Concert Review | Shimmering Fauré & Confident Mussorgsky at the MSO
Maestra Eun Sun Kim, conductor of the San Francisco Opera, and local favourite pianist Louis Lortie joined forces with the MSO for a program of works for piano and orchestra.
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Newswire | CMIM Presents New Piano Work by Barbara Assiginaak
The Concours musical international de Montréal is pleased to present the imposed Canadian work for the Piano 2024 edition by Anishinaabekwe composer Barbara Assiginaak.
Lebrecht Weekly | Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
I can’t listen to Francis Poulenc for long without imagining a Gitane between my lips and smoke curling out of the corners.
Book Review | Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023)
Published last September, Statesman of the Piano allows readers to uncover the autobiography of pianist Lou Hooper, entitled That Happy Road, which had previously been available via Library Archives Canada.
CD Review | 109 ans de piano (Continuo Classics, 2023)
Colette Maze, the oldest recording pianist in the world, released a final album before she died at the end of 2023. It offers a glimpse into what more than 100 years of practice and training sounds like.
Hermitage Piano Trio: Rachmaninoff and More at Montreal Debut
The Hermitage Piano Trio is known for its devotion to Rachmaninoff, but now the ensemble is looking to expand its horizons.
CD Review | Portrait (Centrediscs, 2023)
Bryan and Silvie Cheng—brother and sister in real life—have just released a new album, Portrait, on Centrediscs—the most personal of their entire discography.
CD Review | Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars (Leaf Music, 2023)
Rarely do program notes capture the intangible, inexpressible nature of the works they describe. But such is not the case with composer Kevin Lau’s album Under a Veil of Stars.
CD Review | Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, and Alkan (Deutsche Grammophon, 2023)
Bruce Liu’s new album, Waves, opens with Rameau’s well-known Gavotte et six doubles, a stately French dance with variations, each of which explore and ornament the theme in a different and more dramatic way.
Godwin Friesen (piano) – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Grand Prize Winner, Barbara Bronfman Prize
Université de Montréal student Godwin Friesen was pleasantly surprised at the awards ceremony for the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s Barbara Bronfman Prize. When the announcer…
