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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…

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…

Æolus Quartet in Recital: Death and Transfiguration

Posted on April 21, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Music by Schubert, Schoenberg, and the World Premiere of Alcyone by Douglas Boyce Praised by the Baltimore Sun for combining “smoothly meshed technique with a sense of spontaneity and discovery,” the Aeolus Quartet is one of the brightest and most versatile young string quartets on the scene today, committed to presenting time-seasoned masterworks and cutting-edge compositions with equal freshness, dedication,…

DCINY Presents Verdi’s Majestic Requiem with 400 Voices at Carnegie Hall

Posted on April 21, 2015 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, a monumental work for chorus, soloists and orchestra, replete with intense drama and gloriously beautiful melodies. The composer’s only large-scale work not written for the stage, the Requiem stands in stature and artistry alongside Verdi’s great operatic masterpieces. DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Jonathan Griffith leads the Distinguished…

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…

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…

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