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World Premiere Honouring the Life of Saint Kateri by Odawa Composer Barbara Croall

Posted on September 18, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

(Version française ci-dessous) The McGill Chamber Orchestra (MCO), in collaboration with the cultural leadership of the Kahnawake community, is proud to present Indigenous Visions & Voices, featuring a new multimedia orchestral theatre work commemorating the life and legacy of Saint-Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), with performances taking place in both Kahnawake and Montreal. Kateri Tekakwitha died in 1680 in the region now called…

Dompierre en cinémascope ~ La musique de François Dompierre

Posted on August 16, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Un des compositeurs les plus célèbres et les plus appréciés d’aujourd’hui, les notes évocatrices de François Dompierre sont entendues dans des films tels que « le Déclin de l’Empire Américain » et « Jésus de Montréal ». Elles ont dominé le cinéma québécois dans les années 1980 et continuent de révolutionner le genre aujourd’hui. Le OCM et le directeur artistique Boris Brott sont ravis…

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…

Sondra Radvanovsky in Recital: From Bel Canto to Versimo

Posted on May 23, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Deemed “an essential artist” by The New York Times, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky continues to astound audiences around the world with her magnificent portrayals of opera’s great dramatic heroines. Toronto audiences have the rare opportunity to experience Radvanovsky’s artistry in the intimacy of a recital setting, on Saturday, November 24 at 8pm at Koerner Hall, with pianist Anthony Manoli, presented by…

Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert Soloists Announced

Posted on April 19, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Azrieli Foundation is pleased to announce the soloists for the Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert on October 15, 2018 at 8:00 pm at Maison symphonique de Montréal. The concert features two major works for chamber orchestra by the winners of the 2018 Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP), two biennial $50,000 awards offering opportunities for the creation, performance and celebration of high…

Canada’s Largest Composition Prize Announced

Posted on February 6, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Azrieli Foundation is proud to announce that composer Avner Dorman is the winner of the 2018 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music for his composition, Nigunim for Violin and Orchestra. The $50,000 cash prize is granted biennially to a composer who has written the best new major work of Jewish Music, and is accompanied by a world premiere gala performance…

Maestro Kent Nagano Conducts the McGill Symphony Orchestra

Posted on February 2, 2018 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Schulich School of Music’s McGill Symphony Orchestra performs under the baton of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Music Director Maestro Kent Nagano for the first time and for one night only on Tuesday, February 13 at 7:30 pm at Maison symphonique, in collaboration with the OSM. The superb, young orchestra performs a sumptuous programme including Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, Wagner’s…

Philip Glass Headlines 2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival

Posted on December 15, 2017 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Each year, at the peak of its frigid winter, Winnipeg transforms into an oasis of the most inspiring, adventurous, and riveting music of our time. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival presents its 27th season from January 27 through February 2, 2018, reveling in the music of today, inspiring artists and igniting abundant audiences of all ages. The week-long internationally-acclaimed…

Violinist Nuné Melik Makes Recording Debut with Hidden Treasure

Posted on October 13, 2017 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

When violinist Nuné Melik moved from Moscow to Montreal alone in 2009 she felt déracinée, or rootless. To combat her loneliness, the Siberian-born violinist of Armenian and Georgian heritage began to play music from composers she had heard and loved growing up. Soon, Melik became inspired to dig more deeply into the music of her homeland, igniting a passion for…

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…

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