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The CMIM announces 24 singers selected for Voice 2025

By Newswire on 4 February 2025 Arts Industry, Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Vocal

Montreal, February 4, 2025 – The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) is proud to announce the names of the singers chosen to participate in the Voice 2025 edition. This 23rd edition of the CMIM brings together some of the most outstanding classical singers of the new generation. Under the expert eye of a prestigious jury, the 24 selected artists gather in Montreal from May 25 to June 6, 2025, for an exceptional experience and the chance to make their mark on the international scene. This year, the CMIM once again received applications of superior quality from around the world,…

Winners of the 28th Gala des Prix Opus

By Newswire on 3 February 2025 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Quebec City

Montréal, Sunday, February 2, 2025 – Earlier today at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Bourgie Hall, the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM) held its 28th Opus Awards Gala. Presented in partnership with Power Corporation of Canada, this major annual gathering of Québec’s concert music community celebrated the musical achievements of the 2023–2024 artistic season. The gala’s seasoned team, comprised of master of ceremonies and host Jocelyn Lebeau, executive producer and artistic director Sylvie Raymond, and lighting designer and stage director Cédric Delorme-Bouchard, successfully showcased the 32 winners of this edition. In addition, courtesy of ATMA Classique, the general…

Clockwise from top L: Jean-François Lapointe, Tessa Fackelmann, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Industry News February 2025: Resignations, cancellations & happy winners announced

By Gianmarco Segato on 31 January 2025 Arts Industry, City, Classical Music, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto

Appointments The Metropolitan Opera announced the appointment of Daniele Rustioni to the position of principal guest conductor for a three-year term, becoming only the third principal guest conductor in Met history, beginning with the 2025–26 season. In his new position, Rustioni will conduct a minimum of two operas per season. In coming seasons, Rustioni will conduct a new production of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, as well as revivals of Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Puccini’s La bohème. Isolde Lagacé, C.M. has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada by Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. Lagacé is…

Bourgie Hall. Photo: Julia Marois.

Jazz: Bourgie Hall

By Félix-Antoine Hamel on 31 January 2025 City, Jazz, La Scena Online, Montreal, Scena Jazz

A Chick Corea Rarity Since its opening in 2011, Bourgie Hall has become an indispensable venue for Montreal concertgoers. Situated within the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the concert hall—a beautiful, converted 19th-century Romanesque Revival-style church—has presented, within its walls, such renowned performers as Víkingur Ólafsson, Alexandre Tharaud, The Tallis Scholars and Andreas Scholl. While such a setting is ideal for chamber music and singers, jazz also plays a growing part in the hall’s programming. In the 2024-25 season, no fewer than nine jazz concerts are featured. For Olivier Godin, the venue’s artistic director for three seasons, the hall’s added…

Alexis Hauser and the McGill Symphony Orchestra

By Viktor Lazarov on 31 January 2025 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Montreal, Orchestral

Approaching 25 years of legacy A tall, energetic, and confident head of luscious white hair makes its way through rows of student performers comprising the McGill Symphony Orchestra (MGSO). With exacting standards, Maestro Alexis Hauser’s baton cuts through the air like decisive strokes of a sharp sabre. Yet, his generously open, music-loving heart, sincere communication and infectious good humour fill orchestra players and audience members with a sense of assurance and comfort. A beloved presence at the helm of the MGSO for nearly 25 years, Maestro Hauser recalls his encounters with conducting greatness during his youthful student days in Vienna,…

Les Petits Violons: 60 Years of Collaborative Music-Making

By Heather Weinreb on 31 January 2025 Classical Music, Education, Interviews, Montreal, Violin

For their 60th anniversary, Les Petits Violons will be doing what they do best: putting on concerts. This February, the student orchestra of Les Petits Violons will perform a diverse repertoire of folk music, opera excerpts and orchestral classics alongside the Juno-nominated musicians of Collectif9. In March, students of Les Petits Violons will present a concert of chamber music, which includes the illustrious Mendelssohn Octet. “As this is an anniversary year, I wanted the programs to be explosive,” says Artistic Director Marie-Claire Cousineau. As Les Petits Violons is a strings school mainly for youth, Cousineau was careful to select repertoire…

La Nef: Montréal la magnifique

By Arnaud G. Veydarier on 31 January 2025 Jazz, Montreal, Quebec Music, Strings, Winds

Although few traces remain of Montreal’s Roaring Twenties era, the city was once renowned as an oasis of pleasure and transgression—where cabarets, illegal gambling and prostitution drew crowds in search of daring theatrical presentations and clandestine parties. This cultural and social ferment shaped the city’s nocturnal imagination, an era that La Nef intends to bring back to life with its concert Montréal la magnifique. Presented on April 2 under the direction of singer-songwriter and accordionist Steve Normandin, the show will bring together the talents of Guillaume Bourque (clarinet), Serge Lavoie (guitar), Clinton Ryder (double bass) and Catherine Meunier (percussion). “Sin…

Jeunesses Musicales Canada: 75 Years at the Helm of Canada’s Musical Youth

By Heather Weinreb on 31 January 2025 Classical Music, Education, Interviews, Montreal

Although Jeunesses Musicales Canada serves youth, the organization itself is no youngster; JMC celebrates its 75th anniversary throughout the 2024-25 season. To honour this milestone, JMC is hosting a variety of special events, from performances by acclaimed trumpeter and one-man-band Fred Solo to potted “bon-bon” versions of operas for children. With their various theatrical and participatory elements, these performances testify to JMC’s evolution throughout the years. “Initially, our concerts for young audiences were shorter versions of our concerts for the general public—so a shorter recital,” says Artistic Director Danièle Leblanc. “In the early 2000s there was a shift; we saw…

Photo: Tam Photography

Noémie Raymond-Friset: Beyond the Printed Score

By Madeline Boldt on 31 January 2025 Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Montreal, Piano, Strings

To cellist Noémie Raymond-Friset, music is just as much about heart as it is about technique. For her, the cello is a means of forging profound connections—with collaborators, audiences, and even communities worlds away. Born to music-loving parents who filled her early life with the sounds of Bach suites, Raymond-Friset picked up the violin at the age of four. But it was the cello that resonated with her three years later. “I found my instrument,” she recalls. “Something about the tone, the sound, and the register really spoke to me.” In her early career, mentors like violinist superstars Midori and…

Pro Musica: A Season of Prodigies

By Heather Weinreb on 31 January 2025 Arts Industry, Montreal, Quebec City

Montreal-based presenter and producer of classical-music concerts, Pro Musica is centring their 2025 concert series around the theme of “prodigy music.” The series will feature both performers and composers who are prodigies, the rare and inspiring people who at a very young age “develop a musicality that is specific to mature musicians,” explains Artistic Director Irina Krasnyanskaya. As a pianist and piano professor, Krasnyanskaya has worked with gifted young musicians for many years. “I find it very inspiring to watch them grow, to help them with the path,” she says. Krasnyanskaya came up with this year’s theme at a piano-gala…

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