Benefit Ball Boasts Big Bucks for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
By Naomi Gold ([email protected])Photo by Guy Labissionnière & Blue Strom MédiaFrom left to right: Guy C. Hachey, COO Bombardier Aerospace and gala co-chair; Line Beauchamp, Quebec…
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Prix d’Europe Music Journalism Prize
For its 100th edition, the Prix d’Europe is launching its Music Journalism Prize in honour of Claude Gingras (Prix d’Europe en journalism en homage à…
COC Announces 2011-12 Season
This morning I attended the annual Canadian Opera Company press conference announcing plans for the upcoming season. Thanks to modern technology, the event is now…
Eschenbach Era Begins in Washington
by Paul E. RobinsonCLASSICAL TRAVELSConcert Hall, the Kennedy CenterWashington, D.C.October 16, 2010Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major K. 338Mahler: Symphony No. 5National Symphony Orchestra/Christoph…
Culture Budget in France Up 2.7%
by Frank CadenheadIn contrast to the struggling art and music scene in America and the expected cuts in the culture budget in England, both France…
The Muti Era Begins in Chicago
CSO Launches Bold Vision and New Recording By Barbara Sealock A bold new era is underway at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the arrival of…
The Montreal Symphony’s Musical Masked Ball Raises One Million
by Naomi GoldOn a sultry summer night on May 26, 2010, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra welcomed some six hundred supporters to their 12th annual Midsummer…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chosen to Head the Philadelphia Orchestra
If classical music had a more honoured place in our culture, Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s appointment to head the Philadelphia Orchestra would have been front page news…
Salzburg Easter Festival’s financial scandal woes
By Frank CadenheadThe financial scandal at the Salzburg Easter Festival, just before its opening, has been a huge story in Austria for the last two…
Les Notes: May 1997
Singers’ StoriesToronto’s Today’s Seniors’ March issue contains a featured article on Canadian contralto Maureen Forrestor (by Linda Pruessen). This article can be found at :http://www.novatech.on.ca/seniors/marfeat1.html…
