The Rubies pays tribute to soprano Karina Gauvin, conductor Yves Abel, and stage director Michael Patrick Albano.

Recent “graduates” of the competition include soprano Jenavieve Moore, who recently made her BBC début and is now singing on concert stages in Europe. Pianist Annie Zhou has gone on to perform with the Montreal, Minnesota, and Toronto Symphonies.

Since announcing his retirement from the stage last April, (due to an "unreliability" in his voice), Canadian tenor, Ben Heppner seemed content with maintaining his role as announcer for CBC II's radio program “Backstage with Ben Happner”. But the question remained – what of his singing? Is that really it?

After five years at the helm of Orchestra Toronto, Belfast-born conductor Kevin Mallon will be stepping down and a new interim conductor hired to for the 2018-19 season.

What does it say about the state of Canada’s recording industry when eight seconds of digital noise accidentally released by a super star reaches #1 on the Canadian iTunes music charts? On Tuesday, Oct 21, American singer Taylor Swift released a title called “Track 3” on iTunes for $1.29. By the end of the day, it beat-out everyone (actual music), reaching #1...

OPERA: Quartet

2016 Canadian Opera Company's annual report shows $32,000 surplus with stable growth on the horizon.

I’ll let the Guardian tell the full story, below. From my perspective, this episode is like seeing someone wading into a river, declaring that it needs to stop flowing so he can get across without getting wet.

Sir Andrew Davis, who cut his artistic teeth as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1988, has made clear his preference for this world, the next world or Australia, by accepting the job of principal conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Tafelmusik Music Director Elisa Citterio makes her national touring debut with a road trip to Québec, New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia.