Industry News | April/May 2026: All the Winners Announced
Appointments On Feb. 10, Canadian Opera Company (COC) announced Ian Derrer as their next general director beginning July 1, 2026. He currently serves as general…
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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…
2025-26 Orchestra Roundup
Montreal Orchestre symphonique de Montréal kicks off its season on Sept. 17 and 18 with Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust conducted by Music Director Rafael…
Lanaudière Festival 2025, Etched in History
Joliette – August 7, 2025 – With the grandiose Carmina Burana, a powerful and energetic overture delivered by the Montréal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rafael Payare, and Tristan und Isolde as a monumental finale performed…
Tristan und Isolde at Festival de Lanaudière: A Listener’s Guide
On Aug. 3, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will bring Festival de Lanaudière’s 2025 season to a close, conducting one of the most transcendent operas in the repertoire:…
Festival de Lanaudière: Renaud Loranger on Themes of Altérité
Programming Richard Wagner in the 21st century is never going to be simple. But Renaud Loranger, the Joliette-born artistic director of Festival de Lanaudière since…
The 34th Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur program unveiled
Saint-Sauveur, May 6th, 2025. For its 34th season, from July 23rd to August 3rd, FASS, now the largest regional dance presenter in the country, unveils its international-calibre program…
A new assistant conductor at OM: Léa Moisan-Perrier
Montreal, May 5, 2025 – Montreal conductor Léa Moisan-Perrier becomes the Orchestre Métropolitain’s new assistant conductor for the 2025-2026 season. Having completed her training at…
Orchestre Métropolitain Announces 2025–2026 Season
Montreal, April 15, 2025 – For its next season, the Orchestre Métropolitain and its artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin take us into the infinite universe of…
Review | Orchestre Métropolitain Delivers Three Cs of Success with Schubert’s ‘The Great’
In these troubling moments, music brings us what the news doesn’t. There is nothing ‘fake’ here”. Thus, a characteristically engaging Yannick Nézet-Séguin announced what he…
