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Pianist Louise Bessette to give 5 world premieres this season

Posted on August 1, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The exhilarating and elegant concert pianist Louise Bessette is recognized internationally as one of today’s pre-eminent interpreters of the music of our time. Celebrating the 30-year anniverary of her career this season, Bessette will add 5 new world premieres to her list of almost 40 new works, including many written expressly for her by Canadian composers Serge Arcuri, Serge Provost, Raoul Sosa, and…

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Mark Fewer to host CBC Radio 2’s This is My Music

Posted on July 27, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Listen in to CBC Radio 2’s This is My Music on Saturday, September 17 at 10am for a 2-hour musical journey hosted by violinist Mark Fewer. The broadcast date will coincide with Owen Sound’s SweetWater Music Festival, where Fewer is Artistic Director. A superbly versitile artist whose recent and upcoming concerts include world premieres, Early Music, jazz and many genres in…

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Cellist Matt Haimovitz on the cover of McGill News

Posted on June 20, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Coming off an extraordinary season which included a Grammy nomination along with raves from the jazz media for Meeting of the Spirits, a new recording with his all-cello ensemble Uccello, Matt Haimovitz is featured on the cover of McGill’s quarterly magazine. This year the adverturous cellist (and McGill prof) also released Matteo, a 300th birthday tribute to his beloved Matteo Gofriller cello, which…

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Rappahannock County to be performed in Richmond and Austin in September

Posted on June 7, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

After a stunning premiere at the Virginia Arts Festival last spring, Rappahannock County, a new music theatre work by acclaimed composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell, commissioned to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, will be heard in two additional cities this fall.  Inspired by personal accounts of those who experienced the Civil War…

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