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By Jennifer Liu on August 28, 2017
A leading Canadian soprano on European opera stages in the 1950s and 60s, Irene Salemka McGillivray passed away Sunday in her Ontario home.
(Continue reading)By Jennifer Liu on July 31, 2017
A major figure in Québécois contemporary music, Gilles Tremblay influenced an entire generation of the province's composers.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on March 6, 2017
Friends and fans of opera coach and radio host Stuart Hamilton gathered to celebrate his life with performances of favourite music and readings from Stuart’s own book, Opening Windows.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 15, 2017
CBC Host of The Vinyl Cafe, Stuart McLean, has died at age 68 after a battle with melanoma.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on January 1, 2017
Anyone hoping that the advent of a new year would give us a break from a string of notable deaths was disappointed as word quickly spread of the death of Canadian opera champion Stuart Hamilton at noon on January 1.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 28, 2016
In appreciation, a partial list of the classical music artists who have died in 2016.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on April 22, 2016
Violinist Charles Yang pays tribute to Prince, "The Mozart of the 80's".
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 15, 2016
Reported today via our partner site Slipped Disc, well-known American composer Steven Stucky has died on Sunday of brain cancer. He died peacefully in his sleep at his family home in Ithaca, NY.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 15, 2016
The death of Alan Rickman yesterday on January 14 has been a devastating blow for the arts community still coming to terms with the death of Davis Bowie just days before. Alan Rickman had been a generous supporter of many charities around the world, including Toronto's The Glenn Foundation, with whom he had worked with a number of times.
(Continue reading)By Open Submission on January 7, 2016
The following is an open letter written by Toronto-based pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, one of Canada’s foremost interpreters of new music, on her memories of Pierre Boulez.
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