Lebrecht Weekly | Anna Fedorova: Liberté (Channel Classics)
In the days when records had two sides and plane tickets were paper booklets, the Grieg piano concerto would get paired with the Schumann on…
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CD Review | Invented Folksongs, Anna Pidgorna, Ludovico Ensemble
Pidgorna: Invented Folksongs Anna Pidgorna, composer & vocals; Ludovico Ensemble Red Shift Records In 2012-13 Ukrainian/Canadian composer and vocalist Anna Pidgorna visited Ukraine to…
CD Review | Andrew Staniland Calamus, Leibel, Regehr, Chafe
Staniland: Calamus Jane Leibel, soprano; Vernon Regehr, cello; Robert Chafe, narrator Leaf Music Andrew Staniland’s Calamus is a setting of four poems from Walt Whitman’s…
Queen, Herbie Hancock, and Barbara Hannigan named Polar Music Prize laureates
QUEEN, HERBIE HANCOCK AND BARBARA HANNIGAN ANNOUNCED AS 2025 POLAR MUSIC PRIZE LAUREATES Award ceremony will take place on Tuesday 27 May in Stockholm #polarmusicprize…
CD Review | Je suis moi (Self-produced, 2024)
After a career spanning 18 years, Rita Tabbakh has reached the age of musical maturity, announcing Je suis moi (et je m’en fous).
Projet Polytechnique: Say Never Again
In this age of algorithms and disinformation, how can we fight violence against women? Projet Polytechnique addresses the issue.
CD Review | An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene (Leaf Music, 2023)
The age of humans—the “Holocene era”—is at its end, suggests award-winning composer Frank Horvat on his latest masterpiece, An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene.
Philippe Cyr: The art of transgression
Philippe Cyr, the new artistic director of Théâtre Prospero, maintains his focus on transgression. And the concept certainly works for him.
