By L.H. Tiffany Hsieh The Hugo Wolf Quartett made its Toronto debut with Music Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre on March 11. And this string quartet from Germany can play. Made up of violinists Sebastian Gürtler, Régis Bringolf, violist ...
by Paul E. Robinson Last week, at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Peter Bay and the Austin Symphony presented an all-Russian program: Rachmaninov’s Vocalise, followed by the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, and closing with the ...
Musique, théâtre, arts visuels et danse à Montréal cette semaineMusic, theatre, visual arts and dance in Montreal this week Arts visuels : Le verre selon Tiffany. La ...
By Wah Keung Chan [Pour la version française, cliquez ici] Conducting a great orchestra is like driving a Mercedes,” said the 42-year-old Keri-Lynn Wilson, the most prominent Canadian female conductor today. “When you get behind the ...
Par Wah Keung Chan [For the English version, click here] Diriger un grand orchestre, c’est comme prendre le volant d’une Mercedes : on roule dans le confort le plus absolu », déclare Keri-Lynn Wilson, la plus connue des ...
Baritone Nathan Gunn (Photo: Dario Acosta) The big news for voice fans this week is the first Toronto appearance of American baritone Nathan Gunn, in town on Wednesday, March 10 8 pm at Roy Thomson Hall as part of its Vocal Series. ...
by Giuseppe Pennisi Generally, Strauss-Hofmannsthal’s “tragedy for music” Elektra is normally performed in comparatively small opera houses in Germany and in a few Central European countries. Most ...
Pianist Avan Yu gives a noon hour concert at The New Classical 96.3 FM on March 1, the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birthday.Photo: Soula Zizidis On Monday March 1st, the world celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great ...
by Giuseppe Pennisi In 2009, the death of Giuseppe Martucci was an important centenary that received scant notice, even in Italy. The main event was a series of concerts by Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma (OSR; see La Scena's blog on December ...