Montreal articles, news, reviews
I Musici de Montréal board chair Guy Chouinard is pleased to announce the appointment of Étienne Lalonde as chief executive officer of the orchestra effective as of this week.
The Orchestre Métropolitain presented a spellbinding performance featuring Shostakovich’s evocative “Leningrad” Symphony No. 7 at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique.
The city of Montreal’s latest budget increase for the Conseil des arts de Montréal will only cover minimal changes in the cost of living, despite a significant increase in artists requesting grants and subsidies.
Reading Jonas Gardell’s novel N’essuie jamais de larmes sans gants, set in Sweden at the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, appealed to Alexandre Fecteau, who has now become a recognized director.
The Conservatoire de musique de Montréal will be celebrating its 80th year in 2023.
The Hermitage Piano Trio is known for its devotion to Rachmaninoff, but now the ensemble is looking to expand its horizons.
Here is a list of Winter Music and Arts festivals in Canada in 2023 and 2024. New Brunswick Fredericton Frostival Festival Fredericton, January 18 to February 4 www.frederictoncapitalregion.ca/see-do/festivals-events/calendar-events/frostival Montréal Salon des métiers d’art du Québec Montréal, December 7 to 17 514-861-2787 | www.metiersdart.ca Igloofest Montréal, January 18 to February 10 www.igloofest.ca Festival classique hivernal Laval, January 26 to 28 www.osl.ca/festival-classique-hivernal The Orchestre symphonique de Laval presents its 3rd annual Festival classique hivernal (Winter Classical Festival). A festival with a varied repertoire, suitable for all generations, featuring music from the films Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, the great classics…
Montreal percussionist Ziya Tabassian’s new album, Remembrances, features original compositions inspired by Iran’s Safavid musical heritage.
Sumptuously capturing his famous chiaroscuro effects, Caravaggio’s Shadow is a frank, often brutal portrait smothered in a patina of good taste.
“In music, we roam through the mysteries of life and learn that we should never tame our wildness.” So declares stage, cabaret and recording star Ute Lemper.
