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The National Assembly Honours The SMCQ

By Newswire on 10 May 2017 Contemporary, Newswire

Montreal, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 – During today’s parliamentary session in the National Assembly, Luc Fortin, Minister of Culture and Communications, Minister responsible for the Protection and Promotion of the French Language, and Minister responsible for the Estrie region, read a declaration paying tribute to the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The motion was placed on the National Assembly agenda to put forward the many initiatives which for five decades the SMCQ has successfully accomplished, promoting contemporary music, Quebec and Canadian composers, plus the impact of its activities in Quebec’s musical…

Alberto Cano Smit, Photo; Brent Calis

CMIM 2017 – the First Three Finalists Perform

By Orphée Russell on 10 May 2017 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Piano

The first evening of the 2017 Concours Musical International de Montréal finals took place Tuesday, May 9th at 7:30 pm at the Maison Symphonique de Montréal. Three promising young pianists took the stage, accompanied by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under guest conductor Claus Peter Flor. All three showed thorough technical command and seemed undaunted by the magnitude of the event, yet each was also wholly distinct in their musical personality. Dutch/Spanish pianist Alberto Cano Smit opened the evening with a beautiful account of Brahms’s Concerto no. 1. Cano Smit’s performance had a truly storytelling quality due to the distinct…

Les Violons du Roy, Photo: David Cannon

This Week in Montreal: Operatic Rendez-Vous with Les Violons du Roy

By Kiersten van Vliet on 8 May 2017 Chamber Music, Opera, This Week in Montreal

Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur This week: a recital for cello with Elinor Frey (May 11), and the 6th instalment of the Schubert Sonata Cycle by pianist Mathieu Gaudet (May 14). Cinema du Parc With the growing enthusiasm around the world for the presentation of live operas at the cinema, the Cinema du Parc will be presenting unique live events this spring from the Gran Theater del Liceu in Barcelona. On 14 May, see the presentation of Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto, libretto by Piave and inspired by Victor Hugo. See the Duke of Mantua and his jester Rigoletto in a mise-en-scène with…

Local Students Recognized In International Young Composers’ Competition

By Newswire on 8 May 2017 Choral, Newswire

The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Artistic Director Jon Washburn have drawn their 46th concert season to a close with the performance of YOUTH AND MUSIC 2017 and winner announcements of the 13th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition. The Vancouver Chamber Choir gives outstanding support to the growth and development of talented young composers. This year’s competition finalists were selected from 64 pieces submitted worldwide. The judges were conductor/composer Kathleen Allan, conductor George Roberts and Vancouver Chamber Choir Conductor and Artistic Director Jon Washburn. Each finalist’s piece was performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir prior to winner announcements. Elementary (Ages 8-12) 1st…

Les Six Finalistes, Photo; Brent Calis

CMIM 2017 Piano Finalists Revealed

By Newswire on 8 May 2017 Newswire, Piano

Montréal, Monday, May 8, 2017 – The semifinals of the CMIM (Concours musical international de Montréal) came to a close last night as the jury selected six pianists from five countries to compete in the finals. Each finalist will perform one of the great concertos of the repertoire at the Maison symphonique on May 9 and 10, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) led by guest conductor Claus Peter Flor. Here is the detailed schedule: Finals I – Tuesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. Albert Cano SMIT (Spain-Netherlands) Johannes Brahms – Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 Zoltán…

Austin Opera’s Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Breaks our Hearts

By Paul E. Robinson on 7 May 2017 Classical Music, Opera

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly. Cio-Cio San (Yunah Lee). Lt. Pinkerton (Dominick Chenes). Sharpless (Michael Chioldi). Suzuki (Mika Shigematsu). Goro (Doug Jones). Stage Director: Garnett Bruce. Lighting Designer: James Sale. Austin Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Richard Buckley. Long Center for the Performing Arts. Austin, TX. April 29, 2017. One might think that the story of Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly is a little dated; the opera, composed in 1904, is based on a play by David Belasco written a few years earlier, and concerns the seduction of a Japanese geisha (Cio-Cio San) by an American sailor (Lt. Pinkerton). Pinkerton marries her but, unbeknownst to…

Teo Gheorghiu, Photo; Brent Calis

CMIM 2017: Twelve Pianists From Nine Countries Advance to the Semifinal Round

By Newswire on 5 May 2017 Newswire, Piano

Montréal, May 5, 2017 – The CMIM (Concours musical international de Montréal) announces the names of the 12 pianists from nine countries competing in the semifinals on May 6 and 7 at Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The only Canadian, Teo Gheorghiu, wins de facto the $5,000 Award for the best Canadian artist offered by the Bourbeau Foundation. The six finalists will be announced following the last semifinal session on Sunday, May 7. Here is the detailed schedule: SATURDAY, MAY 6 1st session 2 p.m. Jeung Beum Sohn (South Korea) David Jae-Weon Huh (South Korea) Giuseppe Guarrera (Italy) 2nd session…

Lebrecht Weekly – Mahler: Third symphony (Channel Classics)

By Norman Lebrecht on 5 May 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral

There is no wholly recommendable performance on record of Mahler’s third symphony. The earliest, by F. Charles Adler in 1952, is faultlessly idiomatic, as is Jascha Horenstein’s 1970 LSO account, but both are marred by inferior orchestral playing and poor sound. Claudio Abbado’s 2007 DVD from Lucerne is as good as it gets, though even a lifelong Mahlerian like Abbado struggles with the lop-sidedness of this amalgam of nostalgic pastoralism and saloon-bar philosophy. No-one can satisfactorily explain what Friedrich Nietzsche is getting at in the fourth movement contralto solo. It’s just odd. If you listen just to the second disc…

Bernard Labadie

Bernard Labadie Named Principal Conductor of Orchestra of St. Luke’s

By Newswire on 3 May 2017 Baroque and Early

Debuts with the Ensemble at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts on July 2, 2017 Pablo Heras-Casado to Become St. Luke’s First Conductor Laureate New York, NY, May 3, 2017 — Orchestra of St. Luke’s today announced the appointment of renowned French Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie as its next Principal Conductor, beginning a four-year term in the 2018-19 season. Widely recognized as one of the world’s leading conductors of Baroque, Classical, and Early-Romantic repertoire, Labadie will make his debut with the Orchestra at Caramoor on July 2, 2017 and then appear with the Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on December 7, 2017. As Principal Conductor, Labadie…

La Bohème Under the Stars – OdM’s Production Free for the Public

By Newswire on 2 May 2017 150/375, Newswire, Opera

LA BOHÈME UNDER THE STARS Opera simulcast on a giant screen at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, an event on the official program of Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations Saturday, may 27, 2017, at 7:30 pm, FREE Montreal, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 — Bringing its season to a magnificent close, the Opéra de Montréal, through a partnership with The Society for the Celebration of Montreal’s 375th Anniversary, BMO Financial Group, the Montreal Alouettes, the Société de transport de Montréal, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, is especially delighted to be able to offer 15,000 people the opportunity to attend a free open-air operatic event at…

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