By Robin Roger on June 14, 2016
It’s time to put listening fitness on the agenda. Part two in our series about hearing for music lovers, we look at the difference between hearing and listening.
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By Joseph So on June 14, 2016
Critic’s Picks for classical music and opera events in Toronto for the Week of June 13 to 19.
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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!
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By Robin Roger on June 13, 2016
The Gryphon Trio and mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah team up with leading neuroscientists to explore what happens in our brains when we engage with music.
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By Paul E. Robinson on June 13, 2016
Part 2/2 of our report on The Spoleto Festival featuring, Lachenmann's "The Little Match Girl", Dauvergne’s opera La Coquette trompée, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
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By Michael Vincent on June 10, 2016
I've often wondered who enjoys The Rite of Spring more — the audience or the orchestra? It's hard to say, but I think everyone walked away impressed.
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By Paul E. Robinson on June 9, 2016
Musical Toronto visits Charleston, South Carolina for the 40th-anniversary of the Spoleto Festival, including their first-ever production of Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess.
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By Michael Vincent on June 8, 2016
RCM announces 2016/17 season, with Lang Lang, Daniil Trifonov, Deborah Voigt, Natalie Dessay, Gidon Kremer, Nicola Benedetti, Viktoria Mullova, The Dover Quartet, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Tony Yike Yang, Bramwell Tovey, The King’s Singers and more.
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By Michael Vincent on June 7, 2016
A ten-year-old Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts during an elementary school performance.
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By John Terauds on June 6, 2016
Two hours of arresting dance with striking visuals and music to make National Ballet’s Le Petit Prince come alive.
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