The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is thrilled to announce the appointment of Daniela Nardi as its new Executive Director, effective March 4, 2024.
The Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio offered a program of Schumann, Carter, and Brahms at Koerner Hall, which had its ups and downs.
FEBRUARY 9, 2024, VANCOUVER, B.C. / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – Vancouver Opera celebrates 65 years of extraordinary opera with the announcement of its 2024–2025 season. In October, Strauss’ eternally-charming Die Fledermaus opens the season, followed by Jonathan Dove’s compassionate contemporary classic Flight in February 2025. Puccini’s sublime masterpiece Madama Butterfly closes the season in blockbuster style with an extended run in April/May 2025. “Through dynamic mainstage productions and grassroots outreach, Vancouver Opera is celebrating all-time operatic triumphs for our 65th anniversary,” said Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General Director. “Since our inaugural 1960…
In November of 2023, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced the beginning of a long-term partnership with Harmonia Mundi. This historic multi-disc agreement – the European label’s first with a North American orchestra – was inaugurated with the recent release of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, recorded last year, and will continue with the recording of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, on February 23rd and 24th. The concerts will open with Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Curiosity, Genius and the Search for Petula Clark, commissioned and premiered by the TSO in 2017, with support from the government of Canada, and the Glenn Gould Foundation. This 10-minute, single-movement work was…
From the announcement of JUNO nominations to GRAMMY winners, it’s been a busy week for awards!
Sinfonia Toronto has just announced their 2024-2025 season.
There was no soloist at Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Respighi concert, but the greatly augmented TSO gave a near-capacity audience a stunning display of orchestral fireworks
Those wondering whether enjoyment of classical music is on the rise or wane might look to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s live and recorded output.
On Jan. 10, 2024, bebop drummer extraordinaire Max Roach would have turned 100.
Iran’s growing feminist movement, the role of mathematics in music, and the impacts of erosion on sea stacks are but a few of the topics explored on Leaf Music’s Recurrence.
