Lebrecht Weekly | Vikingur Olafsson: Opus 109 (DG)
Some of us remember a time when November landed with a thump of label adverts, big wodges of glossy pages that promised nirvana in the…
Browsing: Víkingur Ólafsson
Bourgie Hall Celebrates 15th Season
Montreal, August 21, 2025 – Bourgie Hall is opening its doors wide with more than 100 events featuring masterpieces from the repertoire, daring creations, and interdisciplinary encounters. In…
Salle Bourgie’s 15th Anniversary: Building on Success
By: Madeline Boldt and Adrian Rodriguez Salle Bourgie marked its 15th anniversary on April 29 with a season launch that highlighted its steady growth and…
Highlights | UMG and Warner Music Layoffs, Canadians Win International Opera Competitions
Off the back of numerous music industry layoffs in 2023, Universal Music Group and Atlantic Music Group have announced their own rounds of job cutting.
Lebrecht Weekly | Album of the Year (2023)
Album of the Year? There’s quite a few, from Vikingur Olaffson’s Goldberg Variations to Yuja Wang’s Rachmaninov concertos, to Semyon Bychkov Resurrection Symphony.
Newswire | Bourgie Hall Acquires New Steinway Model D from Hamburg
Bourgie Hall will be inaugurating its new concert grand piano—a Steinway Model D from Hamburg—with a series of four concerts at the start of November.
CD Review | Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon, 2023)
Goldberg Variations Víkingur Ólafsson, piano Deutsche Grammophon, October 2023 This Icelandic pianist knows Johann Sebastian Bach like the back of his hand. In his latest…
Bourgie Hall: New Season, Great Ambitions
Now sharing duties as programmers for Salle Bourgie, Olivier Godin and Caroline Louis are going about it in something of a four-handed way, their predecessor…
Review | TSO with Gimeno and Olafsson: Superb Mozart and Spectacular Berlioz
It is not often that the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) features a soloist from Iceland, nor does it frequently play music by Icelandic composers. Yet…
Newswire | The Royal Conservatory Announces Its 15th Concert Season
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY’S 2023-24 CONCERT SEASON. OVER 80 CONCERTS IN UNIQUELY CURATED SERIES SPECIAL EVENT Concert to Commemorate the National…
