Free concert: “Dialogues” between East and West
Despite a challenging year of building a season on shaky foundations, between September 2020 and June 2021, the SMCQ and its Artistic Director Walter Boudreau…
Benjamin Goron
Benjamin Goron
Benjamin Goron est écrivain, musicologue et critique musical. Titulaire d’un baccalauréat en littérature et d’une maîtrise en musicologie de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, il a collaboré à plusieurs périodiques et radios en tant que chercheur et critique musical (L’Éducation musicale, Camuz, Radio Ville-Marie, SortiesJazzNights, L'Opéra). Depuis août 2018, il est rédacteur adjoint de La Scena Musicale. Pianiste et trompettiste de formation, il allie musique et littérature dans une double mission de créateur et de passeur de mémoire.
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Volumina: the fullness of sound fills empty rooms
For the 10th edition of the Montreal/New Musics festival, the SMCQ and Artistic Director Walter Boudreau present Volumina, bringing together works by Ligeti, Sokolović, Tremblay…
Interview with Julie-Anne Derome – Dreams of Tchaikovsky
After a first webcast concert in October, the Trio Fibonacci will once again return to our screens with Dreams of Tchaikovsky: a foray into the…
Trio Fibonacci: More Present Than Ever in 2020-21
Although the number four does not appear in Fibonacci’s mathematical sequence, the Trio Fibonacci has embraced it by presenting a rich and varied season of…
Chants Libres: Rethinking the Total Art of the 21st Century
Chants Libres came into being in 1991, at a time when contemporary opera didn’t have much good press in Quebec. Many singers dreaded damaging their…
Opéra Bouffe du Québec Stages La fille du tambour-major
Premiered a little under a century and a half ago, Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La fille du tambour-major was the last in a series of stage…
Clavecin en concert takes full flight
Clavecin en concert has come a long a way since its inception by harpsichordist Luc Beauséjour in 1994 – from harpsichord recitals in private rooms…
Fall Preview: Early Music
The perseverance of Orpheus The best-known musician of antiquity will attempt several more descents into the underworld this year to bring back his beloved Eurydice.…
Jeunesses Musicales Canada
A Young Person’s Guide to Classical Music From one year to the next, Jeunesses Musicales du Canada (JMC) stages over 1,200 concerts and workshops in…
Book review
Rudi, la leçon Serkin. André Tubeuf Actes Sud, 2019, 224 pages **** André Tubeuf, an admirer as well as a friend of Rudolph Serkin, pays…
