From the announcement of JUNO nominations to GRAMMY winners, it’s been a busy week for awards!
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Browsing: Orchestral
Seiji Ozawa (Photo under Creative Commons license)
Classical music lovers everywhere mourn the death of Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who died on Feb. 6, at the age of 88.
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TSO performs Pines of Rome (Photo by Allan Cabral)
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
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Joel Allison as Masetto and Simone McIntosh as Zerlina in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Don Giovanni (Photo by Michael Cooper)
In the COC’s latest performance of Don Giovanni, bass-baritone Gordon Bintner nails the titular role, and the orchestra breathes life into Mozart’s thrilling and elegant score.
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Photo by Allan Cabral)
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.
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Isolde Lagacé (Photo by Pierre-Étienne Bergeron)
On Feb. 4, 2024, Isolde Lagacé, the former Managing and Artistic Director of Montreal’s Bourgie Hall, is to receive the Prix Hommage during the Conseil québécois de la musique’s annual Opus Awards gala.
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Magalie Simard-Galdès (left) and Bernard Labadie (right) (Photos provided)
Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec join forces to present two cornerstones of the choral repertoire: the requiems of Fauré and Duruflé.
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Conservatoire de musique de Montréal student Florence Tremblay (left) and conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni (right) (Photos provided)
On March 30, 2024, the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal commemorates eight decades of excellence with a celebratory concert steeped in surprising solemnity and gravitas.
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With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the OCM, NAC, and other musicians are readying their hearts for a series of romantic shows.
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Tara-Louise Montour (Photo provided)
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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