The Concours musical international de Montréal is pleased to present the imposed Canadian work for the Piano 2024 edition by Anishinaabekwe composer Barbara Assiginaak.
I can’t listen to Francis Poulenc for long without imagining a Gitane between my lips and smoke curling out of the corners.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Fifty-two-year-old soprano Barbara Hannigan is looking toward the future.
Colette Maze, the oldest recording pianist in the world, released a final album before she died at the end of 2023. It offers a glimpse into what more than 100 years of practice and training sounds like.
Montréal, February 1, 2024 – The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) is proud to unveil the names of the 24 competitors who will take part in the Piano 2024 edition, to be held in Montréal from May 5 to 16, 2024. These exceptional pianists, aged 19 to 29, hail from 12 different countries. Four Canadians are among the competitors, including one from Québec. These young artists will compete for the title of laureate and for prizes and grants worth more than $200,000 CAD. The 24 competitors were selected from among 388 high-level applications representing 38 countries. Since the creation…
When tackling the Goldberg Variations, it’s hard to take a path that hasn’t been trodden 100 times before. Víkingur Ólafsson’s vision of the work last Wednesday evening at Salle Bourgie, however, had a singular freshness that made the audience momentarily forget all the times they’d heard it before. The Icelandic pianist’s interpretation is a blend of elements and practices that at first seem contradictory. He demonstrates an immense respect for this immortal opus and, at the same time, a malicious interest in challenging the status quo. An old-fashioned approach to the keyboard and, at the same time, a consummate…
