Domaine Forget continues its summer concert series through to Labour Day

...ravel throughout the States and Europe will perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons under the direction of harpsichordist and Richard Pare, with soprano Aline Kutan. Jazz guitarist Michel Cusson will be accompanied by the highly accomplished pianist Lorraine Demarais on Saturday, August, 25. The ultra-smooth vocals of Manhattan Transfer will fill the Francoys-Bernier Concert Hall for Labour Day Weekend’s Saturday night concert. The group has been together...
Montreal Chamber Music Festival

Montreal Chamber Music Festival pre-festival Prestige Concerts on May 6 & 10

...ns to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer, under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. One of the world’s most sought-after baritones with a specialty in the music of Wagner and Strauss, Volle’s rise was recently chronicled in a New York Times profile. Matthias Maute is a Juno Award-winning conductor, composer and recorder and flute soloist. The New York Times called his orchestra, Ensemble Caprice, “an ensemble that e...
Montreal Vocal Arts Festival

Young singers out and about in Montreal

...host 45 young singers The 12th edition of Montreal’s Vocal Arts Festival, under co-artistic directors Joan Dornemann and Paul Nadler, will be held this year from July 27 to August 18, 2015. Over 45 young singers from 11 countries will hone their craft with artists and teachers from major opera houses and prestigious training schools. Quebec mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne, a program participant from 2005 to 2007, returns once again as spokesperson...
Hornstein

The Hornsteins created an enduring legacy in arts philanthropy

..., but additional artwork required more space. The Museum set up a virtual design competition for a new building. A little more than two years later, that new building is finished and it’s called the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion of Peace. It opened in November, but unfortunately, the Hornsteins didn’t get to see the beginning of operations in the new space. Renata was 88 years old when she died seven months prior to the opening. Michal died...
Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra – February 16, Maison Symphonique

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal presents The Budapest Festival Orchestra with Marc-André Hamelin Weber, Overture to Der Freischütz Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 Prokofiev, Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 The Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano The Budapest Festival Orchestra and its conductor Iván Fischer enthralled audiences when they performed in Montreal in January 2013....
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The Mythical Don Juan – June 17, Maison Symphonique

...The Mythical Don Juan To close this season with beauty, flair and passion under the theme of the mythical character Don Juan, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is inviting Austrian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer. Artists Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet Clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer has captured audiences and critics alike with the singular beauty of tone that he coaxes from the instrument. At one stage he studied the cello, whi...
Saint-Saëns

Organ Symphony by Saint-Saëns – May 9-10, Maison Symphonique

...chestre symphonique de Montréal presents The Organ Symphony by Saint-Saëns Under the direction of French conductor Jérémie Rhorer, the OSM presents the final symphonic poem composed by the undisputed master of the form: Franz Liszt. Liszt left his mark on an entire generation of composers, and in fact it was to him that the majestic “Organ Symphony,” the last of Saint-Saëns’ symphonies and a masterwork of the repertoire for organ, was dedicated. O...
Bach

Bach Cantatas – March 25, Bourgie Hall

..., baritone Program J.S. BACH Cantata Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107 Cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 Cantata O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210 *This concert is part of both the Complete Cantatas of J.S. Bach series and the Violons du Roy series Sunday, March 25th 2018 at 2:00pm Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000 Subscribe to the series Subscription by phone: 514-2...