If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
Season coverage sponsor COMMENTARY | 12 Ways The Pandemic Will Change Classical Music
Naked and afraid: Pondering the future of classical music amid COVID-19.
Michael Vincent
CRITIC'S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week
Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of August 3 – 9.
Joseph So
FEATURE | Will You Ever Feel Comfortable Going To A Concert Again?
With government-ordered COVID-19 pandemic restrictions beginning to lift, the burning question for the performing arts sector is: will audiences come back?
Anya Wassenberg
FEATURE | Elgin And Winter Garden Theatres Are An Enduring Testament To Toronto’s Entertainment History
Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre are the last surviving double-decker theatres of the Edwardian era still in operation in the world.
Anya Wassenberg
THE SCOOP | 2020 Azrieli Music Prizes To Premiere Four Works On Medici TV
By Michael Vincent on August 6, 2020
Canada’s largest music prize for composition has announced they will stream this year’s Gala concert from Montréal’s Salle Claude-Champagne on Medici TV, October 22, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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THE SCOOP | Opera Atelier Announces Surprise 35th Anniversary Season Featuring Fully Staged Productions
By Michael Vincent on August 5, 2020
Toronto’s Opera Atelier have announced two fully staged productions to be live streamed at Koerner Hall this season.
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REMOTE | Darren Hicks ‘Be Radical In Your Niceness'
By Michael Zarathus-Cook on August 4, 2020
The TSO’s Associate Principal Bassoonist Darren Hicks talks about weaponizing empathy, LEGO, and other observations gleaned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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IN MEMORIAM | Legendary Pianist Leon Fleisher Dies Age 92
By Michael Vincent on August 3, 2020
Leon Fleisher, one of the world's greatest Brahms interpreters, has died aged 92. According to his son Julian, he died of cancer in a Baltimore hospice.
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CRITIC'S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week
By Joseph So on August 3, 2020
Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of August 3 – 9.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | A Schnittke And Kapustin Revival By Cello
By Norman Lebrecht on July 31, 2020
The compositions of Nikolai Kapustin and Alfred Schnittke see a revival via works for cello in this recent recording by German cellist Eckart Runge and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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GUIDE | A Musical Reading List For The August Civic Holiday
By Robin Roger on July 30, 2020
Here are five titles to occupy the month of August with reading in a musical theme.
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REMOTE | Mireille Lebel ‘There Is Something Wild And Exciting In All This’
By Michael Zarathus-Cook on July 29, 2020
Canadian mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel talks about embracing the uncertainty, and the opportunity to experiment over the last four months of the COVID pandemic.
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THE SCOOP | Elora Festival Takes To The Internet With Inaugural Online Festival
By Michael Vincent on July 28, 2020
Ontario’s Elora Festival has just announced a new three-day mini-festival online with some of the biggest names in Canadian classical music between August 6 – 8, 2020.
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THE SCOOP | Festival de Lanaudière Announces Surprise Concert With Charles Richard-Hamelin
By Michael Vincent on July 28, 2020
Le Festival de Lanaudière has announced an exclusive recital by pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin performing from the Musée d'art de Joliette on August 9 at 3:30 p.m.
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