Festival Les Printemps Slaves: An (Almost) Baroque Slavic Spring
The 12th edition of Les Printemps Slaves, Montreal’s only Slavic music festival, takes place May 6-30. Every year, Artistic Director Irina Krasnyanskaya comes up with…
Browsing: Ilya Poletaev
Highlights | Oldest Recording Pianist Dies at 109, Klein Competition Applications Open
From Colette Maze, the, oldest pianist in the world to Claude Kahn, the founder of an international music competition that’s over 50 years old, the classical music world has lost many influential performers, composers, and teachers this week.
CD Review | Jaap Nico Hamburger: Piano Quartet (Leaf Music, 2023)
Jaap Nico Hamburger: Piano Quartet Axel Strauss, Victor Fournelle-Blain, Yegor Dyachkov, Ilya Poletaev Leaf Music, 2023 In July, Halifax-based independent label Leaf Music released a…
McGill Instructors, Union Shocked About Conservatory of Music Closure
For over 20 years, Linda Brady has been teaching piano and chamber music at the McGill Conservatory of Music, a cornerstone of the Montreal community…
This Week in Montreal (October 17-23)
OSM – Two Composer Laureates This season, maestro Kent Nagano reflects on the tradition, identity, and and the universal character of music. Pianist Serhiy Salov,…
This Week in Montreal (May 9–15)
End of Season at the Chapelle Historique The Chapelle will close its spring season with pianists Kyoko Hashimoto and Ilya Poletaev playing works by Brahms,…
