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PREVIEW | Professor Bad Trip: A Dive Into Psychedelia and Spectralism

By Tyler Versluis on April 12, 2015

"Professor Bad Trip" – Difficult to perform, difficult to love and impossible to ignore.

CD REVIEW | Seiji Ozawa's Exciting Berlioz Remastered

By Paul E. Robinson on April 12, 2015

Review: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Rex Murphy | The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Controversy

By Ludwig Van on April 11, 2015

CBC's Rex Murphy offers his opinion of the The Toronto Symphony Orchestra controversy...

COFFEE BREAK | Bach's Prelude No. 1 On Boomwhackers (video)

By Ludwig Van on April 10, 2015

Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major (BWV 846) like you've never heard it before. Imagine what would happen if they lost one!

CONCERT REVIEW | TSO: The Show Must Go On In a Victory Of Music Over Madness

By Arthur Kaptainis on April 10, 2015

Amid the great boiling cauldron of bad karma that is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, there was a forgotten man: Jukka-Pekka Saraste...

UPDATE | International Freedom of Expression Watchdog Blasts TSO’s Decision

By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2015

PEN Canada, an advocacy group that promotes freedom of expression has strong words against TSO decision cancel Valentina Lisitsa's performance...

OBITUARY | CBC Radio Host and Writer Jurgen Gothe Has Died

By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2015

The Canadian classical music community has lost one of our own yesterday. Former CBC Radio host and writer Jurgen Gothe, has died after a long battle with cancer.

UPDATE | Valentina Lisitsa Struggles to Find New Venue For Toronto Performance

By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2015

JOHN TERAUDS | Valentina Lisitsa, Social Media, and the Public Etiquette of Art

By John Terauds on April 9, 2015

Every once in a while, someone comes along to spill hot tea over the veneer of civil society, and we get a chance to watch it crack and curl before our eyes...

INTERVIEW | Toronto Symphony CEO Jeff Melanson Breaks His Silence (exclusive)

By Michael Vincent on April 8, 2015

TSO President and CEO Jeff Melanson speaks out about the controversy surrounding pianist Valentina Lisitsa...