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By Michael Vincent on September 10, 2015
Brian Current named winner of the inaugural Azrieli Commissioning Competition, a $50,000 prize for a new work of orchestral Jewish Music by a Canadian composer.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on September 1, 2015
Today, in a surprising announcement, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra have partnered with The Polaris Music Prize to present performances with Short List nominees at the Polaris Gala, taking place September 21 at The Carlu in Toronto.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on June 1, 2015
The 26th annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees have been announced, with the COC in the lead for a total of 29 nominations in the opera division.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 14, 2015
Composer Philip Glass has been named the 11th recipient of the Glenn Gould Prize.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on February 10, 2015
For diehard voice fans, there’s nothing like a vocal competition. You get to hear (and see) young artists strutting their stuff, striving for fame and glory, not to mention prize money. The Christina and Louis Quilico Awards is a competition with a twist – it’s only open to current Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio members. The 2014-15 COC Ensemble Roster is a particularly strong one with some wonderful singers, so this promised to be good. The event took place last evening at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Sadly, illness prevented tenor Andrew Haji from competing, and fellow tenor Owen McCausland was out in Victoria singing Arturo in Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor. But the rest of the Ensemble was out in full force and it proved to be a highly enjoyable evening...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 8, 2015
The 57th Grammy Awards, honouring the best in music, handed out 83 golden gramophones today. In the 10 classical music categories, the winners are...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 28, 2015
The 44th Annual JUNO Award Nominees have just been released. Each will participate in the 2015 JUNO Awards and JUNO Week celebrations over March 9-15. The awards will be broadcast on CTV from FirstOntario Centre on Sunday, March 15, 2015...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 22, 2015
Announced this morning by the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa, Tafelmusik has been awarded the 2015 National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring in the Performing Arts...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 16, 2014
We are delighted and humbled to announce Musical Toronto won first place in the Arts & Entertainment Category at the fifth annual Canadian Weblog Awards!
(Continue reading)By Neil Crory on November 26, 2014
I can't recall ever attending a vocal competition in which the men took home all the medals: bronze, silver and gold. Those cunning little sopranos and mezzos always seem to find ways to endear themselves into the hearts of jury and audience members, don't they? That is until last evening for the final round of the Second Annual Canadian Opera Company's Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition Gala at the Four Season's Centre.
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