Big-time Bruckner from MSO under Gergiev
Valery Gergiev as the next music director of the MSO? Hardly likely, given the famous Russian’s multiple commitments and the formidable commute between St. Petersburg…
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Jacqueline du Pré opera gets it half right
Classical music has its icons, including Jacqueline du Pré, the brilliant British cellist who contracted multiple sclerosis at the youthful height of her powers and…
MSO, Nagano bring in the Toronto hordes
Quite a crowd in Roy Thomson Hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano. Apparently the American maestro’s magnetism, combined with the good name…
Toronto Symphony’s Valentine’s Program Sweet
Toronto, February 16, 2020—The Toronto Symphony performed its Valentine’s program to a full house last night featuring some of the most romantic classical music ever…
OM choral night is fit for a queen
There was no vice-regal musical salute Friday from the Orchestre Métropolitain, nor an “all rise” ceremony in the Maison symphonique. But Yannick Nézet-Séguin did draw…
Quatuor Molinari celebrates good works of two special women
Never miss a Quatuor Molinari concert. It might end up being a Prix Opus-winning event. Actually, I had a few reasons turn up at the…
Songstress Sarah Slean electrifies with Symphony Nova Scotia
Sarah Slean Music by Christos Hatzis Symphony Nova Scotia | Bernhard Gueller, conductor “New, creative music that transcends any stylistic boundaries.” – CBC Eight years…
Everest the Opera a Tough Climb in Austin
BY PAUL E. ROBINSON ON 26 JANUARY 2020 Austin, TX – Joby Talbot’s one-act opera Everest was composed in 2014, and is based on an…
Debargue is a major artist, no contest
When Lucas Debargue won fourth prize at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, many spectators took the apparent slight as a ringing endorsement of his…
Fabio Luisi Begins New Era with Dallas Symphony
DALLAS, TX – Jaap van Zweden is gone and Fabio Luisi doesn’t take over until the 2020-2021 season, but the new man is stopping…
