The young American dramatic tenor Issachah Savage shares his thoughts on music, faith, and life.

A few minutes into an interview, violinist Leila Josefowicz sums up our purpose neatly: “Music is something to be celebrated, and that’s what I’m sure of, really. We must always keep doing that with music and remember that.”

Over my shoulder, composer Andrew Ager walked past with a nonchalant sense of someone who had spent the last evening drinking calvados with a blonde starlet on a beachfront brasserie.

The documentary, which features never before seen footage that allows Maria Callas to tell her story in her own words, is a harsh look at the realities of fame and glamour.

How’s this for youthful enthusiasm?

The London-based, Ottawa-born bass-baritone has a thriving career on the world’s finest opera stages, but his heart belongs to the songs and ballads of England, the United States, Germany, Austria and France.

Cherney had heard of a group of improvising musicians headed by pianist-composer Paul Grabowsky out of Melbourne.  Hopeful that they had what it takes, Cherney invited the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) to Toronto to present a new Jazz based interpretation of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

Canadian bass-baritone chats about his love of singing new music, including his collaboration with composer Owen Pallett for the TSO's New Creations Festival.

This is Anderszewski’s first visit to the Telus Centre and his first return to Toronto since a Music Toronto début nearly 10 years ago. He is a compelling, slightly lonely figure who puts his own stamp on everything he plays.

Instead, the 31-year-old American has amassed several music degrees, is the star organist and a professor at Harvard University, and spends his free time giving concerts around North America and the U.K.