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TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno. Photo: Allan Cabral/Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Newswire | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season

By Newswire on 19 February 2026 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

From Yuja Wang’s season-opening return to Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” and a new piano concerto written and conducted by Joe Hisaishi, the 2026-27 season gathers landmark performances across Classical, Pops, film, and youth programming. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) shares the unparalleled power of live music with the city in its 2026/27 season. Designed by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, the expansive lineup spans classical blockbusters and contemporary creations, hits from the soundtracks of our lives, cinematic rediscoveries, and orchestral adventures for youth and families. Among the highlights are an electric season-opening concert with internationally renowned pianist Yuja Wang; the completion of a two-year…

Photo: Brandon Patoc

Newswire | Marin Alsop Launches Global Social Media Campaign #PurpleBaton

By Newswire on 18 February 2026 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral

NEW YORK – Legendary conductor Marin Alsop, in partnership with the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), will lead #PurpleBaton, a global social media movement advancing the careers of women conductors in classical music. The campaign takes place during March, National Women’s History Month. Alsop, the first woman to be named music director of a major U.S. orchestra and a defining conductor of our time, will be joined by hundreds of leading classical organizations and artists sharing videos and images with a purple baton. The campaign, gathered under the hashtag #PurpleBaton, advocates for greater representation of women music directors and conductors. Anyone interested in supporting…

Budapest Festival Orchestra performing Mahler 3. Photo: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Róbert Zentai

Review | Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer’s Triumphant Mahler 3 in Toronto

By David Fanning on 17 February 2026 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto, Vocal

Mahler’s longest, most philosophically ambitious, and second most lavishly scored symphony, in a less than full-sized hall, could so easily have proved too much of a good thing. Not a bit of it. Among several special—if not unique—features, the Budapest Festival Orchestra is known for its quality of listening: listening to each other and listening to the music. Accordingly, under Iván Fischer’s economical, yet never less than whole-hearted direction, they never pushed sonic thrills across the physical pain barrier or into mere vulgarity. Textures were transparent, the balance against orchestral and vocal solos optimally discreet. The notion that Mahler expanded…

Listen | Yuma Kagiyama Skates Olympic Free Program to Premiere of Christopher Tin’s Turandot Finale

By Wah Keung Chan on 13 February 2026 Contemporary, Opera, Orchestral

When Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama skated his free program at the 2026 Olympic Men’s Figure Skating Finals, it was to the World premiere of a special condensed version of composer Christopher Tin’s new ending of Puccini’s Turandot. Tin reduced his 18 minute ending to 4:17 and it was recorded over two days at Abbey Road Studios in London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the English National Opera Chorus, and then added soloists Grammy-winning soprano Christine Goerke and tenor Clay Hilley. Unfortunately, Kagiyama made several mistakes and only placed sixth in the Free Program, which when combined with his second place…

Júlia Pusker. Photo: Szilvia Csibi - Müpa

Lebrecht Weekly | Leó Weiner: Violin concerto (Naxos)

By Norman Lebrecht on 13 February 2026 Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral, Strings, Violin

Leó Weiner was the lost soul of Hungarian music. A professor at the Franz Liszt Academy from 1908, alongside Bartok and Kodaly, he shared his colleagues’ fascination with folk music but not their modernism. Weiner’s world belonged to Brahms and Liszt, his orchestration to the 1890s. His first violin concerto is a delight – Bruch without the big tune but with an entwinement of soloist and orchestra and much letting down of hair in the gypsy dances. This is thought to be its first complete performance and none of its 25 minutes outstays its welcome. Júlia Pusker is the unflashy…

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Newswire | VSO Announces First European Tour

By Newswire on 4 February 2026 Arts Industry, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, West

Vancouver, BC — The Grammy and Juno-award winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is embarking on its first-ever European tour in April 2026 with an exclusive invitation as the Orchestra-in-Residence at the prestigious Salzburg Easter Festival. Under the leadership of Maestro Otto Tausk, the tour represents a rare and extraordinary opportunity to elevate the VSO’s international profile among the world’s great orchestras and affirm Canada’s place as a nation of music and culture. Performing at the renowned Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg during the Easter Festival will mark a milestone in the VSO’s 107-year history. The European tour will take place from…

Gauche/Left: Benedetto Lupo. Droite/Right: Jean-Michel Malouf

Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke: A Dream Come True

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 2 February 2026 Orchestral

For its Feb. 22 concert, Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke (OSS) has invited renowned Italian pianist Benedetto Lupo. “I met Benedetto Lupo in the early 2010s. I loved the way he played, his musicality, his tone and I was moved by his talent and kindness. I dreamed of inviting him one day and I’m pleased that this is materializing,” says Jean-Michel Malouf, OSS artistic and music director. Following the invitation, the pianist spontaneously suggested playing two of Ravel’s concertos: the Piano Concerto in G major and his Concerto for the Left Hand in D major. “To have these two concertos played…

Sheila Jaffé: OSQ’s New Concertmaster

By Justin Bernard on 2 February 2026 Orchestral, Quebec City

On Oct. 22, 2025, Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ) announced the appointment of Sheila Jaffé as concertmaster, a position previously held by Darren Lowe from 1987 to 2018. Since 2022, the position had been filled on an interim basis by Catherine Dallaire, who is none other than Jaffé’s mother’s cousin, as well as her former teacher at Conservatoire de musique de Québec during her teenage years. After a lengthy selection process and a three-week trial period, Sheila was chosen for the position. “Sheila is an artistic partner of rare sensitivity, open-minded and curious, with a remarkable stylistic richness,” says OSQ…

La Scena Word Search (Theme: Conductors)

By Lorili on 2 February 2026 Orchestral, Puzzles, Word Search

How to Play Circle the letters of each of the words in the list and cross out the words as you find them. Words can be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward. Letters can be used more than once. Once completed, write down the uncircled letters, and arrange them to spell out the solution (HINT: 11 letters) that is related to the theme. Download: printable puzzle in PDF format SOLUTION: See this page or see the next print issue. Solution to Word Search November 2025: MONTEVERDI. See this page for complete details.

Tafelmusik: Restoring Dance to Rameau

By Holly Harris on 2 February 2026 Arts Industry, Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Dance, Orchestral, Theatre, Toronto

Tafelmusik puts on its party shoes when it presents Rameau and the Art of Dance this month (February). Internationally-acclaimed baroque violinist Robert Mealy, artistic director of The Juilliard School’s historical performance program, leads a program of French baroque suites spotlighting Rameau’s magnificent operas. The Berkeley, Calif.-born performer and teacher is director of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, principal concertmaster for Trinity Wall Street’s baroque orchestra, as well as co-director of the chamber group Quicksilver. For its Rameau program, Tafelmusik musicians will be joined by 15 string and wind players from Juilliard415, the school’s principal period-instrument ensemble founded in 2009.…

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