Lebrecht Weekly | Lebrecht Album of the Year for 2024
2024 has been a flat year for major labels and an unsettled one for minors. Four independent outfits sold out – Hyperion to Universal, Bis…
Browsing: ECM
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Tigran Mansurian – Con anima (ECM New Series)
Just by reviewing this recording I will be accused of taking sides in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, such…
ECM Records – From Modern to Contemporary
If Blue Note’s main accomplishment was to define the shape of modern jazz by successfully negotiating its transition out of the classic era, ECM Records…
A Contemporary Take on Jazz
For music listeners at large, the term “contemporary music” is associated to a body of works created over the past century from the Second Viennese…
News of the Industry
Pianist Carter Johnson Wins OSM Manulife Competition Carter Johnson of British Columbia was the grand prize winner of the OSM Manulife Competition. Apart from netting…
Génération 2018 ECM+ : Coming to A Concert Hall Near You
A leader among the Canadian contemporary music ensembles, ECM+ has acquired over three decades a consistently reaffirmed reputation for the daring of its creations and…
Contemporary Music
Contemporary,” “new,” “experimental,” “creation…” Numerous qualifiers, and yet none do more than partially describe their designated types of music. If they are so difficult to…
A return to new and contemporary music – 2017-18 Season
Once again, the contemporary music scene in Montreal promises a season full of concerts and new music experiences. Whether as sophisticated regulars of contemporary music,…
Opera Creations in Canada
This year, the Montreal landscape will be particularly animated by the creations of operas, thanks to the dedication of the ECM + and Chants Libres.…
