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Sheku Kanneh-Masson et violoncelle Amati de 1610

Daily News Roundup: 8 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 8 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Popular Music, Strings, Violin

Greg Lake, bassist, guitarist and singer of British progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer lost his fight to cancer yesterday at the age of 69. The keyboardist Keith Emerson took his own life in March 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA Sheku Kanneh-Mason was presented with the 1610 Amati cello he played at BBC Young Musician of the Year. The instrument is a permanent loan from Florian Leonhard workshop in London. Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky announced today he was withdrawing from all coming opera engagements. The 54-year-old singer who was diagnosed with brain tumor in 2015 will continue giving concerts and recitals,…

Anthony Bramall - Photo: Andreas Pohlmann

Daily News Roundup: 7 December 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 7 December 2016 Daily News Roundup, Opera, Scena Jazz, Violin

Jazz pianist Joey Alexander is nominated for a Grammy in the jazz solo category. The 13-year-old Indonesian was nominated last year in two jazz categories but left empty-handed. Find out who the other nominees are here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1liUart72g Anthony Bramall has been named principal chief conductor of Munich’s State Theater on Gärtnerplatz. The British conductor, 59, will start in summer 2017. The Northern Ireland Opera has appointed Walter Sutcliffe as its new artistic director. The 30-year-old British will be starting in February 2017. Violinist and concertmaster Jerrold Rubenstein passed away yesterday in Brussels. The New Yorker taught at the Antwerp…

La musique aux enfants room Photo: Raphaël Thibodeau

La musique aux enfants

By Nicole Yeba on 1 December 2016 Education, Piano, Violin, Vocal

Yesterday, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and other partners launched La musique aux enfants, a prekindergarten and kindergarten music project at École St-Rémi-Annexe of the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île (CSPI) in the borough of Montréal-Nord. The project imagined by Maestro Kent Nagano, and developed by the OSM in collaboration with the Université de Montréal and the CSPI, is to introduce preschool children to music as a means to support their overall development. All the students of École St-Rémi-Annexe will receive a minimum of one lesson in rhythm and choral singing per week. They will also be able to participate in cultural activities putting…

Pauline Oliveros

Industry News: December 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 1 December 2016 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Education, La Scena Spotlight, Popular Music, Strings, Vocal

Awards and Honours In November, the Schwarz-Bournaki Duo won first prize at the annual Boulder International Chamber Music Competition’s “Art of the Duo” in Boulder, Colorado. The competition celebrates the duo with piano, an intimate chamber genre that is often overshadowed by the string quartet and piano trio. This year, the competition received over 150 applications from 25 countries, with 22 ensembles making the semi-finals. The Schwarz-Bournaki Duo is American cellist Julian Schwarz and Canadian pianist – and native Montrealer – Marika Bournaki, who made her professional debut at age 11 with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The…

La Scena Musicale 20th Anniversary – Gala LA RELÈVE / RISING STARS

By La Scena Events on 18 November 2016 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, La Scena Online, Piano, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz, Violin, Vocal

La Scena Musicale celebrates its 20th anniversary with the first edition of Gala LA RELÈVE/RISING STARS, a benefit concert on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Salle Pierre-Mercure of the Centre Pierre-Péladeau featuring some of Canada’s future star musicians, many of whom have won recent national competitions. Soprano Chelsea Rus, baritone Hugo Laporte, clarinetist David Dias da Silva, violinist Joshua Peters, pianist Emily Oulousian and Piano Caméléons will perform; pianist Michael McMahon will accompany the singers. “I’m very excited with our line-up of six young musicians and duo,” said Wah Keung Chan, founder of La Scena Musicale. “Each…

Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar, Martinu: Cello concertos (Sony Classical)

By Norman Lebrecht on 18 November 2016 Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Strings

The Argentine-born Sol Gabetta, now in her mid-30s, made her first recording of the Elgar concerto six years ago in Denmark, an impressive performance stressed ever-so-faintly at the edges by the long shadow of Jacqueline Du Pré. In this live concert with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, Gabetta is more languorous and, one suspects, more herself. The opening phrases are so leisurely you can imagine half the orchestra taking an illicit sip of tea from an under-chair flask, knowing there is plenty of time before they have to come in. But her tempo is immediately convincing and musically…

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: 10 November 2016

By Nicole Yeba on 10 November 2016 Arts Industry, Classical, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Strings

A concert recorded in Geneva in September will be broadcast on the radio today Thursday November 10 at 8 p.m on ICI Musique and on television on Saturday November 12 at 1 p.m. at ICI ARTV. The concert supports press cartoonists who are threatened in the home countries. Two cartoonists, Chappatte and Plantu, were on stage with the Suisse Romande Orchestra who interpreted Beethoven’s Third Symphony. The Sony Centre announced a multi-year film concert series featuring the first two films of Harry Potter. In a partnership with CineConcerts and Attila Glatz Concert Productions, the Sony Centre presents Harry Potter…

Schwarz-Bournaki Duo Snags First Prize in Top Chamber Music Competition

By Newswire on 9 November 2016 Newswire, Piano, Strings

New York, NY, November 8, 2016 – American cellist Julian Schwarz, together with Canadian pianist Marika Bournaki won the grand prize last week in a unanimous decision at the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition’s “Art of the Duo.” The annual competition received 156 applications from 25 countries with 22 duos performing at the competition. It culminated in a final round on Saturday, November 5th featuring nine duos. The winning duo receives a $7,000 cash prize, a 2017-18 Boulder Bach Festival recital, and additional, soon-to-be announced engagements. About the Performers Cellist Julian Schwarz made his orchestral debut at the age of…

20th Anniversary: Gala La Relève Artists

By Nicole Yeba on 1 November 2016 Classical Music, Interviews, La Scena Spotlight, Piano, Violin, Vocal

In honour of our 20th anniversary, we are proud to introduce the seven artists who will perform at our gala on Thursday, November 24. Each artist talked with La Scena Musicale about his or her favourite works, the pieces they will be performing at the gala, the challenges of performing them, the high points of each piece, and which artist they dream of meeting. For more information about the gala click here. David Dias Da Silva – Clarinettist Joly Braga Santos : Aria I Bella Kovacs : Hommage a Manuel de Falla Debussy: First Rhapsody I chose Debussy’s First Rhapsody…

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