CD Review | XIX – The Golden Duets Fedorova & Takser Piano Duo
Pianists Daria Fedorova and Ilya Takser, both graduates of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, form a dynamic duo who concertize across Canada. Partners in…
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Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2025/26 Season: A Celebration of Canadian Artistry
Toronto, April 10, 2025 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) proudly announces its 2025/26 season — an ambitious, blockbuster year of iconic masterworks, monumental collaborations,…
Review | The Twain Shall Meet: Vancouver Symphony Delights in its Return to Toronto
Years ago, after a Paris performance of Shostakovich’s Fifth symphony, I heard the composer’s widow, comparing the work to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. “Because it’s always…
Festival Classica announces the programming of its 15th edition!
Montréal, February 10, 2025 — Held over 24 days in the Longueuil urban agglomeration and also in Montréal, Festival Classica has since 2011 provided top-quality…
Concert Review | Subtle Brahms and Thrilling Tchaikovsky with the TSO
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s May 10th concert featured two stalwarts of the Classical canon: Brahms’ grand Violin Concerto in D Major and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
The TSO Announces Tour: Celebrates 101 Years with D’Angelo, Gimeno Conducts
To celebrate Canadian music-making in its 101st year, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), led by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, will appear at Montreal’s Maison symphonique and Canada’s National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 4 and 5, 2024.
Concert Review | Shimmering Fauré & Confident Mussorgsky at the MSO
Maestra Eun Sun Kim, conductor of the San Francisco Opera, and local favourite pianist Louis Lortie joined forces with the MSO for a program of works for piano and orchestra.
Concert Review | Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio Performs Great Brahms at Koerner Hall
The Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio offered a program of Schumann, Carter, and Brahms at Koerner Hall, which had its ups and downs.
CD Review | Fire-Flowers (Leaf Music, 2024)
Luminous Voices is already on its fourth album in four years. The Calgary-based choral society has made contemporary music its specialty.
Lebrecht Weekly | Album of the Year (2023)
Album of the Year? There’s quite a few, from Vikingur Olaffson’s Goldberg Variations to Yuja Wang’s Rachmaninov concertos, to Semyon Bychkov Resurrection Symphony.
