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The Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers ~ Concert & Prize Gala

Posted on September 24, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

[Français ci-dessous] The inaugural edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers, presented by the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, culminates on Saturday, September 29 with the Concert and Prize Gala at 7:00 pm at Pollack Hall in Montreal. Part of the 22nd edition of Quebec’s Journées de la culture, the event is free to the public and…

Tippet Rise OPUS 2017: Daydreams ~ 2nd Edition of Performance Highlights from Tippet Rise Arts Center in Montana

Posted on June 5, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Music by Bach, Chopin, John Luther Adams, Eugène Bozza, George Enescu, Jeffrey Kahane & a World Premiere Commission by Aaron Jay Kernis Tippet Rise OPUS 2017 is the second compilation album to emerge from the summer music season at Montana’s Tippet Rise Arts Center, a 10,260-acre working ranch where monumental sculptures and performance spaces of acoustic perfection nestle against the Beartooth Mountains…

The Shaman & Arctic Symphony ~ Orchestral Works by Vincent Ho

Posted on September 22, 2017 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Ho’s “brilliant and compelling” (The New York Times) Shaman Concerto featuring astounding percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie is paired with his chilling and “beautifully thought-provoking” (Winnipeg Free Press) Arctic Symphony in live recordings by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate, in a new release from Centrediscs. Striking live recordings of two monumental orchestral works by Canadian composer Vincent Ho, commissioned by…

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…

Coalition For Music Education Raises The Volume On The Importance Of Music!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Canadian Celebrities lend their voices to encourage all Canadians to make a difference and register for the national sing-along and live web-cast in honour of the 10th Anniversary of Music Monday! On Monday, May 5th Music Monday celebrates its 10th anniversary with a live webcast linking simultaneous cross Canada events in St. John’s NL; Halifax Regional Municipality NS; Charlottetown, PEI;…

TONIGHT: Pianist and “Bachstar” Evan Shinners To Perform at White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Posted on December 6, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The wildly talented and irreverent classical pianist Evan Shinners will perform at tonight’s White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, on Thursday, December 6. Shinners will open the proceedings at 4:30pm with his original Bach-ian medley of holiday tunes including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Carol of the Bells and Silent Night. Shinners joins a starry line-up of artists for the ceremony,…

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