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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…

Montreal Chamber Music Festival Celebrity Series On Sale!

Posted on November 20, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival, entering its 21st season, is pleased to announce that all four concerts in its pre-Festival Celebrity Series are on sale Monday, November 23 at 12 noon at the Place des Arts and Bourgie Hall box offices. The series includes the delightful Salzburg Marionette Theater presenting The Sound of Music, appearing in Montreal for the first time…

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,…

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…

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…

ORBIT: A Fascinating Portrait of Cellist Matt Haimovitz Featuring a Kaleidoscope of Musical Influences from the Past Seventy Years

Posted on July 20, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“A remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance.” – The New Yorker (April 2015) Since the turn of the millennium, the solo cello recital has been a Matt Haimovitz trademark. Now, fresh off the release of his critically acclaimed BEETHOVEN, Period., a look back to period performance practice, Haimovitz reclaims his stake in the here and now with…

The Azrieli Music Project Announces Distinguished Jury

Posted on May 5, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Azrieli Music Project (AMP) is pleased to announce the distinguished jury for the Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music and the Azrieli Commissioning Competition: conductor Boris Brott; composer Aaron Jay Kernis; musicologist Neil Levin; conductor and composer Steven Mercurio; and composer Ana Sokolović. The two new prizes of $50,000 each were established this year to celebrate, foster and create opportunities…

Montreal Leads the Nation for Music Monday / Lundi en Musique!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Montreal takes the lead for this year’s Music Monday, Canada’s annual nationwide celebration of the power of music in our schools, with a showcase at Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme, Place des Arts on Monday, May 4, from 12-1pm EST. The musical extravaganza is free and open to the public. Music Monday Anthem Search winner, high school student Connor Ross, will be…

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