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Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Makes Finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition
Leeds, Sept. 18, 2024 – The Leeds International Piano Competition announced the five pianists who have progressed to the Concerto Finals of the 2024 Competition.…
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Concours Musical International de Montréal, Voice Edition, Announces Prestigious Jury
The jury of the Voice 2025 edition of the CMIM will be composed of eminent members, including…
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Bells Will Ring at Maison Symphonique for the Grand Premiere of OSM
Montreal, September 17, 2024 – Tomorrow evening, two carillon bells in G and C especially…
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Review | Cultural Unity in the Chinese Gardens: A Lyrical Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
In the lunar calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month marks the annual Mid-Autumn…
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3.0Lebrecht Weekly | Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The Times of London has shrunk its weekly classical record review to an inch and…
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La Scena on the Road | Musikfest Berlin 2024: The Americas & Politics
Musikfest Berlin is an ambitious annual festival that hosts the world’s top orchestras, instrumental and…
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Keri-Lynn Wilson is Appointed Music Director of Kyiv Camerata in Ukraine
Kyiv, Sept. 9, 2024 — Keri-Lynn Wilson, the 57 year old conductor who has helped…
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4.0Lebrecht Weekly | Dvorak’s Symphonies by Two Orchestras (Warner/Pentatone)
Comparisons in music are unfair. An ephemeral art cannot be measured and pinned, like a…
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Ventriglia vs Wicklund: A dance battle in Alberta where everyone wins
There are two major dance companies in Alberta with “ballet” in their names, making it…
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4.5CD Review | Ensemble ArtChoral — Art Choral, Vol. 1: Renaissance
Art Choral, Vol. 1: Renaissance Ensemble ArtChoral; Matthias Maute, artistic director ATMA Classique, 2024 Ensemble…
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4.5CD Review | George Benjamin: Picture a day like this
George Benjamin: Picture a day like this George Benjamin, composer and musical direction; Martin Crimp,…
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Salle Bourgie’s 2024-25 season is fast approaching
Montreal, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 – Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts…
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5.0CD Review | Benjamin Bernheim, Douce France, DG
Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons Benjamin Bernheim, tenor; Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 For…
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Upcoming Concerts: September 2024
The Orchestre classique de Montréal is celebrating its 85th season this year. Their first performance of the season honours their history of orchestral excellence, while also championing the future of Canadian opera.
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Chamber Music & Solo Performances: Homegrown Talent & Canadian Debuts
Bourgie Hall’s 2024-25 season promises a wide range of chamber and solo musical performances, spanning numerous genres, centuries and musical styles. Perhaps most notably, Bourgie Hall will kick off a multi-year project: the performance of all of Franz Schubert’s lieder.
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2024 Canadian Orchestra Roundup
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will begin their season with Rafael Payare conducting Schoenberg’s Guerre-Lieder. This musical saga with narratives of jealousy, damnation, and salvation opens OSM’s 90th season with a post-Romantic staple.
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4.0CD Review | Bruce Liu — Waves: Music by Satie; DG
Waves: Music by Satie Bruce Liu, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 Bruce Liu’s solo piano album…
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5.0CD Review | Carousel — John Wilson, Chandos
Rodgers and Hammerstein — Carousel Tenors: Nathaniel Hackmann and Julian Ovenden; sopranos: Mikaela Bennett, Sierra…
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La Rentrée: Indigenous Artists
Polaris Music Prize-winner Jeremy Dutcher will join the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conductor Alexander Shelley for an evening of new music as part of his Motewolonuwok tour. He invites audiences into an evening of personal, intimate musical experiences….
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Société philharmonique du Nouveau Monde: A season of favourites
The Société philharmonique du Nouveau Monde’s 2024-25 season promises to be another grandiose one in terms of the choice of works and the number of musicians on stage.
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La Rentrée: Choral 2024
Season highlights for Canadian choral music, 2024.
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Industry News & Corner: September 2024
Industry News for September 2024
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Tafelmusik: Forging Connections with Chamber Music
Why are Toronto-based Tafelmusik’s performances and recordings of early music so electrifying?
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4.3CD Review | Djely Tapa — Dankoroba, Influente
Dankoroba Djely Tapa, singer-songwriter Disques Nuits d’Afrique, 2024 With her new single Dankoroba (Influente/Woman of…
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4.5CD Review | Continuum — Didem Bașar; I Musici de Montréal
Continuum Didem Bașar, kanun and composer; I Musici de Montréal, Jean-François Rivest, conductor; Patrick Graham,…
Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company opens 2023-24 season with Beethoven’s Fidelio
The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2023-24 season with a rare gem. Fidelio is the only opera Beethoven ever wrote,…
Newswire | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new 23.24 season Community Engagement Team and Activities
Toronto, September 25, 2023 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces an exciting array of community events for the 2023/2024 season,…
Breaking News | Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Cancels 23/24 Season
Sept. 18, 2023 – The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Ontario’s third largest orchestra, announced this morning that the organization has…
Review | A breakdancing Fairy Queen opens Toronto Summer Music
Toronto Summer Music opened its 2024 festival in the most grand, celebratory manner possible with the local premiere of Les Arts Florissants’ production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
CD Review | Benjamin Bernheim, Douce France, DG
Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons Benjamin Bernheim, tenor; Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 For his debut album of French…
CD Review | Erin Morley, Rose in Bloom, Orchid Classics, 2024
Rose in Bloom Erin Morley, soprano; Gerald Martin Moore, piano Orchid Classics, 2024 One of today’s most in-demand lyric coloratura…
An Exciting Summer for Indigenous Theatre
Theatre news for summer 2024, with an emphasis on indigenous artists.
Review | Cultural Unity in the Chinese Gardens: A Lyrical Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
In the lunar calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month marks the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration of the…
CD Review | George Benjamin: Picture a day like this
George Benjamin: Picture a day like this George Benjamin, composer and musical direction; Martin Crimp, libretto; Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano; Anna…
Newswire | Circus community holds its breath over Minister Girard’s “demanding and responsible” budget
Tafelmusik: Forging Connections with Chamber Music
Why are Toronto-based Tafelmusik’s performances and recordings of early music so electrifying?
Glenn Gould Foundation Presents the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel
The Glenn Gould Foundation proudly presented the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel during a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall on August 2, 2024.
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