La Scena Online is the digital magazine of La Scene Musicale.
Contents: News, Concert reviews, CD reviews, Interviews, Obituaries, etc
Editor: Wah Keung Chan
Assistant Editor: Andreanne Venne
ISSN: 1206-9973
There are many reasons why Beethoven’s triple concerto usually fails on record. Most are to do with ego.
Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has won the top honours at the 2024 Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM).
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO) announces the appointment of Barbara Hannigan as their Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.
How does the Canadian Opera Company end its 2023-24 season of high calibre singing and vibrant productions? With a bang, not a whimper.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s May 10th concert featured two stalwarts of the Classical canon: Brahms’ grand Violin Concerto in D Major and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
Pianist Shirley Wu has been keeping up with this year’s CMIM Piano Edition, and shares her reflections on the semi-final performance. Finalists have been announced, and will perform on May 15th and 16th.
Following a highly intense Semifinal, the emotion was palpable as the six finalists of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) were revealed tonight at Salle Bourgie.
The 47th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music is pleased to announce its 2024 prize winners.
In this week’s news highlights: there’s a shuffle going on with women conductors in Canada; Canadians in Oper Frankfurt’s 24-25 season; Beethoven #9 at 200
I am starting to think that Grazyna Bacewicz might be the next Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Bacewicz trod water under Polish Communism and saw her music eclipsed by the authorised forces of Lutoslawski and Penderecki.
