The whole performance was a marked by the connection between music and dance, musicians and dancers. Maestro David Briskin’s interpretation successfully drew the beauty of melodic motifs out of the score, and onto the stage.
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I Musici de Montréal board chair Guy Chouinard is pleased to announce the appointment of Étienne Lalonde as chief executive officer of the orchestra effective as of this week.
When she heard Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony had canceled their 2023-2024 season just 48 hours before it was set to begin, cellist Kendra Grittani felt a deluge of emotions.
The Orchestre Métropolitain presented a spellbinding performance featuring Shostakovich’s evocative “Leningrad” Symphony No. 7 at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s audience was treated to not one, but two sensational TSO debuts of Ukrainian artists, conductor Oksana Lyniv and pianist Illia Ovcharenko.
We’ve been keeping up with Koerner Hall and TSO performances through a series of concert reviews written by our talented reporters.
NACO is thrilled to unveil a multi-season journey that marries the timeless compositions of Richard Strauss with the creative brilliance of leading Canadian composers.
Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis received a regal welcome befitting his longstanding kinship with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and its audience.
The release of the “final” Beatles song, Now and Then, has been bittersweet for fans of the 1960s boy band.

The Orchestre Métropolitain and María Dueñas In November, the illustrious Yannick Nézet-Séguin will interpret Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 with his Orchestre Métropolitain. Known as the Leningrad symphony, the piece became a symbol of hope during the Second World War. Also on the program is Halvorsen’s Violin Concerto, which will be interpreted by the young Spanish violinist, María Dueñas (Nov. 17 and 18). www.orchestremetropolitain.com Gala des Jeunes Ambassadeurs et Ambassadrices Lyriques The Gala des Jeunes Ambassadeurs et Ambassadrices Lyriques will take place in the Concert Hall at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal (4750 Henri-Julien Ave.). This benefit concert will feature…