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14th Glenn Gould Prize Laureate Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, and Glenn Gould Protégé Prize winners Andrés David Ascanio Abreu (R) and Enluis Montes Olivar (L) pose with their awards following the presentation at Carnegie Hall on August 2, 2024. Photo Credit: Fadi Kheir

Glenn Gould Foundation Presents the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel

By Newswire on 6 August 2024 La Scena Online, Newswire, Toronto

The Glenn Gould Foundation proudly presented the 14th Glenn Gould Prize to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel during a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall on August 2, 2024.

SOLT Welcomes Sae Hae Bae as Music Director and Pianist for Xerxes

By Newswire on 16 July 2024 Newswire, Toronto

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre continues its tradition as the only performance haven for Toronto’s opera lovers in late summer.

Photo by Lucky Tang

Review | A breakdancing Fairy Queen opens Toronto Summer Music

By Gianmarco Segato on 15 July 2024 Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Toronto

Toronto Summer Music opened its 2024 festival in the most grand, celebratory manner possible with the local premiere of Les Arts Florissants’ production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.

Kaeja d’Dance Explores the Healing Power of Play in 13th Annual Porch View Dances

By Newswire on 2 July 2024 Toronto

Kaeja d’Dance’s beloved summer community dance project, Porch View Dances (PVD), returns for its 13th year to Toronto’s historic Seaton Village neighbourhood from July 17-21, 2024.

Concert Review | Céleste Music Salon Welcomes Andrea Botticelli and Keiran Campbell

By Andrea Rush on 2 July 2024 Toronto

This most memorable period instrument performance by Toronto performers Andrea Botticelli and Keiran Campbell highlighted the salon venue as an ideal context in which to showcase leading Canadian talent.

SATE (Portia Soul) in Canadian Opera Company’s Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White. Photo: Michael Cooper

Review | COC Presents World Premiere of Aportia Chryptich: A Black Opera for Portia White

By Denise Lai on 17 June 2024 Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Toronto

It is not everyday that Toronto experiences the world premiere of a new opera. What makes Aportia Chryptich even more special is its quintessential Canadian connection.

Dame Sarah Connolly

Toronto Summer Music (TSM) announces programming details TSM Free Concert Series

By Newswire on 15 June 2024 Newswire, Toronto

Toronto Summer Music (TSM) announced programming details for the TSM Free Concert Series, presented by TD Bank Group (TD) at the 2024 Toronto Summer Music Festival, which runs July 11 to August 3.

Perryn Leech

Perryn Leech resigns as General Director of Canadian Opera Company

By Gianmarco Segato on 12 June 2024 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Opera, Toronto

The Canadian Opera Company, Canada’s largest opera company, has announced the resignation of their General Director Perryn Leech. David Ferguson, a past President and Chair of the company’s Board of Directors has been named Interim General Director. Leech joined the COC as its General Director in March 2021. Previously, he was Managing Director of Houston Grand Opera from 2011 having joined that company in 2007. Leech took over from Alexander Neef, who led the COC from 2008-2020 and left to become Director of l’Opéra national de Paris. More news to follow as this story develops.

Dr. Peter Simon Conferred the Title of President Emeritus of The Royal Conservatory

By Newswire on 8 June 2024 Arts Industry, Toronto

The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) has bestowed Dr. Peter Simon with the inaugural title of President Emeritus, which will take effect upon his retirement on September 1, 2024.

Randall Goosby and Gustavo Gimeno. Photo: Allan Cabral/TSO

Concert Review | Invigorating Bartók in a disconnected TSO program

By Gianmarco Segato on 7 June 2024 City, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Orchestral, Toronto

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s (TSO) eclectic June 6 program pulled together a disparate selection of works by Canadian, German, Hungarian and Austrian composers ranging over four centuries. If it was difficult to ascertain a dramaturgical connection between them, individually, they each had something to offer. TSO CAMH Art of Healing To start, TSO CEO Mark Williams took the stage alongside President & CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Sarah Downey to speak about their Art of Healing program, in collaboration with Shkaabe Makwa—the Centre for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Wellness. Art of Healing brings together…

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