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Pianist Louise Bessette a Double ‘Prix Opus’ Winner, Wins Raves for UK Recitals

Posted on February 6, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Pianist Louise Bessette, hailed internationally as one of the pre-eminent interpreters of the music of our time, is this year’s winner of two prestigious prizes from Le Conseil québécois de la musique. At the January 27 ceremony, Bessette was declared the winner of two Prix Opus for “Concert of the Year – Montreal” as well as “Concert of the Year…

Di Sheyne Milnerin: Schubert’s cycle of love forlorn retold in Yiddish song

Posted on January 12, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“As heart-rending as the Schubert cycle … this is a fascinating issue …” – Musicweb-International.com Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin receives a brilliant homage and reinvention with Di Sheyne Milnerin, an originally-devised cycle of twenty songs from the Yiddish repertoire forged into a narrative cycle. Bass-baritone Mark Glanville and pianist Alexander Knapp (also arranger and composer) perform a wonderful variety of…

TONIGHT: Pianist and “Bachstar” Evan Shinners To Perform at White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Posted on December 6, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The wildly talented and irreverent classical pianist Evan Shinners will perform at tonight’s White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, on Thursday, December 6. Shinners will open the proceedings at 4:30pm with his original Bach-ian medley of holiday tunes including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Carol of the Bells and Silent Night. Shinners joins a starry line-up of artists for the ceremony,…

Renowned Dutch Cello Virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey Brings New Insight to Bach Suites

Posted on November 26, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Acclaimed around the world for his performances of the Bach Cello Suites—works which he has already recorded twice and has performed in recital nearly a thousand times—Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey releases a mature and insightful new recording in celebration of his 50th birthday. Among the first of a generation of performers who are equally at ease on the modern or…

“Impeccable” Appassionata Chamber Orchestra Releases a New Recording of String Serenades Featuring Spectacular HD Sound

Posted on November 8, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Described by La Presse as “impeccable in every respect,” Montreal’s exciting young chamber orchestra Appassionata presents a radiant new recording, Sérénades tchèques (Czech serenades) featuring music for string orchestra by Josef Suk and Antonin Dvořák, under the direction of its Music Director Daniel Myssyk. Praised by Radio-Canada for its “fluidity, drama and conviction,” the recording also boasts spectacular gleaming sound, due…

Violinist Michael Guttman In Recital with Pianist Stephan Sylvestre in Toronto & Montreal

Posted on October 24, 2012 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 Whether on the stages of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan, or with his own Pietrosanta in Concerto festival in Tuscany, Belgian violinist Michael Guttman dazzles critics and audiences alike with his “incredible wealth of tone colors”…

Sparking Soprano Christiane Karg Sings Arias by Mozart, Gluck and Grétry

Posted on October 9, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“The finest singing of the evening came from Christiane Karg … her exquisite soprano voice and level of interpretive sensitivity were outstanding” – Opera News (at the Salzburg Festival) The enchanting young German soprano Christiane Karg shines in Amoretti, a sparkling new recording which examines love in all its facets, from tenderness to passion to despair. Arias by Gluck —including…

Hong Kong Sinfonietta Makes Montreal Debut October 8th

Posted on September 21, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“The Sinfonietta, whose members’ average age is under 30, has been a platform for young Chinese soloists and composers since its inception in the early 1990s … under its photogenic female music director Yip Wing-sie, a one-time protégé of Seiji Ozawa [who has] near-celebrity media status in Hong Kong…” – THE FINANCIAL TIMES (London) Acclaimed for their “sweeping grandeur” (Time…

Vivaldi and Forma Antiqva meet Uri Caine in The Four Seasons Sonnets

Posted on August 27, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“… every flower, every bird, every snowflake breathes … subtle and fierce.” – Radio NDR VIVALDI | THE FOUR SEASONS & THE FOUR SEASONS SONNETS Renowned for his creative and ambitious music projects, sound artist and producer Stefan Winter surprises and enthralls with a daring new version of The Four Seasons. Vivaldi’s masterpiece, performed by the Spanish Baroque ensemble Forma Antiqva…

From the Titanic to the Speakeasy: Patricia Hammond and her Ragtime Parlour Band in Toronto!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“Our listeners are queueing up, writing in and tripping over themselves, desperate to hear Patricia again.” – BBC Radio 3 Possessing a beautifully warm mezzo soprano voice and a passion for the charm and allure of nostalgic music, Patricia Hammond is spearheading a revival of the great songs of the last century – from Victorian and Edwardian “parlour” songs to early…

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