Virtuosic Women with violinist Sheila Jaffé

Virtuosic Women with violinist Sheila Jaffé

...Summer Music festival. The members of this quartet are now in leading orchestras around the world. In 2013, at the Rosebud Chamber Music Festival in Alberta, Canada, she co-founded the Rosebud String Quartet (RSQ), with whom she currently performs regularly. Sheila is also the violinist and violist of the Array Ensemble, specializing in new music. In 2015, Sheila joined the Canadian Opera Company as a violist while continuing to nurture her love...
Elisabeth Brauss

Elisabeth Brauss performs Mozart, Ravel and Scarlatti

...C Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony and Ulster Orchestras, in addition to dates with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in her native Germany. During the 2021/22 season Elisabeth’s solo performances will include Cologne, London (Wigmore Hall) and Hamburg, where she will take part in Max Richter’s Reflektor Festival at the Elbphilharmonie. She enjoys playing chamber music and has...
piano to podium - Yannick Nézet-Séguin

From Piano to Podium with Yannick Nézet-Séguin – free rebroadcast

...s with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk and Chamber Orchestra of Europe as well as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2008 to 2014. His opera interpretations have been acclaimed in many of the world’s most famous houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), La Scala (Milan), and the Royal Opera House (London), in the Salzburg Fe...
Thomas Søndergård - Sibelius

Sibelius Hero, Beethoven Resplendent – October 13-14, 2021

...liard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists, in 2010 he was further honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University and in 2015 with an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music. Pro...
Barnabás Kelemen and Nicolas Altstaedt

Barnabás Kelemen and Nicolas Altstaedt perform Kodály, Schulhoff and Veress

...lic of Hungary. Barnabás Kelemen began studying the violin at the age of 6 under Valéria Baranyai; as a student of Eszter Perényi, he graduated from the Liszt Academy of Music in 2001. He was enormously influenced by his later teachers, Isaac Stern, Ferenc Rados, and Zoltán Kocsis. He studied conducting from two giants of the Finnish tradition, Leif Segerstam and Jorma Panula. He is currently a professor at two illustrious institutions: Budapest’s...
Romanticism in the French Style

Romanticism in the French Style – online and in-person

...oloncelle français (2016). Bryan attends the Universität der Künste Berlin under Jens Peter Maintz. He plays the c. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello and c. 1830 Shaw Adam bow, generously loaned by the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank. Works Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 (Suite) Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 119 Georges Bizet Symphony in C major Live at the Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre, July 31, 2021 at 8:...

My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto

...ectrifying live view of the famous Falls? Check out www.visitniagaracanada.com or www.wfol.com. On the way back we spent a few days in Toronto, a city I might add that I always love visiting. We stayed at the Radisson Toronto East (www.radisson.com/torontoca_east). It is directly off the 401 and an exit away from the Don Valley Parkway, making the trip downtown a mere 20 minutes. Great if you want to catch a show or check out the Eaton Centre. So...
Manhattan dining

When in Manhattan dining can be an exceptional experience

...ly opened in 2015 and quickly gained a reputation for excellence. It falls under the 16 restaurant umbrella of renowned restaurateur Cameron Mitchell. Our server was Giscard and he guided us beautifully through the superb menu selections. We each started off with wine and then indulged in a spectacular selection of Dutch Harbor King crab legs and six delicious oysters. In addition, we shared some sushi in the form of a lobster roll – poached lobst...
Fort Lauderdale - B Ocean Resort

Inclusive Fort Lauderdale has sun, fun and great dining

...rdale in South Florida, recently unveiled its new brand campaign “Everyone Under the Sun.” The vibrant campaign reflects Greater Fort Lauderdale’s welcoming and inclusive community. People from more than 170 countries speaking 147 languages call Greater Fort Lauderdale home. The brand campaign features plenty of surprising twists to not only highlight how different Greater Fort Lauderdale is from other destinations, but to also invite “everyone un...
Aruba

Alluring Aruba – weather is ideal for summer and fall vacations

...cene. Complementing its relaxed setting, each of the four contemporary suites come decked out with fully-equipped Euro-kitchens, serene master bedrooms plus sheltered private terraces. Spend your time lounging on the pool deck or relax on a beach lounger with cooler and beach toys (supplied in each apartment) at one of Aruba’s spectacular world-class beaches. For the ultimate in 24-hour all-inclusive convenience (and the tranquility of a Spring Br...