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By Adam Scime on January 16, 2016
The JACK Quartet has rightly become a towering vehicle for the performance and championing of contemporary music. With an impressive seventeen commercial recordings, numerous awards of international recognition, and commissions from the world’s leading composers, the JACK Quartet has successfully won over contemporary music lovers with a commanding performance bravura and dazzling musicianship.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 16, 2016
After more than 15 years at the helm, Pinchas Zukerman recently stepped down from his post as music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NAC) in Ottawa. Zukerman came to Ottawa as a celebrated solo violinist (and violist) and a part-time conductor of modest reputation. At the time, it was certainly considered a coup for the NAC to contract such a prestigious musician to lead its orchestra, although doubts were expressed about what he might be able to accomplish as a conductor...
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 12, 2016
The Talisker Players sample some of the great favourites from the American songbook with soprano Virginia Hatfield and baritone James Levesque.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 9, 2016
Deutsche grammophon releases debut solo album from Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 1, 2016
Billed as “Opera's Greatest Hits,” Bravissimo stars well-known Canadian and international singers in an operatic potpourri familiar to even the most casual opera fan.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 1, 2016
Daniil Trifonov burst onto the scene a few seasons back and has quickly become the Superstar du jour. Is he the real thing or just a shooting star whose light will soon fade? Too early to tell. But these two new recordings give ample evidence of who he is now and what he is capable of doing.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on December 28, 2015
Premiered in 1924, The Student Prince is the archetypal operetta with one exception – it has a sad ending.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 20, 2015
Returning after three years' grace from the Toronto Messiah circuit, Against the Grain Theatre presented a fully staged barefoot of Messiah. It's refreshing to say the least...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 18, 2015
The two presentations of the classic Christmastime traditions differ widely, but the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra call it even this year.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 11, 2015
A DJ, a dancer named Lybido, a laptop ensemble, an electric guitarist and four singers walk into a bar... It sounds like the setup to a punchline, but Soundstreams' Electic Messiah just might be the most innovative production of the year in Toronto.
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