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38 Classical singers from 22 nations to compete in Montréal

By Newswire on 21 February 2018 Art Song, Education, Music Competition, Opera, Uncategorized

38 CLASSICAL SINGERS FROM 22 NATIONS TO COMPETE IN MONTRÉAL Canada leads the selection with eight singers Montréal, Wednesday, February 21, 2018 – 38 promising young singers—20 women and 18 men between the ages of 24 and 35, from a record 22 nations—have been selected to participate in the CMIM (Concours musical international de Montréal) between May 29 and June 7. Canada leads the selection with eight singers, followed by South Korea with six singers. ARMENIA Anush HOVHANNISYAN (soprano, Aria) AUSTRALIA Kang WANG (tenor, Aria) BULGARIA Mihail MIHAYLOV (tenor, Aria) CANADA Andrew HAJI (tenor, Aria) Lauren MARGISON (soprano, Aria) Marie-Andrée MATHIEU (mezzo-soprano,…

Fridrich Bruk’s 17th and 18th Symphonies Demand Attention

By Norman Lebrecht on 16 February 2018 Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral

Fridrich Bruk: Symphonies 17 and 18 (Toccata) Some 15 years ago I was asked by one of the London orchestras to curate a series titled Other Russia, looking at the composers who fell or were pushed off the wayside under the Soviet Union. We were going to focus on the likes of Karamanov, Kancheli, Knaifel, Roslavets, Tishchenko, Ustvolskaya, Firsova and more. The scheme hit a brick wall when prominent conductors balked at unfamiliar repertoire and the orchestra feared a box-office frost, but it was a worthwhile exercise and one that some braver spirits should still take up. Among the names…

The Met Announces It’s 2018 – 19 Season; Yannick Nézet-Séguin Become Music Director in September 2018

By Newswire on 15 February 2018 Arts Industry, Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin to become met music director in september 2018, two seasons earlier than originally planned Neubauer Family Foundation Names Met Music Director position with $15 Million Gift 2018–19 Season to Feature Three Operas Conducted by Nézet-Séguin, Including New Production of La Traviata, Directed by Michael Mayer Other New Productions Include Season-Opening Samson et Dalila, Starring Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna; North American Premiere of Nico Muhly’s Marnie; and Adriana Lecouvreur, Starring Anna Netrebko Robert Lepage’s Ring cycle, Starring Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde, to Return for First Time Since 2013 Live in HDSeason to Feature 10 Transmissions, Beginning October 6 with Anna Netrebko in Aida New York, NY (February 15,…

Winnipeg Symphony Announces Award-Winning Maestro Daniel Raiskin New Music Director Beginning 2018-2019 Season

By Newswire on 14 February 2018 Arts Industry, Orchestral

Winnipeg, MB – February 14, 2018 – – In a press conference this morning, Terry Sargeant, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), announced that Russian-born maestro Daniel Raiskin will be the next Music Director of the WSO commencing August 1, 2018. The public’s first opportunity to see Maestro Raiskin in action will be at The Asper Foundation Opening Night Gala on September 17, 2018 and then at concerts throughout the WSO 2018-2019 season. “The Board believes that Daniel will prove to be an excellent Music Director for the WSO,” says WSO Board Chair Terry Sargeant.…

Avner Dorman Wins 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music

By Newswire on 9 February 2018 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Contemporary, Music Competition, Newswire

Avner Dorman is the winner of the 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music The Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert Takes Place October 15, 2018 at Maison symphonique de Montréal Featuring the McGill Chamber Orchestra (MCO) and Guest Conductor Yoav Talmi The Azrieli Foundation is proud to announce that composer Avner Dorman is the winner of the 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music for his composition, Nigunim for Violin and Orchestra. The $50,000 cash prize is granted biennially to a composer who has written the best new major work of Jewish Music, and is accompanied by a world premiere gala performance and a professional recording of the…

Canadian Opera Company general director Alexander Neef appointed artistic director of Santa Fe Opera

By Newswire on 9 February 2018 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Opera

Newly created seasonal role in Santa Fe to complement Neef’s COC portfolio Toronto – Today, Canadian Opera Company General Director Alexander Neef was named Artistic Director of Santa Fe Opera by incoming SFO General Director Robert K. Meya, effective October 1, 2018. The announcement followed Meya’s own appointment this morning by the SFO Board of Directors, along with English conductor Harry Bicket as Music Director. Neef will continue in his position as COC General Director, in addition to this new seasonal role. Reporting to SFO’s General Director, and in collaboration with the Music Director, the Artistic Director will ensure the…

Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Polina Leschenko’s Deux Ingenious and Exhilarating

By Norman Lebrecht on 9 February 2018 Chamber Music, Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Violin

Deux (Alpha-Classics) I can’t remember when I last heard a violin-piano recital that was as ingenious and exhilarating as this. On the sleeve, the Franco-Hungarian programme looks a bit odd – the Poulenc sonata written for Ginette Neveu in 1943, a Dohnanyi setting of a waltz from Delibes’ Coppélia, the full-on Bartok sonata of 1922 and Ravel’s Tzigane to close. What do these pieces have in common? Check this: On April 8, 1922, Bela Bartok gave a recital in Paris with his compatriot Jelly d’Aranyi. Ravel was the page turner for Bartok and Poulenc for d’Aranyi. In the audience were…

LA BEAUTÉ DU MONDE (The Beauty of the World): A new work by Michel Marc Bouchard et Julien Bilodeau at the Opéra de Montréal

By Newswire on 8 February 2018 Classical Music, Newswire

Montreal, February 8, 2018 – The Opéra de Montréal announces the world premiere of La beauté du monde (The Beauty of the World), an original work with a libretto by Michel Marc Bouchard and music by Julien Bilodeau, which will be presented in Montreal in the spring of 2021. This project was born following the May 2016 premiere of the opera Les Feluettes at the Opéra de Montréal. Renowned playwright Michel Marc Bouchard, who has recently also become a librettist, approached the institution’s Artistic Director Michel Beaulac with a deeply moving true story on which he wanted to base…

Une attention mémorable – A memorable gift

By Viviane Reid on 8 February 2018 Classical Music, Newswire, Romantic, This Week in Montreal, Vocal

Nous sommes de retour cette année avec une nouvelle édition de levée de fonds des Valentins Chantants. Offrez un cadeau original à votre douce moitié par l’entremise d’une chanson d’amour performée au téléphone par un de nos 7 chanteurs participants. Pour le prix d’un bouquet de fleurs, un de nos artistes invités contactera votre proche et lui chantera la chanson sélectionnée au téléphone! Réservez votre Valentin Chantant dès maintenant! Trouvez toutes les informations ici: https://myscena.org/fr/valentins-chantants-2018/ We are back this year with our new edition of the Singing Valentines fundraising. Offer an original gift to your loved one through a love…

CD Review – The Mirror with Three Faces

By Norman Lebrecht on 7 February 2018 CD and Book Reviews, Classical, Classical Music, Piano

The Mirror with Three Faces Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2. Lera Auerbach: Piano Trios No. 1 and No. 2. Delta Piano Trio. Odradek Records ODRCD350. Total Time: 63:40. The Delta Piano Trio call their new disc The Mirror with Three Faces. Their account of Shostakovich’s second piano trio, dated 1944, leaves no doubt as to the composer’s state of mind in the closing stages of World War II. Ostensibly a tribute to a late friend, Ivan Sollertinsky, the work ripples with anger and frustration at pointless deaths and ruined lives – the appalling legacy of the Stalin-Hitler era. The last…

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