CONCERT REVIEW | The Seiler Trio Blows a Musical Wind Through Heliconian Hall

By Robin Roger on April 13, 2015

Syrinx Concert Series: The Seiler Trio gives an outstanding performance of Trios for piano, violin and cello at Heliconian Hall.

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

By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2015

UPDATE | TSO Pulls Concerto in Wake of Controversy

By Michael Vincent on April 7, 2015

The Toronto Symphony have announced that they have pulled the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 from the program. Replacement pianist Stewart Goodyear responds...

FEATURE | Remembering Sir John Tavener

By Lawrence Cherney on April 7, 2015

A special guest post by Soundstreams Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney, on his personal memories of composer and friend Sir John Tavener...

BREAKING | TSO Dumps Upcoming Soloist Valentina Lisitsa Over Political Views

By Michael Vincent on April 6, 2015

Toronto Symphony Orchestra cancels concert with guest pianist Valentina Lisitsa and pays her to not to perform.

PROFILE | Serena Malfi: The Voice of Spring

By Joseph So on April 6, 2015

Musical Toronto's Joseph So catches up with Italian mezzo Serena Malfi, who is in Toronto for COC's spring 2015 production of Barber of Seville...

Fits & Bursts | Daniil Trifonov: "If your fingers go directly from your heart"

By Michael Vincent on April 4, 2015

There are few, if any pianists quite like Daniil Trifonov. In this fascinating video, pianist and former classmate Zsolt Bognár interviews Trifonov, who at the age of 24, shows a wisdom well beyond his years...

The SCOOP | TSO Launch New Radio Show & Podcast on the New Classical FM

By Michael Vincent on March 27, 2015

Starting this Sunday, March 29, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will be live-on-air, at The New Classical FM, for a weekly radio show and podcast titled Sunday Night with the TSO...

Q&A | 6 Questions for Alexander Shelley

By Lev Bratishenko on February 23, 2015

Interview with Alexander Shelley, announced as NAC Orchestra Music Designate in October 2013.

FEATURE | David Lang: Whispering Secrets of the Internet Age

By Tyler Versluis on February 18, 2015

From his irreverent early work with Bang on a Can in the late 1980’s, to his more recent appointment as professor of composition at Yale University, David Lang juggles a dual role as an iconoclast and respected new music figure...