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By Michael Vincent on October 19, 2015
The dream of eight young aspiring opera singers selected from a pool of 120 aspiring performers just got a little brighter. The Canadian Opera Company has announced the annual Ensemble Studio Competition on to take place on November 3, 2015, at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 13, 2015
For those following the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, it has been a knuckle-bitter for all contestants, particularly the Canadians.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on September 12, 2015
Following the 2015 Honens Piano Competition Finalists’ performances with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on September 10 and 11, 2015, Italian pianist Luca Buratto has been awarded first place.
(Continue reading)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...
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