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Justin Saulnier and Sabina Sandvoss Awarded 2025 Michael Measures Prizes

By Newswire on 7 May 2025 Classical Music, Music Competition, Ottawa, Strings, Violin

The Canada Council for the Arts has the immense pleasure of recognizing the following promising young classical music performers from Canada, who are enrolled in the summer training program of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, as the winners of the 2025 Michael Measures Prizes. Justin Saulnier First prize Justin Saulnier is a 19-year-old violinist from Ottawa, Ontario. He has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), the Orchestre Métropolitain, the National Arts Center Orchestra (NAC), the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the Pembroke Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Youth Orchestra, having worked with prominent conductors…

Pro Musica Prodigy Concert: Sergey Khachatryan & Lusine Khachatryan

By Newswire on 1 May 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Piano, Strings, Violin

Sergey Khachatryan (violin) and Lusine Khachatryan (piano) Pro Musica Prodigy Season Closing Concert May 18th, 3 p.m. Salle Pierre-Mercure Montreal, May 1st, 2025. Pro Musicia is proud to announce that the Armenian duo of Sergey Khachatryan on violin and Lusine Khachatryan on piano will offer the third concert in this prestigious series on Sunday, May 18th at 3 p.m. at Montreal’s Salle Pierre-Mercure. Program : Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sonata for violin and piano N° 1 in D major, Op.12 Sonata for violin and piano N° 4 in A minor, Op.23 -Intermission- Claude Debussy, Sonata for violin and piano in G minor Arno Babadjanian, Sonata for…

Pierre Bourgie at Salle Bourgie's 2025–2026 season launch event. Photo: Frédéric Faddoul

Salle Bourgie’s 15th Anniversary: Building on Success

By La Scena Musicale Team on 1 May 2025 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Contemporary, Interviews, Jazz, Montreal, Newswire, Piano, Strings, Vocal

By: Madeline Boldt and Adrian Rodriguez Salle Bourgie marked its 15th anniversary on April 29 with a season launch that highlighted its steady growth and continued commitment to musical excellence. The event brought together artists, partners, and the public for an overview of what’s to come in 2025–2026. The launch featured three short performances that reflected the range of programming ahead. Soprano Aline Kutan, with pianist Michael McMahon, performed a lyrical selection that opened the evening with warmth. Historical clarinetist Maryse Legault was joined by Gili Loftus on the pianoforte for a nuanced exploration of early music. Later, Sal Sissokho…

Competitors Announced for Banff International String Quartet Competition

By Newswire on 30 April 2025 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Music Competition, Strings

Ten of the world’s finest quartets from Europe, Asia, and North America will congregate at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta, Canada from August 25-31, 2025, to compete for the grand prize. BANFF, AB, April 30, 2025 – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to announce the ten talented quartets to compete in the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC). Held every three years in the Rocky Mountains of Canada’s Banff National Park, on Banff Centre’s campus in Banff, Alberta, BISQC’s grand prize awards the top quartet with residencies, performance opportunities, and a…

Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Photo: Mahaneela

Lebrecht Weekly | Fresh and Lyrical Accounts of Britten & Shostakovich Cello Works

By Norman Lebrecht on 25 April 2025 CD and Book Reviews, Lebrecht Weekly, Strings

The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has never matched the first in public appeal or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s sixtieth birthday, at a concert where he was proclaimed a Hero of Socialist Labour, the concerto is ambivalent both in meaning and in its balance between soloist and orchestra. There are stretches where the cello is left to find its own way home as a huge orchestra sits idly by. Quite possibly a metaphor for Socialist Labour. Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom the work was written, made a hash of its first recording and the work has, to some…

May 6th: Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Pierre Hantaï at Bourgie Hall

By Newswire on 23 April 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Strings

Montreal, April 23rd, 2025. Clavecin en concert is pleased to announce a concert by French harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï on Tuesday, May 6th in Bourgie Hall at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. In the first half, Pierre Hantaï presents works of his choice. In the second half, the harpsichordist tackles Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations BWV 988, which have played a central role in the harpsichordist’s life from an early age. At 28, he recorded them in a version that is still among the most admired. “After the Goldberg Variations, we close our eyes and surrender to the echo they have created within…

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…

Festival de Lanaudière Unveils Its 2025 Program

By Newswire on 15 April 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral, Violin

Festival de Lanaudière 2025 A magnificent season where music and nature meet Joliette, April 15, 2025 – From July 4 to August 3, experience a wonderful musical adventure in the lush, natural setting of the Festival de Lanaudière. Our impressive 2025 season includes 25 concerts and over 1,000 artists, featuring both local talent and international guests. From long-awaited must-see events to beautiful and creative surprises, your senses will be captivated by this year’s musical program. “In a world undergoing profound change, culture and the performing arts, music in particular, offer a refuge for our humanity. They provide a channel for dialogue with the…

Photo by Arthur Hitchcock

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…

Toronto Summer Music Announces William Fedkenheuer as Next Artistic Director

By Newswire on 28 March 2025 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Newswire, Strings, Toronto, Violin

Violinist William Fedkenheuer to become TSM’s next Artistic Director TORONTO (March 28, 2025) – Toronto Summer Music announces today the appointment of new Artistic Director: Canadian violinist and international chamber music player, William (Will) Fedkenheuer. He will take on this role in September following TSM’s 2025 Festival, which runs July 10 – August 2. Raised in Calgary, Will has built an international career as a violinist, member of the Miró Quartet, and professor at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. He brings a wealth of artistry, experience, and enthusiasm to TSM. Will’s early career was shaped by his…