Lebrecht Weekly | The Best Record to Venture Into Nielsen if You Haven’t Before
At the risk of being sent as a Nielsen missionary to Patagonia, I will try to explain why the music of this island-hopping Dane can…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Preview | An Underground Berlin-infused Schoenberg Premiere at Festival d’opéra de Québec
Berlin-based Canadian artists, soprano/composer Rachel Fenlon and mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel have created a unique take on Arnold Schoenberg seen through the filter of Berlin’s electrifying…
Review | MISSING Makes A Belated, Powerful Toronto Debut
MISSING, with music by Brian Current and libretto by Marie Clements, got its Eastern Canadian premiere at Koerner Hall on July 24th as part of…
Review | Jaeden Izik-Dzurko’s Self-effacing Poetry Charms Toronto Audience
For the past decade or so, Canadian pianists have been punching above their weight in major international piano competitions: from Charles Richard-Hamelin’s second prize at…
Announcement of the Best in Governance Award Recipients
Toronto, ON- The Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) is delighted to announce that Marc Chalifoux, Against the Grain Theatre, and Robert G. Milne, Pacific…
Orchestre de la Francophonie Presents Concert by Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Montreal, July 22, 2025 — On Sunday, August 3 at 2:30 p.m. at Maison Symphonique, the Orchestre de la francophonie (OF) will present a concert conducted by Jean-Philippe Tremblay,…
Review | Virtuosity Beyond Virtuosity: George Li at Toronto Summer Music
For its 20th anniversary, Toronto Summer Music is offering a parade of competition-winning pianists, from Canadians Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (last year’s Leeds gold medallist) to Charles…
FestivalOpéra de Saint-Eustache: When the Lights Went Out, the Voices Didn’t
For its 16th edition, FestivalOpéra de Saint-Eustache proved that all you need is a voice, a piano, and an audience willing to listen. Over three…
Lebrecht Weekly | Pianist Miroslav Beinhauer Turns Alois Hába’s Music Into Good Fun
Around the time Arnold Schoenberg got fed up with atonality and moved to serialism, a Czech composer of no renown decided that the future lay…
La Scena’s End of 2024-25 Donation Campaign
As the end of our fiscal year approaches, I am writing to update you on the latest developments at La Scena Musicale (LSM), and to…
