Fedorova & Takser Piano Duo: In the Heart of Music
There are pianists. Then there are artists such as Daria Fedorova and Ilya Takser. Breathing together as a pair of lungs belonging to separate bodies,…
Yearly Archives: 2025
CMIM: Big Changes for 2025 Vocal Edition
The 24th edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) will once again be dedicated to voice. For its 2025 iteration, 348 singers—including 74…
Opera 5: Indie stalwart introduces Toronto’s first professional opera festival
In a bold move this summer, Toronto indie company Opera 5 launches the city’s first professional opera festival with a mix of world premieres and…
CD Review | Rare Donizetti, Alfredo il Grande on Naxos
Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande Antonino Siragusa and Antonio Garés, tenors; Gilda Fiume, soprano; Valeria Girardello, mezzo-soprano; Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, baritone; Adolfo Corrado, bass; Hungarian Radio…
Prix d’Europe: Quebec’s Oldest Career-Launching Competition
Prix d’Europe—the prestigious $50,000 scholarship that offers artists the chance to study at their choice of the world’s greatest music schools—is turning 113. “This is…
Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Carmen: A Canadian first
If Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s arrival in Canada—and in Quebec, in particular—is always an event, what can we say about her local debut in Bizet’s Carmen, which…
Samuel Mariño: From Prejudice To Pride
Maricón! Parchita!! Mamita!!! (an alluvium of homophobic and demeaning insults)—these were the sort of taunts Samuel Mariño endured daily in school while growing up in…
Caring For Voices And Singers: Dr. Françoise Chagnon, ENT
If you are a singer in Quebec, you likely know Dr. Françoise Chagnon. A specialist in otorhinolaryngology (commonly referred to as ear, nose and throat…
Lucas Debargue: When Music Becomes Conversation
On April 13, renowned French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue will be coming to Montreal’s Salle Pierre Mercure to perform as part of Pro Musica’s…
Midori Marsh: The Fast-Rising Soprano Explores Sisterhood & Animal Rights
Ever since American-Canadian soprano Midori Marsh won First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2019 Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage competition, her career…
