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The Montreal Chamber Music Festival Presents The Emerson String Quartet

Posted on April 9, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“The performances were everything we have come to expect from this superb ensemble: technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting.” — The New York Times Universally acclaimed as one of the best string quartets in the world, the Emerson Quartet’s unparalleled list of achievements over three decades includes more than thirty acclaimed recordings and nine Grammy…

VivaVoce Presents SoundFX

Posted on April 2, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Vocal Effects from Birdsong, Drums and Hunting Horns to Lovers’ Sighs Enliven Madrigals Performed by Montreal’s Acclaimed Professional Chamber Choir VivaVoce proclaims the long-awaited springtime with a riot of acoustical vocal effects in Sound FX on Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 pm at Redpath Hall. Artistic Director Peter Schubert leads the 12-voice ensemble in a programme featuring Renaissance madrigals by…

Louise Bessette Awarded the Prix Opus for Interprète de l’Année / Artist of the Year

Posted on February 6, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

At a Gala event on February 1 at Salle Bourgie, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Le Conseil québécois de la musique declared pianist Louise Bessette the winner of the Prix Opus for Interprète de l’Année / Artist of the Year. Recognized around the world as an exceptional pianist, and as a pre-eminent interpreter of the music of our time in…

THE AZRIELI MUSIC PROJECT: Two $50,000 Prizes for New Orchestral Jewish Music

Posted on January 21, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Azrieli Music Project (AMP), established to celebrate, foster and create opportunities for the performance of high quality new orchestral music on a Jewish theme or subject, is delighted to launch two important new prizes: The Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music, an international prize for a recently composed or performed work by a living composer; and The Azrieli Commissioning Competition,…

Musical Adventurers Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley Reunite for BEETHOVEN, Period., an Illuminating Traversal of Beethoven’s Seminal Sonatas for Pianoforte and Cello

Posted on January 5, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley, two fearless musicians who have bonded over common musical passions of wide range and scope, reunite for BEETHOVEN, Period., an illuminating voyage back to the birth of the cello/piano genre with Beethoven’s Sonatas for Pianoforte and Cello. Grammy-nominated Matt Haimovitz, praised as a musical visionary in pushing the boundaries of classical music performance, and O’Riley, acclaimed for his…

Belgian Violinist Michael Guttman Returns to Montreal For Two Enchanting Chamber Music Concerts at La Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur

Posted on November 3, 2014 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“A violinist with an incredible wealth of tone colors, with an exquisitely creamy sound … rich-toned and impassioned …” – The New York Times Mahler, Dvorak & Faure Quartets | Thursday, November 13 at 8pm with Pemi Paull, viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; and David Jalbert, piano ****** Pärt, Beethoven, Vieuxtemps & Brahms | Sunday, November 16 at 3:30pm…

Renowned Israeli Vocal Ensemble Profeti della Quinta Interprets Transcendent Prayers & Madrigals

Posted on September 24, 2014 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Shaar Hashomayim hosts the superb vocal ensemble Profeti della Quinta, renowned around the world for their vivid and expressive performances of music from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Founded in the Galilee region of Israel by bass singer and harpsichordist Elam Rotem, Profeti della Quinta is now based in Basel, Switzerland, and regularly tours throughout Europe and Israel. In…

Soprano Sharon Azrieli Perez Performs the World Premiere of The Esther Diaries

Posted on May 8, 2014 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

New Song Cycle by Canadian Composer Haralabos Stafylakis Imagines the Internal Narrative of the Old Testament’s Queen of Persia Sharon Azrieli Perez, whose rich spinto soprano has been heard to great acclaim across the globe, takes on the role of the iconic biblical figure Esther, Queen of Persia, in a powerful new song cycle for soprano, piano and orchestra by the…

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;…

Montreal Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra presents Jazz & Symphony

Posted on March 28, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

A Gala Evening at the Rialto Theatre on Thursday, May 9 at 8:oopm Celebrating Seven Extraordinary Years of a World of Musicians in Montreal with Special Guest Julie Lamontagne Montreal’s unique and exuberant Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra celebrates 7 years of extraordinary music making with a Gala concert at the Rialto Theatre on Thursday, May 9 at 8:00pm,…

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