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By L.H. Tiffany Hsieh I was one of the few people who didn’t give Louis Lortie a standing ovation at Koerner Hall this afternoon. I have a deep respect for Lortie, who has long been a favourite pianist of mine, and not because he's Canadian. I ...
Jean Sibelius (photo taken around 1889-90) There was a time when the Toronto Symphony Orchestra featured works by Jean Sibelius with regularity, especially during the tenure of the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. I recall hearing ...
by Giuseppe Pennisi Music is the best medicine to cure cancer according to Maestro Claudio Abbado. Doctors removed much of his stomach and he can only eat small amounts at a time.“I found a new life, without a stomach,” he states. ...
By L.H. Tiffany Hsieh If a group of young musicians making their North American debut tour is any indication, classical music is in good hands. On April 6, a near sold-out Roy Thomson Hall erupted for conductor Christoph Eschenbach and the ...
Musique / Music Canadian trumpet virtuoso Guy Few (pictured to the left) joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on April 7 to perform a concerto for trumpet and orchestra by the renowned and recently deceased Jacques Hétu. ...
Image from Giiwedin, a First Nations opera by Spy Denomme-Welch and Catherine Magowan My first choice this week is the premiere of Giiwedin, a First Nations opera by Spy Donomme-Welch and Catherine Magowan. It ...
Photo: Agnes Grossmann, Artistic Director, Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival I just received an exciting press release from Toronto Summer Musical Festival. Now in its Fifth Season, this festival fills a big void in Toronto's music ...
Yefim Bronfman (Photo: Dario Acosta) This being Easter Week, the music scene is heavy on sacred works, in venues large and small. A good choice is Toronto Mendelssohn Choir's Sacred Music for a Sacred Place, on Good Friday, April 2, ...