If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
SCRUTINY | Toronto Symphony's Gould Tribute Almost Pure Gold
By Arthur Kaptainis on September 23, 2017
Pianist Jan Lisiecki and the TSO's re-enactment of the Brahms D minor Concerto superb, but it was Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll that won us over.
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SCRUTINY | A Moving Bruckner Fifth In Many Ways
By Arthur Kaptainis on September 8, 2017
Under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the call for "all hands on deck" commanded impressive results out of the Orchestre Métropolitain.
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SCRUTINY | Music Prevails In National Youth Concert
By Arthur Kaptainis on July 26, 2017
A kaleidoscopic concert commemorating Canada's 150 years, as offered by two national youth ensembles at Toronto Summer Music.
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SCRUTINY | Mason Bates Opera Does The Job In Santa Fe
By Arthur Kaptainis on July 24, 2017
Cutting-edge tech in opera? Steve Jobs would have been proud, as Apple lends its star power to the Santa Fe contemporary opera scene.
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THE SCOOP | South Korea’s Yekwon Sunwoo Takes Cliburn Gold
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 11, 2017
“Every time you play, you feel that you could have done better,” Yekwon Sunwoo said in a thoughtful tone. “There is no one way, no perfection. But this is the beauty of making music."
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UPDATE | Three Strong Performances But The Cliburn Winner Is TBA
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 10, 2017
We had a fight on Friday night at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Between nations, selections and, inevitably, styles.
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REPORT | Cliburn Competition: A Frankly Superior Performance
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 9, 2017
The Cliburn piano competition inches towards choosing a winner, but it is still anyone's guess as to who that will be.
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FEATURE | A Fond Farewell To Nora Shulman, A Total Pro
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 6, 2017
"My personal ambitions never went beyond maintaining my work at the highest level. That was always my goal." MT catches up with TSO Principal Flute Nora Shulman to chat about her upcoming retirement and the road ahead.
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SCRUTINY | Sir Andrew Davis, TSO And Choirs Make A Feast Of Walton
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 4, 2017
"Brass were hearty, strings full of fire." Sir Andrew Davis makes a superior performance out of William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast at Roy Thomson Hall.
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SCRUTINY | Warsaw Silver Winner Charles Richard-Hamelin Is In Sterling Form
By Arthur Kaptainis on May 5, 2017
Toronto audience marvels at Charles Richard-Hamelin's classy playing from beginning to end.
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