If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
INTERVIEW | Catching Up With BISQC 2016 Winners Rolston String Quartet
By Ludwig Van on September 25, 2021
A chat with Toronto's Rolston String Quartet about life since winning the 2016 BISQC competition, career impacts, dream collaborations, and future plans.
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WHO’S WHO | A Date With The Divas From Opera Sustenida
By Ludwig Van on August 26, 2021
Opera Sustenida returns for Date with the Divas (Vol.2) — contemporary, relatable and witty re-imaginings of opera classics.
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INTERVIEW | Catching Up With CMIM 2018 Winners Mario Bahg And John Brancy
By Ludwig Van on June 30, 2021
We spoke with 2018 CMIM first place winners Mario Bahg, (tenor/ South Korea) and John Brancy (tenor/United States) to ask them about their fondest memories of winning.
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Op-Ed | ‘I’m Tired Of All These Young Punks In My Neighbourhood Blasting Classical Music’
By Ludwig Van on April 1, 2021
Since all the concert halls shut down due to COVID, my neighbourhood has been overrun by classical musicians.
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Op-Ed | Stacie Dunlop: 'How can we create a group project in isolation?'
By Ludwig Van on November 27, 2020
Toronto-based soprano tells us what it takes to keep making music against all odds.
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OP-ED | Classical Singer Stacie Dunlop: ‘We Want To Find A Way For Our Industry To Reopen’
By Ludwig Van on August 18, 2020
Classical singer Stacie Dunlop calls for concrete plans to reopen the music industry and decries a lack of clarity about benefit in the wake of the global pandemic.
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WHO’S WHO | Ontario Pops Orchestra Conductor Carlos Bastidas To Lead Cairo Symphony Orchestra In 2021
By Ludwig Van on August 17, 2020
Toronto-based conductor Carlos Bastidas has been invited to conduct the Cairo Symphony Orchestra and the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra in Cuba in 2021.
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WHO’S WHO | Lake Field Music Expands With Online Courses
By Ludwig Van on July 3, 2020
Lake Field Music announce a way forward with LFM Sky, an eclectic collection of online music workshops from arranging to accompanying, baroque to boogie, vocals to violins and more.
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WHO’S WHO | 5 Reasons To Watch Amici’s Virtual Concert – Celebrating Canada
By Ludwig Van on June 25, 2020
Join Amici for Celebrating Canada a free virtual concert featuring some of their favourite Canadian repertoire from their most recent album, Inspired by Canada/ Notre Pays.
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OP-ED | Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: ‘I have no idea how I will be able to survive’
By Ludwig Van on June 22, 2020
"I am a professional classical singer, actor, voice teacher, producer and creative visionary... and I have no idea how I will be able to survive."
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