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Third Mélodînes concert, with Marion Portelance and Émmanuel Laforest

By Newswire on 15 April 2025 Classical, Montreal, Piano, Strings, Violin

Third Mélodînes concert with Marion Portelance (cello) and Émmanuel Laforest (piano) on April 23rd and, in response to the audience’s enthusiasm, an additional concert on April 24th at Salle Claude-Léveillée, Place des Arts Montreal, April 15, 2025 – Pro Musica is proud to announce the third Mélodînes concert of the season, to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd at 12:10 p.m. Following the immediate success of the first announcement of this concert (the s), an additional concert has been added on Thursday, April 24th at 7:30 p.m. in Salle Claude-Léveillée at Place des Arts. The duo of Marion Portelance on…

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2025/26 Season: A Celebration of Canadian Artistry

By Newswire on 10 April 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto, Vocal

Toronto, April 10, 2025 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) proudly announces its 2025/26 season — an ambitious, blockbuster year of iconic masterworks, monumental collaborations, and new partnerships with Canadian artists. With a season that brings together the full force of some of Canada’s top choral and orchestral talent, including a continued partnership with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, TMChoir continues to uphold its reputation as a leader in shaping the future of choral music. From Bach to Beethoven, from Brahms to Whitacre, this year’s programming showcases the kind of grand-scale, emotionally charged repertoire that TMChoir delivers with unmistakable made-in-Canada excellence. This…

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2025 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival Programming Announced!

By Newswire on 4 April 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Film, Newswire, Opera, Piano, Strings, Theatre, Visual Arts, West

Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival launches with over 70 concerts, talks, readings, exhibitions, performances, and screenings—including 50 free events—running from May to September, 2025 Held every summer at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta, the 2025 festival is themed around “gatherings and conversation,” and will feature Jeremy Dutcher, an evening dedicated to Oscar Peterson, an opera adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition, a new venue, and more! BANFF, AB, April 3, 2025 – A tradition since 1950, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is again turning its campus into the grounds of…

Lucas Debargue’s concert at Salle Pierre-Mercure

By Newswire on 3 April 2025 Classical, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Piano

April 13th at 3 p.m. at Salle Pierre-Mercure Second Cartes Blanches concert with Lucas Debargue on piano Montreal, April 2nd, 2025 – Pro Musica is proud to announce the second concert in the Cartes Blanches series, to be held on Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. at Montreal’s Salle Pierre-Mercure with French pianist Lucas Debargue. Program : Maurice Ravel Jeux D’eau, M.30 Sonatine, M.40 Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 32 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle N°9, Op.101 Nocturne No.12, Op.107 Impromptu No.5, Op.102 Valse caprice N°4, Op.62 -Intermission- Lucas Debargue Suite in D minor Alexander Scriabin Sonata N° 3 in F…

The 2025 Juno Awards: Classical and Jazz Categories

By Madeline Boldt on 30 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Jazz, Music Competition, Vancouver, West

The 2025 Juno Awards, hosted on March 29th 2025, featured a number of prestigious awards in both classical music and jazz. Below are the recipients of each category. Classical Awards: Classical Album of the Year (Solo Artist) / Album Classique de l’Année (Solo) Freezing – Emily D’Angelo Deutsche Grammophon*Universal Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble) / Album Classique de l’Année (Petit Ensemble) Rituæls – collectif9 Analekta*Naxos/The Orchard Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble) / Album Classique de l’Année (Grand Ensemble) Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget Harmonia Mundi…

Ana Sokolović & Kris Defoort Compose imposed works of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition

By Newswire on 20 March 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz

Announcement of the composers of the unpublished imposed works for the 2025 Piano Competition Semi-final Ana Sokolović – Two Studies for Piano www.anasokolovic.com A key figure in contemporary music, composer Ana Sokolović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and has been based in Montreal since 1992. With a background in the rhythmic universe of Balkan folklore, her music is coloured with playful images and inspired by diverse artistic disciplines. Her vast repertoire is regularly performed both in Canada and internationally. According to Operabase, Sokolović is the fourth most performed female opera composer in the world in the last decade according to Operabase. Her opera, Svadba, which ‘seems to…

Toronto Symphony Orchestra to Bring Canadian Music to Europe in 2025/26 Season

By Newswire on 20 March 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral, Toronto

Toronto Symphony Orchestra to Bring Canadian Music & Music-Making to Europe in Its 2025/26 Season Gustavo Gimeno’s first overseas tour with the TSO runs from January 27 to February 9, 2026, and marks the orchestra’s début in Spain and Luxembourg, and return to the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. In the midst of an extraordinary 2025/26 season defined by international artistic explorations, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) will proudly bring Canadian music, music-making, and spirit to Western Europe as part of a 14-day tour spanning eight cities in six countries. Running from January 27 to February 9, 2026, and continuing a rich…

Queen, Herbie Hancock, and Barbara Hannigan named Polar Music Prize laureates

By Newswire on 18 March 2025 Arts Industry, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Music Competition, Newswire, Orchestral, Piano

QUEEN, HERBIE HANCOCK AND BARBARA HANNIGAN ANNOUNCED AS 2025 POLAR MUSIC PRIZE LAUREATES Award ceremony will take place on Tuesday 27 May in Stockholm #polarmusicprize Stockholm, Tuesday 18 March: Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan are today announced as recipients of the 2025 Polar Music Prize. The trio will join the roll call of trailblazing artists all bestowed with the prestigious honour, which celebrates excellence in music. The Polar Music Prize ceremony takes place on Tuesday 27 May in Stockholm at the Grand Hôtel and is broadcast live in Sweden on TV4 at 8pm (CET). For three decades, the Polar…

Rameau et la muse oubliée, a musical theatre performance

By Newswire on 17 March 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Contemporary, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Newswire, Theatre, Vocal

Rameau et la muse oubliée, a brilliant new show at the Théâtre Rouge of the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique de Montréal with Luc Beauséjour and Marie-Ève Beaulieu Montreal, March 17th, 2025. Clavecin en concert invites you to a musical theatre on March 29th and 30th. In the afterlife, almost 300 years after his death, composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (Luc Beauséjour) is visited by a young woman (Marie-Ève Beaulieu), who claims to have inspired the character of Zima in his famous opera Les Indes galantes. Suffering from oblivion, she confronts the composer, demanding justice or, at the very least, a little…

Pro Musica announces concert with Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

By Newswire on 15 March 2025 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Piano

March 30th at 3 p.m. first Cartes Blanches concert Salle Pierre-Mercure Jaeden Izik-Dzurko at the piano Montreal, March 14th , 2025. Pro Musica is delighted to announce that the first concert of its Cartes Blanches season will take place on March 30th at 3 p.m. in Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau, with Canadian virtuoso Jaeden Izik-Dzurko at the piano. Program: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 Sergei Rachmaninov: 10 Preludes, Op. 23 Intermission Alexandre Scriabine: Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Frédéric Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Winner of the Leeds International…