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CIOC celebrates 85th birthday of founder John Grew

By Newswire on 23 April 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Quebec Music

Montréal, April 23 2025 – CIOC founder, organist, Professor, and titan of Canada’s classical-music scene, John Grew celebrates his 85th birthday on April 30, 2025. He co-founded the Canadian International Organ Competition in Montréal, one of the largest and most prestigious organ competitions in the world. He has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and in 2014, he was honoured with the Order of Canada for bringing new vitality to organ music in Canada as a performer and educator. John Grew, Organ Music’s Champion “John Grew’s impact on the organ world, and the wider world of classical music cannot be overstated. His is a legacy…

Credit : François Goupil

Orchestre Métropolitain Announces 2025–2026 Season

By Newswire on 22 April 2025 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Orchestral, Quebec Music

Montreal, April 15, 2025 – For its next season, the Orchestre Métropolitain and its artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin take us into the infinite universe of music, opening the door to new worlds that will resonate within us and inhabit us long after the last chord has fallen silent. First and foremost, Mahler’s sublime universe is revealed in his Third Symphony, a grandiose, unique work in which the composer reveals our Earth, its flora and fauna, in all its beauty. The voice of humanity in this portrait of creation is none other than the great mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato! In keeping with…

The OCM launches a new festival: “Classical day at the Oratory”

By Newswire on 22 April 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Quebec Music

Montreal, April 22, 2025 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) is proud to announce the creation of the festival Classical Day at the Oratory, which will take place on Saturday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Co-produced with Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, the event will feature seven free mini-concerts starting at 10 a.m. and a ticketed evening concert held in the Oratory’s crypt. By offering several free mini-concerts open to the whole family, the OCM continues its mission of making classical music accessible to the broader public. Throughout the day, attendees can discover various scenic spots and breathtaking views of Montreal at the Saint Joseph’s…

Opéra de Trois-Rivières: Giving Voice To Vocal Talents

By Adrian Rodriguez on 31 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Opera, Quebec Music, Vocal

In 2021, at the height of the COVID pandemic, while many cultural companies faced closing their doors, soprano Valérie Poisson took the bold step to establish the Opéra de Trois-Rivières. Almost five years later, the company is bearing fruit. From the beginning, the Quebec soprano’s vision was clear: offer a space to up-and-coming lyric artists to be able to practise and experiment with their art. “These days, it’s very hard to find opportunities for performing in full operas,” she explained. “For me, nurturing our artistic soul and developing our unique qualities as lyrical artists, comes from being part of a…

CVAI: The momentum of youth: A breath of fresh air in opera

By Marc-Antoine d’Aragon on 31 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Opera, Quebec Music, Vocal

BY MARC-ANTOINE D’ARAGON AND NADIA MONCZAK The 2025 summer season in Montreal promises vibrance, youth and artistic excellence. Two major institutions, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (CVAI) and the Orchestre de la Francophonie (OF), are joining forces to offer an unprecedented musical experience to young singers from around the world. This collaboration promises to mark a turning point in the training of young talent in opera and classical music. For its 21st edition, the CVAI is reinventing itself. Under the impetus of an artistic committee chaired by baritone Étienne Dupuis, the program now welcomes conductors, stage directors and opera pianists,…

Ana Sokolović & Kris Defoort Compose imposed works of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition

By Newswire on 20 March 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz

Announcement of the composers of the unpublished imposed works for the 2025 Piano Competition Semi-final Ana Sokolović – Two Studies for Piano www.anasokolovic.com A key figure in contemporary music, composer Ana Sokolović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and has been based in Montreal since 1992. With a background in the rhythmic universe of Balkan folklore, her music is coloured with playful images and inspired by diverse artistic disciplines. Her vast repertoire is regularly performed both in Canada and internationally. According to Operabase, Sokolović is the fourth most performed female opera composer in the world in the last decade according to Operabase. Her opera, Svadba, which ‘seems to…

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…

Orchestre de l’Agora and its founding conductor, Nicolas Ellis

Farah Alibay at the Festival de Lanaudière

By Newswire on 29 April 2024 Classical Music, La Scena Online, Montreal, Orchestral, Quebec City, Quebec Music

The Festival de Lanaudière is delighted to announce that aerospace engineer Farah Alibay will headline the Festival’s opening concert next July 6.

Mishka Lavigne (left) and Tim Brady (right) (Photos provided)

Mishka Lavigne: Librettist to Tim Brady’s Information

By Justin Bernard on 29 March 2024 Montreal, Opera, Quebec Music

On the heels of Backstage at Carnegie Hall, composer Tim Brady pursues his journey into the world of opera with Information, the second instalment in a cycle of four entitled Hope.

Tara-Louise Montour (Photo provided)

Newswire | Tara-Louise Montour and OCM in NA Premiere of Louis Babin’s “Phoenix”

By Newswire on 25 January 2024 Canadian Music, Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral, Quebec Music

For its first concert of the year, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal is featuring the violinist Tara-Louise Montour in a program entitled Phoenix.

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