CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: September 2 – Setpember 7

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 2, 2025

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of September t to 7, 2025.

INTERVIEW | Composer Frank Horvat Talks About The Banff Suite

By Anya Wassenberg on August 29, 2025

Composer Frank Horvat’s upcoming release The Banff Suite is a love letter to the Canadian Rockies, celebrating a variety of landscapes from lakes to mountain tops.

PREVIEW | Nightwood Theatre Launches 2025-26 Season With Enormity, Girl, And The Earthquake In Her Lungs

By Anya Wassenberg on August 29, 2025

Toronto’s Nightwood Theatre will launch their 46th season with the world premiere of Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs by Chelsea Woolley.

REPORT | At The Banff International String Quartet Competition Every String Quartet Has A Story

By Ludwig Van on August 29, 2025

Barry Shiffman, who was a BISQC winner with the St. Lawrence Quartet in 1992, has made sure that all of the groups who come to the competition emerge as winners.

INTERVIEW | Canadian Composer Gayle Young & American Synth Specialist Robert Wheeler: From Grimsby To Milan

By Anya Wassenberg on August 28, 2025

Canadian composer, instrument inventor, and performer Gayle Young, and synth wizard Robert Wheeler have teamed up for a new release, From Grimsby To Milan.

PREVIEW | The Elora Singers Announce 2025-2026 Concert Season: Music From The Renaissance To Today

By Anya Wassenberg on August 28, 2025

FEATURE | Orchestral Music For The People: Strings & Spirits Brings A Classical Jam To The Emmet Ray

By Anya Wassenberg on August 28, 2025

Corechestral Music presented the very first Strings & Spirits event, a classical music open mic and jam that brought the art form to the Emmet Ray, a bar better known for jazz and rock bands.

INTERVIEW | Violinist Yolanda Bruno Talks About Dear Jeanne, The Album’s Inspiration, And The Immortal Serafin

By Anya Wassenberg on August 27, 2025

Violinist Yolanda Bruno usually performs on a Venetian instrument made in 1737, but, it’s another Venetian violin, and its former owner, who is the focus of her upcoming release, Dear Jeanne.

THE SCOOP | Canadian Children’s Opera Company Appoints Teri Dunn As Artistic Director

By Anya Wassenberg on August 27, 2025

The Canadian Children’s Opera Company (CCOC) has announced the appointment of Teri Dunn as Artistic Director to lead the organization with Executive Director Katherine Semcesen.

INTERVIEW | Neoclassical Improvisation: Pianist & Composer Huguette Lavigne Talks About Let Go, Fly Far

By Anya Wassenberg on August 26, 2025