Nagano and the OSM get to the heart of Shostakovich
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” is a brave choice for an OSM season opener. Cast in five movements, it runs the gamut from sorrowful…
Browsing: Kent Nagano
Fall Highlights: Orchestras
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano opens his last season as music director of the OSM on Sept. 17 and 18 with tough stuff: Shostakovich’s…
International celebrities and a star-studded opening to the Festival de Lanaudière
Complete artistic programming for the 2019 edition unveiled Sublime voices and star pianists Berlioz tribute Many premieres Joliette, May 7, 2019 –Festival de Lanaudière’s…
OSM ANNOUNCES ITS 2019 SUMMER SEASON
THE 8TH EDITION OF THE CLASSICAL SPREE FESTIVAL IS LAUNCHED! Montreal, May 2, 2019 — The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Music Director Kent Nagano, and the…
Chopin’s Concertos: a landmark release
After almost four years, a major project has come to fruition with the release of Chopin’s two Piano Concertos as played by Charles Richard-Hamelin and…
Samy Moussa, Citizen of the World
Samy Moussa was calling from the Villa Massimo, the spacious former estate of an aristocratic family in Rome, where he has lodgings as a fellow…
Renaud Loranger announces partial programming for the Festival de Lanaudière
Guest artists include Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kent Nagano, Marc-André Hamelin, Veronika Eberle, and Seong-Jin Cho Joliette, December 7, 2018 – The 42nd season of the Festival de…
Canadian Musicians Abroad
Alain Trudel In Toledo Conductor Alain Trudel will begin his first season at the helm of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. For his arrival…
Kent Nagano presented with the Meritorious Service Medal
OTTAWA, May 24, 2018 /CNW/ – Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, presented a Meritorious Service Medal to Maestro Kent…
CD Reviews
Seiji Ozawa: Looking back at a thrilling career Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Concerto for Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa/Rafael Kubelik. Pentatone PTC…
