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Connected to the World! Announcing the Montreal Chamber Music Festival’s 21st Season

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 21st season with a thrilling musical voyage around the world – from Canada to Salzburg to Havana to Israel and beyond – presenting a spectacular array of concerts and premieres. Today, Festival Founder and Executive Director Denis Brott C.M., in the company of Ben Heppner and 2016 Festival ambassador Danièle Henkel, announced the…

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If Music Be the Food of Love ~ Cellist Matt Haimovitz on Tour with Voice

This February, cellist Matt Haimovitz, known as a “remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance” (The New Yorker), launches a new collaboration with the acclaimed UK trio Voice in If Music Be the Food of Love, a Shakespeare-themed concert program spanning more than eight centuries – from Hildegard of Bingen to Leonard Cohen. Among the works exploring the…

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Montreal’s Dynamic 9-Piece String Band collectif9 Releases Debut Album, Volksmobiles

Montreal’s cutting-edge classical string band collectif9 has been gathering steam since its 2011 debut, attracting diverse audiences in clubs, outdoor festivals, and concert halls across Quebec and beyond. Featuring both original scores and new arrangements – often with lights, staging, and amplification more commonly seen at rock acts – collectif9 heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance. Now, following…

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Luna Pearl Woolf’s “Better Gods” Debuts at Washington National Opera January 8 & 9

Better Gods, a new opera by composer Luna Pearl Woolf, will have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center on January 8 and 9 presented by Washington National Opera, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director. The story of the last queen of Hawaii and the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy, with a libretto by Caitlin Vincent, the one-hour opera is part of…

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collectif9 heads to China!

Montreal’s collectif9 will spend Christmas far from home.  The vibrant nine-piece string ensemble, known for its energized, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire – and for attracting diverse audiences whether in a concert hall, club, or outdoor stage – will perform three concerts in China:  at the Daning Theatre in Shanghai on December 23rd; the Shenzhen Concert Hall on the 24th;…

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Montreal Chamber Music Festival Celebrity Series On Sale!

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival, entering its 21st season, is pleased to announce that all four concerts in its pre-Festival Celebrity Series are on sale Monday, November 23 at 12 noon at the Place des Arts and Bourgie Hall box offices. The series includes the delightful Salzburg Marionette Theater presenting The Sound of Music, appearing in Montreal for the first time…

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VivaVoce, Montreal’s Acclaimed Chamber Choir, Presents its 17th Season

Montreal’s VivaVoce announces its 17th season, a rich and diverse program of three concerts, all taking place at Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Praised for their “compelling mastery” (Le Devoir), and “ideal balance” (American Record Guide), the 12-voice professional chamber choir performs music from Renaissance composer Cipriano de Rore (on his 500th birthday!) to cantatas by J.S. Bach…

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Sacred Echoes: A Kristallnacht Commemoration

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre present Sacred Echoes, a multimedia musical cantata for two cantors, narrator, orchestra, and children’s choir. A journey back in time to the once-vibrant Jewish communities of pre-World War II Germany, Sacred Echoes features lush symphonic arrangements of masterworks of the German liturgical repertoire alongside dramatic virtual reconstructions of Germany’s majestic synagogues,…

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New Live Recording of The Creation, Haydn’s Crowning Masterpiece, from the Handel and Haydn Society

“The chorus, brilliantly prepared and wielding phenomenally precise diction, outdid even its usual high standards … From the opening through the final, buoyant chorus, Christophers emphasized both the music’s dramatic contours and its almost boundless well of character.” – The Boston Globe CORO proudly presents a new recording of Haydn’s TheCreation (COR16135) from Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn…

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André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert Coming to Over 200 Cinemas Across the U.S. on October 20

CinemaLive, in cooperation with André Rieu Productions, Fathom Events and Universal Music Enterprises, is proud to present André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert, a spectacular cinematic music event with the world’s leading pop classical artist. Set amongst the breathtaking setting of Rieu’s hometown of Maastricht in The Netherlands, this magical concert event provides an unforgettable evening full of humor, grand emotion,…

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