THE SCOOP | Felix Hong Wins Québec's 2017 Prix d’Europe

By Jennifer Liu on June 5, 2017

The jury of the 2017 Prix d’Europe Competition has chosen pianist Felix Hong as this year’s winner.

WELCOME | Syrinx Concerts Toronto Has Joined The Growing Musical Toronto Community

By Ludwig Van on April 17, 2017

Syrinx Concerts Toronto joins Musical Toronto's Who's Who.

SCRUTINY | Czech Prazak Quartet Performs Rarely Heard Bruckner Work At Jane Mallett Theatre

By John Terauds on March 3, 2017

Prazak Quartet sharpens their bows with two gems by Bruckner and Dvorak, but intonation issues curb an otherwise riveting performance of Haydn's Quartet in B-flat Major.

SCRUTINY | St Lawrence String Quartet Plays Musical Balance Of Reason And Emotion With A Dash Of Hot Sauce

By John Terauds on January 27, 2017

Sometimes a recital is not just 90 minutes of music and a nice cup of spiked hot chocolate to end the evening.

COFFEE BREAK | Toronto's Ladom Ensemble Plays Radiohead Better Than Radiohead

By Michael Vincent on January 12, 2017

Classically trained and globally minded Ladom Ensemble release video of Radiohead's "Weird Fishes".

THE SCOOP | Canadian Rolston String Quartet Wins 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition

By Michael Vincent on September 5, 2016

The Rolston String Quartet upsets front-runners Tesla and Castalian String Quartet at BISQC 2016.

SCRUTINY | Toronto Summer Music Plumbs the New World with a Hollywood Connection

By Arthur Kaptainis on July 19, 2015

“The Hollywood Connection” was the hard-to-justify title of the second evening of the Toronto Summer Music series.

CONCERT REVIEW | The Toronto Consort Carries the Day

By Colin Eatock on February 9, 2015

So what was music like in the Austrian court, back in the 1600s? Turns out, it was really quite marvellous – according to the evidence presented in the Toronto Consort’s program at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church on Friday night...

CONCERT REVIEW | Syrinx Concerts Toronto Dispel Some of the Deep Winter Gloom

By Robin Roger on February 2, 2015

Presumably, the theme for the Feb 1 Syrinx Chamber Music Concert, “Passion, Possibility, and Pleasure” was chosen to dispel some of the deep winter gloom with which music patrons struggle, including the inertia that makes coming to the concert hall a challenge in itself. Passion is warm, pleasure is consoling and both can make these dark days seem endurable, and the possibility of a better season believable. Gathering in the intimate space of Helicon Hall can further create the sense of a community of like-minded music lovers huddling together to warm their spirits by listening to beautiful expressions of anticipation of brighter and happier days...

CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Musical Outings You Absolutely Must Do This Week

By Michael Vincent on September 15, 2014