Editorial (October 2025)
Welcome to the October 2025 national issue of La Scena Musicale, which includes our annual October special, Rising Stars, with profiles of 11 promising musicians…
Browsing: Aleks Schürmer
Autour de la Flûte: A World of Flutes
Mika Putterman does not identify with the stereotypical description of a flutist. When it was time to “choose a real instrument” after having played recorder…
Music at Home: More than just music capsules
Autour de la flûte, a Montreal-based company founded in 2004 by flutist Mika Putterman whose mission is to promote the flute and educate the public…
CD Review | À ses derniers pas, entrant dans la boue (Centrediscs, 2022)
À ses derniers pas, entrant dans la boue Aleks Schürmer, piano; Grégoire Blanc, theremin Centrediscs, 2022 There’s something to the theremin, a no-contact electromagnetic instrument…
Mika Putterman – Reviving the Art of Early Flute
The modern flute is one of the most recent additions to the woodwind family. Developed in the 1830s, it gained full acceptance by the century’s…
Autour de la flûte – Period Instruments Brought Up to Date
Since its foundation by flutist Mika Putterman in 2004, Autour de la flûte has presented 13 seasons of concerts, bringing together renowned musicians and ensembles…
