Les Idées heureuses: A Musical Feast at the Court of Versailles
At the end of November, Les Idées heureuses welcomes a distinguished guest to Montreal: conductor and baroque music historian Hervé Niquet. In a “two-in-one” format…
Yearly Archives: 2025
2025-26 Higher Musical Education Guide
To help students find information on music education, this month’s La Scena Musicale offers a guide to the major educational institutions in Canada. Université de…
Winter Festival Guide
New Brunswick Fredericton Frostival Festival Fredericton, January 22 to February 8 www.fb.com/FrederictonFrostival/ Montréal Lumino Montréal, November 27 to March 8 www.luminomtl.com Igloofest Montréal, January 15…
Messiah Aria Primer | “But who may abide”: Alto, countertenor, mezzo…or bass?
For many singers, this is the busiest time of the year, filled with holiday concerts, semester-end performances—and, for some, many, many productions of Messiah. For…
Ali Kian Yazdanfar’s “Gray Zone”: Bringing together contrasting elements
Often, chance works in mysterious ways. That’s how a glance at a painting by Ferdos Maleki in a Magog art gallery transported double bassist Ali…
The Year on Record
Our picks for some of 2025’s best releases. The Birdsong Project Presents: Birdly Serenade David Murray Quartet: David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Marta Sanchez…
Esprit Orchestra: A New Season of Art Inspired by Artists
Esprit Orchestra launches their second annual Edge Of Your Seat International Festival with two concerts that celebrate elation and musical legacy. The first, Tour de…
The Tallis Scholars: Timeless Voices
Thomas Tallis, Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina—these are just a few of the composers whom the Tallis Scholars have brought to an international…
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Messiah: Conductor Michael Francis on the Greatest Work of Art
For the past 90 years, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir have performed Handel’s Messiah together. Like the Nutcracker ballet, Messiah is an…
Francis Perron: A Caring and Demanding Approach to Collaborative Piano
Pianist and vocal coach Francis Perron is a fixture in Montreal’s music scene. He has given recitals with singers such as Christian Immler, François Le…
