presents most of its…
Editorial
Cover, February 2000 issue Twenty years ago, La Scena Musicale’s February 2000 issue featured on the cover the young and relatively unknown Montreal conductor Yannick…
Honens International Piano Competition Opens 2021 Applications and Announces Details Of Its Tenth Edition
Calgary, AB, February 3, 2020—The triennial Honens International Piano Competition—distinguished for its philosophy of the Complete Artist—opens applications and announces the details of its 2021…
Canadian Composer John Joseph Burke Passes Away Suddenly
Toronto, ON – It’s with a very heavy heart that pianist Catherine Wilson of Ensemble Vivant writes about the passing of her dear colleague and…
Quatuor Molinari celebrates good works of two special women
Never miss a Quatuor Molinari concert. It might end up being a Prix Opus-winning event. Actually, I had a few reasons turn up at the…
Monique Dubé: 23rd Prix Opus Hommage
The Conseil québécois de la musique has paid tribute to a leading figure who has left a significant mark on musical life in Quebec. Monique Dubé,…
José Navas and Winterreise: Coming to Terms with Winter
My works are the children of my knowledge of music and pain,” wrote Franz Schubert in his notebooks. Inspired by the Schubertiades, the musical and…
