Sinfonia Toronto goes online and gets symphonic
Even in the era of COVID-19, Sinfonia Toronto is thinking big. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 are on the 2020-21 schedule.…
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been a classical music critic since 1986. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale as well as Musical Toronto. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. From 2019-2021, Arthur was co-editor of La Scena Musicale.
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CD Review : Homage and Inspiration
Homage and Inspiration. Works by Schumann, Kurtág, Mozart and Christof Weiß Iris Trio. Coviello COV 92002 Total time: 62:46 Music schools often spawn multinational collaborations.…
Critiques CD Review : Walter Kaufmann: Chamber works
Walter Kaufmann: Chamber works ARC Ensemble. Chandos 20170 Total time: 77:37 Back when cultural appropriation was not a hanging offence, composers from Europe and the…
Critiques CD REVIEWS
Liszt and Thalberg: Opera transcriptions and fantasies Marc-André Hamelin, piano. Hyperion CDA68320. Total time: 75:00 Many an operatic tune got itself whistled in the 19th…
Instrumental Music
MSO and OM back in business In a continental performing arts scene dominated by a whole lot of cancellation, Montreal is a hive of activity.…
Midsize Mahler makes a big impression
What to do on a sun-drenched Sunday afternoon in September? A few hundred followers of the Orchestre Métropolitain chose to ponder the impermanence of youth…
New normal, old pleasures at Bourgie Hall
Bar and coat check are closed. Keep a safe distance. Gatherings are forbidden. Face coverings are required when moving about. Then, for old times’ sake:…
Isolde Lagacé on reopening Bourgie Hall: “My public is different.”
“One hundred percent positive” is how Isolde Lagacé, general and artistic director of Bourgie Hall, describes the reaction of the performers she contacted with offers…
The COC After Neef: Let the Rebuilding Begin
It is official. Alexander Neef, general director of the Canadian Opera Company, will take the reins of the Paris Opera in September, a year ahead…
Industry News
CAMI bites the dust The world’s best-known classical artist management agency, Columbia Artists Management Inc., went out of business on Aug. 31, leaving Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla,…
