Concert Review | Stunning Finale to Staatskapelle Berlin’s Koerner Hall Series
From the beginning of the Allegro in Brahms’ Third Symphony, with its powerful opening chords, I was completely drawn into Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra’s playing.
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Concert Review | Staatskapelle Berlin Makes an Unforgettable Canadian Debut
The hottest ticket in Toronto this weekend was no doubt Staatskapelle Berlin, whose Canadian debut was sold out months before the orchestra took to the stage.
Concert Review | David Robertson Makes Toronto Symphony Debut in Berg and Mahler
Replacing Michael Tilson Thomas this week was American conductor David Robertson, who made his Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut.
Highlights | Oldest Recording Pianist Dies at 109, Klein Competition Applications Open
From Colette Maze, the, oldest pianist in the world to Claude Kahn, the founder of an international music competition that’s over 50 years old, the classical music world has lost many influential performers, composers, and teachers this week.
Highlights | Musicians Respond to Hamas Attack on Israeli Music Festival
Welcome to La Scena Musicale’s weekly Highlights, a roundup of classical music news from Canada and beyond. In light of the recent Hamas attacks in…
Newswire | The Royal Conservatory Announces Its 15th Concert Season
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY’S 2023-24 CONCERT SEASON. OVER 80 CONCERTS IN UNIQUELY CURATED SERIES SPECIAL EVENT Concert to Commemorate the National…
Newswire | Presenting Apple Music Classical – The new app designed specifically for classical music
March 28, 2023 – Apple Music Classical launches their brand-new standalone app designed specifically for classical music today. Besides now being fully dedicated to classical…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Dear Mademoiselle (Alpha)
An unprepossessing Parisian teacher of piano and solfège received an unexpected career boost when the victorious General Pershing opened a French music school for Americans at…
Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (DG)
The first thing you need to know about Daniel Barenboim’s live performance with the Staatskapelle Berlin is that it is the best-sounding Gerontius on record.…
Lebrecht Weekly – Argerich and Barenboim: Live from Buenos Aires (DG)
The question is, what took them so long? Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, born a year apart in Buenos Aires to Jewish mothers of Russian…
