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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

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…

Opéra de Trois-Rivières: Giving Voice To Vocal Talents

By Adrian Rodriguez on 31 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Opera, Quebec Music, Vocal

In 2021, at the height of the COVID pandemic, while many cultural companies faced closing their doors, soprano Valérie Poisson took the bold step to establish the Opéra de Trois-Rivières. Almost five years later, the company is bearing fruit. From the beginning, the Quebec soprano’s vision was clear: offer a space to up-and-coming lyric artists to be able to practise and experiment with their art. “These days, it’s very hard to find opportunities for performing in full operas,” she explained. “For me, nurturing our artistic soul and developing our unique qualities as lyrical artists, comes from being part of a…

Caring For Voices And Singers: Dr. Françoise Chagnon, ENT

By Viktor Lazarov on 31 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Interviews, Montreal, Opera, Popular Music, Vocal

If you are a singer in Quebec, you likely know Dr. Françoise Chagnon. A specialist in otorhinolaryngology (commonly referred to as ear, nose and throat medicine) and cervico-facial surgery for nearly 40 years, Dr. Chagnon takes care of professional voices in both opera and popular music. Some of her patients have sung on the most prestigious stages in the world and, with her guidance, have learned to better understand, master, and maintain their hidden vocal instrument. Her affinity for musicians’ health developed through medicine and, first and foremost, her fascination with the larynx, vocal cords, and the physiology of the…

CVAI: The momentum of youth: A breath of fresh air in opera

By Marc-Antoine d’Aragon on 31 March 2025 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Opera, Quebec Music, Vocal

BY MARC-ANTOINE D’ARAGON AND NADIA MONCZAK The 2025 summer season in Montreal promises vibrance, youth and artistic excellence. Two major institutions, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (CVAI) and the Orchestre de la Francophonie (OF), are joining forces to offer an unprecedented musical experience to young singers from around the world. This collaboration promises to mark a turning point in the training of young talent in opera and classical music. For its 21st edition, the CVAI is reinventing itself. Under the impetus of an artistic committee chaired by baritone Étienne Dupuis, the program now welcomes conductors, stage directors and opera pianists,…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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