Canadian Aaron Tan Wins Organ Competition
Aaron Tan, a doctoral organ student at the Eastman School of Music with a PhD in engineering from the University of Michigan, has won the…
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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Montrealer Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu Takes Gold in Warsaw
The Paris-born and Montreal-bred Canadian pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu has won the 40,000-euro first prize of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, one…
Canadian Pianists J J Jun Li Bui and Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu Make the Finals in Warsaw
The winner of Gold is Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu. Read the full story here. Here are the videos of the Finals. Two Canadians, J J Jun…
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Dutoit in the house Annie Dutoit, that is. The Swiss-born professor, performer and journalist – daughter of Charles Dutoit and Martha Argerich – was on…
CD Review: English Songs à la française (Bridge)
English Songs à la française. Songs by Gounod, Hahn, Massenet, Milhaud, Poulenc, Roussel, Ravel, Saint-Saëns Tyler Duncan, baritone. Erika Swtizer, piano Bridge 9537 ★★★★✩ The…
CD Review: Sound visionaries (Navona Records)
Sound visionaries Works by Debussy, Messiaen, Boulez Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano Navona Records NV6358 ★★★★✩ The Toronto pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico has built her career…
CD Review: Sibelius – Symphony No. 3 (ATMA Classique)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 Orchestre Métropolitain Yannick Nézet-Séguin ATMA Classique ACD24033 ★★★★✩ Least loved of the brood of seven, Sibelius’s Third Symphony is known (to…
Lotte Brott: woman of distinction
Music administrators and music critics usually exist in a cordially adversarial relationship. Few administrators were as cordially, warmly and inventively adversarial as Lotte Brott (1922-98),…
Kevin Chen, Piano, Franz Liszt Competition
That Kevin Chen, 16, of Calgary won the 30,000-Euro first prize in the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition is impressive enough. That he was the…
A dark double bill from the Opéra de Montréal
Early out of the gate in announcing a 2021-22 season, the Opéra de Montréal on Saturday became one of the first Canadian companies to stage…
