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By Joseph So on January 25, 2016
Musical Toronto’s weekly Critic’s Picks are a fully curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 25, 2016
Now that I consider myself a “Ring Nut” many times over, I’ve learned to appreciate Siegfried for what it is, a kind of necessary dramatic exposition that sets up the action culminating in Götterdammerung.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 23, 2016
Most of the music on these two new CDs by Louis Lortie And Hélène Mercier is repertoire that the average music-lover will rarely encounter in a lifetime of concert-going. And what a loss! This is glorious music for the most part, that has given me enormous pleasure over the years.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 23, 2016
Toronto-based composer Dean Burry answers some of life's most pressing questions, including his shoe of choice, and the time he fired a gun.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 22, 2016
Not really theatre. Not really a symphony performance. Not really Mozart’s Requiem either.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 22, 2016
We had a chance to chat with Toronto-based flautist Terry Lim, about the Toronto's brand new Flute Quintet, Charm Of Finches.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 22, 2016
Each year, Music Toronto presents a relatively unfamiliar artist to the Toronto audience, as part of its Discovery Series. Often it’s a young artist on the cusp of stardom. It can be either an instrumentalist or a singer. Among the singers I’ve heard the past few seasons were Erin Wall and Elliott Madore. This season it’s Ukrainian Canadian soprano Andriana Chuchman.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on January 21, 2016
Folks, I think we have found the bottom of the internet. Over at the popular Soundcloud audio streaming website, an enterprising person with a lot of time on their hands has posted a self-made digital re-creation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring... for Air Horn. (Yup). We're not sure what to make of it yet, but it's certainly inventive.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 21, 2016
Toronto Symphony Associate Principal Viola Eric Nowlin will be leaving the TSO to join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2016-2017 season.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 21, 2016
COC kicks off Vocal Series with two of Canada’s finest singers: Gordon Bintner, bass-baritone and Andrew Haji, tenor.
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