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Record Reviews
Fresh sounds… AnchorsJason Stein, bass clarinet; Joshua Abrams, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums; guest artist/co-producer Boon. TAO Forms (TAO 16), September 2024 Musicians who dedicate themselves solely…
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Devin Daniels: Fire in the West
“I always tell people I’m trying to bring that toxic New York swing energy to…
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The OCM Launches Its 85th Season Featuring Two Chamber Operas
Montreal, September 10, 2024 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) kicks off its 85th…
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Canadian Violinist Jacques Forestier and Angela Chan Share First Prize of Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Hanover, 28 September 2024: 27-year-old Angela Chan (Hong Kong/China) and 19-year-old Jacques Forestier (Canada) share…
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1.0Lebrecht Weekly | Mäkelä offers little in Shostakovich beyond an energetic superficiality
When the British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week that he listened to…
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Canadian Violinist Jacques Forestier Makes Finals of Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
PRESS RELEASE Hanover, 25 September 2024 The three finalists of the 12th Joseph Joachim Violin…
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Review | Disappointing Tristan und Isolde opens Geneva opera season
Tristan und Isolde is a colossal work, not only due to its length (five hours,…
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Toronto Consort Appoints Dame Emma Kirkby as First-Ever Honorary Patron and Daniel Taylor O.C. as new Artistic and General Director
Toronto, ON, September 25, 2024 – Heather Turnbull, President of the Board, The Toronto Consort,…
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Music and Beyond to offer North American Premiere of newly discovered work by Mozart on September 27th
OTTAWA, September 24, 2024 – Music and Beyond is delighted to announce that we will…
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Bourgie Hall Celebrates Italy with Its Italian Days
Montreal, Tuesday, September 24, 2024 – From October 18-21, Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum…
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La Nef Announces Its 2024-25 Season Program
Montreal, Sept. 23, 2024 – La Nef is delighted to unveil its program for the…
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4.0Lebrecht Weekly | Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Music of the Second Vienna School was condemned as noise on first reception. How deaf…
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Winners of the 2024 Operalia Announced
Mumbai, Sept. 21, 2024 – This year, the Operalia Competition presented by Rolex took place…
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Canadian Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Wins Leeds International Piano Competition
Leeds, Sept. 21, 2024 – Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, 24, has tonight won the 21st…
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Review | Alberta Ballet makes the case for La Sylphide
La Sylphide is an important ballet, but one that few of today’s ballet fans have…
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Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Makes Finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition
Leeds, Sept. 18, 2024 – The Leeds International Piano Competition announced the five pianists who…
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Concours Musical International de Montréal, Voice Edition, Announces Prestigious Jury
The jury of the Voice 2025 edition of the CMIM will be composed of eminent members, including…
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Bells Will Ring at Maison Symphonique for the Grand Premiere of OSM
Montreal, September 17, 2024 – Tomorrow evening, two carillon bells in G and C especially…
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Review | Cultural Unity in the Chinese Gardens: A Lyrical Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
In the lunar calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month marks the annual Mid-Autumn…
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3.0Lebrecht Weekly | Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The Times of London has shrunk its weekly classical record review to an inch and…
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La Scena on the Road | Musikfest Berlin 2024: The Americas & Politics
Musikfest Berlin is an ambitious annual festival that hosts the world’s top orchestras, instrumental and…
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Keri-Lynn Wilson is Appointed Music Director of Kyiv Camerata in Ukraine
Kyiv, Sept. 9, 2024 — Keri-Lynn Wilson, the 57 year old conductor who has helped…
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4.0Lebrecht Weekly | Dvorak’s Symphonies by Two Orchestras (Warner/Pentatone)
Comparisons in music are unfair. An ephemeral art cannot be measured and pinned, like a…
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Ventriglia vs Wicklund: A dance battle in Alberta where everyone wins
There are two major dance companies in Alberta with “ballet” in their names, making it…
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4.5CD Review | Ensemble ArtChoral — Art Choral, Vol. 1: Renaissance
Art Choral, Vol. 1: Renaissance Ensemble ArtChoral; Matthias Maute, artistic director ATMA Classique, 2024 Ensemble…
Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company opens 2023-24 season with Beethoven’s Fidelio
The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2023-24 season with a rare gem. Fidelio is the only opera Beethoven ever wrote,…
Newswire | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new 23.24 season Community Engagement Team and Activities
Toronto, September 25, 2023 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces an exciting array of community events for the 2023/2024 season,…
Breaking News | Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Cancels 23/24 Season
Sept. 18, 2023 – The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Ontario’s third largest orchestra, announced this morning that the organization has…
Review | A breakdancing Fairy Queen opens Toronto Summer Music
Toronto Summer Music opened its 2024 festival in the most grand, celebratory manner possible with the local premiere of Les Arts Florissants’ production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
CD Review | Benjamin Bernheim, Douce France, DG
Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons Benjamin Bernheim, tenor; Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 For his debut album of French…
CD Review | Erin Morley, Rose in Bloom, Orchid Classics, 2024
Rose in Bloom Erin Morley, soprano; Gerald Martin Moore, piano Orchid Classics, 2024 One of today’s most in-demand lyric coloratura…
An Exciting Summer for Indigenous Theatre
Theatre news for summer 2024, with an emphasis on indigenous artists.
The OCM Launches Its 85th Season Featuring Two Chamber Operas
Montreal, September 10, 2024 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) kicks off its 85th season with the presentation of…
Review | Disappointing Tristan und Isolde opens Geneva opera season
Tristan und Isolde is a colossal work, not only due to its length (five hours, including two intermissions) or for…
Toronto Consort Appoints Dame Emma Kirkby as First-Ever Honorary Patron and Daniel Taylor O.C. as new Artistic and General Director
Newswire | Circus community holds its breath over Minister Girard’s “demanding and responsible” budget
Tafelmusik: Forging Connections with Chamber Music
Why are Toronto-based Tafelmusik’s performances and recordings of early music so electrifying?
Glenn Gould Foundation Presents the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel
The Glenn Gould Foundation proudly presented the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel during a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall on August 2, 2024.
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