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By Robin Mader on 29 May 2023 Montreal, Ottawa, Scena Arts, Toronto, Vancouver, Visual Arts

QUEBEC Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg, ongoing This narrative sequence of 30 tableaux forms a triptych more than 40 metres long. On display here in a glass case with subtle lighting, Jean Paul Riopelle’s largest work was acquired by the museum in 1996 and has been seen by more than 1.3 million people since that date. Riopelle began work on this immense composition in his studio on Île-aux-Oies in November 1992, after having learned of the death in Paris of his former companion, the American painter Joan Mitchell (1926-1992). Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg is a…

Kerson Leong. Photo: Marco Borggreve

Newswire | Ladies’ Morning Musical Club Announces Its 2023-2024 Season

By Newswire on 29 May 2023 Montreal, Newswire

Montreal, May 29 2023 – The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 season. Dates of the 132nd season September 10, 2023 Kerson Leong, violin October 1, 2023 Jerusalem Quartet, strings October 22, 2023 Rémi Geniet, piano November 12, 2023 Danish String Quartet December 3, 2023 Hermitage Piano Trio, piano and strings February 14, 2024 Javier Perianes, piano February 25, 2024 Escher String Quartet with Roman Rabinovitch, piano March 17, 2024 Pavel Haas Quartet, strings April 7, 2024 Stewart Goodyear, piano April 28, 2024 Doric String Quartet Concerts will be…

Mary-Jane Puiu (1950 – 2023)

By Wah Keung Chan on 27 May 2023 Choral, Education, Montreal, Obituaries

My first choral conductor Mary-Jane Puiu (b. March 8, 1950) passed away on May 16, 2023 at the age of 73. According to tenor Eduardo Aparicio, “despite battling a long devastating disease, she heroically managed to keep conducting her choir till the last minute of her life.” We pay tribute to Puiu by republishing a profile/interview I conducted of her in La Scena Musicale in 2010 for her 60th birthday. According to the McGill Choral Society’s Facebook page, here are the details of the service on June 12, 2023: An Orthodox service for close friends and family will be held…

Fire at Chapelle du Bon Pasteur

By Eva Stone-Barney on 26 May 2023 La Scena Online, Montreal

Montreal mourns devastation at the Monastère du Bon Pasteur this morning. Over 150 firefighters were called to control a five-alarm fire yesterday evening, around 4:30pm. While no one has been seriously injured, 27 people have been displaced, with one man (age 80) sent to hospital. Predominantly located on the roof, the fire has created so much smoke that Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for the Montreal region. While the extent of the damage remains unclear, the fire department currently believes that the building will not be completely lost. Built in 1846, the historic building is both…

Concert de plein air au festival de Lanaudière en 2022 (Photo fournie)

Lanaudière Festival 2023

By Eva Stone-Barney on 26 May 2023 Classical, Montreal

Canadian classical music will make a home for itself in Joliette, Que., from July 7 to Aug. 6. The festival will include 14 concerts at the beautiful Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay, and a variety of other performances at the town’s churches, outdoor cultural venues and agritourism sites. The OSM and Rafael Payare will open the festival with a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (July 7), and will return the following night to pay homage to the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth (July 8). William Christie and Les Arts Florissants will present Handel’s Partenope (July 15). Canadian superstar conductor Yannick Nézet-Séquin and the…

Jazz Festivals 2023: Behind the Scenes

By Marc Chénard on 26 May 2023 Montreal, Scena Jazz, Toronto

New Man in Charge at Markham In the wake of its 25th edition last summer, the Markham Jazz Festival announced the appointment of Ernesto Cervini as its new artistic director. No stranger to this event for having played there previously as a bandleader and sideman, the native Torontonian is also blessed with good business acumen, managing his artistic career and record label while promoting new releases of Canadian groups via his public relations company Orange Grove Publicity. In a recent talk, Cervini recalled his Markham debut in 2003, fresh out of school and in an upstart band that snatched top…

Summer 2023 Canadian Festival Guide

By La Scena Musicale Team on 26 May 2023 Classical Music, Guides, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver

Newfoundland Camber Arts Woody Point, Corner Brook, May 1 to September 30 www.camberarts.ca Nickel Independent Film Festival St. John’s, June 12 to 18 www.nickelfestival.com Canada’s Big Birthday Bash St. John’s, June 30 to July 1 www.georgestreetlive.ca Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival St. John’s, July 7 to 9 www.nlfolk.com Shakespeare by the Sea Festival St. John’s, July 7 to August 20 www.shakespearebytheseafestival.com Salmon Festival Grand Falls-Windsor, July 13 to 17 www.evsalmonfestival.com Stephenville Theatre Festival Stephenville, July 14 to August 13 www.stephenvilletheatrefestival.com Annual Southern Shore Shamrock Festival Ferryland, July 22 to 23 www.ssfac.com George Street Festival St. John’s, July 27 to August…

Bourgie Hall — New Season, New Directors

By Hassan Laghcha on 26 May 2023 Classical Music, Montreal

The new duo at the helm of Bourgie Hall—Caroline Louis, general director, and Olivier Godin, artistic director—have announced the 2023-24 program. The focus will be on new concepts that convey their vision for future development and the challenges to be met. More than 160 arts-related events are planned, including over 100 chamber music recitals, old and contemporary music, jazz and world music. “We’ll continue to respect the Bourgie hallmark by including baroque chamber music and presenting great international artists,” say the two directors. They will also give priority to vocal music, specifically lieder and art song with piano. We’ll look…

Concert Previews

By Eva Stone-Barney on 26 May 2023 Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Author : (Eva Stone-Barney)

MontrealVoces Boreales This June, Voces Boreales invites listeners into an immersive installation at St. James United Church. Open from noon to 7 p.m., audience members will embark on an ”urban pilgrimage” to the sounds of Joby Talbot’s choral masterwork, Path of Miracles (2005), immersed in a colourful lightshow depiction of the Camino de Compostela. Listeners are invited to reflect on the piece, the context of the pilgrimage, and the beauty of the space, at their convenience during the installation’s opening hours (June 20-24). www.vocesboreales.org OSM The OSM is concluding yet another bombastic season with a performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony.…

Stella Musica Highlights Women’s Musical Achievements

By Kristine Berey on 16 May 2023 Montreal

Not so long ago, if it was suggested that a woman could never create a masterpiece or play Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata, no eyebrows would be raised. Clara Schumann (1819-1896) stopped composing at 36, having succumbed to such claims. She said: “I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea. A woman must not desire to compose—there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?” Things are changing, as evidenced by recent concerts featuring Clara Schumann as well as the performance of works by Florence Price (1887-1953),…

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