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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

ARC Ensemble (Photo by Stuart Lowe)

Concert Review | ARC Ensemble Celebrates at the Royal Conservatory of Music

By Andrea Rush on 5 December 2023 Chamber Music, Concert Reviews, Toronto

The Royal Conservatory of Music’s full house who braved the frosty November weather was rewarded with three Canadian premieres of hidden classical gems by Friedrich Block, performed by ARC Ensemble.

Vincent Lauzer (Photo by Julien Faugère) and Dorothea Ventura (Photo by Robert Etcheverry)

Concert Review | Bach Reinvented: A Successful Experimentation

By Viktor Lazarov on 5 December 2023 Chamber Music, Concert Reviews, Montreal, Strings

On November 29, the Montreal Bach Festival hosted Vincent Lauzer and Dorothéa Ventura with an unusual program as part of their Off Bach programming.

Nicolas Namoradze (Photo by Viktor Lazarov)

Concert Review | Nicolas Namoradze: A Thousand Clear Mirrors

By Viktor Lazarov on 5 December 2023 Classical, Concert Reviews, Piano

Brilliant young Juilliard professor Nicolas Namoradze is a unique artist, playing with a balanced restraint, surprising intellectual and emotional honesty, as well as exquisite taste and finesse.

Cellist from Les 9 at Koerner Hall (Photo by Taylor Long)

Concert Review | Les 9 Nocturne: Capturing the Enchanting Sounds of the Night

By Kristen Whittle on 4 December 2023 Concert Reviews, Montreal, Strings

Les 9 presented a simultaneously captivating and ethereal concert experience in Koerner Hall on November 22nd.

La Scena Radio: Tribute to Maria Callas

By Wah Keung Chan on 2 December 2023 Arts Industry, Classical Music, La Scena Online, Opera, Vocal

On the 100th anniversary of soprano Maria Callas’s birth (Dec. 2, 1923), we are streaming recordings of Maria Callas 24/7 from Dec. 2 to 19, 2023. À l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de la naissance de Maria Callas (2 décembre 1923), nous diffusons des enregistrements de Maria Callas 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, du 2 au 19 décembre 2023. Playlist / Liste d’écoute La Divina – The Best of Maria Callas (compilation), Warner Music CD1: Studio Recordings Norma, Act 1: “Casta Diva” (Norma, Coro) Carmen, Act 1: Habanera. “L’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle” (Carmen, Chur) La Cenerentola,…

St. John-Mercer-Park Trio (Photo by Curtis Perry)

Concert Review | Dazzling Premiere of New Kevin Lau Album

By Zenith Wolfe on 1 December 2023 Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Ottawa, Piano, Strings

On Nov. 28, the St. John-Mercer-Park Trio dazzled the audience at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre with the premiere of composer Kevin Lau’s new album, Under a Veil of Stars.

Rafael Payare (left), Bohdan Luts (right)

Highlights | Canadian Ensembles Get in the Holiday Spirit

By Zenith Wolfe on 1 December 2023 Highlights, Montreal, Music Competition, Orchestral, Toronto, Vancouver, West

Classical musicians and ensembles are getting in the holiday spirit with free performances at children’s hospitals, upcoming holiday themed concerts, and the release of winter or Christmas inspired albums.

Lebrecht Weekly | Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain (ECM New Series)

By Norman Lebrecht on 1 December 2023 Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Strings, Vocal

Thomas Larcher is an Austrian of esoteric tendencies. Mystical to a fault, his latest collection consists of two solo vocal settings of enigmatic English texts by Nan Shepherd and W. G. Sebald.

Giedrė Šlekytė conducts Staatskapelle Berlin (Photo courtesy of The Royal Conservatory/Koerner Hall; Lisa Sakulensky)

Concert Review | Stunning Finale to Staatskapelle Berlin’s Koerner Hall Series

By Joseph So on 28 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

From the beginning of the Allegro in Brahms’ Third Symphony, with its powerful opening chords, I was completely drawn into Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra’s playing.

Giedrė Šlekytė conducts Staatskapelle Berlin (Photo courtesy of The Royal Conservatory/Koerner Hall; Lisa Sakulensky)

Concert Review | Staatskapelle Berlin Makes an Unforgettable Canadian Debut

By Denise Lai on 27 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

The hottest ticket in Toronto this weekend was no doubt Staatskapelle Berlin, whose Canadian debut was sold out months before the orchestra took to the stage.

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