When Ema Nikolovska moved across the Atlantic eight years ago, she was known in Toronto as a violinist. This year, she returns to Canada for a series of major performances as an opera performer.
Actor and director Jean-Simon Traversy has been the co-director of Théâtre Duceppe with David Laurin for the past seven years.
For decades, Frances Wainwright was the doyenne of CBC Music in Montreal, setting the standard for classical music on the national airwaves.
When she heard Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony had canceled their 2023-2024 season just 48 hours before it was set to begin, cellist Kendra Grittani felt a deluge of emotions.
In this age of algorithms and disinformation, how can we fight violence against women? Projet Polytechnique addresses the issue.
The love story of Allene Chomyn and Ian Whitman, who joined the KWS in the orchestra’s 2007-08 season, seems right out of a storybook.
On Dec. 2, opera lovers around the world will celebrate the centennial of Maria Callas’s birth.
David Briskin’s remarkable leadership in the world of ballet has made him a bridge builder—forging relationships and respect, wordlessly, using only music and gesture.
Rescigno brought Maria Callas to America for her 1954 debut and became one of Maria Callas’s favourite conductors, alongside Tullio Serafin and Georges Prêtre.
The kinship that unites the members of the Quatuor Despax has stood the test of time—20 years, to be exact. Dedicating itself to a wide range of musical genres over the years, the group has kept its momentum going by maintaining its ties to kin, friends and music lovers alike. For those who may not know them, they are brothers and sisters (two of each) who play the required instruments for a standard string quartet comprised of two violins, a viola and a cello. A recent meeting with them for a conversation left no doubts about the family…
