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Welcome to the October 2025 national issue of La Scena Musicale, which includes our annual October special, Rising Stars, with profiles of 11 promising musicians (pp. 38-41), along with our annual Competition Guide (p. 34).
This issue is our first special on woodwinds. The French cover showcases Ensemble Caprice’s two flutists Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière. The cover of the English edition features Autour de la flute’s two flutists Mika Putterman and Aleks Schürmer. Other related articles include: our pick of the top-10 orchestral woodwind solos; woodwind maintenance and repair; and a profile of celebrated Serbian flutist Ljubiša Jovanović, who happens to be the uncle of our writer Viktor Lazarov.
We continue our new La Scena: Art of Living series with a word-search puzzle on instruments and La Scena a tavola, this month featuring a culinary creation by mezzo-soprano Justine Ledoux.
Competitions continue to be a focus with a look at Honens, the Canadian Music Competition, the Canadian International Organ Competition and Sylva Gelber. Get insights into the latest performances by La Nef, Stella Musica, Quatuor Molinari, Les Idées heureuses and Orchestre syphonique de Laval. Read exclusive interviews with flutist Nadia Labrie and Luc Chaput of the Montreal Conservatory.
The issue also includes our choral calendar and reviews of the latest recordings.
La Scena WEST
Our inaugural Cityscape column asks Vancouver artists to shine a light on the city’s rich cultural scene. We also highlight dance and theatre in Western Canada; Vancouver’s Fedorova and Takser piano studio, as well as Edmonton Opera’s Rumbold prize.
We will also be launching a digital pilot project, La Scena West, focused on news and events in the western provinces starting with British Columbia and Alberta, with hopes to later expand to Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Thanks to MagsBC for their financial support.
National Calendar
As usual, we present our national events calendar, with concert listings from your local region. Owing to space limitations, all listings are in summary form. We invite readers to consult our online calendar at www.mySCENA.org with more extensive listings sorted by regions across Canada, including a search tool. Over 600 concerts are added every month, making it Canada’s most complete classical music calendar.
La Scena Radio
We are bringing back La Scena Radio where you can stream recordings reviewed in our most recent two issues as well as other newly-released albums. Visit www.myscena.org/radio
SUBSCRIPTION AND DONATION DRIVE
La Scena Musicale has evolved with changing habits in media consumption, while also maintaining its core mission: to promote music and the arts. Our print magazine will continue to provide quality curated articles and interviews in both English and French, while our website focuses on news, reviews and events.
As we look ahead in the 2025-26 season, we aim to increase both digital and print content. We have many talented writers and wish to give space to their voices. Frequent increases in the price of magazine paper, however, are cause for concern. We hope you will consider supporting the magazine through a donation and/or by joining our fundraising committee by contacting us at don@lascena.org
Another way to support the magazine is through the LSM Boutique at mySCENA.org, where greeting cards and tickets to our partners’ events are available for purchase. You can also preorder our Puccini, Mahler and Handel’s Messiah book magazines.
As a result of the pandemic, we have changed from street distribution to home delivery. We invite readers to purchase subscriptions to ensure they continue to receive all of our annual issues. Subscriptions also make an ideal gift for students, parents or artists.
As always, La Scena Musicale maintains a vigorous presence on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our website is updated daily with new content—visit www.myscena.org
Wishing a music-filled autumn to all!
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Contents
- 6 Editorial
- 8 Industry News
- 10 Esprit Orchestra
- 12 Les Idées heureuses, Quatuor Molinari
- 14 Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
- 16 La Nef
- 16 Orchestre symphonique de Laval
- 18 Stella Musica Festival
- 18 Canadian International Organ Competition
- 19 Jean-Sébastien Vallée, TMC
- Woodwinds
- 20 Autour de la flûte
- 23 Nadia Labrie
- 24 Ensemble Caprice
- 26 Top 10 Woodwind Solos
- 28 Woodwind Maintenance and Repair
- 29 Ljubiša Jovanović
- Art of Living
- 32 Word Search
- 33 La Scena a tavola
- Rising Stars
- 34 Competition Guide
- 35 Honens International Piano Competition
- 36 Canadian Music Competition
- 37 Sylva Gelber
- 38 Rising Stars
- 42 Jazz
- 43 CD Reviews
- 30 Choral Calendar
- La Scena WEST
- 44 Cityscapes: Vancouver
- 46 Fedorova & Takser Duo
- 48 Western Performing Arts Calendar
- 49 Edmonton Opera: Rumbold Vocal Prize
- 50 Calendar
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