34th Season of the OSDL: A “Symphonic Turn” Alexandre Da Costa
The Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil (OSDL) is preparing to enter a new era under the baton of Alexandre Da Costa, the unconvnetional 39-year-old artist taking…
Browsing: Alexandre Da Costa
The instrument and the musician. Reflections and advice from Alexandre Da Costa
“Playing a Stradivarius is fascinating for a musician, can inspire peer appreciation, attract media interest, and stimulate conversation in classical-music circles,” says violinist Alexandre Da…
Alexandre Da Costa: “A musical competition award is not an Olympic medal”
“An post-war and Soviet-era formula has often been used to train young musicians during musical competitions: train musicians as if they were Olympic athletes, ignoring…
Alexandre Da Costa Warm and Expressive with McGill Chamber Orchestra
Montrealers celebrated the much anticipated return of Sony Classical artist and 2012 Juno Award winner, violinist Alexandre Da Costa at Bourgie Hall on Saturday, Feb.…
Nouvelles de l’industrie / News of the Industry
Appointments The Gryphon Trio, comprising Annalee Patipatanakoon (violin), Roman Borys (cello) and James Parker (piano), has been appointed directors designate of Banff’s Classical Music Summer…
Editorial – November 2017
Download PDFWelcome to the new La Scena Musicale in full evolution! You hold in your hands your magazine in a new all-colour, all-glossy format. It’s…
Canadian Classical Summer Music Festivals 2017: Ontario
The Highlands Opera Studio in Haliburton has an exciting season lined up this summer. See one of two (or both!) concerts of selections from opera…
Stradivarius à l’Opéra (Spectra)
Stradivarius à l’Opéra Alexandre Da Costa, violin, Vienna Symphony Orchestra Spectra 2016. SPECD7859. 60 min 10 s. This luscious CD of operatic masterpieces transcribed for…
Alexandre Da Costa Takes on Opera
Canadian violin virtuoso Alexandre Da Costa is on a mission – to bring classical music to the public. His latest project Stradivarius à l’Opéra consists…
Les huit saisons d’Alexandre – en supplémentaire le 23 janvier 2016
Le 10 décembre 2015 – La série Concerts intimes 2015-2016 de l’Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil (OSDL) présentée en collaboration avec le Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, propose Les…
