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Andrei Feher Appointed OCM’s New Music Director for its 86th Season

By Newswire on 29 May 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Musique québécoise, Orchestral

Montréal, Thursday, May 29, 2025 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) is pleased to announce the program for its 86th season: Classical and Eclectic: from Mozart to Piazzolla. The OCM is also thrilled to introduce its new Music Director, the immensely talented conductor Andrei Feher. The season will feature an impressive lineup of renowned soloists, including Elisabeth St-Gelais, Tara-Louise Montour, Marie-Josée Lord, Jean‑Philippe Sylvestre, Adam Cicchillitti, Denis Plante, Karoline Podolak, Marc Djokic, and many more. “It’s always exciting to unveil a brand-new season after a year of planning and preparation,” says Taras Kulish, the OCM’s Executive Director. “And we’re all the more delighted to introduce our new Music Director, Andrei Feher. This marks…

Abel Selaocoe with the OSM. Photo: Antoine Saito

Review | Selaocoe’s Extraordinary Four Spirits & Prokofiev with OSM

By Amanda Wong on 27 May 2025 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Montreal, Orchestral, Strings

The world of classical music is filled with prodigies and virtuosos. Excellence is the norm onstage in a large concert hall, and so it takes an artist of exceptional brilliance to deliver a performance that doesn’t just impress, but rocks you and stays with you long after the final note. Abel Selaocoe is a South African cellist and vocalist who, at just 33, has emerged as a trailblazer in modern classical music. On May 21, a packed audience of concert goers gathered to witness him sing and play alongside the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under the baton of celebrated Chinese-American…

Alexander Shelley. Photo: Curtis Perry

Alexander Shelley to Conclude Remarkable Tenure as Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre With Bold Final Season in 2025–2026

By Newswire on 15 May 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Ottawa

May 14, 2025 – OTTAWA (Canada) – On the evening before it publicly unveils its 2025–2026 programming, Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) announced that Alexander Shelley will end his tenure as Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra after 11 highly successful seasons. He will continue to serve as Music Director for the 2025–2026 season and step down after his final performance in Southam Hall in July 2026. Born in London, Alexander Shelley became the youngest Music Director in the NAC Orchestra’s history when he assumed the role in September 2015 at age 35. Under his leadership, the Orchestra strengthened its reputation as one of the…

Calgary Philharmonic announces 2025/2026 Season

By Newswire on 14 May 2025 Classical Music, Orchestral

Calgary AB (13 May 2025) — Sixty-four concerts. Twenty-nine conductors. Seven venues across the city. Today, the Calgary Philharmonic announced its exciting and ambitious 2025/2026 Season, featuring a stellar array of concerts running the gamut from classical to country, EDM to Baroque, don’t-miss dance parties, blockbuster movies, family fun, and so much more. As the Calgary Phil marks its 70th anniversary this fall, it’s proving that orchestral music is truly for everyone. “For seven decades the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra has been bringing people together from many communities and all walks of life through the power of music,” says Marc Stevens,…

Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno. Photo: Allan Cabral/Courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Review | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Explores AI

By Andrea Rush on 9 May 2025 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

Roy Thomson Hall was filled from the main floor to the choir loft on May 7. The concert program features two mammoth works. The first, a contemporary premiere exploring artificial intelligence. The second, a treasure that highlights the everlasting capability of music to express emotional intelligence . A pre-concert program offered in the lobby included Schubert’s Trout Quintet performed by members of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. The quintet is a challenging work. Kudos to the dedicated TSYO faculty coaches, performer members of the TSO who are also dedicated teachers: Shane Kim and Peter Seminovs (violin), Ivan Ivanovich (viola), Lucia…

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Appoints Nicholas Sharma as RBC Resident Conductor & Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Conductor

By Newswire on 9 May 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Music Director Gustavo Gimeno are pleased to announce the appointment of conductor Nicholas Sharma as the TSO’s next RBC Resident Conductor and conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO), beginning in the 2025/26 season. Sharma was selected following a national search and competitive audition process. He succeeds Trevor Wilson, who has worked with the TSO and TSYO since 2022. Sharma will serve in this dual role for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons. “Nicholas brings a beautiful naturalness to his conducting—musical, confident, and calm,” says Music Director Gustavo Gimeno. “He has an ease and clarity on the podium that immediately resonates with musicians, along with…

A new assistant conductor at OM: Léa Moisan-Perrier

By Newswire on 6 May 2025 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Musique québécoise, Newswire, Orchestral

Montreal, May 5, 2025 – Montreal conductor Léa Moisan-Perrier becomes the Orchestre Métropolitain’s new assistant conductor for the 2025-2026 season. Having completed her training at the OM Academy of Conducting this year, she will remain part of the orchestra family for at least another year. Léa Moisan-Perrier already has a rich professional background, as artistic director of the Orchestre de l’Estuaire in Rimouski and conductor of the St. Andrew & St. Paul Choir in Montreal. In recent years, she has been invited to conduct, among others, the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, the Orchestre classique de Montréal and the Orchestre symphonique…

Concerts aux Îles du Bic announces its new Artistic Director

By Newswire on 24 April 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral

RIMOUSKI, APRIL 24, 2025 — Concert aux Îles du Bic, a cherished chamber music festival proudly celebrating its 24th anniversary in the picturesque Lower St. Lawrence region, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr. Thibault Bertin-Maghit as its new Artistic Director. This marks a significant milestone as he becomes the first artistic director to succeed James Darling, the festival’s co-founder and artistic director since its inception in 2002, marking an exciting new chapter for the festival. “Our beloved audience had the pleasure of meeting Thibault at last year’s festival, where he showcased his talents as both a double bassist and…

Isabel Bader Centre Announces its 11th Anniversary Season

By Newswire on 24 April 2025 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Music Competition, Orchestral

Kingston, ON … The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (“the Isabel”) at Queen’s University announces its 11th season, which includes 28 events and performances featuring local and internationally renowned artists, as well as the 2026 Bader-Overton National Piano Competition. “We are pleased to present the Isabel’s upcoming 2025-2026 season which promises to be an exciting complement to our wonderfully successful tenth anniversary,” says Isabel Director Gordon E Smith. “The 2025-2026 season is curated around the theme of ‘Extending the Rafters,’ invoking the Haudenosaunee tradition of building good relations. ‘Extending the Rafters’ served as a metaphor in Queen’s Truth and Reconciliation Report…

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Orchestre Métropolitain Announces 2025–2026 Season

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

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…

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