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…
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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…
Kent Nagano, the Waltz King
Kent Nagano has been favourably disposed to residents of Vienna – Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Mahler – from the beginning of his tenure with the OSM.…
Le Fantôme de l’Opéra Opening Night Team Review
La Scena’s team attended the opening night of Fantôme de l’Opéra at Théâtre St-Denis last Wednesday. Here is what we thought. Team average on 10:…
The Red Army Choir in Montreal : A Highly Professional Concert Charged with Emotion
As part of an international tour celebrating its 90th anniversary the Red Army Choir, under the direction of its artistic director Gennadiy Sachenyuk, gave seven…
Toronto Consort uncovers early Christmas treasures
The towering masterpieces of the late baroque tend to block our view of worthy earlier scores. One such is the Christmas Story of Heinrich Schütz,…
Toronto Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Program Appeals to the Audience
Toronto, November 30, 2019 — The Toronto Symphony Orchestra presented an all-Tchaikovsky concert, conducted by RBC Resident Conductor Simon Rivard. The rarely-performed Symphony No. 1…
Bigger Bruckner is Not Necessarily Better
Comparisons might be invidious but they are sometimes essential. Or unavoidable. It would take quite an act of inner denial to discuss the OSM performance…
Orchestre Métropolitain Makes a Brilliant Debut in a Special Place
NEW YORK – It is possible to lose a sense of perspective after a good night of Bruckner. The critic in me urges caution. Best…
Good vibrations from two Toronto premieres
Mozart and Tchaikovsky were the advertised attractions at a concert on Nov. 8 by Sinfonia Toronto. Ichmouratov and Kuzmenko – of Montreal and Toronto, respectively…
