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John Gilks
After a career that ranged from manufacturing flavours for potato chips to developing strategies to allow IT to support best practice in cancer care, John Gilks is spending his retirement writing about classical music, opera and theatre. Based in Toronto, he has a taste for the new, the unusual and the obscure whether that means opera drawn from 1950s horror films or mainly forgotten French masterpieces from the long 19th century. Once a rugby player and referee, he now expends his physical energy on playing with a cat appropriately named for Richard Strauss’ Elektra.8 articles
Nuné Melik
A violinist who has proven the theory of self-actualization (The Strings Magazine), Dr. Nuné Melik made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium in 2016. She appeared as an invited artist at Disney Hall and the United Nations Headquarters, as well as Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center, Place des Arts, Bolshoy Hall, the International House of Music (Moscow), the Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen, (Montreal), and Toronto Arts Centre, to name a few. Dr. Melik has been an Artist-in-Residence in the Miami Chamber Orchestra and Orquestra Filarmonía. She was representing Canada at the XVII Sommet de la Francophonie, 2018. Dr. Melik is an invited artist at festivals such as the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, iPalpiti Festival, Festival Classica, Musical Armenia, Strad for Lunch, St.Barth Music Festival, among others. Exploring the unknown repertoire since 2010, she founded the ‘Hidden Treasure International’: a project of research, performance, and lectures of the rarely heard music. As a specialist in music of the Caucasus, Dr. Melik has performed and lectured in venues like Columbia University, Wayne State University, University of Arizona. In October 2017, she has produced the “Hidden Treasure” CD (Yamaha Artist Studio and McGill University) to a great critical acclaim. The musician has also directed a documentary about Armenian composer, Arno Babadjanian which was screened at the POM International Film Festival (Toronto). She now runs the non-for-profit organization named after the composer. Dr. Melik is a laureate of various international compeitions, and a recipient of such grants as the Canada Council for the Arts, the AGBU Arts Fellowship, McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship, and Paul and Marie Gélinas Bursary. She holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Montreal, and a Doctorate Degree from McGill University. Dr. Melik plays on a 1824 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin and Claude Auguste Thomassin bow loaned by the Groupe Canimex.7 articles
Lina Scarpellini
Je suis une traductrice, réviseure et rédactrice trilingue. Les langues, la santé, le mieux-être, les voyages et les arts et l’éducation me passionnent. Ma mission : aider les gens à mieux communiquer entre eux et à utiliser au mieux la langue pour atteindre leurs objectifs.6 articles
