SCRUTINY | The Rebirth of R. Murray Schafer's Apocalypsis
By Neil Crory on June 30, 2015
Apocalypsis closes Luminato festival in grand style.
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By Neil Crory on June 30, 2015
Apocalypsis closes Luminato festival in grand style.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on May 24, 2015
Illusions: a patchwork presented by the Gryphon Trio and the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal Friday night in Koerner Hall as part of the 21C Music Festival.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on May 24, 2015
The RCM’s 21C Music Festival presented one of the most attention-grabbing concerts of the year – a collaboration between a string quartet, a scratch DJ and four emerging composers.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on May 22, 2015
No question, Kajia Saariaho is a name to contend with. A music lover might fairly congratulate the Royal Conservatory for securing the presence on Thursday night of this 62-year-old Paris-based Finnish composer as part of the 21st Century Music Festival in Koerner Hall.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on May 21, 2015
Stewart Copeland and Jon Kimura Parker join forces during the opening night of RCM's 21C Music Festival.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on April 25, 2015
Nico Muhly premieres How Little You Are, a new work evoking the vastness of the West for choir and 12 guitars.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 21, 2015
Luminato announces Unsound Music Festival coming to Toronto's abandoned Hearn Generating Station.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on February 19, 2015
New Works from East and West was the well-travelled theme of the New Music Concert Saturday at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. You could certainly tell them apart without a program, even if there were some instances of what sounded like cross-hemispheric dialogue...
(Continue reading)By Tyler Versluis on January 30, 2015
In general, I find the best concert-going experiences are when not only the music is excellent but when the experience delivers a revelation. A presumptuous attitude, perhaps, but I feel this is what divides an entertaining experience from an artistic one...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 30, 2015
A lot of people talk about how lucky we are to have a boutique orchestra devoted to the performance of contemporary work. And we are. The problem is, Esprit Orchestra only produces four concert per season and, by those numbers, there is a lot riding on every show...
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