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Lebrecht Weekly | Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of My Ancestors (Alpha-Classics)

By Norman Lebrecht on 23 February 2024 Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Romantic

In the more sentimental pieces of the Prokofiev set on this new album, Bezhod Abduraimov melts the listener’s heart like spring snows.

Yuja Wang (right) and Monty Alexander (left) (Photos by Kirk Edwards and Joe Martinez, respectively)

Newswire | RCM Announces 28 Classical and 5 Jazz Concerts for 2024-2025 Season

By Newswire on 22 February 2024 Chamber Music, Mainstream Jazz, Newswire, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, Toronto, Vocal

The Royal Conservatory of Music’s full season of more than 80 concerts, including pop, world music, and student concerts, will be released in June.

Governor General's Performing Arts Awards recipients (Photos provided)

Newswire | 2024 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Laureates Announced

By Newswire on 22 February 2024 Arts Industry, Film, Multimedia, Newswire, Piano, Vocal

The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts.

Barbara Assiginaak (Photo provided)

Newswire | CMIM Presents New Piano Work by Barbara Assiginaak

By Newswire on 15 February 2024 Montreal, Newswire, Piano

The Concours musical international de Montréal is pleased to present the imposed Canadian work for the Piano 2024 edition by Anishinaabekwe composer Barbara Assiginaak.

Lebrecht Weekly | Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)

By Norman Lebrecht on 2 February 2024 Lebrecht Weekly, Piano

I can’t listen to Francis Poulenc for long without imagining a Gitane between my lips and smoke curling out of the corners.

Recurrence album cover

Recurrence: Iranian Feminism, Mathematics, and Erosion

By Zenith Wolfe on 2 February 2024 Canadian Music, Interviews, Piano, Toronto

Iran’s growing feminist movement, the role of mathematics in music, and the impacts of erosion on sea stacks are but a few of the topics explored on Leaf Music’s Recurrence.

Summer Camps (2024)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 2 February 2024 Chamber Music, Education, Piano, Strings, Vocal

JazzWorks Canada Jazz Camp & Composers’ Symposium / Practice Retreat 2024 CAMMAC Music Centre, 85 Chemin CAMMAC, Harrington, Quebec, J8G 2T2 613-220-3819, jazzworkscanada.com Dates: Composers’ Symposium / Practice Retreat: August 26 – 29, 2024. Jazz Camp: August 29 – September 1, 2024. Cost: See website for details Languages: English and French Age categories: Adults, teens, students Disciplines: Voice, guitar, piano, bass, drums, winds, brass, improvisation, jazz workshops, masterclasses & concerts Past Faculty: Adrian Vedady (Music Director, bass), Dezron Douglas and Nat Reeves (bass), Kirk MacDonald, Don Braden and Ted Nash (saxophone), Amy London (voice), Derrick Gardner (trumpet), Lorne Lofsky, Roddy…

CD Review | Resilience (HitLab, 2023)

By Pietro Freiburger on 2 February 2024 CD and Book Reviews, Piano, Violin

Emmanuel Vukovich’s Resilience is an excellent album in many respects, from the impressive skill of the artists involved in the project to their beautiful collaboration.

Book Review | Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023)

By Félix-Antoine Hamel on 2 February 2024 CD and Book Reviews, Mainstream Jazz, Piano

Published last September, Statesman of the Piano allows readers to uncover the autobiography of pianist Lou Hooper, entitled That Happy Road, which had previously been available via Library Archives Canada.