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Daily News Roundup: 15 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 15 November 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Strings, Violin

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced yesterday a surprise tour of Israel and Europe from May 7 to 22, 2017 to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. The TSO will be visiting Israel for the first time, stopping in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Musical Toronto has more information on the tour, the participating musicians and the repertoire, which will be performed. The Montclair Orchestra selected David Chan as its first Music Director for its 2017-2018 inaugural season. Chan is the concertmaster of the MET Orchestra in New York. New Zealand-born 26-year-old violinist Benjamin Baker and American 22-year-old double bassist Xavier…

Daily News Roundup: 14 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 14 November 2016 Daily News Roundup, Education, Opera, Orchestral

Opéra de Montréal presented Don Giovanni on November 12, 2016, which satisfied most audiences. The opera is playing again on the 15, 17 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. Christophe Rodriguez of Journal de Montréal talks about the success of the opera. Arthur Kaptainis of Montreal Gazette believes the balance between the comic and tragic elements is right. Christophe Huss of Le Devoir doesn’t like David Lefkowich’s adapation of Don Giovanni. Caroline Rodgers of La Presse enjoys the simplicity of the opera and believes it’s a success. Sophie Jama of Huffington Post Québec admires the all-Canadian cast with beautiful and strong voices. Our writer Robert Kilborn enjoyed the…

Anna Netrebko "Aida" Collection de thé - Photo presse

Daily News Roundup: 9 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 9 November 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral

The British government is cutting funding for proposals of a new concert hall in London. Leading figures in the world of classical music have expressed their disappointment in the government’s decision. Conductor Daniel Harding spoke to The Guardian and said: “We find a lot of money for building all sorts of sports arenas, which is wonderful, but the arts are hugely important too.” Last year’s government granted £5.5-million. Approximately £1.25-million was spent until today and the remainder will return to the Treasury. Three public accountants were severely punished for having failed to notice that Corinne Auguin, the previous stage manager of the…

Daily News Roundup: 7 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 7 November 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral

American conductor Robert Trevino, 32, was named principal conductor of the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra in San Sebastian, Spain. He will assume his new role in September 2017, succeeding to Jun Märkl. Hungarian virtuoso pianist and conductor, Zoltán Kocsis, died at age 64 on Sunday. Kocsis served as musical director of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra since 1997. He was known around the world from the United States to Japan by music fans. In 2012, he underwent heart surgery and cancelled upcoming concert last month on the advice of doctors, according to the orchestra. Dutch director Jim Lucassen resigned…

Daily News Roundup: 3 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 3 November 2016 Classical, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral

Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the ambassador of the 4th International Orchestra Conference, which will be held in Montreal from May 11 to 14, 2017, during Montreal’s 375th anniversary. Around 300 delegates from different musical groups of the classical world will meet to discuss about the issues affecting orchestras. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Credit Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera Roger Kaiser, the man who scatters his friend’s ashes in the orchestra pit at the MET last Saturday, issued an apology letter issued to Peter Gelb and the MET yesterday. Jean-Michel Damian, radio presenter on France Musique, passed away on Tuesday night at the age…

Valérie Milot, Photo: Alain Lefort

Valérie Milot: Beyond the Harp

By Caroline Rodgers on 1 November 2016 Contemporary, Interviews, Musique québécoise, Orchestral

Valérie Milot defines herself as a musician first and a harpist second. At age 31, she is nothing less than the most visible and active ambassador of the harp that Quebec has seen in recent history. She is the soloist-in-residence for Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain for the 2016–17 season. Music is important in the Milot family. They even play it together. “My father was a great lover of classical music,” she says. “He played several instruments, including classical guitar. We, his three children, took introductory music classes before we even went to school. It was part of our family life: we…

Lang Lang Receives RCM Honorary Fellowship - Chancellor Michael M. Koerner, President Dr. Peter Simon, and Lang Lang (Christina Gapick photo)

Industry News: November 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 1 November 2016 Arts Industry, Classical Music, La Scena Spotlight, Opera, Orchestral

Big Canadian Debut Many are abuzz after the mid-October announcement that Russian soprano Ana Netrebko, one of the world’s biggest opera stars, will make her Canadian debut on April 25, 2017 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. Netrebko will be joined on stage by her husband, Yusif Eyazov, as well as baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky – otherwise known as Trio Magnifico. They will be accompanied by the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra conducted by Jader Bignamini in a concert of opera arias, duets, and trios. Tickets to the event are bound to be expensive, some estimate they…

Lebrecht Weekly – Tchaikovsky: 6th symphony, Romeo & Juliet overture (Decca)

By Norman Lebrecht on 21 October 2016 CD and Book Reviews, Orchestral, Romantic

For a troubled London teenager in the 1960s there were three available sources of relief. One was illegal, one was immoral and the third was available every other week at the Royal Festival Hall. I took myself to hear the Tchaikovsky Pathétique more often than I remember, sitting in the backless choir seats, watching the wealthier part of the audience indulge in plush catharsis. Over time, the relief wore thin. Tchaikovsky gave way to Mahler and the Pathétique became a rare item, out of fashion, off the concert menu. Semyon Bychkov’s new Tchaikovsky series on Decca is well timed to…

Celebrating the Metro and The OSM’s New Octobass (Review)

By Rebecca Anne Clark on 21 October 2016 Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Musique québécoise, Orchestral

Last night was the first performance of the OSM’s concert celebrating 50 years of the Montreal metro system, which first welcomed passengers in October 1966. To commemorate the occasion, the OSM and the STM co-commissioned two new works: José Evagelista’s orchestral piece Accelerando, and Robert Normandeau’s electroacoustic work Tunnel Azur. While this concert marks more than one historic premiere – Tunnel Azur is the first electroacoustic piece ever to be commissioned by the OSM and to be presented at the Maison Symphonique (read LSM’s article on the new work here) – the main question on Montreal music lovers’ minds seems to be,…

Daily News Roundup: 21 October 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 21 October 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral

The English National Opera (ENO) appoints British conductor Martyn Brabbins as its new Music Director. He replaces Mark Wrigglesworth who resigned in March. The ENO seeks stability after two years of cuts and crises. The Victoria Symphony named Christian Kluxen to succeed Tania Miller next year as Music Director. The Danish 34-year-old assistant conductor at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was a Dudamel Fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2014-2015. Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today the renewal of General Director Anthony Freud’s five-year contract until the 2020-2021 season.

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