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The Hermitage Piano Trio is known for its devotion to Rachmaninoff, but now the ensemble is looking to expand its horizons.
Here is a list of Winter Music and Arts festivals in Canada in 2023 and 2024. New Brunswick Fredericton Frostival Festival Fredericton, January 18 to February 4 www.frederictoncapitalregion.ca/see-do/festivals-events/calendar-events/frostival Montréal Salon des métiers d’art du Québec Montréal, December 7 to 17 514-861-2787 | www.metiersdart.ca Igloofest Montréal, January 18 to February 10 www.igloofest.ca Festival classique hivernal Laval, January 26 to 28 www.osl.ca/festival-classique-hivernal The Orchestre symphonique de Laval presents its 3rd annual Festival classique hivernal (Winter Classical Festival). A festival with a varied repertoire, suitable for all generations, featuring music from the films Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, the great classics…
Montreal percussionist Ziya Tabassian’s new album, Remembrances, features original compositions inspired by Iran’s Safavid musical heritage.
Sumptuously capturing his famous chiaroscuro effects, Caravaggio’s Shadow is a frank, often brutal portrait smothered in a patina of good taste.
“In music, we roam through the mysteries of life and learn that we should never tame our wildness.” So declares stage, cabaret and recording star Ute Lemper.
Pascal Germain-Berardi, the artistic director of Temps Fort’s productions, will conduct a concert of Max Reger’s choral pieces in celebration of his 150th anniversary on Nov. 16.
The country is wondering about the identity of singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie after a new CBC investigation that contradicts her decades-old claims to Indigenous heritage.
La Nef’s Sicilia Bella concert features madrigals and villanelles by Italian composers Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) and Antonio il Verso (1565-1621), alongside traditional Sicilian pieces, such as tarantellas. Singer, harpsichordist, actress and dancer Dorothéa Ventura is the concert’s musical director. Italian on her father’s side, Ventura reveals the inspiration behind her programming: “I’ve never been south of Rome,” she says, “but, for various reasons, I find the cultures of southern Italy fascinating.” Casual music-listening led her to “dive into Sicily” which she calls “a very special part of Italy”given the island’s turbulent history, which has seen many different peoples come and…
Ensemble Classico-Moderne delivered on its promise of combining classic favorites and contemporary music during the first stop on its Toronto-Montréal-Quebec City tour.
Opéra de Montréal will be hosting the 7th edition of its Gala Talent on Thursday, November 9 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.
