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By Joseph So on September 23, 2019
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of September 24 – 29.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on September 21, 2019
After a summer of slim pickings regarding opera in the GTA, the lyric season is once again upon us. As a starter, the COC is introducing its new edition of the Ensemble Studio in a noon hour concert at the opera house. In its nearly forty-year history, the Ensemble Studio has nurtured many a Canadian talent, with many going on to significant careers.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on September 21, 2019
For ninety minutes, the charming Trudeau reveals the good, the bad and the ugly, and it is compelling stuff with name-dropping galore and delicious insider tidbits. Yet at all times Trudeau is direct, honest and open, and that is how she wins our hearts and minds.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on September 20, 2019
There is nothing quite like the atmosphere of anticipation which can greet a symphony orchestra's new concert season. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra launched its 2019-2020 classical concert series Thursday night and, to cut to the heart of it, the concert was sterling in every way — an unqualified success.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on September 19, 2019
The Band’s Visit is a sweet show, if a bit on the slow side, with a fabulous Middle Eastern-themed score. The music alone is worth the visit, not to mention the incandescent performance by the great Chilina Kennedy.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on September 18, 2019
It’s not every day a conductor gets named in a Tweet from the Prime Mister of Canada. But, that’s what happened as news broke on Monday that Yannick Nézet-Séguin would be staying on as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Orchestre Métropolitain, in perpetuity.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on September 17, 2019
Scottish cellist and Deutsche Grammophon artist Peter Gregson talks about his rising career as performer and composer, and how both led him to write the score for the new movie 'Blackbird'.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on September 16, 2019
Orchestre Métropolitain has announced Yannick Nézet-Séguin as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, for life.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on September 16, 2019
Nina Weisse's film 'The Audition' takes audiences into a world where the discipline of classical music training takes a dark turn.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on September 13, 2019
With traditional classical guitar works and covers of Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Portishead, Miloš returns with a new perspective on music. His new album "Sound of Silence", is out now.
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