Newswire | Six Semi-Finalists Announced for the 2026 Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition
Kingston, ON – The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University is pleased to announce the six semi-finalists selected for the 2026…
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Industry News November/December 2025
Appointments Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec have announced news that Bernard Labadie will assume the music directorship of the orchestra starting…
Review | Honens Finals: The Quintets and the Concerti
Disclosure: this article was published without the author’s knowledge of final results. Finals I: October 23, 2025 The first finals round of the Honens International…
Newswire | Élisabeth Pion Announced as Gold Laureate of 2025 Honens International Piano Competition
Calgary, AB, Oct. 24, 2025— Canadian pianist Élisabeth Pion (age 29) has been named Gold Laureate of the 2025 Honens International Piano Competition, following the Final rounds…
Opinion | Honens Finals: No Gladiators in the Arena
This year’s jury of the Honens International Piano Competition has made an interesting choice of finalists. “Interesting” being an unflattering epithet. Carter Johnson—one of…
Newswire | Honens Announces Finalists of the 2025 Honens International Piano Competition
Calgary, AB, October 20, 2025— Honens announced tonight the three Finalists vying for the top prize at the 2025 Honens International Piano Competition, following two…
Review | Honens Semifinal: The Solo and Chamber Recital Round
– Disclaimer: this review was written without knowledge of the jury’s selection of finalists Chamber recitals shed a completely different light on a pianist’s personality…
Review │ Honens Semifinal: The Solo Recitals
A search for the complete artist starts with a complete program. To demonstrate “completeness,” a 60-minute program should carefully balance the emotional, intellectual, analytical, and…
Honens International Piano Competition: Meet the Semifinalists
As we approach this year’s Honens International Piano Competition, beginning Oct. 16 in Calgary, 10 semifinalists remain. These young pianists boast vibrant lives outside of…
Honens Announces 10 Semifinalists
Calgary, AB, June 16, 2025—Honens announced today the 10 outstanding pianists who have advanced to the Semifinals rounds of the 2025 Honens International Piano Competition.…
