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NACO and OSQ join forces at Roy Thomson Hall for a celebration of Canadian musical excellence, highlighting the homegrown talent of performers and composers alike.
Many Canadian ensembles, from Club musical de Québec and Sinfonia Toronto to Vancouver Opera and Ensemble ArtChoral, are announcing their upcoming 2024-2025 seasons.
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is thrilled to announce the appointment of Daniela Nardi as its new Executive Director, effective March 4, 2024.
The Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio offered a program of Schumann, Carter, and Brahms at Koerner Hall, which had its ups and downs.
In November of 2023, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced the beginning of a long-term partnership with Harmonia Mundi. This historic multi-disc agreement – the European label’s first with a North American orchestra – was inaugurated with the recent release of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, recorded last year, and will continue with the recording of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, on February 23rd and 24th. The concerts will open with Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Curiosity, Genius and the Search for Petula Clark, commissioned and premiered by the TSO in 2017, with support from the government of Canada, and the Glenn Gould Foundation. This 10-minute, single-movement work was…
From the announcement of JUNO nominations to GRAMMY winners, it’s been a busy week for awards!
Sinfonia Toronto has just announced their 2024-2025 season.
There was no soloist at Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Respighi concert, but the greatly augmented TSO gave a near-capacity audience a stunning display of orchestral fireworks
Those wondering whether enjoyment of classical music is on the rise or wane might look to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s live and recorded output.
On Jan. 10, 2024, bebop drummer extraordinaire Max Roach would have turned 100.
