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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

Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler, conducted by David Robertson (Photo by Stelth Ng)

Concert Review | David Robertson Makes Toronto Symphony Debut in Berg and Mahler

By Joseph So on 27 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Romantic, Toronto

Replacing Michael Tilson Thomas this week was American conductor David Robertson, who made his Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut.

Klein Competition promotional poster

Highlights | Oldest Recording Pianist Dies at 109, Klein Competition Applications Open

By Zenith Wolfe on 24 November 2023 Classical Music, Contemporary, Highlights, Music Competition, Orchestral, Strings

From Colette Maze, the, oldest pianist in the world to Claude Kahn, the founder of an international music competition that’s over 50 years old, the classical music world has lost many influential performers, composers, and teachers this week.

Jurgita Dronina and Guillaume Côté in Onegin (Photo by Karolina Kuras)

Concert Review | Onegin: A Perfect Score, the Briskin Way

By Andrea Rush on 24 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Dance, Orchestral

The whole performance was a marked by the connection between music and dance, musicians and dancers. Maestro David Briskin’s interpretation successfully drew the beauty of melodic motifs out of the score, and onto the stage.

Lebrecht Weekly | Folk Songs: Magdalena Kozena/Simon Rattle (Pentatone)

By Norman Lebrecht on 24 November 2023 Folk, Lebrecht Weekly

Nothing seemed to add up on my first encounter with Magdalena Kozena’s trawl through four sets of folk songs orchestrated by Bela Bartok, Luciano Berio, Maurice Ravel and the Spaniard Xavier Montsalvatge.

María Dueñas (Photo by Denis Germain – Orchestre Métropolitain)

Concert Review | María Dueñas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and OM Illuminate with Symphonic Brilliance

By Genevieve Roy on 21 November 2023 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Montreal, Orchestral

The Orchestre Métropolitain presented a spellbinding performance featuring Shostakovich’s evocative “Leningrad” Symphony No. 7 at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Photo by Jag Gundu)

Concert Review | Two Outstanding Ukrainian Artists Make Memorable TSO Debuts

By Joseph So on 20 November 2023 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s audience was treated to not one, but two sensational TSO debuts of Ukrainian artists, conductor Oksana Lyniv and pianist Illia Ovcharenko.

Amadeus Choir practicing for Sir Andrew Davis Koerner Hall concert (Photo by Dahlia Katz)

Highlights | Koerner Hall Concert Review Blitz, Carnegie Hall Announces Streaming Service

By Zenith Wolfe on 17 November 2023 Classical, Highlights, Music Competition, Orchestral, Toronto, Vancouver, Vocal, West

We’ve been keeping up with Koerner Hall and TSO performances through a series of concert reviews written by our talented reporters.

Cover for Valentin Bibik: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Lebrecht Weekly | Valentin Bibik: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Indésens)

By Norman Lebrecht on 17 November 2023 CD and Book Reviews, Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Violin

Valentin Bibik’s sonatas reflect a world in transition and a composer who cannot decide which part of it to cling to – the Soviet past, the turbulent present, or a post-modern future.

Sir Andrew Davis

Concert Review | Sharing Perspectives: Memories of Loss – Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Faure’s Requiem

By Andrea Rush on 13 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto, Vocal

Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis received a regal welcome befitting his longstanding kinship with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and its audience.

Madame Tussaud wax sculptures of The Beatles (Photo by Abi Skipp, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Beatles_%286826714059%29.jpg)

Highlights | Opinions Mixed on Final Beatles Song

By Zenith Wolfe on 10 November 2023 Highlights, Music Competition, Musique populaire, Opera, Orchestral

The release of the “final” Beatles song, Now and Then, has been bittersweet for fans of the 1960s boy band.

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