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Left: Denise Torre; Right: Dorothéa Ventura & Vincent Lauzer. Photo: Brenden Friesen

Les Idées heureuses: Chaconnes and the Taste of Chocolate

By Benjamin Goron on 3 April 2026 Baroque and Early, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, World Music

With Chaconne et chocolat : délectations espagnoles, Les Idées heureuses continues a musical adventure it began a few years ago. Its theme: the fascinating chaconne. Having explored France, Germany, Italy and England, this new program invites audiences on a trip to Spain with a few detours to South America, cradle of many artistic influences that have nourished this musical form. The heart of the project is the richness and diversity of the chaconne. “The chaconne as a dance and an instrumental form is rather a chameleon: you can enter into all sorts of emotions, choose any genre, discover music that’s very…

Winona Zelenka and Marie Bérard. Photo: Chung Ling Lo

Arkel Chamber Concerts: A Program Engineered Around Enescu

By Adrian Rodriguez on 3 April 2026 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Toronto

“I wore myself out trying to work a piece of music divided into four segments of such length that each of them was likely at any moment to break.” When George Enescu described his Octet in C major, Op. 7 in these terms, he framed it less as a chamber work than as an engineering feat. On May 31, Arkel Chamber Concerts places this challenge at the centre of its program, Grand Romance, at Toronto’s Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, taking on a work that demands both precision and collective imagination. For 13 years, the Toronto-based series has built its identity…

Newswire | The OSM Unveils Its 2026-27 Season

By Newswire on 31 March 2026 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral

Montreal, March 31, 2026 — The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is thrilled to unveil its 2026–2027 season today. As Rafael Payare begins his 5th season as Music Director, this 93rd season of OSM concerts offers breathtaking programming for all tastes and budgets. Through an array of major symphonic concerts, express-format concerts, music and film concerts, festive events that break the mould, POP concerts, and concerts for young spectators, you’ll discover or rediscover works by Mahler, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Cassandra Miller or Mozart, with distinguished guest artists, including Renée Fleming, Lang Lang, Alisa Weilerstein, Leonidas Kavakos, and the grand return of OSM Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta. Collaborations continue for a second season with Dina Gilbert as Associate Conductor and…

Pianist Bruce Liu

Newswire | Club musical de Québec Unveiling the 2026-2027 season

By Newswire on 18 March 2026 Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Quebec City

Québec City, March 17, 2026 – A concert suspends time… just long enough for borders to disappear, for globetrotting performers to make a stop in Québec, for the pace of life to slow, and for audiences and musicians to share a moment together. This is your chance to appreciate the outstanding artistic personalities and the wealth of repertoire that the Club musical de Québec is proud to present for its 135th season. One of the jewels in the city’s crown, the Club offers outstanding musical experiences that bring people together in events that are worthy of the world’s greatest cities…

Left to right: Diana Damrau, Emily D'Angelo, Erin Morley, Peter Rose, Thomas Ebenstein, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photos: Jiyang Chen, Mark Pillai, Jamie Fisher, Paul Cochrane, Julia Wesely, Vladim Vilain

Newswire | Orchestre Métropolitain and Opéra de Montréal Officialize Artistic Partnership

By Newswire on 18 March 2026 Arts Industry, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Opera, Orchestral

Montreal, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 – Orchestre Métropolitain (OM) and Opéra de Montréal (OdM) are proud to announce the official launch of their artistic partnership, sealing a long-standing relationship between two leading institutions in Montreal’s and Canada’s cultural life. Developed over more than twenty years of collaboration, this relationship now enters a new, structuring phase, with a shared commitment to strengthening artistic, human, and institutional ties between the two organizations. “The collaboration between Orchestre Métropolitain and Opéra de Montréal is rooted in shared values: openness, innovation, and respect. We share the conviction that by building on our respective strengths, we can…

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Newswire | Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season

By Newswire on 4 March 2026 Chamber Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Vancouver, West

[Vancouver, B.C.] — The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is thrilled to announce its 2026/27 season of concerts. Audiences can look forward to hearing some of the world’s greatest soloists join Music Director Otto Tausk and Vancouver’s very own Grammy- and Juno Award-winning symphony orchestra. “In spring 2026, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra travels to Europe, proudly representing our city on the international stage while carrying the spirit of our audiences with us,” says VSO Music Director Otto Tausk. “Experiences like this remind me that music connects people across borders just as powerfully as it does within a concert hall. The musicians of…

Newswire | Festival Classica Unveils a Banner 16th Edition

By Newswire on 25 February 2026 Chamber Music, Newswire, Piano, Quebec Music, Strings, Vocal

Montérégie, (February 25, 2026) – Festival Classica invites the public to experience classical music in all its variety during its 16th edition, which will run from May 22 to June 14, 2026. The 2026 program once again showcases exceptional artists and a compelling repertoire, with the majority of events taking place on Montreal’s South Shore. Classical works, operatic performances, symphonic rock productions, and concerts for young audiences form a wide-ranging program designed to open the doors of classical music to seasoned concertgoers and newcomers alike. “Since its inception, Festival Classica has positioned itself as a space for sharing and discovery,…

NACO conductor Alexander Shelley in performance. Photo: Curtis Perry.

Newswire | Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Announces 100th Tour

By Newswire on 24 February 2026 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Ottawa

February 24, 2026 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) is thrilled to announce its 100th tour since its founding in 1969. This spring, the Orchestra, led by Music Director Alexander Shelley, will visit Canada’s East Coast, with performances in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Joining NACO and Shelley as a special guest throughout the tour is acclaimed Wolastoqiyik composer and singer-songwriter Jeremy Dutcher—a two-time Polaris Music Prize winner and the 2025 recipient of the NAC Award at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. NACO’s collaboration with Dutcher, a member of the Tobique First Nation in northern New Brunswick, will feature a…

TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno. Photo: Allan Cabral/Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Newswire | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season

By Newswire on 19 February 2026 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

From Yuja Wang’s season-opening return to Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” and a new piano concerto written and conducted by Joe Hisaishi, the 2026-27 season gathers landmark performances across Classical, Pops, film, and youth programming. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) shares the unparalleled power of live music with the city in its 2026/27 season. Designed by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, the expansive lineup spans classical blockbusters and contemporary creations, hits from the soundtracks of our lives, cinematic rediscoveries, and orchestral adventures for youth and families. Among the highlights are an electric season-opening concert with internationally renowned pianist Yuja Wang; the completion of a two-year…

Newswire | BISQFest Announces 2026 Lineup

By Newswire on 17 February 2026 Arts Industry, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire, Strings, West

BANFF, AB, FEBRUARY 13, 2026 — Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to announce the full lineup for the Banff International String Quartet Festival (BISQFest) 2026, taking place September 3–6, 2026, in Banff, Alberta. Occurring in the years between the triennial Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC), BISQFest has immersed chamber music lovers in a long weekend of intimate performances and picturesque mountain views on Banff Centre campus since 2017. Much like the world-renowned Competition, which named Cincinnati’s Poiesis Quartet as their reigning winners in 2025, the 2026 edition of BISQFest champions the best in chamber music by celebrating cherished contemporary performers,…