PREVIEW | Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard Returns To North America, Including Toronto Date February 28

By Anya Wassenberg on February 19, 2025

French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard makes a return to North America this season, with a Toronto appearance at Koerner Hall on February 28.

THE SCOOP | The Canadian Opera Company Welcomes Two New Pianists To Ensemble Studio For 2025/2026: Elisabeta Cojocaru & Kimly Mengyin Wang

By Anya Wassenberg on February 19, 2025

Pianists Elisabeta Cojocaru and Kimly Mengyin Wang will join the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio for the 2025/2026 season.

SCRUTINY | Goldberg Variations For Our Time: Víkingur Ólafsson Delivers Super-Substitute For Two-Piano Concert

By Michelle Assay on February 18, 2025

“Nobody needs to apologise for the Goldberg Variations,” said Icelandic star pianist Víkingur Ólafsson as he picked up the microphone at the end of his concert.

SCRUTINY | Soprano Rachel Fenlon Breaks New Ground With Winterreise

By Joseph So on February 13, 2025

Last Tuesday evening, a highly enthusiastic audience, yours truly among them, witnessed a Liederabend given by Berlin-based Canadian soprano Rachel Fenlon.

INTERVIEW | Violinist Edward Dusinberre Talks About The Takács Quartet 50th Season Celebration

By Anya Wassenberg on February 11, 2025

We spoke to violinist Edward Dusinberre about the Takács Quartet, the quartet's history, and their 50th anniversary tour with pianist Sir Stephen Hough.

SCRUTINY | Everything Is Illuminated: Emanuel Ax And The Toronto Symphony Commemorate Sir Andrew Davis

By Michelle Assay on January 16, 2025

From heavenly Mozart to cosmic Strauss via quietly euphoric Tippett — another impeccable program from the Toronto Symphony with Emanuel Ax.

THE SCOOP | Students & Alumni Of The Royal Conservatory Take Eight Of Nine Wins At The Canadian Chopin Piano Competition

By Anya Wassenberg on January 15, 2025

Eight of the nine winners of the Sixth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition were students or alumni from the Royal Conservatory of Music, the exception the BBC's Young Musician of the Year.

INTERVIEW | Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico Talks About Making More Rivers With Composer Frank Horvat (And More...)

By Anya Wassenberg on January 2, 2025

PREVIEW | Alliance Française Toronto Presents Parisian Pianist Maxime Zecchini

By Anya Wassenberg on December 19, 2024

Alliance Française Toronto will present Parisian pianist Maxime Zecchini in a recital on January 16, performing solely with his left hand.

THE SCOOP | Fifty-One Quarterfinalists Announced For The 2025 Honens International Piano Competition

By Anya Wassenberg on December 17, 2024

The Quarterfinals of Canada’s 11th Honens International Piano Competition will launch with a total of 51 pianists still in the competition.