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Newswire | Esprit Orchestra Announces Edge Of Your Seat Festival III

By Newswire on 20 August 2026 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Orchestral, Toronto

TORONTO, ON – Esprit Orchestra announces its 44th season – EDGE OF YOUR SEAT III – comprising an International Festival to take place at Koerner Hall. Founder, Music Director and Conductor Alex Pauk leads the orchestra through a season of visionary programming; a daring exploration of the boldest works in contemporary music from home and abroad. Al concerts are preceded by Musical Insights (formerly Pre-Concert Talks) with composer Alexina Louie & guests at 7:15PM. On Sunday, November 29th, the season commences with FAST!; a program of immense power and delicate beauty launching the third edition of Esprit’s Edge of Your…

Photo: Don Erhardt

Newswire | Chan Centre & Musqueam Host Indigenous Arts Festival

By Newswire on 21 July 2026 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Vancouver, West

VANCOUVER, BC – Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam present the 5th annual ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl – Come Toward the Fire Festival, a soul-stirring celebration of Indigenous cultures, creativity, and community, from September 18-20, 2026 at the Chan Centre and venues across the UBC campus, on unceded Musqueam territory. Named BC Live’s 2025 Festival of the Year, this year’s ʔəm̓i ce:p xwiwəl – Come Toward the Fire reaches a new milestone with its most expansive edition yet — growing to three days for the first time and adding a dedicated Day of Knowledge Sharing to a weekend program of live music, dance, film, storytelling,…

Miyeko Ferguson in Opera 5's Parḗlios. Photo: Emily Ding Photography

Review | Opera 5 Unveils an Inscrutable & Intriguing Parḗlios

By Gianmarco Segato on 16 June 2026 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Opera, Région, Toronto, Vocal

As part of its Toronto Opera Festival, Opera 5 presented the premiere of Parḗlios on June 12, a new work by composer Cecilia Livingston and librettist Duncan McFarlane. It is an amalgam of choral and solo vocals, percussion ensemble and complex choreography that, as stated on the company website, “explores themes of climate change, migration, and humanity’s connection to the planet.” Parḗlios is complex, with a brainy, layered text and challenging sound world. It intrigues on an intellectual level but lacks the kind of narrative hooks that offer emotional connection. The production’s most successful element was undoubtedly director Jennifer Nichols’…

La Scena Musicale’s Summer Festival Picks

By La Scena Musicale Team on 1 June 2026 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Musique populaire

Alberta and British Columbia by Hal Kowalewski Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival The Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival, in Banff, Alta., is one of the largest off-season events in Western Canada, featuring exhibitions, film screenings, the Literary Cabaret writers’ series, and more. The organization concludes the summer with the Banff International String Quartet Festival. Additional events include the Art of Piano series, the return of the outdoor “In a Landscape” concert, a visit from renowned violinist James Ehnes, and the presentation of Tapestry Opera’s Torrent of Light, focused on the ethics of AI. www.banffcentre.ca/summer-arts-fest ChamberFest West Entering its fifth year,…

Left: Cecilia Livingston. Photo: Daniel Alexander Denino. Right: Jennifer Nichols

Opera 5 Parḗlios: Premiere Unites Percussion, Dance and Song

By Emma Yee on 1 June 2026 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Opera, Toronto, Vocal

What might the end of our human days look like? What might happen if we reach a solar minimum? These are questions posed by composer Cecilia Livingston and librettist Duncan McFarlane’s Parḗlios, a work that sits somewhere between opera, oratorio, dance, and installation. The piece, which premieres on June 12 as part of Opera 5’s Toronto Opera Festival, “imagines a population in an imaginary Britain that is losing the sun.” Will those people end up staring at a semicircular screen, a ceiling of mirrors, artificial mist, and aluminum frames to experience an illusion of the sun? This possibility was suggested…

Khn de Poitrine. Photo: FriseIntense/Wikimedia Commons

Angine de Poitrine and Alternative Music: A Long-Standing History

By Justin Bernard on 1 June 2026 Jazz contemporain, Musique populaire, Musique québécoise, Région

Nothing seems to be able to stop Angine de Poitrine’s rise to fame. The Quebec band of the moment—whose song Fabienk reached No. 1 worldwide on Spotify in April 2026—took a while to break through, but this time they’re really off to the races! Contrary to what many fans would like to believe, Khn and Klek—the stage names adopted by the two masked accomplices—are not aliens. They were not born on a planet covered in black or white spots, beyond the boundaries of our solar system. Both hailing from La Baie, these artists—on guitar, vocals and drums—have managed to carve…

Aemilia Moser

Newswire | Aemilia Moser Wins 49th E-Gré National Music Competition in Voice

By Newswire on 20 April 2026 Canadian Music, Contemporary, Music Competition, Newswire, Vocal, West

Brandon, MB – The 49th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music is pleased to announce its 2026 prize winners: 1st Prize: Aemilia Moser 2nd Prize: Kendra Dyck 3rd Prize: Camille Labonté City of Brandon Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Aemilia Moser Finalist Prizes (in alphabetical order): James Coole-Stevenson, Diana Rockwell, Hillary Tufford On April 18, 2026, six of Canada’s best emerging vocalists performed recitals for the 49th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) in Voice. The E-Gré Competition began in 1976 and is the most important annual Canadian and contemporary…

Alain Brunet, winner of the tribute award at the 29th edition of the Prix Opus. Photo: Alain Mercier

Report | 29th Prix Opus: Composers Thankful for Performers

By Justin Bernard on 6 April 2026 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Concert Reviews, Musique québécoise, This Week in Montreal

Thirty-three winners were presented the fruits of their labour one by one—collecting single or, in some cases, multiple awards—at the 29th edition of Prix Opus held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Bourgie Hall on Feb. 8 Collective and individual accomplishments were celebrated, as respectively evidenced by the performer-of-the-year award going to Quatuor Quasar and Marie Nadeau-Tremblay for her album Obsession. Maxime Goulet won the coveted composer-of-the-year award and used his platform time to acknowledge performers and ensembles who commission works from composers and support their primary mission to create new music. Journalist and media outreach personality Alain Brunet…

Left: Paige Robinson (Flora) in Opera 5's The Turn of the Screw, 2024; Right: Kate Fogg in Opera 5's Elegies, 2024. Photos: Emily Ding Photography

Opera 5’s Toronto Opera Festival: A Fresh, Canadian Triptych

By Emma Yee on 3 April 2026 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Contemporary, Opera, Toronto, Vocal

Puccini’s Il trittico (The Triptych) conjures up the image of three distinct tapestries, hung side by side. In their second annual Toronto Opera Festival, Opera 5 will imbue it with a fresh, new palette of colours, invigorating Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi with established artists and young talent for performances running June 3-7. In the place of the triptych’s Il tabarro the company presents the world premiere of Cecilia Livingston’s Parḗlios on June 12. Opera 5’s 2025 festival centred on the theme of grief, featuring Rachel Krehm and Ryan Trew’s Come Closer and William Finn’s Elegies. The current Canadian Opera Company…

Newswire | Festival Classica Unveils a Banner 16th Edition

By Newswire on 25 February 2026 Chamber Music, Musique québécoise, Newswire, Piano, Strings, Vocal

Montérégie, (February 25, 2026) – Festival Classica invites the public to experience classical music in all its variety during its 16th edition, which will run from May 22 to June 14, 2026. The 2026 program once again showcases exceptional artists and a compelling repertoire, with the majority of events taking place on Montreal’s South Shore. Classical works, operatic performances, symphonic rock productions, and concerts for young audiences form a wide-ranging program designed to open the doors of classical music to seasoned concertgoers and newcomers alike. “Since its inception, Festival Classica has positioned itself as a space for sharing and discovery,…

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