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Eifman Ballet performs Anna Karenina to music by Tchaikovsky in Montreal’s Place des Arts 15-18 April

Anna Karenina: Dancing on the Grave of Love

By Robert Kilborn on 14 April 2015 Concert Reviews, Dance, Romantic

Is Anna Karenina the greatest novel ever written? Dostoyevsky and Nabokov declared it “flawless.” Faulkner described it as “the best ever written.” Hemingway, Woolf, Proust, Joyce, Mann, and countless others learned large parts of their craft from it. In 2007, Time magazine published a poll of 125 big-name authors – from Norman Mailer to David Foster Wallace – which placed Tolstoy’s epic tale of outlaw passion and self-destruction at Number One in a list of “The Top Ten Books of All Time.” Numerous stage, film, television, radio, opera, dance, and other adaptions of Anna Karenina have swelled consciousness for more than…

Art Cirq performs at the Alianait Arts Festival

Canadian Summer Arts Festivals

By Rebecca Anne Clark on 1 June 2014 Circus, Dance, Film, Multimedia, Popular Music, Theatre, Visual Arts

Author : (Rebecca Anne Clark)

Flash version here. Luminato Festival (Toronto, June 6-15) This packed ten-day festival is overflowing with too many events to even begin to mention here! Among the visual arts, performance art, music, dance, theatre, literary events, talks, films, food, and even magic, there is sure to be something for everyone. Highlights include Louise Lecavalier in high-voltage ballet duo So Blue (June 13-15), Rufus Wainwright joined by renowned male voices for an evening of Broadway love duets (June 14), literary walks through Toronto neighbourhoods hosted by novelists Cary Fagan, Andrew Pyper and Alissa York (June 15), a broadcast of CBC’s Q Live…

This Week in Montreal: June 24 to 30

By La Scena Musicale Team on 24 June 2013 Baroque and Early, Contemporary, Dance, Scena Jazz, This Week in Montreal, Vocal

Discovery and Exploration at the Montréal Baroque Festival In addition to their Grand concerts series, the Montréal Baroque Festival will offer festival-goers more intimate programming, including a recital by this year’s artist-in-residence, Brazilian born Cléa Galhano, and a concert of sacred cantatas by Manuel de Zumaya performed by Mexican ensemble La Fontegara. This festival is a place of exploration and discovery; Soirée sans frontièreswill push the limits of baroque experience by combining early music with the digital arts. This year’s closing event is Élémens, a divine ballet by Jean-Ferry Rebel depicting the Creation, featuring dancers and acrobats. www.montrealbaroque.com – Renée…

This Week in Montreal: June 17 to 23

By La Scena Musicale Team on 17 June 2013 Baroque and Early, Dance, Opera, This Week in Montreal

Cette semaine à Montréal / This Week in Montreal May 31 – June 6

By La Scena Musicale Team on 31 May 2010 Classical Music, Dance, Theatre, This Week in Montreal

Photo : Gunther Gampe9e Édition du concours musical international de montréal (CMIM)Débutée le 25 mai avec les épreuves quart de finale et demi-finale, l’édition Violon 2010 du CMIM se poursuit les 1er et 2 juin au Théâtre Maisonneuve. L’Orchestre Métropolitain sera dirigé par Jean-Philippe Tremblay. Le programme de l’épreuve finale consiste à interpréter un concerto en entier tiré de la liste officielle du Concours. C’est à l’issue de cette épreuve que le président du jury proclamera les lauréats qui se partageront plus de 150 000 $, dont un Premier Prix de 30 000 $, un programme de développement de carrière…

Cette semaine à Montréal (7 à 17 avril) / This Week in Montreal (April 7 – 17)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 6 April 2010 Chamber Music, Choral, Dance, Orchestral, Scena Jazz, Theatre, This Week in Montreal, Visual Arts

Musique / Music Canadian trumpet virtuoso Guy Few (pictured to the left) joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on April 7 to perform a concerto for trumpet and orchestra by the renowned and recently deceased Jacques Hétu. Under the baton of assistant conductor Nathan Brock, the orchestra performs works that include Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 and Smetana’s The Moldau. 514-842-2112, www.osm.ca — Hannah Rahimi The Trio Fibonacci presents its final concert of the season on April 9 at the Chapelle Saint-Louis. Audiences can experience the wide range of compositions for string trio with a varied programme that begins with Haydn and concludes…

Cette Semaine à Montréal / This Week in Montreal (16 – 23 mars / March)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 16 March 2010 Classical Music, Dance, Scena Jazz, Theatre, This Week in Montreal

Musique / MusicThe prodigious German violinist Christian Tetzlaff makes his debut with the OSM on March 15 and 16 in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. This concert will feature the renowned conducting skills of Sir Andrew Davis, who will also lead the orchestra in performances of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Elgar’s first symphony. (www.osm.ca, 514-842-2112) – Hannah RahimiThe Molinari Quartet celebrates the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke with a series of lectures and performances at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. On March 17, 18, and 19, audiences can attend free lectures at 5 p.m. Each evening…

Cette semaine à Montréal (8 à 13 mars) / This Week in Montreal (March 8 – 13)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 8 March 2010 Chamber Music, Dance, Scena Jazz, Theatre, This Week in Montreal

Musique, théâtre, arts visuels et danse à Montréal cette semaineMusic, theatre, visual arts and dance in Montreal this weekArts visuels : Le verre selon Tiffany. La couleur en fusion » Montréal, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, du 12 février au 2 mai 2010Danse : Dès le 4 et jusqu’au 21, Tangente y va d’une programmation tous azimuts avec, notamment Caroline Dubois, Andrew Turner et Isabel Mohn. Du 5 au 20, Paula de Vasconcelos revient séduire avec sa danse-théâtre en racontant l’histoire de la découverte de la route des Indes dans Boa Goa tandis qu’Isabelle Van Grimde présente Bodies to Bodies,…

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