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More than 40 classics concerts this week in Montreal : February 20-26

By Olivier Gentil on 20 February 2017 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Musical Theatre, Musique québécoise, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Tuesday – February 21 1:30PM Longueuil Campus of UdeM, Édifice Port-de-Mer, 101, Place Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil. 14$. Les matinées d’Opéramania au Campus Longueuil- I Puritani de Bellini. 1-855 790-1245. 7:00PM. Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montreal), 2550 Ontario Est, Montreal. 0-2$. Signer and pianist from Guadeloupe perform urban compositions. 514-872-7882. 7:00PM Music Faculty of the University of Montreal – Serge-Garant Hall (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy. Atelier d’improvisation – Classe de Jean-Marc Bouchard. 7:30PM. Bourgie Concert Hall, 1339, Sherbrooke Ouest Street, Montreal. 30$-100$. Camp Tutti concert bénéfice. 514-486-8727. Wednesday – February 22 7:30PM – OM – INSPIRATION AND HOPE: Inspire by…

DSO Premiere: Rouse’s Fifth Symphony Warrants Second Hearing

By Paul E. Robinson on 19 February 2017 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Orchestral

ROUSE: Symphony No. 5 (world premiere). BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19. RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome). Emanuel Ax, piano. Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden. Meyerson Symphony Center. Dallas, Texas. February 11, 2017 For classical music lovers, each new composition by Christopher Rouse, one of America’s most often performed composers, is an “event”. Rouse’s Symphony No. 5, premiered last week by the Dallas Symphony (DSO), under its music director Jaap van Zweden, proved to be a major addition to the repertoire. This memorable concert also featured Emanuel Ax, better than ever at the…

Unveil of the 2017-2018 Program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Lead Two Operas

By Olivier Gentil on 16 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Scena Jazz, Strings

CANADA Unveil of the 2017-2018 program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead two operas. [New York Times] [Le Devoir] Interview with the two veterans jazz players, saxophonists Pat LaBarbera and Kirk MacDonald. [OttawaCitizen] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFSsCKhPcgY MAC : Unveil of two expositions « speaking about war and violence » : : Et maintenant regardez cette machine, from Emanuel Licha, et Mundos, from Teresa Margolles. [Radio-Canada] [MAC – Mundos] [MAC – Et maintenant regardez cette machine] INTERNATIONNAL The amazing Carlos Kleiber’s answer to someone who wants lessons’s leading. [Slippedisc] Death of Michael Naura, jazz German pianist, 82, on Monday. [Slippedisc] « Jennifer Ross, leader of…

Two Projects Proposed to Keep the House and the Memories of Pierre Boulez

By Olivier Gentil on 15 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Musique québécoise, Orchestral, Strings, Violin

CANADA The Regroupement des artisans de la musique will present on Wednesday an action plan to try to be more remunerate for their music, especially with streaming. [Le Devoir] Critic review of the performance of Joshua Bell as Chief of the OSM yesterday. [Le Devoir] Learn how Matt Haimovitz broke the neck of his cello during his visit in Montreal. [Slippedisc] [Stringsmagazine] INTERNATIONNAL Pierre Boulez’s house in Germany : « two projects to keep the memories [of the composer] » [DiapasonMag] « Three Best-sellers on one Release » : Chris Thile, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer. It’s a set of Bach’s trio Sonatas.[Slippedisc] https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=102&v=770rJqDwRXo Harvey Liechtenstein : Testimony of 9…

Angèle Dubeau Will Tour for One Last Time

By Olivier Gentil on 14 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Musique québécoise, Orchestral, Strings, Violin

CANADA Angèle Dubeau will retire from touring this fall. [Le Devoir] [La Presse| On February 18, the Calvinist Geneviève Soly will play a concert of Bach’s music with the Trois-Rivière Symphony Orchestra. [La Presse] INTERNATIONAL Strike of the Bordeaux Opera’s dancers : Director fired for a « refuse to co-operate ». [Resmusica] « Being jailed and intimidated for his Lagos Street performance hasn’t stopped Jelili Atiku’s protest. […] Atiku spent three days in jail, and that same night “almost 50” men with “guns and machetes” came to his house and destroyed his art. [CBC] For the first time in his history (founded in…

More than 30 classics concerts this week in Montreal : February 13 to 19

By Olivier Gentil on 13 February 2017 Classical, La Scena Online, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Montreal 14 Tuesday 11AM. Bach Before Bed- time – Chocolate Frenemies. 514-935-3933. 1:30PM. REZCh. 14$. Les matinées d’Opéramania au Campus Longueuil : I Puritani de Bellini. 1 855 790-1245. 4:30PM. Bach Before Bedtime – Chocolate Frenemies. Tanna Schulich Hall, 527 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal. suggested donation: $20- 514-935-3933. 8:00PM. Joshua Bell Play & Lead the OSM : A Premiere!. Maison symphonique (Place des Arts), 1600 St-Urbain, Montréal. From 43$. 514 842-9951. 15 Wednesday 5:00PM. Cello’s Recital : Class of Yegor Dyachkov – Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal – Salle Serge-Garant (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy, Montréal. 7:30PM. Schulich in Concert – Redpath Hall, Montreal, 3461…

Great performance by James Feddeck, guest conductor of the OSM, 32 years old

By Olivier Gentil on 13 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Daily News Roundup, Musique québécoise, Orchestral, Scena Jazz, Strings, Violin

CANADA Great performance by James Feddeck, guest conductor of the OSM, 32 years old : [Le Devoir] Carmen de Bizet at the National Bank Theater from February 17 to 19 by the Société d’art lyrique du Royaume. [La presse] INTERNATIONNAL Death of the legend jazz signer Al Jarreau at the ages of 76. [The Stars] [New York Times] [Le Devoir ] [La Presse] [Le Figaro] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhq7fSrXn0c « Jonas Kauffman ends London residency with second cancellation ». On his website, it is written that the German tenor has a bronchitis. [Slippedisc] Robert Levin performed Mozart’s music, on his « very own piano ». « This fortepiano,…

Death of the Swede’s tenor Nicolai Gedda

By Olivier Gentil on 10 February 2017 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Classical, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Musique populaire, Musique québécoise, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, Violin

CANADA OSM Pop Serie : Half Moon Run, Bruno Pelletier and Véronique DiCaire will perform with the OSM. [More infos – Radio-Canada] City of Gatineau finance the construction of artists’ co-op. [More infos – LaPresse] Three concerts in Granby for the Valentine’s Day. [More infos – LaPresse] « L’Amossois Charles Trudel, claviériste du Ben Racine Band [remporte le 1er prix] à Memphis lors de l’International Blues Challenge. » [More infos Radio-Canada] « The 2017 [Hindemith] prize, worth 20,000 Euros, goes to the Montreal-born composer Samy Moussa. Based in Paris and Berlin, Moussa, 32, was among the last proteges of Pierre Boulez.» [More infos Slippedisc]…

Montreal Renew Financial Funding to the OSM

By Olivier Gentil on 9 February 2017 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Musique québécoise, Orchestral, Scena Jazz, Strings, Uncategorized, Violin, Vocal

CANADA The mayor of Montreal Denis Coderre engage to give 100 000$ per year to the OSM. « Through its international stature, the OSM is a cherished ambassador whose fame reflects back on the national and international reputation of Montreal, said Coderre ». [More infos] [More Infos 2] « The Gatineau Music Conservatory [will receive …] Sérgio et Odair Assad as a part of his 12e Edition of the Festival Guitare Alla Grande.» [More infos] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n60V6ukmJog INTERNATIONNAL The Chinese pianist Lang Lang leaves Sony and return with Deutsche Grammophon. [More infos] [More infos] [More infos] « Seattle Symphony plays music from 7 nations that Trump…

Stradivarius à l’Opéra (Spectra)

By Ian Cochrane on 1 February 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Opera, Orchestral, Violin

Stradivarius à l’Opéra Alexandre Da Costa, violin, Vienna Symphony Orchestra Spectra 2016. SPECD7859. 60 min 10 s. This luscious CD of operatic masterpieces transcribed for solo violin shows Alexandre Da Costa at his best. Selections include the Habenera from Bizet’s Carmen, Méditation from Massenet’s Thaïs, Valse from Strauss’s Cavelleria Rusticana, and Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot. From the legendary Richard Wagner, Romance from Tannhauser, Liebeslied from Die Walküre and Preislied from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg are also included. The world-class Vienna Symphony prove to be ideal collaborators. Their full-bodied timbre is a dulcet match for Da Costa’s resonant style. Rather…

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