PROFILE | COC Debut Artist Bass-Baritone Josef Wagner
By Joseph So on February 1, 2016
In a wide-ranging interview, the Austrian bass-baritone talks about his life and his career.
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By Joseph So on February 1, 2016
In a wide-ranging interview, the Austrian bass-baritone talks about his life and his career.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on February 1, 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 Paul E. Robinson on January 30, 2016
This week, I would like to draw your attention to a new CD featuring Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburg Symphony. Honeck, who used to play violin with the Vienna Philharmonic, has recently emerged as a major conductor. The Pittsburg Symphony, which has an illustrious history playing under legendary figures such as Fritz Reiner, William Steinberg, Lorin Maazel, Andre Previn and Mariss Jansons, has already made some exceptionally good recordings of music by Richard Strauss, Dvořák, Janáček and Bruckner under Honeck’s direction.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 29, 2016
Daniel Hope and pianist Sebastian Knauer perform an evening of Menuhin-inspired works in celebration his 100th birthday.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 28, 2016
MT: Mr. Trump, thank you for taking the time to talk with me during your busy campaign. DT: Thank you Michael… and hurry up, or you’re fired! I kid. I kid.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 28, 2016
With a brew of composers rarely mixed, soprano Barbara Hannigan joined the Toronto Symphony last night to perform Henri Dutilleux's "Correspondances" – a 22-minute song cycle which she has remained loyal since first recording it with Esa-Pekka Salonen, in 2013.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on January 27, 2016
In honour of Mozart’s birthday, we’re giving away two tickets to see The Vienna Mozart Orchestra on March 13 at Roy Thomson Hall, (courtesy Roy Thomson Hall).
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on January 27, 2016
Conductor Jordan de Souza records a video tribute in honour of Mozart's birthday today.
(Continue reading)By Tyler Versluis on January 27, 2016
Enter Esprit Orchestra on January 24th in Koerner Hall, where a varied programme of music in by Samuel Andreyev, Daníel Bjarnason, Alexina Louie and R. Murray Schafer demonstrated how wide and multi-faceted these creative executions have become in 2016.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on January 27, 2016
Meet the Bazantar: one of the trippiest instruments ever made.
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