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Montreal’s Dynamic 9-Piece String Band collectif9 Releases Debut Album, Volksmobiles

Posted on January 14, 2016 by shiragilbert | 1 Comments

Montreal’s cutting-edge classical string band collectif9 has been gathering steam since its 2011 debut, attracting diverse audiences in clubs, outdoor festivals, and concert halls across Quebec and beyond. Featuring both original scores and new arrangements – often with lights, staging, and amplification more commonly seen at rock acts – collectif9 heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance. Now, following…

Luna Pearl Woolf’s “Better Gods” Debuts at Washington National Opera January 8 & 9

Posted on November 30, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Better Gods, a new opera by composer Luna Pearl Woolf, will have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center on January 8 and 9 presented by Washington National Opera, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director. The story of the last queen of Hawaii and the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy, with a libretto by Caitlin Vincent, the one-hour opera is part of…

collectif9 heads to China!

Posted on November 20, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Montreal’s collectif9 will spend Christmas far from home. The vibrant nine-piece string ensemble, known for its energized, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire – and for attracting diverse audiences whether in a concert hall, club, or outdoor stage – will perform three concerts in China: at the Daning Theatre in Shanghai on December 23rd; the Shenzhen Concert Hall on the 24th;…

VivaVoce, Montreal’s Acclaimed Chamber Choir, Presents its 17th Season

Posted on October 30, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Montreal’s VivaVoce announces its 17th season, a rich and diverse program of three concerts, all taking place at Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Praised for their “compelling mastery” (Le Devoir), and “ideal balance” (American Record Guide), the 12-voice professional chamber choir performs music from Renaissance composer Cipriano de Rore (on his 500th birthday!) to cantatas by J.S. Bach…

Sacred Echoes: A Kristallnacht Commemoration

Posted on October 13, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre present Sacred Echoes, a multimedia musical cantata for two cantors, narrator, orchestra, and children’s choir. A journey back in time to the once-vibrant Jewish communities of pre-World War II Germany, Sacred Echoes features lush symphonic arrangements of masterworks of the German liturgical repertoire alongside dramatic virtual reconstructions of Germany’s majestic synagogues,…

André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert Coming to Over 200 Cinemas Across the U.S. on October 20

Posted on September 21, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

CinemaLive, in cooperation with André Rieu Productions, Fathom Events and Universal Music Enterprises, is proud to present André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert, a spectacular cinematic music event with the world’s leading pop classical artist. Set amongst the breathtaking setting of Rieu’s hometown of Maastricht in The Netherlands, this magical concert event provides an unforgettable evening full of humor, grand emotion,…

Matt Haimovitz Unveils “A Moveable Feast”: Bach and the Unexpected

Posted on September 16, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“This ferociously talented cellist bring his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles …” – The New York Times, September 2015 NEW RECORDING: J.S. BACH The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena Fifteen years after his pivotal first recording of the Cello Suites by J.S. Bach, which launched the newborn Oxingale Records, Matt Haimovitz returns…

TUR MALKA: Yiddish Poets of Montreal ~ With a Modern Soundtrack

Posted on August 1, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Transposing the rich musical traditions of the old world into the new, the award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer Henri Oppenheim has created Tur Malka, a set of new songs based on the works of Yiddish poets of Montreal. Using old world inspiration to create a distinctly contemporary sound, Oppenheim’s poignant melodic tunes reveal a range of styles from folk ballads to…

J.S. Bach’s Complete and Original Goldberg Variations With a Newly-Composed Counterpoint for the Violin by Joe Chindamo

Posted on July 31, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

ALFI Records is pleased to present The New Goldberg Variations, an inventive and inspired re-imagining of Bach’s masterwork, from Australian duo Zoë Black, violin, and pianist Joe Chindamo. First performed recently and to great acclaim in Melbourne, The New Goldberg Variations features Bach’s complete and original Goldberg Variations with a newly-composed counterpoint for the violin by Joe Chindamo. The world…

Montreal’s Boldly Inventive String Ensemble collectif9 Launches a Massive Tour of Over 50 Dates

Posted on July 30, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Montreal’s collectif9, a nine-piece string ensemble that brings rock-style charisma to classical music, launches a massive tour of over 50 dates starting this July. With bold, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire, collectif9 brings classical music to pop-culture audiences in an array of diverse performance spaces. In music ranging from Brahms to Piazzolla to John Zorn, the extraordinary artists of collectif9…

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