Alexandre Da Costa: Striving for Perfection
Appointed last year as chief conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil (OSDL), violinist Alexandre Da Costa is very much delighted by the audience’s response…
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Airat Ichmouratov: The Neo-Romantic with a Passion for Klezmer
His favorite repertoire includes works by great Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky and Borodin. “It’s in my blood. I grew up in…
Concerts aux Îles du Bic: Nineteen seasons of talent and passion
After almost 20 years of steady work, the Concerts aux Îles du Bic can be proud of the place that this summer chamber-music festival occupies…
Nicole Paiement: Conductor of Modern Opera
Nicole Paiement is one conductor not lacking for work in the opera circuit. Fresh from a run of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, staged by…
Tempêtes et Passions: Flash Mobs to Demystify Opera
Flash mobs in workplaces, shopping malls and other everyday environments, with singers in jeans: these are among the innovations favoured by Tempêtes et Passions, a…
Opera in the Park: Democratizing the lyric art
Opera attendance is declining.” That was the worrying finding that motivated soprano Nadia Neiazy to establish the creation of Alma Viva Productions in 2009. In…
Conservatoire du Québec: A new dynamic and a new beginning
“Our mandate is to train the next generation and to strengthen the complementary expertise of the various components of the network of conservatoires to better…
OSDL Grand Christmas Concert: Crossover meets a cappella in a seasonal mood
On Dec. 5, the magnificent Pratt & Whitney Canada Hall of the Théâtre de la Ville in Longueuil will be the site of the Grand…
Stéphane Marceau: painter and sculptor
He takes great care so that his works are “the purest exaltation of life, which is reflected in an organic way and intimately linked to…
Federal Elections 2019 The Issues for Artists, Authors and Media Outlets
Of the countless issues debated in the current federal election campaign, taxing Web giants, financing leading cultural institutions, revising the Law on Broadcasting and restricting…
