By Michael Vincent on January 27, 2016
RCM offers a glimpse into 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 January 26, 2016
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Mark Rittinger to the role of Vice-President, Development. Mr. Rittinger will join the TSO’s Senior Management group on March 1, 2016.
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By Jenna Douglas on January 26, 2016
I hear that variety makes one's life spicy; is it ironic that I'm going to England to get my fix?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By Michael Vincent on January 22, 2016
Not really theatre. Not really a symphony performance. Not really Mozart’s Requiem either.
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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.
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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.
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