Esprit Orchestra: Keeping audiences on the edge of their seats
Esprit Orchestra’s 2024-25 season is titled “The Edge of Your Seat”—but that could well describe their entire ethos. Established in 1983 by Music Director and…
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Opera at Banff 2024: books as operas; arias and pints
The 2024 Banff Summer Arts Festival has something to please every culture-vulture’s palate. With 65 shows and performances, including over 35 free events, the festival,…
Nadia Labrie: Finding the Beauty
French-Canadian flute player Nadia Labrie is famous for her classical recordings of works by Schubert, Bach, and Mozart.
Seong-Jin Cho: Beyond Chopin
Seong-Jin Cho shot to fame after winning first prize at the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2015. Since then, Cho has played the Chopin…
Westben – Authenticity & Beauty
The annual Westben Festival enters its 24th season this summer with an array of sounds from the worlds of classical, pop, jazz, and musicals, all presented…
Yoav Talmi: 80 Years and Still Conducting and Composing
Conductor Yoav Talmi is happy to be celebrating his 80th birthday with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ) in May. Two concerts led by the…
Cecilia Livingston: Driven by Melody
Cecilia Livingston can mark the moment her music changed. Instead of making bread and practising yoga through the worst of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns, Livingston…
Andrew Balfour: Storytelling through Music
Medicine is an important element of composer Andrew Balfour’s creative pursuits. “People think of music as a refuge, but music can also be a powerful…
Lukas Geniušas at LMMC: Celebrating Rachmaninoff
Pianist Lukas Geniušas says the difference between the original and second versions of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor is not merely…
