FEATURE | Taking The Podium: Three Conductors Test Drive The Toronto Symphony Orchestra

By Anya Wassenberg on April 24, 2025

The audience in Roy Thomson Hall was there on the evening of April 23 to take in a master class in conducting, part of Tapestry Opera's Women in Musical Leadership program.

FEATURE | The 19th Canadian Artist Selected For The Glenfiddich Artists In Residence Program: Alex Morrison

By Anya Wassenberg on April 17, 2025

The latest Canadian recipient of the coveted Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence program was recently announced at an event in Toronto — Vancouver-based Alex Morrison.

FEATURE | Outside The Concert Hall: Chamber Café & One-Of-A-Kind Concerts

By Anya Wassenberg on April 10, 2025

Toronto’s music scene is full of smaller, independent ventures that offer classical music and opera in alternative venues, and with a different perspective.

INTERVIEW | Saint Stella Talks About The Masque Of The Red Death In Toronto

By Anya Wassenberg on March 19, 2025

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death has been given a makeover with a difference by Toronto multi-hyphenate artist Saint Stella in a new musical production.

PREVIEW | Introducing íchos Collective In A New Concert Series

By Anya Wassenberg on March 13, 2025

Based in Toronto, íchos Collective is a group of women-identifying music and arts producers who aim to curate and present a diverse and immersive concert series.

PREVIEW | The Choir Comes Back: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir Present Choral Splendours

By Anya Wassenberg on March 13, 2025

Directed by Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir will combine for an evening of Choral Splendours by Bach and Zelenka.

INTERVIEW | Composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte Talks About Career, Current Work With The Hamilton Philharmonic & More

By Anya Wassenberg on March 12, 2025

We caught up with Abigail Richardson-Schulte to talk about her journey to becoming a composer, her work today with the Hamilton Philharmonic, and more.

INTERVIEW | Canadian Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Talks Career, And His Toronto Concert At Hugh’s Room Live

By Anya Wassenberg on March 11, 2025

Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko garnered a first prize win at the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK, and he'll perform in Toronto on March 23.

FEATURE | University Of Toronto Talk Focuses On Preparing Music Artists For An AI-Dominated Industry

By Anya Wassenberg on March 5, 2025

FEATURE | 10th Anniversary Of Violinist Jacques Israelievitch’s Death Marked By Release Of Recording With Christina Petrowska Quilico

By Anya Wassenberg on February 25, 2025

Violinist Jacques Israelievitch recorded the complete Mozart Sonatas with Christina Petrowska Quilico before his death, available this month in a six CD set.