INTERVIEW | Daniel Hope Remembers Yehudi Menuhin

By Michael Vincent on January 20, 2016

After fleeing political oppression in South Africa, Violinist Daniel Hope reveals how Yehudi Menuhin took his family in, and changed his life forever.

JOHN TERAUDS | One Pop Star’s Symphonic Rebuke to the Triumph of MP3 Audio

By John Terauds on November 25, 2015

One of the ways to sum up the change in our relationship to recorded music over the past two decades is to call it the triumph of mobility over fidelity. John Terauds chats with Belgian musician Piet Goddaer about audio quality and transferring the immediacy of a live concert into recorded sound.

INTERVIEW | With One Voice: Ekaterina Siurina and Charles Castronovo

By Joseph So on October 6, 2015

Joseph So sits down for an in-depth interview with husband and wife team Ekaterina Siurina and Charles Castronovo. Both will be appearing in the upcoming COC production of Verdi's La traviata running October 8 - November 6, 2015.

Q&A | 21 Questions For Kirill Gerstein

By Michael Vincent on September 28, 2015

Pianist Kirill Gerstein answers 21 questions, including his favourite drink, biggest phobia, and the best thing about being a pianist.

INTERVIEW | Pavlo Hunka: Exposing Art Songs Hidden for Years

By Joseph So on August 5, 2015

British-Ukrainian bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka shares his thoughts on bringing Ukrainian Art Songs to the world.

Q&A | 22 Questions for Teng Li

By Michael Vincent on June 16, 2015

TSO Principle Violist Teng Li answers our 22 questions, including her surprising (and impressive) answer to her strangest talent.

FEATURE | The Politics of Music Programming

By Michael Vincent on April 15, 2015

RCM’s Mervon Mehta explains the complexities of programming today’s media-savvy classical music performers

PROFILE | Serena Malfi: The Voice of Spring

By Joseph So on April 6, 2015

Musical Toronto's Joseph So catches up with Italian mezzo Serena Malfi, who is in Toronto for COC's spring 2015 production of Barber of Seville...

ULTIMATE MAVERICK | Interview with Composer John Luther Adams: Video

By Ludwig Van on February 19, 2015

FEATURE | David Lang: Whispering Secrets of the Internet Age

By Tyler Versluis on February 18, 2015

From his irreverent early work with Bang on a Can in the late 1980’s, to his more recent appointment as professor of composition at Yale University, David Lang juggles a dual role as an iconoclast and respected new music figure...