RECORD KEEPING | Lisa Batiashvili And Daniel Barenboim A Deadly Combination In New DG Release

By Paul E. Robinson on January 3, 2017

Deutsche Grammophon releases near-definitive recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin concertos, with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist.

COFFEE BREAK | Astonishing Video Shows Mother And Daughter Playing Bach Double Concerto

By Ludwig Van on June 13, 2016

Mother and daughter perform the first movement of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, and the results are astonishing!

INTERVIEW | Reflections: James Ehnes @ Forty

By Joseph So on June 5, 2016

James Ehnes @ 40: Canadian superstar violinist shares his thoughts on career and life.

COFFEE BREAK | Itzhak Perlman Tells Hilarious Story About How to Play Staccato (Video)

By Ludwig Van on May 13, 2015

Video: Itzhak Perlman gives a masterclass in 1978 with a very young violinist Cho-Liang Lin. After observing his technique, Perlman tells a hilarious story about how to play staccato...

PROFILE | 10 Things You May Not Know About Violinist Aisslinn Nosky

By Ludwig Van on April 16, 2015

One of Canada's foremost baroque violinists, Aisslinn Nosky shares ten things you might be surprised to know about her.

CONCERT REVIEW | Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov See Eye-to-Eye at Koerner Hall

By Colin Eatock on January 21, 2015

Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer is more than four decades older than the young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – but they saw eye-to-eye in their Thursday evening recital at Koerner Hall. The varied program started well, and only got better when the duo was joined by cellist Giedre Dirvanauskaite...

Q&A | 21 Questions for Jonathan Crow

By Michael Vincent on November 15, 2014

Hailing from Prince George, BC, Jonathan Crow has become one of Canada's leading violinists. After his studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, he moved to Montreal to attend McGill University. At age nineteen he graduated, and was made Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - making history as the youngest concertmaster of a major North American orchestra. He joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in 2011.

Q&A | 44 Questions for Edwin Huizinga

By Michael Vincent on October 21, 2014

Guelph, Ontario born Edwin Huizinga is a familiar face around Toronto’s classical, baroque, jazz, and indie music scene. Besides playing for period ensembles Tafelmusik, and ACRONYM, he is a member of the popular Toronto based indierock band Wooden Sky. Edwin is also one of the founders of the Classical Revolution. What started as a project to make chamber music more accessible, it has gone on to inspired the creation of over 30 chapters across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Edwin currently resides in Toronto and is a former student of violinist, Mark Fewer.

THE SCOOP | Air Canada Bans Carry-on Violas

By Michael Vincent on October 2, 2014

Anne-Sophie Mutter's, Virtuosi to make Canadian début in Toronto

By Michael Vincent on August 16, 2014