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Alexandre Da Costa Takes on Opera

By Ian Cochrane on 1 February 2017 Interviews, Opera, Orchestral, Violin

Canadian violin virtuoso Alexandre Da Costa is on a mission – to bring classical music to the public. His latest project Stradivarius à l’Opéra consists of twelve gems from the operatic repertoire, reworked for solo violin and orchestra. He selected the works that he felt suited his large, lush tone, found the arrangements and then made a recording, now out on CD. Da Costa said that the project has two principal objectives: to appeal to opera lovers with a different approach to classics, and to reach out to those not familiar with the beauty of opera by providing an easily…

Lebrecht Weekly – Leonard Bernstein: Symphonies 1 and 2 (Naxos)

By Norman Lebrecht on 27 January 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral

Bernstein’s three symphonies have not enjoyed much exposure on record. Aside from the Sony and DG releases conducted by the composer, my database calls up only three other versions – Leonard Slatkin at the BBC, James Judd in New Zealand and an LA Phil DG download conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. While the composer’s edition must be considered in some sense definitive, his take on the two works has failed to ignite the public imagination. What catches my ear about Marin Alsop’s new recording with the Baltimore Symphony is how strikingly it diverges from her master’s voice. In the Jeremiah symphony,…

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Daily News Roundup: 14 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 14 December 2016 Classical, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral, Strings

Decca launches a publishing division and it has appointed Natasha Baldwin as the head. Decca Publishing will help expand opportunities for ‘neo-classical’ composers to write for television, film and video games. It will also work with Universal Music Publishing Classical. The English Symphony Orchestra has appointed Michael Young in the new role of assistant conductor. The British conductor will take the new position in January 2017. The board of the Camerata Nordica, orchestra based in Oskarshamn in Sweden, has cancelled the rest of the season. It also announced the resignation of its artistic director Terje Tonessen, all due to…

Daniel Ciobanu - Photo: Bndes International Piano Competition

Daily News Roundup: 13 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 13 December 2016 Classical, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral

The Elmar Oliviera International Violin Competition (EOIVC) announced its 20 candidates. The competition takes place from January 22 to February 5, 2017 at the Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida. The EOIVC offers a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities, and management and public relations support. From 80 applicants of 16 countries, the candidates are aged between 19 and 30, from eight countries and known from the competitive circuit. Here’s the list: Christopher Tun Andersen (24, Norway), Wonhee Bae (29, South Korea), Aaron Chan (20, Hong Kong), Brian Kwan Yeung Choi (22, China), Sirena Huang (22, United States), Ho-Hsuan Feng (21, Taiwan),…

Daily News Roundup: 12 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 12 December 2016 Classical, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral, Strings

Cellist Taeguk Mun won the János Starker Foundation Award, worth $25,000. The 22-year-old South Korean is based in Boston. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmqU2EGVBZQ Violist and music teacher Christopher Waters was fatally shot in his Memphis home during a home invasion. The 30-year-old was shot dead last Friday. Two men, both aged 22, have been charged in connection of the murder. Cellist David Ethève died at the age of 50 following a battle with brain cancer. The French-born musician was a founding member of the Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain in 1992 and served as the ensemble’s principal cellist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3pzoyDmiCQ

YMCG Cover with Yo-Yo Ma

Daily News Roundup: 9 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 9 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Education, Orchestral

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein will be donating his fee from October performances with the North Carolina Symphony to the LGBT organization Equality NC. Read his post on his Facebook page. German conductor Christian Thielemann has been appointed Carl Maria von Weber Visiting Professor of Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. He will start as of January 2017. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will launch Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG), an annual two-week training program for young musicians in Guangzhou, China. The program will be launched on January 7, 2017 and Ma will serve as its artistic director. Musician must be aged between…

Sheku Kanneh-Masson et violoncelle Amati de 1610

Daily News Roundup: 8 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 8 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Musique populaire, Opera, Orchestral, Strings, Violin

Greg Lake, bassist, guitarist and singer of British progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer lost his fight to cancer yesterday at the age of 69. The keyboardist Keith Emerson took his own life in March 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA Sheku Kanneh-Mason was presented with the 1610 Amati cello he played at BBC Young Musician of the Year. The instrument is a permanent loan from Florian Leonhard workshop in London. Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky announced today he was withdrawing from all coming opera engagements. The 54-year-old singer who was diagnosed with brain tumor in 2015 will continue giving concerts and recitals,…

This Week in Montreal (December 5-11)

By Nicole Yeba on 5 December 2016 Orchestral, This Week in Montreal, Vocal

Christmas at Bourgie Hall With its colorful stained glass and its warm atmosphere, Bourgie hall is a choice venue for Christmas celebrations. Les Idées heureuses, under Geneviève Soly, transports us to 17th-century Ville-Marie, during Advent and Christmas period. Church music, Gregorian chant, organ, Christmas hymns and motets are on the program. In collaboration with the Scholastica women’s vocal ensemble, under Rebecca Bain. (Bourgie Hall, Thursday December 8, 11 AM). A popular Montréal tradition, the Sing Along at Bourgie Hall and Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul marks its 37th edition. Produced by CBC Montréal, in collaboration with the Church of St. Andrew…

Daily News Roundup: 5 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 5 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Musique populaire, Orchestral

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra avoids major deficit with a fundamental shift in focus towards more community engagement and donor relations, which respectively grew more than 20% and by 15%. More details by Musical Toronto here. Music director Teddy Abrams renewed his contract with the Louisville Orchestra for another three years until 2020. Abrams, 29, is the youngest director of a large metropolitan orchestra in the United States. In end of October, Sotheby’s didn’t manage to sell a Beethoven partition, as its authenticity was contested by ‘two experts. The owner of the partition was contacted by one of the…

Musical partition - Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

Daily News Roundup: 2 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 2 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Orchestral

The handwritten partition of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 was sold at £4.54 million ($7.6 million CAN) at Sotheby’s in London. The amount represents a new record in the auction. Bethan Doci, a violinist, was sentenced to 32 months in jail yesterday for extorting £357,000 (≈$600,000CAN) after telling people she needed money to fight cancer. The 38-year old violinist played with the Royal Shakespeare Company Orchestra and other groups. French politician who became a conductor and composer Lionel Stoléru passed away yesterday at the age of 79. He was State Secretary under Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and François Mitterrand…

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