Gugnin, a young Russian who won a piano competition in Sydney, Australia, plays at times maddeningly fast, just to show he can. But amid the helter-skelter there are moments of tender and profound contemplation that I need to hear again and again.

The Band’s Visit is a sweet show, if a bit on the slow side, with a fabulous Middle Eastern-themed score. The music alone is worth the visit, not to mention the incandescent performance by the great Chilina Kennedy.

It’s not every day a conductor gets named in a Tweet from the Prime Mister of Canada. But, that’s what happened as news broke on Monday that Yannick Nézet-Séguin would be staying on as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Orchestre Métropolitain, in perpetuity.

Scottish cellist and Deutsche Grammophon artist Peter Gregson talks about his rising career as performer and composer, and how both led him to write the score for the new movie 'Blackbird'.

Orchestre Métropolitain has announced Yannick Nézet-Séguin as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, for life.

Nina Weisse's film 'The Audition' takes audiences into a world where the discipline of classical music training takes a dark turn.

With traditional classical guitar works and covers of Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Portishead, Miloš returns with a new perspective on music. His new album "Sound of Silence", is out now.

This album seeks out intimate silences between the instrumental lines in clarinet trios by Beethoven and Brahms.

Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of September 14 – 22.

The Red Violin Director François Girard returns to his roots with a musical mystery about loss and remembrance.