Youth: Fall 2024
Quebec Jeunesses Musicales Canada has another season filled with musical entertainment geared especially for children. Families can get into the Halloween spirit at the Halloween…
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Industry News: Remembering Sir Andrew Davis, Celebrating Barbara Hannigan, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko wins CMIM
La Scena Musicale surveys recent appointments, retirements, obituaries, and other industry news going into the 2024 summer.
Summer Festival Picks: Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Luminato, Harbour Voices, and More
La Scena Musicale breaks down the programming at some of the country’s most acclaimed summer festivals
CD Review | David Potvin Catharsis (Leaf Music, 2024)
David Potvin’s Catharsis honours the term’s meaning through an emotional and vulnerable performance of sombre yet powerful works, all by Canadian composers.
Banff International String Quartet Festival: Continuing 15 Years of Excellence
The 2024 Banff International String Quartet Festival (BISQFest) presents classical music’s finest to its audience in a completely immersive manner. The festival has a host…
Concert Review | Les 9 Nocturne: Capturing the Enchanting Sounds of the Night
Les 9 presented a simultaneously captivating and ethereal concert experience in Koerner Hall on November 22nd.
Review | Ensemble Classico-Moderne’s Tour Presents a Well-Loved Concerto and Brand New Opera
Ensemble Classico-Moderne delivered on its promise of combining classic favorites and contemporary music during the first stop on its Toronto-Montréal-Quebec City tour.
CD Review | Canadian Scenes: New Works for Oboe & Piano (Leaf Music, 2023)
Canadian Scenes: New Works for Oboe & Piano Charles Hamann, oboe; Frédéric Lacroix, piano Leaf Music, June 2023 Five works for oboe and piano were…
Emad Zolfaghari (viola) – Irving M. Klein International String Competition Winner
Violist Emad Zolfaghari won the Irving M.Klein International String Competition, despite being on a two-week-long tour playing principal viola with the Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra…
McKenzie Warriner (soprano) – Eckhardt Gramatté Prize
Soprano McKenzie Warriner has demonstrated her immense dedication to music since an early age. Growing up in rural Saskatchewan, she travelled more than 200 kilometres…
