Lang Lang

Kent Nagano Greets Lang Lang – March 11-12, Maison Symphonique

...Varèse, Kent Nagano will also lead the OSM in a performance of the monumental Amériques, a score not unlike Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and requiring an oversize orchestra that is kept busy nearly all the time. To open the concert, we hear another in the continuing series of Haydn symphonies. Presentation of the concert Haydn, Symphony No. 30 in C major (Alleluia) (approx. 30 min.) Varèse, Amériques (approx. 26 min.) Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 in...
Michael Collins and Michael McHale

Michael Collins and Michael McHale – May 17, 2021

...of the clarinet in terms of range, technical prowess, tone colour, and expressiveness. Following its ‘fabulously sleek and stylish performance’ (The Guardian) in the Hall’s June 2020 special lunchtime broadcast series, the duo returns for a program including Horovitz’s Sonatina which premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1981. Widor is better known for his organ symphonies, and his Introduction et rondo was composed in 1898 while he held the position of Di...
From Mozart to Shostakovich: Humanity in Movement

From Mozart to Shostakovich – May 18-19, 2022

...witness to humanity in movement, facing the other, and searching for self-understanding. Closer to home, Quebec composer Simon Bertrand’s Weltengeist conveys the still world of confinement in an expression of strength and resilience. Under the direction of Canadian conductor Jordan de Souza, this inspiring program brilliantly showcases the OSM and Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi. Artists Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) Jordan de Souza,...
Anna Netrebko

Anna Netrebko in Vienna – February 6, 2021

...i Rachmaninoff “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Barcarolle) From Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann “Amidst the day,” Op. 47, No. 6 By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky One of today’s reigning prima donnas, soprano Anna Netrebko routinely headlines major productions at leading opera houses across the globe and was the first classical musician to be included in Time magazine’s Time 100 list. She made her Met debut in 2002 as Natasha in War and Peace and has sin...
Latin Waves

Latin Waves at the Maison Symphonique – November 4, 2022

...Conducting Competition, Lina was named the new Solti Conducting Apprentice under the guidance of Maestro Riccardo Muti, from February 2020 and continuing through June 2023. Last season, she was also appointed Resident Conductor by the LA Opera, a post she will hold thru June 2025, opening this season with a production of Lucia de Lammermoor. She has also held positions as Conducting Fellow of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Seattle Symphony. Lina’s...
Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson performs Ravel – October 12, 2022

...e top concert halls and festivals. He also works with some of today’s greatest composers. A captivating communicator both on and off stage, Ólafsson’s significant talent extends to broadcast, having presented several of his own series for television and radio. He was artist in residence for three months on BBC Radio 4’s flagship arts programme, Front Row. Broadcasting live during lockdown from an empty Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, he reached m...
Nathalie Stutzmann

Nathalie Stutzmann in her OM Debut

...o be taken seriously; he already plays like one of the greats. His tone … resonates with the Romantic warmth of such forebears as Christian Ferras or Jascha Heifetz.” Hamburger Abendblatt, August 2019. Daniel Lozakovich was born in Stockholm in 2001 and began playing the violin when he was almost seven. He made his solo debut two years later with the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and Vladimir Spivakov. Lozakovich studies at the Karlsruhe Unive...
Bruce Liu

Bruce Liu Performs Rachmaninoff at Maison symphonique

...he various languages, music and cultures that have inhabited the vast land known as the Americas for centuries. For this event, the OSM will welcome several high-calibre artists from both American continents: soprano Jeanine De Bique, trumpeter Pacho Flores, violinist James Ehnes, saxophonist Steven Banks and pianists Sergio Tiempo and Bruce Liu, among others. The Festival will celebrate a wide array of musical and literary cultures of the America...
Nicolas Altstaedt

Nicolas Altstaedt – A Cello Beyond Borders

...las Altstaedt was Artist in Residence 19/20 at the SWR Symphonie Orchestra under Teodor Currentzis and Artist in Fokus at Alte Oper Frankfurt. Other recent highlights included a tour with B’Rock and René Jacobs. Season 21/22 includes debuts with the London and Munich Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayrische Rundfunks, RAI Torino, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Spain and tours with l’Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Phili...