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Fire & Grace Presents Alma

Posted on October 26, 2021 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Bringing “a stunningly contemporary sound to classical string music,” Fire & Grace releases their third album, an entrancing and wide-ranging collection of Folk and Baroque music from Spanish traditions EDWIN HUIZINGA, violin WILLIAM COULTER, guitar Abounding with “sheer joy and energy” (Cambridge Chronicle), the violin and guitar duo Fire & Grace returns with their third album of original arrangements, Alma. Meaning “soul” in Spanish, Alma pairs the music…

The Canadian Music Centre Launches Canada’s Digital Platform for Canadian Music Content

Posted on October 14, 2021 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

WITH A SHARED PASSION FOR MUSIC OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM, CANADA’S MUSIC COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE NEW DIGITAL PLATFORM AND MUSICAL HUB BY AND FOR CANADIAN MUSICIANS https://www.picanto.ca/en/playing/discover-listen-play-together/stream/0 On Thursday, October 14 at 7:30 pm EST, Canada’s music community came together for a virtual, musical discovery party to celebrate the launch of Picanto.ca, an innovative new digital platform for creative music content. Created by the Canadian…

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s TheConcertHall.ca Continues its Ground Breaking Season

Posted on January 14, 2021 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

VSO’s new streaming service amasses 3,000 subscribers and 30,000 concert views, in just 3 months! During this unusual and unforgettable season, without in-person concerts, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) continues to offer extraordinary music and to build new audiences – all via its new virtual home, TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS. The VSO’s musicians and guest artists are beautifully recorded in 360-degree views, using state-of-the-art audio…

Jaap Nico Hamburger: Chamber Symphonies Nos.1 & 2

Posted on November 16, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

With Ensemble Caprice conducted by Matthias Maute & l’Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal conducted by Vincent de Kort In honour of Remembrance Day and the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, Canadian composer Jaap Nico Hamburger presents Chamber Symphonies Nos.1 & 2, featuring Ensemble Caprice and l’Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. The album will be released November 6, 2020 on the Canadian label, Leaf Music. While confronting serious and challenging…

2020 Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert Features Four World Premieres

Posted on October 5, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Medici TV to livestream the performance with works by 2020 Azrieli Music Prize-Winners Keiko Devaux, Yotam Haber and Yitzhak Yedid Performers include Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne led by Lorraine Vaillancourt, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó and soprano Sharon Azrieli [Français ci-dessous] The Azrieli Foundation presents its biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) Gala Concert on October 22, 2020 at 8:00 PM ET featuring world premieres by the three 2020 AMP…

Cellist Ofra Harnoy Releases “On the Rock”

Posted on September 23, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

An unprecedented musical celebration of the sounds and spirit of Newfoundland For her second recording on the Analekta label, On the Rock, superstar cellist and five-time Juno Award winner Ofra Harnoy was inspired to celebrate the sounds and spirit of Newfoundland. Upon visiting “The Rock” in the summer of 2018, the cellist immediately fell in love with the place and its people. “The more I explore this…

The Eybler Quartet releases the premiere recording of Franz Asplmayr’s Six Quartets, Op. 2

Posted on April 15, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Renowned Period-Instrument String Quartet Continues Fascinating Mission To Bring to Light Little-Known Composers of the Classical Era “The Eyblers treat every moment as if the ink were still wet on the page, such is the intoxicating freshness of their delivery.” – The Scotsman [Français ci-dessous] Toronto’s Eybler Quartet is internationally-renowned for brilliant performances as well as an unquenchable passion for delving deep into the works of…

Sarah Slean & Symphony Nova Scotia

Posted on January 30, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“New, creative music that transcends any stylistic boundaries.” – CBC Eight years in the making, Canadian songstress Sarah Slean’s electrifying performances with composer Christos Hatzis and Symphony Nova Scotia are now available for the first time on one album from Centrediscs. This ground-breaking collaboration began in 2012 with the premiere of Hatzis’ Lamento, broadcast nationwide by CBC and praised as “marvellously colourful and dramatic” (Chronicle Herald, Halifax). Six years later, Symphony…

Ensemble Made in Canada’s Mosaïque Project ~ 14 New Works Celebrate the Beauty & Diversity of Canada

Posted on January 24, 2020 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Piano quartet Ensemble Made In Canada’s acclaimed Mosaïque Project is a massive musical initiative inspired by the diversity and richness of Canada’s culture and geography. Since its premiere in July of 2018, the commissioned suite of new works by 14 Canadian composers has reached almost every corner of the country – from Iqaluit, Nunavut to British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast to Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, and beyond. Featuring thrilling new…

Stick&Bow present Resonance ~ music from Bach to Radiohead for marimba and cello

Posted on October 19, 2019 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Marimba and cello form a vibrant and compelling – if unconventional – duo in the hands of Stick&Bow, comprised of Canadian marimba player Krystina Marcoux and Argentinian cellist Juan Sebastian Delgado. Resonance, the debut recording from the Montreal-based award-winning musicians, explores a wide palette of repertoire and styles, transcending tradition with new arrangements of music from Bach to Boccherini, and from Nina Simone to Radiohead….

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