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Review | 12 Ensemble grows a British-Canadian premiere

By James Ellis on 9 July 2025 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral

After their collaborative season at Wigmore Hall, string orchestra 12 Ensemble are going from strength to strength. What this string ensemble might lack in a telling name, they make up for with energy and attentive drive. Melankolia from Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra) was a bold opener for its July 8th livestreamed concert. The warble of the shorelark is heard on tape (and slightly lowered in tone) and is mirrored with the sensual playing of the ensemble with a harp in the auditorium, as brass and woodwind on the balcony gradually meld into the…

Victoria Symphony celebrates 85th anniversary with return of Symphony SPLASH!

By Newswire on 4 July 2025 Classical Music, Jazz, Newswire, Orchestral, Vocal

Vancouver, BC — Victoria Symphony announces the return and expansion of its cherished summer concert event, Symphony SPLASH!, in celebration of the organization’s 85th anniversary, at Victoria’s Inner Harbour, August 2 & 3, 2025. Returning after a five-year hiatus, the two-day event will feature four live orchestral performances on the Inner Harbour’s iconic barge stage from Victoria Symphony and The National Youth Orchestra of Canada, with special guest performers: JUNO-nominated Indigenous singer-songwriters Celeigh Cardinal and Shawnee Kish, and BC Hall of Fame percussionist Sal Ferreras and his Latin Jazz Sextet, with Cuban vocalist Adonis Puentes. The free, all-ages event will…

Erin Morley with Staatskspelle Berlin conducted by Christian Thielemann. Photo: Amar Mehmedinovic

Review | Spellbinding Bruckner from Thielemann & Staatskapelle Berlin in Vienna

By Ossama el Naggar on 3 July 2025 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral

Christian Thielemann’s June 26th concert with Staatskspelle Berlin at Vienna’s venerable Musikverein almost felt like too much of a good thing. Works by two favourite composers, one possibly the twentieth century’s best vocal composer, and the other one of the finest late Romantic symphonic composers. The event took place in an exquisite, historic concert hall and was performed by a widely-acclaimed orchestra, helmed by one of the finest conductors. There was great beauty to the evening, but also some dissonance. As much as Richard Strauss’s songs are glorious, especially those set for orchestra, the songs chosen and the soprano featured,…

The Orchestre de la francophonie’s Conductor Competition begins this Sunday

By Newswire on 26 June 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Orchestral

Montreal, May 26, 2025 — Starting this Sunday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. at Salle Pierre-Mercure, the Orchestre de la francophonie (OF) unveils an unprecedented program built around a public competition to select its next artistic director. Audiences will have the unique opportunity to discover the musical worlds of the three finalist conductors through a series of four concerts, culminating in the selection of the OF’s future artistic leadership during the grand finale concert at Maison symphonique on August 3. Emmanuelle Lambert-Lemoine, Léa Moisan-Perrier, and Julien Proulx will compete for the honor. A Three-Part Musical Competition Where the Public Is Invited to Vote Of the four concerts,…

The winners of the 2025 Jean-Marie Beaudet Award and the Virginia Parker Prize

By Newswire on 25 June 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Strings

The Canada Council for the Arts is delighted to announce the winners of the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting and the Virginia Parker Prize, through which the Council recognizes the highest levels of artistic merit and career achievement by artists from Canada in the performing arts and classical music. And the winners are: Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting ($20,000) Jaelem Bhate, conductor, composer and Music Director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony. The Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting is given to a promising young conductor from Canada for their remarkable work. Virginia Parker Prize ($30,000) Joanne Yesol…

NAC Kipnes Lantern. Photo: Trevor Lush

Celebrate Canada Day with a free concert featuring Alexander Shelley and the NAC Orchestra

By Newswire on 25 June 2025 Canadian Music, Choral, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Ottawa, Vocal

June 25, 2025 – OTTAWA – Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra is delighted to host a free Canada Day concert featuring an all-star line-up of Canadian talent. Led by NAC Orchestra Music Director Alexander Shelley and supported by the Orchestra’s Resident Conductor Henry Kennedy and guest conductor Benoit Gauthier, the program includes music from celebrated Canadian composers Ian Cusson, John Estacio, Kati Agócs, and Jordan Nobles. Bilingual slam poet, musician, and composer Yao returns to the NAC’s main stage to host this year’s event, which features several local and visiting artists, including NAC Orchestra Principal Trumpet Karen Donnelly, the Hamilton…

Celebrate Summer with the National Arts Centre Orchestra

By Newswire on 19 June 2025 Classical Music, Contemporary, Newswire, Orchestral, Ottawa

June 17, 2025 – OTTAWA – Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra is thrilled to present a vibrant line-up of summer concerts for 2025. This year’s offerings include Murdoch Mysteries in Concert—a live-to-picture performance of the popular CBC television series—and Symphonic Waves, a celebration of Beethoven featuring rising Canadian star Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. MURDOCH MYSTERIES IN CONCERT On July 10 and 11, the beloved detective drama Murdoch Mysteries comes to life at Southam Hall in a one-of-a-kind multimedia experience. Hosted by series star Yannick Bisson, Murdoch Mysteries in Concert fuses gripping television drama with live orchestral performance. Audience members will first hear…

Murdoch Mysteries in Concert

Summer with the National Arts Centre Orchestra: From Murdoch Mysteries to Beethoven

By Kaitlyn Chan on 30 May 2025 Classical Music, Contemporary, Interviews, Orchestral, Ottawa

National Arts Centre Orchestra’s (NACO) programming continues this summer with a mix of contemporary and classical works ranging from Murdoch Mysteries in Concert (July 10–11) to Symphonic Waves: Beethoven for Everyone (July 17). Murdoch Mysteries in Concert In collaboration with CBC television’s long-running Murdoch Mysteries, NACO will bring the show to new life in the concert hall. Audiences can watch an episode, “Murder in F Major,” on the big screen, accompanied by a live symphonic score. “During one of my very first experiences watching the show in concert, I was struck with all the collective laughs. It was nice to…

The Festival Effect: Small-town festival reciprocity

By Madeline Boldt on 30 May 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral

As summer festival season fast approaches, towns across Canada are gearing up for an influx of music-loving visitors. Music festivals offer something special to the community, fostering unique impacts on local culture and economy. From bucolic Lanaudière (north of Montreal) to quaint Elora in southern Ontario, one thing’s for sure: the relationship between festivals and small towns is mutually beneficial. These festivals serve as cultural landmarks that play a key role in shaping the towns’ identities. “I’ve been kind of blown away at the extent to which the festival is integral to the cultural identity of Dawson City; people take…

Renaud Loranger. Photo: Agence Bigjaw

Festival de Lanaudière: Renaud Loranger on Themes of Altérité

By Sara Schabas on 30 May 2025 Classical Music, Interviews, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal

Programming Richard Wagner in the 21st century is never going to be simple. But Renaud Loranger, the Joliette-born artistic director of Festival de Lanaudière since 2018, sees opportunity in programming Wagner’s works. “It’s important to look at Wagner’s works holistically,” he says. “The underlying ideas are crystal clear because he wrote extensively about them. All of this becomes part of the mosaic of culture, and one must not look away.” Loranger, who has been based in Berlin for the past 15 years, is referring to Wagner’s infamous antisemitism in anticipation of the festival’s performance of Tristan und Isolde. The Aug.…

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