Nagano makes a welcome comeback
Not many natives of California choose to winter in Canada, particularly when the sojourn involves 14 days of quarantine. Kent Nagano, recently named conductor emeritus…
Browsing: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano named MSO Conductor Emeritus
Montreal, February 25, 2021 – The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) is pleased and proud to announce that today, Kent Nagano receives the honorary title…
MSO in full romantic form with Shelley
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Bernstein: Serenade for Violin Solo, Strings, Harp and Percussion Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod No doubt, we live in…
Payare and the MSO: a successful Act 3
Ah, the soft stuff. The lilting second theme of the first movement of Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, the uneasy calm of the coda. The final two bars of…
The OSM Announces a Series of Five Online Concerts
Montreal, January 14, 2021 – The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal announces a series of five new concerts to be broadcast on OSM.CA between January 19…
Solid start for Payare, maybe more to come
Went well, as they say. There were no calamities to report after the webcast debut on Sunday of Rafael Payare as the music-director-to-be of the Montreal…
Rafael Payare will reorchestrate the music scene in Montreal
He has the hair. He has the flair. A Venezuelan who lives in Berlin, Rafael Payare has the international cachet that can fairly be deemed…
OSM Announces Six Concerts Designed for Webcast
Montreal, October 28, 2020 – The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal today announces a series of six new concerts, all designed for webcast and taking place…
Mälkki, in an empty hall, makes a full impression
The concert could have been better – at my end. Instead of hearing Susanna Mälkki and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on Friday night from a…
Critiques de Concert Reviews
Opéra de Montréal Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin What you missed One of the best-cast and least-tampered-with Opéra de Montréal presentations in recent memory. Australian soprano Nicole…
