Review | VoixMonde: Fado Transports Audience to Portuguese Seaside
On June 16, the VoixMonde concert series, which presents traditional music of Montreal’s immigrant communities, continued with a performance of Portuguese fado at le 9e…
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb is a writer and violin teacher from Montreal, Quebec. She completed a Bachelor of Music at McGill in 2018, where she minored in Baroque Performance. Most recently, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston. Aside from her music reviews and journalism with La Scena Musicale, Heather's essays and children's poems have been published in Dappled Things and The Dirigible Ballon.
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Review | Ensemble Caprice Performs a Magnificent Magnificat
On June 5, Matthias Maute led ArtChoral and Ensemble Caprice in a performance of Bach’s Magnificat at Montreal’s Maison symphonique. Lasting about 30 minutes, Magnificat…
CD Review | Geirr Tveitt Leif Ove Andsnes
Geirr Tveitt Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Solveig Andsnes, vocals Simax Classics, 2026 Norway’s most acclaimed pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, provides a riveting introduction to the…
CD Review | Haydn Trauer, Il Giardino Armonico
Haydn 2032 Vol. 19, Trauer Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Alpha Classics, 2026 The 19th instalment of Haydn 2032—an ongoing project to record all…
William Fedkenheuer: Introducing Toronto Summer Music’s New Leader
Toronto Summer Music, which celebrates its 20th anniversary from July 9 to Aug. 1, has a new artistic director at its helm. A violinist and…
Mark Fewer: New Bach Recording Showcases Canadian Luthiers
Canadian violinist Mark Fewer not only plays the violin—he plays a lot of them. His album—J.S. Bach: Violin Sonatas and Partitas, to be released by…
Review | Ensemble ArtChoral Charms with Beatles Tunes
On May 17, Matthias Maute led Ensemble ArtChoral in a concert of a cappella Beatles tunes at Montreal’s Maison symphonique. Maute shared anecdotes about the…
Concours musical international de Montréal 2026: All Shades of the Violin
Out of 250 violinists who auditioned from all over the world, the preliminary jury selected 24, including three Canadians (Justin Saulnier, Paloma So and Belle…
CD Review | Prokofiev, Nemanja Radulović, Warner Classics
Prokofiev Nemanja Radulović, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor; Johan Dalene, violin; Laure Favre-Kahne, piano; Les Trilles du Diable Warner Classics, 2026 Serbian violinist Nemanja…
CD Review | The Beethoven Project: Beethoven 5/Vol. 5; Jonathan Biss
The Beethoven Project: Beethoven 5/Vol. 5 Jonathan Biss, piano; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Malin Broman, leader Orchid Classics Jonathan Biss is clearly grappling with Beethoven.…
