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Friday, January 30, 2009

Soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme to Perform in Dear Mrs. Parks with DSO


Soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme to Perform in Hannibal Lokumbe's Dear Mrs. Parks with DSO in March 2009



American soprano Janice Chandler- Eteme has established an international reputation for her musical sensitivity, astonishing vocal agility and memorable dramatic presence. She has performed with some of the world's leading orchestras and opera companies, and collaborated with renowned conductors worldwide. She continues to make her mark with an ever-growing recital, operatic and Gospel music repertoire to critical acclaim. Ms. Chandler-Eteme will perform in Hannibal Lokumbe's oratorio, 'Dear Mrs. Parks' on March 6th, 7th and 8th, 2009 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Wilkins. The performance will also be recorded for a Naxos release.


Hailed as "one of the loveliest soprano voices on earth" by The Baltimore Sun, Ms. Chandler-Eteme has recently returned from a triumphant performance of Porgy and Bess in Nantes, France. "We will remember for a long time ... this radiant and fragile Bess who reminds us that Gershwin liked heroines created in the style of Puccini..." wrote Diapason.


Ms. Chandler-Eteme professes to be one of composer Hannibal Lokumbe's great admirers and close friends. She premiered his work for soprano and orchestra, 'One Heart Beating' several years ago, and only recently performed the role of the angel in his dramatic work based on the life of Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights leader.


Lokumbe's dramatic and moving tribute to the heroism of the famed civil rights activist, 'the mother of the modern civil rights', and beloved Detroit icon, was originally commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 2005. "Dear Mrs. Parks' is a prayer of music and words in honor of Mrs. Rosa Parks and every soul of her spiritual and social realm. She is the true nature of what is perceived and spoken of as being heaven. Her unselfish love, as unselfish love always does, transforms the entire world," said the composer in a recent interview.


Thomas Wilkins conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Brazeal Dennard Chorale and the Rackham Symphony Choir, with soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme, mezzo-soprano Jevetta Steele and baritone Kevin Deas.


Concert Details:


Performances: March 6th at 8 pm; March 7th at 7:30 pm; March 8th at 3 pm


Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201

Box Office Phone: (313) 576-5111
Box Office Fax: (313) 576-5109


www.detroitsymphony.com

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Clavecin en concert : concert du 6 fvrier 2009


Luc Beausjour, directeur artistique

RCITAL DU CLAVECINISTE ITALIEN

RINALDO ALESSANDRINI

Le vendredi 6 fvrier 2009, 20 h 00

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, 400, rue Saint-Paul Est, Vieux-Montral

Prix des billets : 28 $ (tarif rgulier), 10 $ (tudiants, temps plein, 25 ans et moins)

et gratuit pour les moins de 15 ans

Renseignements et rservations : 514-748-8625 www.clavecinenconcert.org


Montral, 12 janvier 2009 La socit Clavecin en concert est heureuse de prsenter en rcital le claveciniste italien Rinaldo Alessandrini.


Considr comme l'un des acteurs essentiels de la scne internationale de la musique ancienne et comme le plus grand spcialiste de Monteverdi, Rinaldo Alessandrini mne depuis plus de vingt ans une importante carrire de rcitaliste au clavecin, au pianoforte et l'orgue. Fondateur et directeur musical du Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini s'est impos, notamment, par ses interprtations du rpertoire italien des XVIIe et XVIIIe sicles. Ses enregistrements de Monteverdi ou de Vivaldi sont d'incontestables rfrences.


Cet artiste passionnant et passionn jouera Montral un programme vari o la musique italienne du XVIIe tient une place de choix. Lors de son sjour en sol qubcois, Monsieur Alessandrini donnera des cours de matre au Conservatoire de musique de Montral, l'universit de Montral et l'universit McGill.


PROGRAMME


Bernardo Storace: Ciaccona (Selva di varie compositioni, 1664)

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata Prima (Secondo Libro, 1615)

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Cento Partite sopra Passacagli (Primo Libro,1627)

Giovanni Picchi: Ballo alla Polacha, Ballo Ongaro, Ballo ditto il Pichi

(Intavolatura di Balli, 1621)

Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata Settima (Toccate e Corenti, 1657)


Pause


Dietrich Buxtehude: Preaeludium et Fugue en sol mineur BuxWV 163

Louis Couperin: Prlude, Chaconne, Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher

George Friedrich Handel: Suite en mi mineur HWV 438

Allemande Sarabande Gigue

Pancrace Royer: La Marche des Scythes (Pices de Clavecin, 1746)



Clavecin en concert remercie le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec et le Conseil des arts de Montral de leur soutien.

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Giorgia Fumanti en concert au Festival Montral en Lumire


Dans le cadre de la 10e dition du Festival MONTRAL EN LUMIRE

La soprano qubcoise Giorgia Fumanti

fera vibrer l'glise Saint-Jean-Baptiste !

Montral, le lundi 2 fvrier 2009 Le vendredi 27 fvrier, 20 h, l'glise SaintJeanBaptiste (sise au cur du Plateau Mont-Royal) accueillera en ses murs la magnifique soprano qubcoise d'origine italienne Giorgia Fumanti, laquelle s'y produira en compagnie de ses musiciens dans le cadre de la 10e dition du Festival MONTRAL EN LUMIRE. Au fil des ans, le volet culturel du populaire vnement (qui se tiendra cette anne du jeudi 19 fvrier au dimanche 1er mars) s'est bti une solide rputation en offrant au public d'ici et d'ailleurs le summum de la musique. ce titre, nul doute dans l'esprit des programmateurs du Festival : Giorgia Fumanti devait figurer dans la programmation de cette 10e dition.

Fidle ses habitudes, celle que l'on acclame dsormais travers le monde livrera donc un mirifique concert en interprtant, de sa voix d'ange et avec toute la grce qu'on lui connait, les uvres les plus enchanteresses de son rpertoire qu'elle interprtera tant en italien, en anglais qu'en franais. Le public prsent aura ainsi droit un programme on ne peut plus diversifi comprenant, entre autres, certaines pices de l'album succs From My Heart, d'autres extraites de Je Suis (ralis par Guy StOnge et rcemment lanc), quelques chansons de musiques de films populaires ainsi que plusieurs autres grands succs du rpertoire pop et classique. Le public prsent est par ailleurs en droit de s'attendre tre touch, voire mu, puisque Giorgia Fumanti, soir aprs soir, laisse toujours le public pantois d'admiration, batĶ

Les organisateurs du Festival MONTRAL EN LUMIRE sont donc honors d'inscrire leur prestigieuse programmation le spectacle de Giorgia Fumanti, laquelle est de retour au pays aprs avoir t chaudement applaudie aux quatre coins du globe, sur certaines scnes comptant parmi les plus prestigieuses et parfois en compagnie de stars internationales dont Jos Carreras, Lang Lang, Mario Frangoulis, Zucchero et Lucio Dalla, pour ne nommer qu'elles.

vous de saisir la chance de dcouvrir (ou redcouvrir !) l'une de nos plus grandes stars l'glise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montral (309, rue Rachel Est, angle Henri-Julien), le vendredi 27 fvrier, ds 20 h.

Les billets, au)cot de 30 $ (taxes non incluses), sont en vente la billetterie de Ticketpro (514 908-9090 / 1-866-908-9090, ticketpro.ca) sur le rseau Admission.com (514 790-1245 / 1 800 361-4595, admission.com) et la billeterie de la Place des Arts (514 842-2112 / 1 866 842-2112, laplacedesarts.com)

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Honens and CPO present North American premiere of Mendelssohn's Third Piano Concerto


Honens International Piano Competition and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra present North American Premiere of Mendelssohns Third Piano Concerto

CALGARY, AB January 30, 2009 Honens International Piano Competition and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate Mendelssohns 200th birthday with the North American premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor. The concert takes place on Monday, May 11, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at Jack Singer Concert Hall, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts (205 Eighth Avenue SE).

Left unfinished at the prolific composers death in 1847, the score was completed and reconstructed by composer/conductor Marcello Bufalini for exclusive performance by Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda. Prosseda came across the incomplete manuscript at the Bodleian Library in Oxford in 2006 and urged Bufalini, a respected Mendelssohn scholar, to bring his considerable knowledge of the composers style to the task of assembling a reconstruction from the sketches. The process involved deciphering the manuscript which consisted of the solo piano part and the piano sketch of the orchestra score; completing the orchestration, and writing the Finale based upon the autograph melodic sketches.

Julian Kuerti conducts the all-Mendelssohn program, which also includes the Hebrides Overture Op. 26 (Fingals Cave) and Sinfonia for String Orchestra No. 10 in B minor. Roberto Prosseda will be joined by his wife Alessandra Maria Ammara (2000 Honens Laureate) to perform the Concerto for Two Pianos in E major.

Tickets are $28 to $85 and are available by calling (403) 571-0849 or online at cpo-live.com. For more information visit honens.com or cpo-live.com.

Honens Concerts Presenting Sponsor: TD Waterhouse

Calgary Philharmonic Season Sponsors: Calgary Herald and Nexen Inc.

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About Honens

Honens, Canadas leading presenter of music for piano, produces more than 100 concerts and events across Canada and internationally each year. The triennial Honens International Piano Competition, founded in 1992, is ranked among the worlds greatest music competitions. It is unique in its mission to find the complete artist one who possesses technical mastery as well as expressiveness in a wide range of musical forms and style, and whose music-making possesses imagination, innovation and relevance in todays world. The sixth Honens Competition takes place in Calgary from October 22 to November 6, 2009.

About the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) was formed in 1955 through the amalgamation of the Calgary Symphony and the Alberta Philharmonic. Today the CPO is one of North Americas finest and most versatile orchestras presenting world leading artists and a wonderful range of genres. The CPOs innovative style excites, entertains and inspires music lovers of all ages.

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RCM February events



LISTINGS UPDATE

THE ROYAL CONCERT SEASON AT
THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY
February 2009

Come in from the cold to the sparkling new TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning as the Royal Concert Season continues with concerts and lectures in February.

Great Artists Series start with Dublin International Piano Competition prize winner Li Wang playing Schumann's Kinderszenen, Chopin's Mazurkas, Op. 17, and Mussorsky's Pictures at an Exhibition on Sunday, February 1, at 4pm. Andrew McCandless, The Glenn Gould School faculty member and principal trumpet with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will appear onstage with fellow musicians Neil Deland, French horn, Gordon Wolfe, trombone, Vanessa Lee, piano, Julie Spring, harp, and Leonie Wall, flute, on Sunday, February 8, at 2pm, in a program of Bernstein, Ravel, Debussy and others.

World Music Concerts will continue on Thursday, February 19, at 7:30 pm, with Canada's renowned world music fusion group autorickshaw. Their music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz and funk blends with the classical and popular music of India. autorickshaw has swiftly risen to become one of the most intriguing acts on the world music and jazz landscapes, garnering a 2004 JUNO nomination and winning a Canadian Independent Music Award in 2005. Suba Sankaran, autorickshaw's vocalist, was recently appointed as a resident artist at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

The last concert of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra series will present the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Music Director Peter Oundjian leading the RCO in Ravel's quirky and passionate Alborado del Gracioso and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 will round out the programme on Friday, February 20, at 8pm, and feature soloist Alexander Seredenko, the GGS Concerto Competition winner from 2007. This will be the last concert the RCO will be performing at the George Weston Recital Hall before their return home, to the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, next season.

The free Master Class Series is a wonderful way to see famous musicians as they teach the new generation to perfect their craft. Internationally renowned French-Canadian pianist and foremost interpreter of Liszt, Andr Laplante, will lead two master classes on Friday, February 20, at 10am and 2pm.
THE ROYAL CONCERT SEASON AT
THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY
February 2009

Li Wang, piano (Great Artists Series):
Sunday, February 1 at 4pm
Andrew McCandless, trumpet, with the GGS Brass faculty (Great Artists Series):
Sunday, February 8 at 2pm
autorickshaw, world music fusion (World Music Concerts):
Thursday, February 19 at 7:30pm
Peter Oundjian, conductor, Alexander Seredenko, piano (RCM Orchestra):
Friday, February 20 at 8pm +
Andr Laplante, piano (GGS Master Class Series):
Friday, February 20 at 10am and 2pm*


Tickets $20.00 - $30.00, students $10
Tickets available online at www.rcmusic.ca, by calling 416-408-2824 X321,
or at the door at the RCM, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto
* Free event

All events, except for the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, will take place at the Conservatory's new home, the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West.

+ The Royal Conservatory Orchestra performs at the George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. For RCO tickets visit www.ticketmaster.ca or call 416.872.1111.

More information about the 2008-2009 Concert Season is available on The Royal Conservatory website at
www.rcmusic.ca.

The RCM 2008-2009 Concert Season is made possible through the generous support of:
Presentation Sponsors: BMO Financial Group and MasterCard
Performance Supporters: Acuity Funds Ltd.; Mona and Robert Bandeen; D. & T. Davis Charitable Foundation; Margaret and Jim Fleck; Invesco Trimark; Mr. Thomas Logan; Mary Jean and Frank Potter; Meredith and William Saunderson; Janet and Michael Scott; Shiu Pong
The Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Arts Council and RBC Financial Group

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Alexander Brott Tribute concert


MONTRAL January 27, 2009

The McGill Chamber Orchestra

Press Release

All Beethoven Program

ALEXANDER BROTT TRIBUTE CONCERT

The McGill Chamber Orchestra, performing under Artistic Director Boris Brott, presents an ALL BEETHOVEN concert in tribute to its Founder and first Musical Director Alexander Brott, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 7:30 pm, in Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke Street West.

The Alexander Brott Tribute will feature the composer's Paraphrase in Polyphony. The work is based upon Qubec's ONLY DIRECT connection to Beethoven, a manuscript (attached) discovered by Montral antiquarian and music lover Lawrence Lande, which is a Canon in Beethoven's handwriting dedicated to a Qubec music teacher Theodore Molt who visited Beethoven in Vienna. The original document is housed at the National Library of Canada. A copy of this manuscript will be on display at the concert as the original is too fragile to be shipped! Paraphrase in Polyphony was recorded on the Analekta label.

Janina Fialkowska (photo attached) is recognized as one of Montral's greatest musical exports. She graces the world's stages with stirring interpretations of Chopin and Beethoven. She studied with the renowned Yvonne Lefebure in Paris. In New York she completed her studies at the Juilliard School of Music with Sasha Gorodnitzki. Her career was launched by the legendary Arthur Rubinstein after her prize winning performances at the first international piano competition held in his name.

Ms. Fialkowska will perform Beethoven's beloved Piano Concerto No.4

in G Major.

The Orchestra will begin the concert with the Overture, Adagio and Allegro from Beethoven's ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus.

Program for the evening:

Ludwig van Beethoven Die Geschpfe des Prometheus

(The Creatures of Prometheus)

Overture, Adagio and Finale

Alexander Brott Paraphrase in Polyphony

Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, Opus 58

The concert is sponsored by the AZRIELI FOUNDATION.



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Rue Saint-Jean, rue carnavalesque


_____________________RAPPEL

RUE SAINT-JEAN, RUE CARNAVALESQUE

AUX FRONTIRES DES CARNAVALS DE QUBEC ET DE VENISE

Qubec, le 30 janvier 2009 - LAssociation des gens daffaires de la rue Saint-Jean du Vieux-Qubec (AGA), en collaboration avec le Carnaval de Qubec, la Ville de Qubec et le CLD de Qubec, propose des activits gratuites pour toute la famille les dimanches 1er et 8 fvrier 2009, de 11h30 16h, sur la rue Saint-Jean (entre les rues dAuteuil et cte du Palais) qui sera alors ferme la circulation. Deux journes dactivits qui prsentent un mariage entre les carnavals de Qubec et de Venise ; deux journes o la Commedia dellArte ctoie le hockey bottine et o les Dames masques de Venise sacoquinent avec des conteurs qubcois !

ĶSUITE EN PICE JOINTE

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BUZZ les Planetes de Holst - 15 FEVRIER 09

Buzz [cuivres] & Mlanie Barney [orgue]

Les Plantes de Holst

Dimanche 15 fvrier 2009 - 15h00

Sunday February 15th, - 3h00

glise Saint-Viateur - 1175, avenue Laurier Ouest (angle Chemin Cte-Ste-Catherine)

Outremont - Montral / 20 $ - 15 $ (ans et tudiants/seniors and students)

Montral, vendredi 30 janvier 2009 : - Buzz et lorganiste Mlanie Barney sunissent pour vous offrir un concert rempli dclats et de splendeur. Au programme, une version personnalise de la clbre suite symphonique compose par Gustav Holst intitule Les Plantes . Source dinspiration monumentale pour le Septime Art, cette uvre dpeint le temprament astrologique de chaque plante du systme solaire, lexception de la Terre :

Mars, celui qui apporte la guerre

Vnus, celle qui apporte la paix

Mercure, le messager ail

Jupiter, celui qui apporte la joie

Saturne, celui qui apporte la vieillesse

Uranus, le magicien

Neptune, le mystique

Le concert sera dune dure dune heure, sans pause. Laissez-vous transporter au son de lorgue et des cuivres dans un majestueux voyage interplantaire!

One hour concert! let yourself dreaming to this incredible voyage!

BILLETTERIE - TICKETS

la porte, une heure avant le concert - At the door only, one hour before the concert.

Argent comptant seulement - cash only.

Buzz cuivres farfelus c'est: promouvoir la musique de chambre pour ensemble de cuivres travers le monde, auprs de tous les auditoires, en offrant notamment des concerts et des enregistrements sonores qui respectent un haut niveau dinterprtation musicale.

Buzz cest deux trompettes, un cor, un trombone et un trombone basse. En plus duvres musicales choisies parmi les classiques du rpertoire pour quintette de cuivres, les musiciens interprtent des compositions et des arrangements exclusifs.

Buzz cest aussi un farfelu Ï un comdien Ï qui intervient lors de prsentations musithtrales . Il sagit ici de spectacles musicaux accessibles et divertissants qui allient musique et thtre en parfait quilibre. Pour plus dinformation, visitez notre site Internet au www.buzzcf.com

Buzz tient remercier ses partenaires gouvernementaux : Les Conseils des arts du Qubec, du Canada et de Montral ainsi que Musicaction et la SODEC


Buzz cuivres farfelus' (Buzz Oddball Brass)

By offering accessible and entertaining musical shows in which music and theatre are combined in perfect harmony.

Also, by proposing concerts and sound recordings featuring a high level of musical interpretation.

Buzz consists of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone, and a bass trombone. As well as playing musical selections from the classics of the repertoire for brass quintet, the musicians play original compositions and exclusive arrangements.

Buzz also consists of one oddball an actor who intervenes during our musitheatrical presentations. Under the actor's direction, a theme is carefully chosen and dramatized in order to assure interaction between music and audience. The actor plays the main characters. The musicians play supporting characters as well as performing music from memory, thus assuring efficient staging and keeping the music in forefront.

With the use of diverse musical influences, high quality performance, and fresh theatrical settings, Buzz invites its audience to rediscover music as they have never experienced or even imagined it before!

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Giogia Fumanti in concert


La star internationale Giorgia Fumanti

en concert la salle Andr-Mathieu

le dimanche 1er fvrier


Laval, le jeudi 29 janvier 2009 La chanteuse qubcoise d'origine italienne Giorgia Fumanti se produira pour la toute premire fois Laval le dimanche 1er fvrier, 20 h, la salle Andr-Mathieu.

Pour cette occasion toute spciale, la ravissante soprano sera accompagne de ses cinq musiciens en compagnie desquels elle livrera les plus belles chansons de son rpertoire, qu'elle interprtera tant en italien, en anglais qu'en franais. Le public prsent aura ainsi droit un programme on ne peut plus diversifi comprenant, entre autres, certaines pices de Je Suis (son plus rcent album lanc peu avant le temps des Ftes) et de l'album From My Heart, quelques chansons extraites de musiques de films succs ainsi que les plus beaux airs de grands classiques populaires.

Mentionnons qu'au cours de la dernire anne Giorgia Fumanti a brill sur certaines scnes comptant parmi les plus prestigieuses du monde. Elle a galement joint sa voix celles de stars internationales dont Jos Carreras, Lang Lang, Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward Moody Blues, John McDermott, Zucchero, Lucio Dalla et Patrizio Buanne. l'occasion des Jeux Olympiques de Beijing, en aot dernier, elle a en outre livr une inoubliable prestation devant plusieurs millions de tlspectateurs !

Aprs avoir t chaudement applaudie aux quatre coins du monde, voil donc que la belle Italienne, rsidente des Laurentides depuis quelques annes, est enfin de retour la maison. vous de saisir la chance de dcouvrir (ou redcouvrir !) l'une de nos plus grandes stars qubcoises la salle Andr-Mathieu, le dimanche 1er fvrier, ds 20 h.

Les billets, au)cot de 38 $ (taxes incluses), sont en vente la billetterie de la salle AndrMathieu (475, boul. de l'Avenir, Laval 450.667.2040) ou au Groupe de loisirs La Relance (450.661.4276).



International star Giorgia Fumanti

In concert at Salle Andr-Mathieu

on Sunday February 1st

Laval, Thursday January 29th 2009 Giorgia Fumanti, Canada's own Italian diva, will be performing for the first time in Laval on Sunday February 1st, at 8 pm, at the beautiful Salle Andr-Mathieu.

On this special occasion, accompanied by her great musicians, our stellar soprano will perform her favourite songs in Italian, French, and English. All present will be treated to an eclectic program that includes tracks from her recently released album 'Je Suis' and "From My Heart", along with choice songs from great movie soundtracks, as well as selected gems from popular classics.

Giorgia Fumanti, over the past year, has appeared on many of the world's most prestigious venues, joining her melodious voice with that of international greats such as Jos Carreras, Lang Lang, Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward Moody Blues, John McDermott, Zucchero, Lucio Dalla and Patrizio Buanne. Last August, Giorgia joined in the Beijing Olympic celebrations, delivering a sensational performance broadcast to an audience of millions of viewers!

Having received the glowing praise of audiences from the four corners of the world, our Italian beauty, who calls the Laurentieans home, has finally returned. Discover, or rediscover, one of our own stars, to shine at Salle Andr-Mathieu, Sunday, February 1st, at 8 pm.

Ticket prices are $38 (tax included), and are available at the Salle AndrMathieu ticket booth (475, De l'Avenir blvd, Laval 450.667.2040) and Groupe La Relance (450 661-4276). The evening will begin with a VIP reception at 6:30 pm.


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Pan-Macedonian Association presents the Toronto Debut of Alexander The Great


"ALEXANDER THE GREAT" TO HELP STS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS

PAN-MACEDONIAN ASSOCIATION TO PREMIERE OPERA IN AID OF HELLENIC HOME


The Pan-Macedonian Association of Ontario will produce the Toronto premiere of "Alexander the Great", an epic opera by Panayiotis Karousos on February 15, 2009 at the P.C. Ho Theatre in Toronto.


A concert version of the opera will be performed in order to raise funds for the Hellenic Home for the Aged and the St. Cyril and Methodius Chapel that the Home is building.


"Alexander the Great" premiered in Montreal in 2007 and has been performed in Chicago and Washington D.C. Karousos is a prolific composer residing in Montreal and he is donating his royalties to the Hellenic Home.


"We are very pleased to be able to produce a work by a young Greek composer and to help the Hellenic Home" said James Karas, the president of the Pan-Macedonian Association. "It will be a new experience of many people. Opera is no a common pastime for Greeks."


The opera follows the life of Alexander from a meeting at the Acropolis following the Macedonian victory at Chaeronea in 339 B.C. to the death of the great general in Babylon in 323 B.C. There are scenes for Alexander's Farewell to Greece as he crosses the Hellespont into Asia, and set pieces after the battles of Granicus, Issua and a scene at the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.


"The Hellenic Home is thrilled with the offer of the Pan-Macedonian Association" said Irene Keroglidis, the Vice President of the Hellenic Home. "The board of directors has embraced the idea and we will all work very hard to make sure it is a success."


"Alexander the Great" will be performed at the P.C. Ho Theatre in the Chinese Cultural Centre, 5183 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto Ontario on February 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.


Alexander the Great

P.C. Ho Theatre in the Chinese Cultural Centre

5183 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto

February 15, 2009 at 3pm

Tickets: $50

For more information, visit www.panmacedonian.ca





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Kansas City and Phoenix Chorales, Nominated for Four 2009 Grammy Awards, at Alice Tully Hall, 3/16/09


Kansas City and Phoenix Chorales, Nominated for Four 2009 Grammy Awards, to Appear at New York Citys Alice Tully Hall, March 16, 2009

First A Cappella Choir to Perform at Newly Renovated Landmark Cultural Institution

Selections from Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning albums

The Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Chorale (formerly known as the Phoenix Bach Choir) will be appearing at Lincoln Centers Alice Tully Hall, March 16, at 8:00 PM. Conducting will be Director Charles Bruffy, in a program of music by Josef Rheinberger, from the 2009 Grammy Award-nominated album Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works, and Alexander Grechaninov, from the 2008 Grammy Award-winning album Passion Week (both on Chandos Records). Also on the program will be works by Jaakko Mntyjrvi and Frank Martin.

Glowing reviews, fiftieth anniversary

BBC Music Magazine has said of Artistic Director Charles Bruffy, The superlatives have already piled up against Charles Bruffys name, and deservedly so. Recordings by the Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Chorale have been called simply gorgeous (International Record Review), superb (All Music Guide), and remarkable (Gramophone).

The Phoenix Chorale, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary this past season, has been nominated for a total of four 2009 Grammy awards; two for its recently released solo recording Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary, and two for its joint recording with sister organization the Kansas City Chorale, Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works.

Both groups cover a challenging and diverse repertoire spanning many centuries, from music of Shakespeares time to the present day. A list of Bruffys recent commissions and premieres include works by Stephen Paulus, Eric Whitacre, and Chen Yi.

Tickets

To obtain tickets or further information regarding this event, please visit the Distinguished Concerts web site, www.DCINY.org. Tickets can also be purchased by calling the DCINY box office, 212.707.8566, x 307 or directly from the concert venue.

Premiere works

In just two short years, DCINY has joined the ranks of major classical music production companies in America, nearly doubling its roster of participating ensembles and attracting talent from all over the globe. Among the events DCINY is honored to present this season are: one world and two US premiere performances of major new works by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, which took place this past January 19, and the world premiere of a new choral piece by American composer Eric Whitacre, this upcoming June 28. Please visit www.DCINY.org for details regarding other highlights of DCINYs 2009/2010 Season.


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Pacfiic Opera Victoria presents Handel's SEMELE


IN BRIEF
Pacific Opera Victoria presents Handel's SEMELE February 12, 14, 17, 19
and 21, 2009 at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street in Victoria.
Performed in English with English surtitles. Running time is
approximately two hours and forty five minutes with one intermission.
All performances begin at 8pm. Pre-performance lectures begin at 6:45pm.
Priced between $25 and $110, tickets are available from the Royal and
McPherson Box Office at (250) 386-6121, or on-line at www.rmts.bc.ca.

Student RUSH tickets for those presenting valid student identification
are available at the door of the theatre, 45 minutes prior to each
performance, subject to availability. RUSH tickets are $15, inclusive
of all box office charges.


IN FULL
Pacific Opera Victoria presents the company premiere of Handel's SEMELE,
at The Royal Theatre in Victoria, February 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21, 2009.


Based on a Greek myth and a libretto by William Congreve, SEMELE
(pronounced SEH-meh-lee), is the story of the delectable Semele and the
god Jupiter, who tempt fate with a dangerously imprudent love affair.
Semele, a girl with ambitions, craves immortality. She also has a
terrifying secret: she is pregnant with Jupiter's child. After Jupiter
carries Semele off to enjoy "endless pleasure, endless love," his wife,
Juno, plots a fiery finish to the affair.

George Frideric Handel was one of the finest Baroque composers; in fact
Beethoven called him the greatest composer that ever lived. He made his
name writing Italian operas before turning his attention to English
oratorios - unstaged dramatic works, often on biblical themes. When
SEMELE premiered as an oratorio in 1744, it offended nearly everyone.
The story was far too profane to be a "proper" oratorio; in fact Charles
Jennings, the librettist of Handel's Messiah, called SEMELE "a baudy
opera." However, as it was neither staged nor in Italian, purists at
the time could not consider it an opera.

Handel's luscious music, dead-on characterizations, and sense of
dramatic momentum make SEMELE an irresistible operatic treat for modern
audiences. As part of a resurgence in the popularity of Baroque music,
SEMELE is now performed in fully staged productions around the world.

Award-winning Maestro Timothy Vernon conducts this production, which
Director Wim Trompert has set in the 19th century - a time when an
unmarried girl's pregnancy would be particularly scandalous. Brian
Perchaluk makes his company debut with a stunning set and costumes that
evoke the neo-classical design of the Victorian age.

Nathalie Paulin, (POV's The Tempest) is recognized worldwide for her
mastery of the baroque repertoire. She returns to POV to portray Semele,
a role she created recently for Chicago Opera Theater. Acclaimed
Canadian tenor and Victoria native Benjamin Butterfield (POV'S Don
Giovanni)), sings the role of Jupiter, and Anita Krause (POV's Norma)
sings the roles of Juno and Ino. They are joined by Scott Belluz,
Nathaniel Watson and Anne Grimm, who make their company debuts as
Athamas, Somnus/Cadmus and Iris.

CBC Radio will record Pacific Opera Victoria's production of SEMELE for
national broadcast on Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.

Performed in English with English surtitles, Pacific Opera Victoria's
production of SEMELE runs February 12, 14, 17, 19, and 21, 2009 at the
Royal Theatre in Victoria. All performances begin at 8pm. Priced
between $25 and $110, tickets are available from the Royal and McPherson
Box Office at (250) 386-6121 or www.rmts.bc.ca.

Student RUSH tickets for those presenting valid student identification
are available at the door of the theatre, 45 minutes prior to each
performance, subject to availability. RUSH tickets are $15, inclusive
of all box office charges.

For more information, please contact Pacific Opera Victoria at (250)
385-0222 or visit www.pov.bc.ca.

To celebrate Handel's legacy, four Victoria arts organizations - Pacific
Baroque Festival, Pacific Opera Victoria, the Early Music Society of the
Islands, and the Victoria Symphony - are collaborating to present a
festival of music by Handel and his contemporaries, February 3 through
22, 2009. A full schedule of events for Handel Celebration 2009 can be
found at www.pov.bc.ca/handel.html

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Evenement theatrale


THE DAILY MIRACLE

crit par David Sherman

Le 4 fvrier 19 h 30

(en anglais)

Marty est de retour au boulot aprs une dpression nerveuse, la fille d'Elizabeth est reste la maison avec la gardienne car elle est malade, Carrie rve d'un emploi en tlvision alors que Benjamin tente simplement de finaliser le journal. Accompagns des fantmes d'une industrie qui n'est plus ce qu'elle tait, c'est une autre nuit aux bureaux du journal o un petit nombre de rdacteurs puiss se dbattent sur des syntaxes fractures et des idaux dtruits. Tout cela affin de terminer la prochaine dition. Avec les mauvaises humeurs causes par les congdiements, les coupures et les ambitions corrosives, c'est un miracle que le journal soit publi ! Un miracle qui se produit tout les jours.

Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grace

3755, rue Botrel

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(514) 872 - 2157

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March at the Royal Conservatory

For Immediate Release: January 29, 2009 o Please include in your listings/announcements

Exciting March Events
at The Royal Conservatory

March at The Royal Conservatory starts on a truly high note, with an already sold-out Great Artists Series concert of Canada's premier piano duo of Anagnoson & Kinton. Entering a remarkable third decade of performances, the legacy grows richer each year for this legendary duo.

James Anagnoson & Leslie Kinton have enchanted audiences throughout Canada, United States, Europe, Asia and most recently Russia. Performers and scholars, they both hold distinguished places in academic circles: James Anagnoson is the Dean of The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory, and Dr. Leslie Kinton is on the faculties of both The Glenn Gould School and the University of Western Ontario. For their concert on Sunday, March 1, at 2pm, they will play Arenski's Suite No. 1, Brahms's Variation on a Theme by Haydn, selected works by Dvork, and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

The second Great Artists Series concert of the month will take place the following Sunday, March 8, at 2pm, and will feature Nadina Mackie Jackson on bassoon, Guy Few on trumpet, with members of The GGS String faculty - violinists Marie Brard and Aisslin Nosky, and other musicians - David Rose, violist, and Denise Djokic, cellist. The varied programme will include Baldassare's Sonata No. 1, Vivaldi's Concerto No. 26, Lachner's Concertino Op 43, Lussier's Bacchanale, and other works.

A leading bassoon soloist, Nadina Mackie Jackson is a passionate performer and teacher, whose seven solo recordings range widely from the Baroque period to contemporary pieces. Currently, she is involved in a five-year project concentrating on commissioning and recording solo and double concerti with trumpeter Guy Few. Heralded as "outrageously gifted" and "quite simply phenomenal" by Montreal's Le Devoir, Guy Few is a virtuoso, in demand as a trumpeter, cornist, pianist, and singer.

Much of March is dedicated to enlightening lectures and master classes, given by prominent musicians and teachers, all of which are free and open to the public! Monday, March 2, will belong to the critically acclaimed Irish pianist John O'Conor. This masterful interpreter of the Classic and Early Romantic piano repertoires has been praised for his formidable technique and, through his eloquent phrasing, mastery of keyboard colour. His unique sound has led him to be called a true Poet of the Piano.

Another master pianist, Canadian Anton Kuerti, will give three master classes: the first two will be on Friday, March 13, at 10am and 2pm, and the last - the penultimate offering in his 5-part lecture series on Beethoven's Piano Concertos - will take place on Friday, March 20, at 2pm. Kuerti is an Officer of the Order of Canada and was awarded the Canadian Governor General's lifetime artistic achievement award in 2008. Most recently, he was made an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory, and he treated graduating students to an inspiring address at the Conservatory's 2008 Convocation.

March 20th is a big day, for two more master classes will also be taking place: the first will be given by Constanza Cuccaro, who was one of the leading lyric coloratura sopranos of her time, and the second will be conducted by pianist Kolja Lessing. Lessing, one of the most versatile musicians of our time, is both a prominent violinist and pianist, who was awarded the German Critics' Prize for Music in 2008.

The last master class of the month on Friday, March 27, at 2 pm, will be given by the illustrious French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie, who is best known for his interpretations of Ravel, Chopin, and Beethoven. An international soloist, he has made over 30 recordings on the Chandos label.

March is blooming, and so is the next generation of future stars at The Royal Conservatory.


THE ROYAL CONCERT SEASON - March 2009
Anagnoson & Kinton, piano duo (Great Artists Series): Sunday, March 1 at 2pm SOLD OUT
John O'Conor, piano (GGS Master Class Series): Monday, March 2 at 10am and 2pm*
Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon & Guy Few, trumpet, (Great Artists Series): Sund, March 8 at 2pm
Anton Kuerti, piano (Master Class): Friday, March 13 at 10am and 2pm*
Anton Kuerti, piano (GGS Lecture Series): Friday, March 20 at 2pm*
Constanza Cuccaro, voice (GGS Master Class Series): Friday, March 20 time TBD*
Kolja Lessing, piano (GGS Master Class Series): Friday, March 20 at 10am*
Louis Lortie, piano (GGS Master Class Series): Friday, March 27 at 2pm*

Tickets $20.00 - $30.00, students $10
Tickets available online at www.rcmusic.ca, by calling 416-408-2824 X321,
or at the door at the RCM, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto
* FREE EVENT

All events take place at the Conservatory's new home, the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West.

More information about the 2008-2009 Concert Season is available on The Royal Conservatory website at
www.rcmusic.ca.

The RCM 2008-2009 Concert Season is made possible through the generous support of:
Presentation Sponsors: BMO Financial Group and MasterCard
Performance Supporters: Acuity Funds Ltd.; Mona and Robert Bandeen; D. & T. Davis Charitable Foundation; Margaret and Jim Fleck; Invesco Trimark; Mr. Thomas Logan; Mary Jean and Frank Potter; Meredith and William Saunderson; Janet and Michael Scott; Shiu Pong
The Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Arts Council and RBC Financial Group


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Appassionante - 17 FV 09 - 16H00


Mdiation Appassionante 2009

En collaboration avec le Ministre de l'immigration et des communauts culturelles et en adquation avec le mandat d'Appassionata, le conseil d'administration et la direction ont le plaisir de vous invite clbrer le Mois de noirs 2009. Une aventure interculturelle et pluridisciplinaire, un priple intercontinental, prtexte une originale Promenade Dakar.


Cocktail: Projet Mdiation Appassionante 2009



Date et heure - date and time : Mardi 17 fvrier 16h00

Lieu - where : Auditorium Le Prvost/ Salle L'Ange-Aim - 7355, Christophe-Colomb, Montral


Bien ancr au cur du quartier Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension et dans le souci de poursuivre son rapprochement avec les communauts immigrantes, Appassionata dvoile son concept Mdiation Appassionante 2009. L'Ensemble dsire intresser un groupe de citoyens issus entre autre des communauts africaines et hatiennes prendre part au printemps prochain une srie de 5 rencontres, dont des ateliers-confrences et 1 concert intitul Promenade Dakar. L'objectif est que chacun de ces aprs-midi d'apprentissage et d'changes rythms par la musique et la danse, deviennent de petites ftes collectives pour favoriser des liens interculturels.


Tout au long du mois de mai 2009, les participants se familiariseront avec le Qubec, ses institutions et sa culture, grce la cration musicale et l'improvisation corporelle. Car c'est partir du thme central du concert final Promenade Dakar, prsent l'Auditorium Le Prvost le 29 mai prochain 20h et impliquant 27 musiciens, chef, solistes et compositeur, que l'Ensemble offrira des rencontres aux contenus varis et anims, comptant sur la prsence d'artistes et confrenciers issus d'horizons diversifis.



C'est aux cts de multiples intervenants agissant titre de confrenciers et animateurs que se drouleront les activits. Alternant moments d'information et d'interaction, le groupe exprimentera des rythmiques gestuelles guides par les artistes. Prsents au concert de clture, ceux-ci solliciteront la participation du public lors d'une uvre d'improvisation collective alors que, regroups dans l'assistance, les participants au projet vibreront au cur mme de la raction de la foule.


Veuillez s'il vous plait confirmer votre prsence auprs de

Please confirm to:

Marie-Stphane Brub

Tl. : 514 388-5876 / ms.berube@videotron.ca

Visiter notre site : www.appassionata.ca


CONCERTS VENIR


Promenade Dakar

Vendredi 29 mai 2009, 20h - 30$, 25$, 10$ - Auditorium Patro Le Prvost, 7355, avenue Christophe-Colomb

Cinq ateliers confrences autour de ce concert seront offerts 30 nouveaux immigrants.

Polyrythmie et sonorits exotiques, avec la cration de Koralio , une uvre pour kora et orchestre de chambre de Ren Ora-Sanchez et La cration du monde de Darius Milhaud . Soliste invit : Zal Idrissa Sissokho, kora.



Promenade en Russie

L'histoire du soldat de Igor Stravinski - Guy Beausoleil, adaptation, narration et mise en scne

6-7-8 mars 2009, heures varies, pour un jeune auditoire - Maisons de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Frontenac, Chapelle historique du bon-Pasteur et Notre-Dame de Grce, dans le cadre de la semaine de la musique des Jeunesses musicales du Canada.


L'Ensemble instrumental Appassionata


Appassionata a lanc en novembre 2008, sous tiquette FIDELIO, son premier disque, Idyla, quatre uvres importantes du rpertoire classique et romantique pour orchestre cordes, autour de la passion amoureuse : Idyla du Tchque Leo Janek, l'Adagio pour orchestre cordes, Op. 3 du Belge Guillaume Lekeu, Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 du Norvgien Edvard Grieg et Serenata Notturna K.239 de Mozart.

Fond en 2000 Montral par Daniel Myssyk et Franoise Henri, cet orchestre de chambre ancr dans l'arrondissement Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension, est compos de 15 instruments cordes auxquels se greffent l'occasion d'autres vents. Dsirant rendre la musique classique accessible au plus grand nombre, et contribuer au mieux-tre de la socit, l'Ensemble prsente annuellement une srie de concerts autour d'une programmation trs diversifie.



Diffus rgulirement sur les ondes de Espace musique la radio de Radio-Canada, l'orchestre a accompagn des solistes de rputation internationale, notamment les guitaristes Bill Kanengiser (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet) et Dimitri llarionov, le corniste John Zirbel et les violonistes Yehonatan Berick et Darren Lowe. D'une grande polyvalence, Appassionata participe plusieurs festivals internationaux et participe la cration d'uvres contemporaines canadiennes.


Son directeur artistique, Daniel Myssyk, est invit rgulirement diriger divers orchestres en Amrique du Nord. Au cours de la dernire saison, il a fait ses dbuts avec les Thirteen Strings d'Ottawa, l'Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivires ainsi qu'au Festival international de Lanaudire. Il a rcemment t nomm directeur des activits orchestrales la Virginia Commonwealth University de Richmond en Virginie.


Photos haute rsolution tlchargeables partir du site : http://www.appassionata.ca

Appassionata reoit l'appui du Conseil des Arts du Canada, du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec, du Conseil des arts de Montral, du Conseil qubcois de la musique et de la Corporation de Dveloppement conomique Communautaire (CDEC) de Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension,. Appui de Musicaction pour la production du disque Idyla.


Joignez-vous la Promenade et partons pour Dakar !



FUTURE CONCERTS


A Stroll Through Dakar

Friday, May 29, 2009, 8 p.m. $30, $25, $10 Patro Le Prvost Auditorium, 7355 Christophe-Colomb Avenue


Five workshop-lectures around this concert will be offered to 30 new immigrants.

Polyrhythms and exotic sounds with the premiere of Koralio, a work for kora and chamber orchestra by Ren Ora-Sanchez, plus Darius Milhaud's La cration du monde. Guest soloist: Zal Idrissa Sissokho, kora.


A Stroll Through Russia

L'histoire du soldat by Igor Stravinsky Guy Beausoleil, adaptation, narration and stage direction


March 6, 7 and 8, 2009, at various times, for young audiences Plateau Mont-Royal, Frontenac and Notre-Dame de Grce maisons de la culture and the Chapelle historique du bon-Pasteur, as part of Jeunesses musicales of Canada's Music Week.


Ensemble instrumental Appassionata


In November 2008, Appassionata released its first disc, Idyla. Appearing on the FIDELIO label, the disc features four major works of the classical and romantic repertoire for string orchestra that were composed around the theme of love: Idyla by the Czech Leo Janek; Adagio pour orchestre cordes, Op. 3 by Belgian Guillaume Lekeu; Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 by Norwegian Edvard Grieg; and Serenata Notturna K.239 by Mozart.


Founded in 2000 in Montreal by Daniel Myssyk and Franoise Henri, this string orchestra based in VilleraySaint-MichelParc-Extension Borough consists of a core of 15 strings occasionally augmented by winds. Dedicated to bringing classical music to new audiences and building social harmony, Appassionata presents each year a series of concerts notable for their wide-ranging programs.


Broadcast regularly on Radio-Canada's Espace Musique radio network, the orchestra has accompanied internationally renowned soloists including Bill Kanengiser (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet) and Dimitri llarionov, horn player John Zirbel and violinists Yehonatan Berick and Darren Lowe. Extremely versatile, Appassionata has performed at international festivals and premiered several contemporary Canadian works.


Appassionata's artistic director, Daniel Myssyk, is a frequent guest conductor of orchestras in North America. Last season saw him making his debut with Ottawa's Thirteen Strings, the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivires and at the Festival international de Lanaudire. He was recently appointed Director of Orchestral Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.


High-resolution photographs downloadable from the site: http://www.appassionata.ca

Appassionata receives support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec, Conseil des arts de Montral, Conseil qubcois de la musique and Corporation de Dveloppement conomique Communautaire (CDEC) de VilleraySaint-MichelParc-Extension. Support from Musicaction for the production of the Idyla disc.

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PSO Presents Tribute to Bygone Radio Days of the '40s, February 21-22



PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO VOCAL GROUPS AND BIG BAND MUSIC OF THE 1940s, FEBRUARY 21-22

PORTLAND, Maine For a musical time capsule tribute to the bygone radio days of the 1940s, guest conductor Charlaes Latshaw leads the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and special guest ensemble "Five By Design" in a PSO POPS! retro concert production, "Radio Days." The concerts will be held at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street in Portland, Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 22 at 2:30 p.m.

Paying tribute to the vocal groups and big bands of the 1940s, the PSO will be joined by "Five By Design," one of the nation's leading symphony pops artists and interpreters of the American popular song. The Minneapolis-based international touring artists' Kennedy Center debut with the National Symphony was heralded by the Washington Post as "one of the best pops programs of the season." Combining their signature harmonies with vintage fashions, stage and lighting design, and a captivating storyline, they'll perform music by the likes of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey with segments from vintage serials, comedies, and quiz shows.

The PSO and Five By Design will be led by Guest Conductor Charles Latshaw, a vibrant and versatile young artist currently serving as Music Director of the Bloomington (Indiana) Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and Music Director of the Columbus Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Maestro Latshaw made his debut with the Indianapolis Symphony in March 2008, and will be making guest-conducting appearances in several cities across the United States during the 2008-09 season.

The Saturday evening concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $17-$62 and are sold through PortTix at (207) 842-0800 or www.porttix.com. New this year, the website offers real-time online seat selection. Phone and internet orders are subject to $5-per-ticket handling fees. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office at 20 Myrtle St., Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. For complete season information, including artist biographies and program notes, visit www.portlandsymphony.com.

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master classes Jos Cura 2009


En septembre 2007, Nancy Opra Passion, association nancienne pour la promotion des jeunes artistes lyriques, avait organis des master classes autour du clbre tnor Jos Cura. Quatorze jeunes chanteurs slectionns parmi plus de 100 candidats venus des quatre coins de l'Europe avaient perfectionn leur jeu d'acteur et la construction de personnages sous la houlette du Maestro, accompagns par l'Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy dirig par Mario De Rose, dans le cadre prestigieux de l'Opra national de Lorraine.


Cette dition 2007 avaient rassembl un grand nombre de mlomanes et le concert final quelques 800 personnes frustres de n'avoir que trs peu entendu Jos Cura qui s'tait volontairement effac pour laisser le devant de la scne aux lves.


Forte d'un nombre de membres grandissant et reconnue d'intrt gnral en mars 2008 par le Ministre des Finances, Nancy Opra Passion a programm un concert en octobre 2008, concert au cours duquel Maestro Cura a chant seul ou Julija Samsonova, une jeune soprano lituanienne de la master classes 2007 des airs de Puccini et Verdi entre autres. Standing Ovation du public sous le charmeĶ.


C'est donc tout naturellement qu'une nouvelle master classes aura lieu les 3, 4, 5 septembre 2009 avec un concert de clture le dimanche 6 septembre.


Elle devrait dboucher sur une Youth production intgre la saison 2011 de l'Opra national de Lorraine


La date limite de rception de candidatures est fixe au 1er avril 2009.


Renseignements : www.nancyoperapassion.com ou nancyoperapassion@yahoo.fr

Nancy Opra Passion -13 rue Palissot- 54000 Nancy




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Come and rediscover Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays

Come and rediscover Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Miamis Best Arts and Music Festival on the last Friday of every month
Friday, January 30th, 2008. From 6:30 - 11:00 p.m.
On SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho) between 13th and 17th Avenues

Friday Free Fun Fest. You can not miss the next Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6:30 p.m.
- Free History Walking Tour of Little Havana led by Dr. Paul George. (Meet in front of Tower Theater)

Events at Main Stage (15th Avenue and SW 8th Street)
7:00 - 7:15 p.m.
- Fina Escayola Flamenco Academy
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. - Braily Ramos and Olga Lidia Thomas
8:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Belen Jazz Band
9:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Violinist Gerardo Aguillon
10:00 - 11:00 p.m. -
Carlos Manuel

MUSIC / MUSICA
Carlos Manuel (10:00 - 11:00 p.m.)
Carlos Manuel was born on February 8th, 1973 in Havana, Cuba. His first stage appearances were with a group called Constellation and her first professional job was as a soloist playing ballads, boleros, operettas and zarzuelas, until the participated in the group Mayohuacan for 17 years. At this stage, Carlos Manuel gained fame with the song Carapacho pa 'la jicotea" and formed a partnership in 1993, which was called "Carlos Manuel and his band Carapacho" precisely because of the success of the song. Later, the band was renamed as Carlos Manuel y su Clan. Only 6 months later, they recorded their first CD entitled "Por la vena del gusto. In 2000 they recorded their second CD, "Malo Cantidad", then recorded a third one titled Enamorao Carlos Manuel has been taking his music to countries like Spain, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, France, Italy, Jamaica and Mexico among others. He also ventured as an actor in the successful te levision Blue Azul with a cast of famous Cuban actors. After his arrival in USA Carlos Manuel has participated in important events in Miami, and has been awarded Latin Male Artist of the year in Canada. His most recent CD entitled " Carlos Manuel" includes the single" El amor eres tu" theme of the soap opera Amor from Univision.
Gerardo Aguillon (9:00 - 10:00 p.m.)
Aguillon is a distinguish Cuban violinist with a long international artistic career and expertise on several musical genres and styles. He has been a member of prominent and important orchestras in his country, and on his current residence in the USA. He is a member of the Florida Chamber Orchestra directed by Marlene Urbay. He was also a member of the Cha-Cha-Cha All Star orchestra. Mr. Aguillon has appeared on the most prestigious Concert Halls country land and internationally as well as: National Auditoruim and Bellas Artes Theater (Mexico, DF), Sporting Club (Monaco/MonteCarlos), Teresa Carreo Thater (Caracas/Venezuela), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow/Russia) among many other important venues. He has shared stage performing along with famous musicians such as: Frank Coppola, Michel Legrand, Tony Bennett, Steve Turre, Leo Brouwer, Arturo Sandoval, Sammy Davis Junior, Paquito DRivera, Alirio Diaz, Vicente Garrido, Israel Lopez (Cachao), Willie Chirino, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Celia Cruz, among many others. Gerardo Aguillon has produced and directed several recording projects and has recorded two CDs: Latin Violin and his most recent production Gerardo Aguillon Charanga
Braily (7:15 - 8:30 p.m.)
Born in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1976, singer, composer, arranger and multi instrumentalist Braily Ramos began his musical education at 11 years old at the Arts Vocational School. Majoring on the trombone, after completing four years at the National School for the Arts, he proceeds to a higher level at the ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte. During his third year there he is presented with the opportunity to tour with the most popular band in Cuba at the time Manoln "El Mdico de la Salsa", during his two year stint, in 1998 he performs in Miami and decides to make the city his new home. He has recorded, live shows and special tv & film performances in the area -most notably with Celia Cruz, Willy Chirino, Albita, Eddie Santiago, Tito Nieves, Huey Dunbar, Carlos Manuel, Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan, Frankie Negrn, among others. He is also a founding member of the Cuban Timba All-Stars. Braily also just released a salsa album at its core, 'Disco Duro'.
Olga Lidia(7:15 - 8:30 p.m.)
Born and raised in Miami, Florida in 1983, proud to be a Cuban American, she began singing at the age of 11 and has participated in many important events as well as competitions internationally. Olga Lidia is a bilingual singer whom performs all types of music for all occasions. She performed back-up vocals for artists such as Albita, Milly Quesada, Francisco Pancho Cespedes, Alexis Valdez, Lucrecia, among others. Currently, Olga Lidia is part of the television Latin show, Pellzcame Que Estoy Soando with host Carlos Otero on Channel 41, America Teve, in addition, as the permanent back-up vocalist for Willy Chirino.
ART / ARTE
Cremata Fine Art
The gallery presents a solo exhibition by artist Francisco Sanchez titled Journey of Reverie." Magic coexists with late Roman sculpture, French Baroque landscapes, Caribbean shells, and African motifs. The arresting beauty of this singular universe is remarkably alive in the work of Francisco Snchez. An artist with an illustrious trajectory in Brazil, Rome, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, he opened at Cremata Fine Art with an extraordinary new visual language. Francisco Snchez produced a series of canvases and painted chalkboards of serene and exotic beauty, establishing a dialogue with classical antiquity and how nature and magic erupt into the man-made. The artist is an Honors MFA laureate from Moscows famous Surikov Institute after graduating from Havanas San Alejandro Academy and the Instituto Superior de Arte. Come to the gallery on Viernes Culturales to have a glass of wine, see his latest work and meet the curato r. Exhibition runs through Feb. 9th, 2009. For more information and images regarding this exhibition, please visit our website.
1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135. Ph: 305.644.3315
Email: cremata@crematafineart.com. Website: www.crematafineart.com

EVENTS / EVENTOS
Free History Tour of Little Havana
A walking tour led by Dr. Paul George.
Meeting point: Tower Theater. 1508 SW 8 Street, Miami, FL 33135. (6:30 p.m.)
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.643.5500
Fax: 786.999.8894
info@viernesculturales.org
www.viernesculturales.org


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The VSO presents Julia Fischer and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields









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The VSO Presents the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Julia Fischer


Vancouver BC The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad present the legendary Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields orchestra one of the worlds most revered orchestras, on the fiftieth anniversary of their founding by Sir Neville Marriner. World-renowned violinist Julia Fischer leads from the violin in a beautiful program of Mozart, Bach and Walton. This much anticipated Vancouver debut takes place on February 15th, 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Lower Mainland audiences to hear this legendary orchestra live in concert.

Ms. Fischer found an appealing balance between nobility of statement and rhapsodic freedom. Technically her playing was impressively accomplished and elegant, richly varied in colorings.

- New York Times

Ķthe Academy of St Martin in the Fields responded with playing of quite remarkable weight, precision and fire.

- ClassicalSource.com

Julia Fischers rendition of the Bach Concertos with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields will be featured in this special concert. It is also the subject of her newest recording which made news recently by becoming the highest-selling classical debut in iTunes history and subsequently hitting #1 on the Billboards Classical Chart. At only 25-years old, Ms. Fischer is Germanys youngest Professor of Violin at the Hochschule fr Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and was named Gramophone magazines youngest ever Artist of the Year in 2007. Julia Fischer recently made her debut in the BBC Proms at Londons Royal Albert Hall.

The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is celebrated for its technical brilliance and transcendent interpretations of the Classical and Baroque repertoire. Formed from a group of leading London musicians and working without a conductor, the Academy gave its first performance in its namesake church 50 years ago. It soon grew into one of the worlds leading chamber orchestras and became famous for its award-winning recordings. The Academy visits Vancouver as part of its 10-date North American tour to mark its 50th anniversary.

To view a video featuring Ms. Fischer talking about the Bach recording, please visit:

CONCERT INFO

Specials:

The VSO and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad Present the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Orpheum Theatre, 8pm

Julia Fischer, soloist/leader

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Mozart Divertimento for Strings in F, K.138

JS Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BMV 1041

JS Bach Violin Concerto in E Major, BMV 1042

Walton Sonata for Strings

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Co-Presented by:

Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad

BIOGRAPHIES

Julia Fischer, leader/violin

In summer 2007 Julia Fischer is featured as "Artist in Residence" at Germany's Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern where she will appear in concert, solo and duo recitals and chamber music. Similarly, she will both perform and teach at the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina. At the Aspen Music Festival Ms. Fischer performs in concert (Nicholas Maw Concerto) with Maestro David Zinman and in chamber music with pianist Jonathan Gilad and cellist Daniel Mller-Schott. Returning to Europe, she will tour with the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields (Elgar concerto) as well as with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven concerto). In September she returns to the Lucerne Music Festival with the San Francisco Symphony (Sibelius) and its music director Michael Tilson Thomas.

Highlights of the 2007-08 season include symphonic appearances with Marek Janowski, Jun Markl, Yakov Kreizberg, Neville Marriner, Christoph Poppen, Tugan Sokhiev, Yuri Temirkanov and Maestro Zinman (among others) with Czech Philharmonic (Dvorak), Danish Radio orchestra (Beethoven), Dresden Philharmonic (Shostakovich Concerto No 1), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Dvorak), Munich Philharmonic (Dvorak), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Shostakovich Concerto No 1), Orchestra National Capitole de Toulouse (Brahms), Orchestre National de Lyon (Mozart Concerto No. 5), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Bartok Concertos No. 1 and 2), St. Petersburg Philharmonic (Glazunov), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Dvorak), Vienna Symphony (Shostakovich Concerto No. 1). In the United States Ms. Fischer will tour with Maestro Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic (Beethoven) criss-crossing the country from New York to San Francisco as well as perform with the St. Louis Symphony (Dvorak).

The singularly most anticipated event of the 2007-08 season will be Julia Fischer's debut as a professional pianist. On a programme where she will also play the Glazunov Violin Concerto, Ms. Fischer will perform the Grieg Piano Concerto on 1 January 2008 with Sir Neville Marriner at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. Later the same week she will perform both concertos in Saint Petersburg under the baton of Nikolai Alexeev.

The season also includes numerous recitals throughout Germany, Spain and Italy with her long-time collaborator, pianist Milana Chernyavska, in additional to chamber music programmes in the United States and Europe. Ms. Fischer will also tour Europe with pianist Martin Helmchen in an all-Schubert program.

Looking to summer 2008, Ms. Fischer will make several important debuts: Tanglewood Music Festival, Blossom Festival, the BBC Proms at Londons Royal Albert Hall and the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy. During the 2007-08 season PentaTone Records will release Julia Fischer's third volume of Mozart (Concertante and Concertone) with Maestro Kreizberg, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and soloist Gordan Nikolic (viola and violin). Two recent releases feature programmes of Brahms (the Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto with Mr. Mller-Schott) and Tchaikovsky (Concerto for Violin, Valse-Scherzo for Violin & Orchestra, Serenade melancholique in B-flat minor and "Souvenir d'un lieu cher"). In its 20-Volume retrospective of great violists over the last century, entitled "Jahrhundert-Geiger, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung dedicated one volume to Julia Fischer. On DVD Ms. Fischer is showcased in an Opus Arte release of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields.

A student of famed violinist Ana Chumachenco, Julia Fischer is herself Germany's youngest Professor of Violin at the Hochschule fr Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main. In 2005 she won Germany's coveted 'ECHO' Award for her recording of "Russian Concertos" by Khatchaturian, Prokofiev and Glazounov. In winter 2006 was named by BBC Music Magazine the "Best Newcomer of the Year". Great Britain's distinguished Gramophone Magazine pictured Julia Fischer on the front cover of their July 2006 issue as one of the major young emerging artists. Additionally, Frances prestigious music journal, Diapason, has awarded Julia Fischer the 2006 Diapason d'Or lanne.

Julia Fischer makes her home in Munich, Germany.

The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields was formed in 1958 as a small, conductor-less chamber ensemble. Led by Neville Marriner and attracting some of the finest players in London, the orchestra at first concentrated on repertoire from the Baroque era, developing a style of performance that launched the 1960s Baroque revival. The Academy was so named after the various concert-giving societies or Academies that had flourished in 18th century London and the famous church in which it gave its first concert on 13 November 1959.

Only two years later it had secured its first recording contract, with the independent LOiseau-Lyre label. This was to be the beginning of a literally record-breaking discography that now boasts well over 500 entries, making the Academy the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world. The Academy is particularly well-known for its Mozart recordings with Sir Neville Marriner including the multi award winning soundtrack to the film Amadeus. More recently the orchestra has won critical acclaim for its recordings of Bach Keyboard Concerti with pianist Murray Perahia, the Brahms and Stravinsky Violin concerti with Hilary Hahn and Sir Neville Marriner and concerti by Kurt Weill and Peteris Vasks with British violinist Anthony Marwood. Thanks to this huge recorded catalogue and widespread radio coverage, the Academys name has become familiar to audiences across the globe.

Alongside its performances with Life President Sir Neville Marriner and Director Kenneth Sillito the Academy now collaborates with a number of guest directors including Murray Perahia, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Anthony Marwood, Julia Fischer and Julian Rachlin. The orchestra maintains a busy schedule of international touring alongside its concerts and outreach work in the UK and in the 2006/7 season will perform in France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Holland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and the USA. In 1997 the orchestra was invited to perform during the official handover celebrations in Hong Kong and more recently was the first guest orchestra to appear at the Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Since 2002 the Academy has been the resident orchestra at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Londons Barbican Centre.

Unlike most major UK orchestras, the Academy receives no direct government subsidy and relies solely on its artistic integrity and commercial initiative for its continued success.


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NACO, Feb 5-7: Neil Sedaka performs on NAC Orchestra Pops Series


Pop music legend Neil Sedaka comes to the National Arts Centre Orchestra CTV Pops Series from Feb. 5 to 7

Ottawa, Canada Pop legend Neil Sedaka, whose more than a thousand songs have won him a place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, joins the National Arts Centre Orchestra in CTV Pops concerts from Thursday, February 5 to Saturday, February 7 at 8 p.m. in the NACs Southam Hall. Sedakas 50 years as a topnotch musician, extraordinary vocalist, and ageless songwriting talent are celebrated in such chart-topping hits that have made him famous: Love Will Keep Us Together, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, and Laughter in the Rain.

The second half of the concert opens with a short film of Neil Sedakas long and illustrious career before the man himself takes the stage to perform (in his words) the hits that I am most known for, including my hidden treasures that I am just as proud of.

The opening half features the National Arts Centre Orchestra led by Earl Stafford performing a light classical program including Shostakovichs Festive Overture, Tchaikovskys Serenade for Strings, Offenbachs Can-Can, and selections from Bernsteins West Side Story. There will also be a surprise orchestral selection by Neil Sedaka himself! Sedaka composed the short symphony, Joie de vivre, which the former classical piano student of the prestigious Juilliard School describes as being inspired by all the classical music I was exposed to at a young age. Joie de vivre premiered last November and is now being performed in Canada for the first time. It will be conducted by Lee Holdridge, who also did the arrangement.

The history of Rock N Roll would be incomplete without the innumerable contributions of Neil Sedaka. For over five decades, he has written, performed, produced, and inspired countless songs, and his canon of compositions will continue to stand the test of time. His introduction to his young neighbor Howard Greenfield led to one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships of the last half century selling forty million records between 1959-1963.

Neil Sedaka catapulted into stardom after Connie Francis recorded his Stupid Cupid. After signing a contract with RCA, Sedaka recorded chart toppers The Diary, Oh! Carol, Stairway to Heaven, Calendar Girl, Little Devil, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Next Door To An Angel, and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.

The numerous honours Sedaka has received include being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a street named after him in his hometown of Brooklyn, while his song Love Will Keep Us Together, won a Grammy Award as Record of the Year for The Captain and Tenille. In 2004, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Popular Music / Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Tickets for Neil Sedaka and the NAC Orchestra from February 5 to 7 in Southam Hall are on sale now at $29, $39, $49, $59, $69 and $86 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed through the NACs web-site at www.nac-cna.ca.

Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid student ID card. Live Rush tickets (subject to availability) for full-time students (aged 13 to 29) are $11 at the NAC Box Office from 2 p.m. the day before the concert to 6 p.m. the day of, upon presentation of a valid Live Rush card.

Groups of 10 and more save 15% to 20% off the regular price of tickets to NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances. To reserve your seats call 613-947-7000 ext. 384 or email grp@nac-cna.ca.

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Concerts Janvier-Fvrier / January-February


Montral, le 23 janvier 2009: Aprs un Automne Messiaen rempli d'motions et de couleurs, Louise Bessette poursuit ses activits de concertiste avec Tania Miller et le Victoria Symphony, ainsi que Marc David et les orchestres de St. John's et Longueuil, dans des oeuvres de Serge Arcuri et Francis Poulenc.

Samedi 31 janvier 2009 20h00

Alix Goolden Hall

Victoria, BC, Canada

New Currents Festival of Music

Victoria Symphony

Tania Miller, chef d'orchestre; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: Fragments, Les furieuses enluminures, La Fort des clameurs (concerto pour piano et cordes)

http://www.victoriasymphony.bc.ca/concerts/index.asp#648

Vendredi 13 fvrier 2009 20h00

Arts and Culture Centre

St. John's, NF, Canada

Masterworks #3

Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra

Marc David, chef d'orchestre; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: La Fort des clameurs (concerto pour piano et cordes)

Francis Poulenc: Concerto pour piano

http://www.nso-music.com/masterworks_3.html

Jeudi 26 fvrier 2009 20h00

Thtre de la ville

Longueuil, QC, Canada

Les grands concerts Longueuil

Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil

Marc David, chef d'orchestre; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: La Fort des clameurs (concerto pour piano et cordes)

http://www.osdl.ca/activites.html





LOUISE BESSETTE'S CONCERTS

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2009

Montral, January 23, 2009: After the Automne Messiaen which was full of emotion and colors, Louise Bessette will now give concerts with Tania Miller and the Victoria Symphony, and with Marc David conducting St. John's and Longueuil orchestras, performing works by Serge Arcuri and Francis Poulenc.

Saturday January 31, 2009 at 8PM

Alix Goolden Hall

Victoria, BC, Canada

New Currents Festival of Music

Victoria Symphony

Tania Miller, conductor; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: Fragments, Les furieuses enluminures, La Fort des clameurs (concerto for piano and strings)

http://www.victoriasymphony.bc.ca/concerts/index.asp#648

Friday February 13, 2009 at 8PM

Arts and Culture Centre

St. John's, NF, Canada

Masterworks #3

Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra

Marc David, conductor; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: La Fort des clameurs (concerto for piano and strings)

Francis Poulenc: Concerto pour piano

http://www.nso-music.com/masterworks_3.html

Thursday February 26, 2009 at 8PM

Thtre de la ville

Longueuil, QC, Canada

Les grands concerts Longueuil

Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil

Marc David, conductor; Louise Bessette, piano

Serge Arcuri: La Fort des clameurs (concerto for piano and strings)

http://www.osdl.ca/activites.html

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UdeM - Journe d'tude Lvi-Strauss : Hier et aujourd'hui


Journe dtude

Lvi-Strauss : Hier et aujourdhui

Facult de musique de lUniversit de Montral

Le vendredi 13 fvrier 2009

LObservatoire international de la cration et des cultures musicales (OICCM)

et le Laboratoire de recherche sur les musique du monde (LRMM)

en collaboration avec la Chaire dethnomusicologie

prsentent une journe dtude intitule

Lvi-Strauss : Hier et aujourdhui

le vendredi 13 fvrier 2009 ds 14h,

la salle Jean-Papineau-Couture (B-421)

de la Facult de musique de lUniversit de Montral

(200, Vincent dIndy, mtro douard-Montpetit).

Lentre est libre.

Vous trouverez, en pice jointe,

le communiqu de presse de cet vnement.

Source :

Amlie Pigeon, coordonnatrice du LRMM

Tlphone : 514-343-6111 poste 6921

amelie.pigeon@umontreal.ca

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le 5 fvrier, les arts voient vert


www.culturemontreal.ca 28 janvier 2009
Communiqu

Culture Montral et la TOHU convient la communaut artistique une confrence sur lvnement culturel coresponsable

Une foule de conseils pratiques livrs par Maryve Charland-Lallier du Conseil qubcois des vnements coresponsables


Montral, le 28 janvier 2009 Artistes, artisans, diffuseurs, gestionnaires et promoteurs dvnements culturels en tous genres : Culture Montral vous invite, avec la collaboration de la TOHU, la confrence Les arts voient vert : pour des vnements culturels coresponsables qui aura lieu le jeudi 5 fvrier 2009, de 9 h 12 h, la TOHU (2345, Jarry Est, Montral).

Bien plus quune mode, la prise en compte du dveloppement durable dans lorganisation dvnements est en voie de devenir un must et ce, tant pour la sant du porte-monnaie des promoteurs que pour laccomplissement de leur rle citoyen. Le milieu culturel est reconnu comme un terreau dinnovation et de changement; nous croyons quil peut jouer un rle de levier dans la gnralisation de comportements coresponsables , explique Anne-Marie Jean, directrice gnrale de Culture Montral. Stphane Lavoie, directeur gnral de la TOHU, ajoute : Nous sommes fiers d'avoir construit non seulement la premire salle circulaire au canada ddie aux arts du cirque, mais aussi le premier btiment public vert au Qubec. la TOHU, nous avons labor des pratiques daffaires qui participent la prservation de notre environnement, et nous sommes en qute constante de faons de les amliorer, de prsenter nos activits dans une logique plus verte. Nous sommes donc heureux daccueillir cette confrence qui permettra nos collgues du secteur culturel damorcer ou de poursuivre leur cheminement vers des vnements coresponsables.

Montral accueille chaque anne une quarantaine de festivals et un nombre incalculable de manifestations culturelles. Ces vnements contribuent la vitalit et au rayonnement de la mtropole; en contrepartie, comme tout vnement public, ils reprsentent une source de pollution attribuable notamment aux dplacements, la consommation dnergie et aux matires rsiduelles qui en rsultent. Comment conjuguer crativit, rassemblements publics et respect de lenvironnement? Maryve Charland-Lallier, conseillre et formatrice dexprience au Conseil qubcois des vnements coresponsables, partagera sa vaste connaissance en gestion coresponsable (vnements corporatifs, communautaires, culturels), livrant trucs et astuces facilitant le changement des pratiques oprationnelles. Il est rjouissant de voir que des organisations comme lquipe Spectra, le groupe Mes Aeux, le Goethe-Institut de Montral et la TOHU, entre autres, sengagent dj rduire lempreinte cologique des activits culturelles. Il est important de noter que des partenaires corporatifs sassocient de plus en plus cette dmarche en offrant un appui financier! Voil bien la preuve que la gestion coresponsable est un crneau davenir.

Un choix cologique, conomique et social

Un vnement coresponsable intgre des objectifs de dveloppement durable touchant chaque tape de son organisation. Il vise non seulement un impact minimal sur lenvironnement, mais gnre galement des retombes positives dans la communaut o il a lieu. Des mesures simples et peu coteuses telles que lemploi de papier rcupr, le choix dun lieu situ prs des transports en commun, le recours des fournisseurs locaux et des entreprises dconomie sociale et la redistribution des surplus alimentaires peuvent faire toute la diffrence... Ce qui sera dmontr le 5 fvrier!

TARIFS
Membres de Culture Montral ou dtenteurs dun forfait TOHU : GRATUIT!
Rgulier : 30 $

INFO ET INSCRIPTION
www.culturemontreal.ca
514 845-0303, poste 21



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B.C. Music Legends to perform at BC Scene on May 1, 2009


B.C. Music Legends to perform
at BC Scene
on May 1, 2009

Tickets on sale January 29

OTTAWA Some of British Columbias most beloved musicians will come together on stage for a unique evening of great music and memory making as part of BC Scene, the largest gathering of British Columbia artists ever presented outside of the province.
B.C. Music Legends will be hosted by Valdy, who, with his two Juno Awards for Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year, seven additional Juno nominations, four gold albums and countless dedicated fans across the country, can truly be called a Canadian folk music icon. Joining him on stage will be lyrical singer-songwriter Barney Bentall of Legendary Hearts fame; the remarkable 87-year-old veteran blues singer Leon Bibb; folk legend Ferron; much loved singer-songwriter Roy Forbes; Will Millar, lead singer of the popular Irish Rovers; and Shari Ulrich of the celebrated 1970s band, Pied Pumkin.

B.C. Music Legends will take place at Centrepointe Theatre at 8 p.m. on May 1, 2009. Tickets for the show go on sale on January 29 through the Centrepointe Theatre website at www.centrepointetheatre.com, by telephone at (613) 580-2700, or in person at the Centrepointe Theatre Box Office at Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive in Ottawa.

This is a rare chance to catch some amazing music heroes together on the same stage for one night only. Rejuvenate your musical soul with an evening of great songs, great performers, and a couple of trips down memory lane with some of the West Coasts greatest musical performers youll be happy and humming all the way home.

The full roster of BC Scene programming will be announced at the Festival launch on Tuesday, Februrary 24 at 11:00 a.m. in the Fourth Stage at the National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street. To confirm your attendance or to request an invitation, please call (613) 947-7000, ext 343.

BC Scene

The National Arts Centres BC Scene will take place from April 21 to May 3, 2009. Part of a series of biennial national festivals exploring Canadas cultural panorama, BC Scene will celebrate a dynamic culture that is a fusion of traditional and contemporary, East and West, and established and emerging artists.

BC Scene will feature 600 artists from disciplines as varied as music, theatre, dance, visual and media arts, literature and culinary arts in more than 90 events over 13 days, at venues around the National Capital Region. Among those in attendance for this unique showcase of B.C. artists will be more than 60 Canadian and international presenters producers, buyers, or talent scouts discovering B.C. talent and bringing it to their own audiences.

For more information about BC Scene, visit www.bcscene.ca.

Partners

A multitude of public and private organizations have come together to make BC Scene a reality. BC Scene would like to thank the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and Western Economic Diversification Canada for their generous support of this event.

The National Arts Centre and National Arts Centre Foundation also extend warm thank you to the B.C. Strategy Council, a group of committed individuals whose leadership, support and guidance are key to the success of BC Scene. The B.C. Strategy Council is led by Honorary Chairs Milton and Fei Wong, and Chair Donald B. Rix.

The NAC Foundation also gratefully acknowledges the support of Presenting Partner Plasco Energy Group, Special Partners The Radcliffe Foundation, The Audain Foundation, Martha Lou Henley, Milton and Fei Wong and Dr. Donald B. Rix. Acknowledgment is also extended to Major Partner Enbridge Inc. and Supporting Partners Canwest, HSBC Bank Canada, the Holiday Inn and Screen Siren Pictures. For their commitment and support of B.C. arts and artists, we give special thanks to the NAC Friends B.C.. BC Scene Media Partners include CBC/Radio-Canada, The National Post, Vancouver Magazine and Western Living, The Ottawa Citizen, LeDroit, and The Vancouver Sun.

BC Scene would also like to thank the First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council for their valuable assistance.

To register to receive programming updates about BC Scene, please subscribe to the
BC Scene email list at www.bcscene.ca.


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Normand Chouinard et Marcel Leboeuf - "Le secret du gant"


Une nouvelle activit familiale pour l't

Porte-parole : Marcel Leboeuf

Mise en scne : Normand Chouinard

Sherbrooke, le mercredi 28 janvier 2009 Le vignoble La Halte des Plerins, situ cinq minutes du centre-ville de Sherbrooke, prsente Le Secret du gant (m.e.s. Normand Chouinard). Situe dans les Cantons-de-l'Est, cette nouvelle attraction consiste en un parc thmatique familial totalement nouveau au Qubec. En effet, Le Secret du gant se veut la conjugaison entre le divertissement, l'imaginaire et l'ducation. Petits et grands y dcouvriront le secret de l'hritage de Bacchus qui jusqu'ici est rest cach. Et qui de mieux que Marcel Leboeuf, dont l'une de ses nombreuses passions est la viticulture, comme porte-parole de cette aventure enivrante se droulant en plein cur d'un vignoble.

Deux activits, un seul site !

Le Secret du gant

Du 30 mai au 20 septembre 2009, c'est travers des sentiers interactifs d'animation thtrale que les visiteurs feront la rencontre de personnages aussi inusits que fantastiques. Par l'entremise d'histoires, d'nigmes et de petits dfis ludiques et stimulants, ceux-ci vivront une exprience hors du commun, dcouvrant ainsi les secrets de l'endroit, et par le fait mme le secret du gant ! Les sentiers seront anims par une quipe de comdiens, le tout s'appuyant sur les textes d'une auteure aguerrie et encadre par une mise en scne originale signe par l'homme de thtre Normand Chouinard Avec des jeux d'effets spciaux, visuels et sonores, qui transporteront les participants dans une histoire magique et inoubliable, cette attraction familiale d'une dure approximative de deux heures vient ainsi combler un vide important dans la rgion de Sherbrooke pour cette clientle qui se voit offrir peu d'activits familiales. Soucieux de l'exprience des parents, mais galement de celle des enfants, Le Secret du gant sera un moment des plus agrables vivre en famille.

La Halte des Plerins

Le dmarrage de La Halte des Plerins a eu lieu en 1998. C'est suite un investissement de plus d'un million de dollars et la cration de 12 emplois que le vignoble ouvre ses portes le 14 juin 2008, ds lors officialis attraction touristique. La tangente familiale est claire pour les deux entrepreneurs (Jacques Chabot et Marco Corbin) qui n'hsitent pas une fois de plus investir et crer encore 25 emplois dans la rgion. Outre le Secret du gant , La Halte des Plerins propose une visite guide du vignoble. Une escale divine o les secrets de la vinification y sont dmystifis. Chacun leur faon, les plerins guident les visiteurs sur les sentiers du vignoble, les invitant dguster des vins et des produits du terroir. De plus, une belle nouveaut s'ajoutera prochainement la liste des vins produits au vignoble; le vin de glace L'Archange verra le jour dans les prochains mois !

Services complmentaires

L'endroit offre des services complmentaires tels que : des tables pique-nique, un service de restauration lgre et une boutique souvenirs. De plus, le site enchanteur de La Halte des plerins se veut un endroit idal pour les rceptions, mariages, 5 7 ou toute autre occasion spciale.

La Halte des Plerins

Renseignements : Marco Corbin, VP

693, chemin du Sanctuaire, Sherbrooke

819 563-5115

www.haltedespelerins.com

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Dorothy de Val in York U Faculty Concert Feb 10


Dorothy de Val is 'Flirting with Mr. Darcy' in the York U Faculty Concert Series

Toronto, January 28, 2009: British music specialist Dorothy de Val steps into the spotlight with her English country dance music ensemble Playford's Pleasure in Flirting with Mr. Darcy, the third performance in the Faculty Concert Series of York University's Music Department. Revisit romance with an evening of lighthearted dance music from the age of Jane Austen in York's Tribute Communities Recital Hall on February 10.

Playford's Pleasure are inspired improvisers, putting a delightful modern spin on popular tunes of bygone times. Pianist de Val, fiddler Stephen Fuller and York music instructor, flautist Barbara Ackerman will perform songs from the era of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. The program includes pieces issued by the renowned 17th-century music publisher John Playford as well as works by Henry Purcell, Nathaniel Kynaston and a host of anonymous composers.

Playford's Pleasure will be joined on stage by The Regency Dancers, led by York graduate student, dance historian and caller Karen Millyard. The dancers will perform to the live music for several numbers including The Physical Snob (c.1800) Grimstock (1652), Shrewsbury Lasses (1765), and The Fandango (1774).

Thanks to the published instructions in dance collections and manuals of the day, English country dance is one of the earliest re-creatable social dance forms. The style is rooted in the 17th-century gentry and courts of England and France. The tunes themselves were derived from everything from ballads to operas, with a wide variety of styles spanning sweet and melodic, to melancholic, to lively and rhythmic. Though it may be more than 300 years old, the music - and the flowing, graceful social dances set to it - remain accessible and engaging to contemporary audiences. Toronto has a number of thriving clubs with monthly dances and concerts, where traditional performance mingles with the new.

"It's been said that if you can walk and you know your left from your right, you already know the basics of English country dance," said de Val. "And with the caller giving directions, dancers don't need to rely on memorization. This helps account for the art form's continuing popularity."

De Val's research into British folksong revival introduced her to Millyard and Toronto's English country dance community two years ago. She formed her trio Playford's Pleasure shortly after.

De Val studied piano in Toronto with Boris Berlin and Pierre Souvairan and graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music performance program in London, England. Appointed to the College's internationally renowned Museum of Instruments, she began performing on the collection's fine harpsichords and early pianos. Her research on the folk music revival in England in the early 20th century includes publications on the scholar and collector Lucy Broadwood and the composer Percy Grainger. She taught at the Royal Academy of Music and at the University of Oxford before joining York's Music Department, where she is professor of musicology.


What: "Flirting with Mr. Darcy"
- Dorothy de Val headlines the York U Faculty Concert Series
When: Tues. February 10 at 7:30pm
Where: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, York University, 4700 Keele St. [Map]
Admission: $15, students & seniors $5
Box Office: 416.736.5888 | www.yorku.ca/perform/boxoffice



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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Celebrate Valentine's with the VSO and Tchaikovsky's Romantic Romeo & Juliet


Celebrate Valentines with the VSO and

Tchaikovskys Romantic Romeo & Juliet

Vancouver BC The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has the perfect Valentines concert featuring the Romantic music of Bizets Carmen, Tchaikovskys Romeo and Juliet and pianist Ian Parker performing Ravels exciting Piano Concerto. Concerts take place on February 14th at the Orpheum Theatre and February 16th at the Bell Performing Arts Centre. Maestro Bramwell Tovey wields his baton for this concert which also features the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra performing with the VSO in the Bizet and the Tchaikovsky.

Born in Vancouver to a family of pianistic powerhouses, Ian Parker proves that talent runs in the blood. With his fluid artistry and irresistible charm, Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. A graduate of The Julliard School and First Prize winner of the 2001 CBC National Radio Competition and the Canadian National Music Festival, Parkers talent was evident and he quickly rose to fame as a soloist who delights audiences internationally.

Established in 1930, the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra has a long history of offering the highest level of musical training for young musicians. Artistic Director, Roger Cole (who is also the VSOs Principal Oboist) explains that after 78 years, the VYSO looks forward to not only making a difference in the lives of its members, but in the local and provincial community as well. Conducting the Senior Orchestra is truly a thrill the superb artistic ability and sheer dedication that goes into making each one of our performances a success is evident on the face of each player.

CONCERT INFO

Musically Speaking & Surrey Nights Series

Saturday, February 14, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Monday, February 16, 8pm, Bell Performing Arts Centre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Ian Parker, piano

Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra

Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

Aaron Young Acte-Automaton (Olympic Commission)

Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Bizet Carmen Suite
Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet

Tickets for February 14: $20-$56 (Senior, Student & Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets for February 16: $37 (Senior, Student & Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Special Thanks:

The VSOs Surrey Nights series has been endowed by a generous gift from Werner and Helga Hing.

Special Video Screen Presentations for the Musically Speaking series were created and produced by students and staff of Digital Video Productions at Columbia Academy.

Video Screen Sponsor: TELUS

Radio Sponsor: 103.5 QM/FM

The VSO is grateful to the Province of British Columbia for its support of the Olympic Commissioning Project.

BIOGRAPHIES

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

A musician of striking versatility, Bramwell Tovey is acknowledged around the world for his artistic depth and warm, charismatic personality on the podium. Toveys career as a conductor is uniquely enhanced by his work as a composer and pianist, lending him a remarkable musical perspective.

Tovey garnered a 2008 Grammy Award and a 2008 Juno Award for his recording with violinist James Ehnes and the Vancouver Symphony. Recently named Principal Guest Conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, he works frequently with the Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, among many others. He has presided as host and conductor of the New York Philharmonics Summertime Classics series at Avery Fisher Hall since its founding in 2004.

As a composer, he was honored with the Best Canadian Classical Composition Juno Award in 2003 for his Requiem for a Charred Skull. New works include a co-commission for the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics 2008 summer seasons as well as a full-length opera for the Calgary Opera, The Inventor, to premiere in January of 2011.

Tovey has been awarded honorary degrees, including a Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music in London, honorary Doctorates of Law from the universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba, and Kwantlen University College, as well as a Royal Conservatory of Music Fellowship in Toronto. In 1999, he received the M. Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction, a Canadian prize awarded to artists for outstanding contributions in the performing arts.

Ian Parker, piano

Magnetic, easy-going and delightfully articulate, Canadian pianist Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. He has appeared with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, CBC Vancouver, Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom, Edmonton Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Mobile Symphony, National Symphony, Quebec Symphony, and the symphonies of Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Winnipeg, among others. One of the highlights of 2006 was Mr. Parkers dazzling performance of Rachmaninovs second piano concerto and the Variations on a Theme by Paganini with the Jacksonville Symphony, both at the same concert and on short notice! The tour de force brought the house down in Jacksonville and marked the grand finale of the Jacksonville Symphonys Classical Madness festivities.

An enthusiastic recitalist, Ian Parker has performed across the United States, Western Europe, Israel, and throughout Canada on tours with Debut Atlantic and Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. He made his Lincoln Center recital debut at the Walter Reade Theater in 2004 and moderates a new recital series in Vancouver for the introduction of young artists.

Mr. Parker was invited to collaborate with the internationally renowned Vogler Quartet during its twentieth anniversary tour in 2005-06 throughout the U.S. and Canada. Following the tours tremendous success, he was invited to join them again for several concerts in the spring of 2006, as well as an extensive North American tour in the 2006-07 season.

First Prize winner at the 2001 CBC National Radio Competition, Ian Parker has also won the Grand Prize at the Canadian National Music Festival, the Corpus Christie International Competition and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition. At The Juilliard School, he received the 2002 William Petschek Piano Debut Award and, on two occasions, was the winner of the Gina Bachauer Piano Scholarship Competition. Heard regularly on CBC Radio, Mr. Parker has also performed live on WQXR (hosted by Robert Sherman) in New York.

Born in Vancouver to a family of pianists, Ian Parker began his piano studies at age three with his father, Edward Parker. He holds both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. While at Juilliard, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded him the Sylva Gelber Career Grant, which is given annually to the most talented Canadian artist.

Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra

The Vancouver Youth Symphony has a long, proud history in Vancouver, dating back to 1930. An amateur flautist named R. Cyril Haworth was the prime mover in forming the "Vancouver Little Symphony", first under the direction of the students themselves and later, under the baton of its first Music Director, Mr. George Coutts. Mr. Coutts was known to be "one of the very best", "a fun kind of chap" and a Scottish trained, all round musician with talent and generosity as a community leader. The orchestra thrived and in 1938, the ensemble became an "educational project" of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the name was changed to "Vancouver Junior Symphony Orchestra". In 1945 the group was reorganized as an independent and became the "Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra". Today, the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra is a dynamic, independent organization that is recognized throughout Greater Vancouver for its very fine, multi level orchestral training programme.

VYSO musicians continue to proudly represent Vancouver locally, nationally and internationally. Many former VYSO musicians have gone on to acclaimed musical careers and there is never a shortage of current young VYSO musicians following in their paths. The Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra continues to offer the highest level of musical training, to nurture and develop young musicians for decades to come.

The VYSO helps to develop young musicians, both artistically and as individuals. Its programs, including performances, rehearsals, tours, and workshops, provide musicians with the opportunity to discover and realize their potential in a secure yet challenging environment. The orchestra conducts annual concerto competitions, the winners of which receive a cash prize and an opportunity to perform as concert soloists with the orchestra.

The VYSO is firmly committed to keeping its program accessible to young musicians, regardless of their financial and cultural background. In order to ensure that tuition fees remain affordable, the VYSO maintains a continuous and intense fundraising effort. Bursaries are available to assist students who might otherwise be unable to participate.

The VYSO also contributes to the community at large. It actively pursues opportunities to join with other community organizations in support of their youth programs. The VYSO regularly invites music students and senior citizens to enjoy its concerts as guests.


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Gala de la musique de Qubec: Et les nomins sont...


Qubec, le 27 janvier 2009 Le Gala de la musique de Qubec (GMQ), un vnement annuel de remise de prix pour les artisans de la musique de la grande rgion de Qubec, est fier d'annoncer aujourd'hui ses nominations pour la remise des Prix Champlain 2009, disponibles au http://www.apmgrq.com/Mises_en_candidatures_Gala_2009_APMGRQ.html. L'Association des professionnels en musique de la grande rgion de Qubec (APMGRQ), la tte du GMQ, compte maintenant 70 membres et elle a reu 30 mises en candidature dans les diffrentes catgories du GMQ. Le GMQ dvoilera ses gagnants dans la deuxime moiti du mois d'avril. Le public et les membres de l'APMGRQ pourront voter pour leurs artistes favoris compter du 9 mars au www.galadelamusique.com.

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PSO Opens Search for Next Designers' ShowHouse



PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPENS SEARCH FOR NEXT SHOWHOUSE

PORTLAND, Maine The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is opening the search for the next PSO Designers' ShowHouse. For three weeks during fall 2009 or summer 2010, the PSO will conduct its 13th Designers' ShowHouse, a fabulous fundraiser where the region's finest interior designers and artisans transform a house of historic or architectural interest, room by room. Greater Portland homeowners now have the opportunity to offer their home to be the next transformed for ShowHouse.

With tours open to the public and special events including an opening night Preview Gala, ShowHouse draws extensive community and media attention. The PSO's leading fundraising event, ShowHouse generates as much as $80,000 to support the artistic and education programs of Maine's largest and most prominent performing arts organization.

Greater Portland homeowners are invited to join the rich tradition that is ShowHouse. Interested homeowners should write 100 words or less about why their home would make a great ShowHouse, and mail along with photos and contact information to: PSO, P.O. Box 3573, Portland, ME 04104, or events@portlandsymphony.com.

Designers' ShowHouse must be located in the greater Portland area, have ample parking on street or property, handicap accessibility considerations, landscaping possibilities, and a garage or other outlying building for a boutique. If the home is multi-level, there must be two staircases for ease of access and evacuation. The house would need to be vacated for approximately three months. A formal contract will be negotiated with the homeowner.

For more information about the Portland Symphony Orchestra, visit portlandsymphony.com.

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Renowned Violinist Hilary Hahn Performs World Premiere of American Composer Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto Fe. 6-7


VIOLINIST HILARY HAHN PERFORMS WORLD PREMIERE OF JENNIFER HIGDONS VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY FEB. 6-7

Renowned Violin Virtuoso Collaborates With Prolific American Composer on New Concerto

In Brief:

Highlight: Hilary Hahn performs world premiere of Jennifer Hidgons Violin Concerto

Performers: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Mario Venzago

Soloist: Hilary Hahn, Violin

Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre

Dates(times): Fri., Feb. 6, 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m.

Repertoire: WEBER Overture to Der Freischtz

HIGDON Violin Concerto (World Premiere)

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120

Tickets: $16-$68 each, with $10 student tickets by showing valid ID

(317) 639-4300; Toll Free (800) 366-8457; online at

www.IndianapolisSymphony.org

INDIANAPOLISThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Mario Venzago welcome one of the most sought after artists in classical music29-year-old American violin sensation Hilary Hahnwho will perform the world premiere of American composer Jennifer Higdons newest work, the Violin Concerto she wrote specifically for Hahn, to highlight Lilly Classical Series concerts Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.

Ticket prices range from $16 to $68. Student tickets are $10 each by showing a valid student ID. Tickets may be ordered by calling the Hilbert Circle Theatre Box Office at (317) 639-4300, or online by visiting www.IndianapolisSymphony.org. To order by telephone outside of Indianapolis, call toll free (800) 366-8457. Performance times are at 8 p.m. Friday and 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

The concerts will open with Carl Maria von Webers popular and colorful Overture to Der Freischtz, followed by one of the most anticipated highlights of the ISOs 2008-2009 season: Hahns first performances of Higdons newest creation, a three-movement concerto that will showcase and accent Hahns many virtuosic technical and interpretive skills as a soloist. Following intermission the Orchestra will perform one of Maestro Venzagos signature works, Robert Schumanns Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, to conclude the program.

Prolific American composer Jennifer Higdon has become a major figure in contemporary classical music by writing between five to 10 commissioned works per year covering a broad spectrum of genres including orchestral, chamber music, choral and vocal pieces as well as works for wind ensemble. Her catalog of works are performed approximately 200 times each year by ensembles around the world. She has received honors and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, two awards from the Academy of Arts & Letters, the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and funds from Meet-the-Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts and ASCAP, among others. She has received multiple commissions from many of North Americas major orchestras and upcoming projects include concerti for pianist Yuja Wang and another concerto for the avant-garde ensemble eighth blackbird; a new opera for San Francisco Opera; and band works for the Presidents Own United States Marine Band and the University of Michigan Symphonic Band.

Eli Lilly and Company is the Title Sponsor of the entire 2008-2009 Lilly Classical Series season and ExactTarget is the Premiere Sponsor for the Classical Series. Indianapolis Power & Light Company, Bertelsmann Direct North America, and BSA Life Structures are the Associate Sponsors for this weekend. The performance of new music is endowed by a gift from LDI, Ltd., with support from the Lacy Foundation and the Randolph S. Rothschild Fund. The Higdon Concerto was commissioned by the ISO, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Curtis Institute of Music.

Artist Biographies:

Mario Venzago celebrates his seventh season as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony this year and concluded his service as Principal Conductor of the Gteborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden at the end of the 2006-2007 season. Previous posts include Music Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra (1997-2004), Basque Euskadi National Orchestra in Spain (1998-2001), the Graz Opera House (1992-1997), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (1989-1992) in Frankfurt/Bremen, and the Heidelberg Opera House (1986-1989), plus a Principal Conductor post with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (1979-1986). He also served as Artistic Director of the Summer Music Fest with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Maestro Venzagos discography includes more than 25 titles, and several have won major prizes including the Grand Prix du Disque, the Edison Prize and the Diapason dOr.

At age 29, Hillary Hahn has earned numerous prestigious awards, including a Grammy and most recently Gramaphone Artist of the Year (2008) and has performed with many of the worlds finest orchestras. Renowned for her intellectual and emotional maturity, she was named Americas Best Young Classical Musician by Time magazine in 2001. Admitted to the Curtis Institute at age 10, Miss Hahn made her professional debut with the Baltimore Symphony 18 months later, and by age 15 had earned the Avery Fisher Career Grant and had appeared with many of Americas major orchestras. She has earned a Grammy Award, the Deutsche Schalplattenpreis, two Diapason dOr awards, and she was a featured soloist on the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to M. Night Shyamalans film, The Village. She also has recently collaborated on several crossover albums with non-classical musicians. She is among the top violinists in classical music and continues to grow artistically in a still-rising career.

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Marc-Andr Hamelin en concert Montral


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Marc-Andr Hamelin, piano

Lara St.John, violon

le Quatuor Leipzig

Karina Gauvin

les Violons du Roy

Marc-Andr Hamelin sera l'invit de Pro Musica

Dans le cadre de la prestigieuse srie Saphir

Pour un cycle de concerts de haut calibre :

En quatuor le lundi 9 mars 2009, 19 h 30,

En duo le mercredi 11 mars 2009, 19h30

En grand ensemble vendredi 13 mars 2009, 19h30

En solo le lundi 16 mars 2009, 19h30

Au thtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts

La semaine Marc-Andr Hamelin, passionnment ! offre l'occasion de le dcouvrir sous toutes ses facettes, chez lui, Montral, et de prendre la mesure du talent de ce musicien exceptionnel.

Salu unanimement par la critique et le public, Marc- Andr Hamelin allie une virtuosit poustouflante, une imagination unique et un gnie exceptionnel.

Montral, le mardi 27 janvier 2009 C'est sous le double signe de la qualit et de la diversit que la Socit Pro Musica a, depuis soixante ans, soutenu la perce de jeunes artistes et contribu largir le milieu musical Montral tant sur le plan de la musique de chambre que sur celui de la musique contemporaine.

1948-2008 : Un 60 me anniversaire, a se fte ! Et c'est ce que Pro Musica compte faire avec brio ! cette occasion, la Socit Pro Musica a choisi de mettre en vedette un artiste originaire de Montral, qu'elle a suivi depuis ses dbuts, pianiste de renom et maintenant dcrit comme l'un des grands artistes les plus fascinants de l'poque, (San Francisco Chronicle) : le pianiste Marc-Andr Hamelin.

En quatre temps forts, en solo, en duo, avec un quatuor et avec un grand ensemble, le public aura l'opportunit de dcouvrir toutes les facettes du talent de ce musicien d'exception, entour d'artistes qu'il admire et qu'il a lui-mme choisis. L'vnement aura lieu en mars 2009 au Thtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts. Il s'agit d'un grand rendez-vous que les mlomanes ne voudront manquer sous aucun prtexte.


Le 9 mars
, Marc-Andr Hamelin se produira avec le Quatuor de Leipzig (Allemagne), un quatuor europen de tout premier plan, auquel viendra se joindre la violoniste canadienne Lara StJohn, soliste de grand talent, dcrite comme un vrai phnomne. Au programme, deux uvres remarquables : le Quintette de Dvok et le Concert d'Ernest Chausson.

Le 11 mars, c'est en duo avec la chanteuse Karina Gauvin, soprano de rputation internationale, que se produira Marc-Andr Hamelin. Ces deux complices unissaient leurs talents il y a quelques annes dans la production d'un disque conjoint, Fte galante, laurat du prix Opus 2000 du disque de l'anne.

Le 13 mars, c'est en concert avec le remarquable ensemble baroque Les Violons du Roy, dirig par Bernard Labadie et form d'une vingtaine de musiciens, dans un programme Haydn (Concerto en r majeur) et Beethoven (Concerto no.3) que l'on retrouvera Marc-Andr Hamelin. Ce concert sera galement repris Qubec au Palais Montcalm, nouvelle salle attitre de l'ensemble, le 14 mars.

Enfin le 16 mars, c'est par une soire plus intimiste o l'on aura le privilge d'entendre Marc-Andr Hamelin en solo, que se clt en beaut cette semaine poustouflante.

Marc-Andr Hamelin

La semaine Marc-Andr Hamelin, passionnment ! C'est l'occasion unique de dcouvrir la diversit du talent de ce grand artiste de chez nous.

L'tonnante fusion de virtuosit et de musicalit que l'on trouve chez Marc-Andr Hamelin lui a valu une rputation qui tient de la lgende, comme s'il tait l'incarnation mme du piano. D'une transparence inne et d'une motion puissante, les prestations du pianiste donnent souvent l'impression que le piano et ses mcanismes s'effacent en laissant passer directement des sons idaliss vers l'auditoire.

En 1985, il est laurat de la Carnegie Hall Competition, coup d'envoi d'une carrire dj bien prometteuse. Il a t invit par la suite Carnegie Hall, au Lincoln Center et dans d'autres prestigieuses salles amricaines ; puis Londres; dans les salles les plus renommes (Wigmore, South Basnk, Blackheath). Il a depuis tabli sa rputation autant en Amrique du Nord qu'en Europe, en Australie et au Moyen-Orient. La liste des festivals o il a jou est longue : Ravinia, Tanglewood, Santa Fe (.-U.), Ruhr, Weimar (Allemagne), Cervantino (Mexique), Reykjavik (Norvge), Snape Maltings et BBC Proms (Royaume-Uni), Busoni (Italie), Lanaudire et les festivals de musique de chambre (Ottawa et Montral). Il s'est joint des tournes avec les orchestres d'Australie, Chicago, Dtroit, Toronto, Helsinki, Philadelphie, la BBC, la Royal Concertgebouw et bien sr l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montral, pour n'en mentionner que quelques-uns.

Marc-Andr Hamelin ne connat pas de limites quant au choix des uvres auxquelles il s'attaque. Il se distingue particulirement par son exploration d'un rpertoire pianistique nglig comprenant les uvres mconnues d'Alkan, Busoni, Medtner et Szymanowski. Sous tiquette Hyperion, sa discographie (prs de 50 enregistrements) compte des uvres particulirement exigeantes puises dans le rpertoire pour piano des XX et XXIme sicles : concertos pour piano (Alkan, Roslavets, Rzewski, Schumann, Chopin et autres, elle suscite l'admiration pour la matrise de son style et la parfaite aisance de son jeu. Son enregistrement d'uvres d'Alkan pour piano solo lui a valu en 1996 un prix Juno. Il a t deux fois en nomination aux Grammy Awards. Marc-Andr Hamelin tait l'un des six musiciens mis en nomination par la revue britannique Gramophone pour le titre d'Artiste de l'anne 2005-2006.

L'exceptionnelle qualit de rcitaliste de Marc-Andr Hamelin est particulirement admire. Ses choix de rpertoires et de compositeurs lui rallient les mlomanes les plus difficiles. Son got de la dcouverte et son enthousiasme l'incitent travailler des uvres que peu de pianistes osent aborder, les trouvant trop ardues. De plus, ses affinits avec la musique de chambre l'ont amen jouer avec des partenaires de toutes disciplines : chant, violon, violoncelle, instruments vent, en quintettes, quatuors, trios, et duos.

Les tournes en solo sur tous les continents se succdent pour lui. Au cours de la saison 2007-2008, il se produira en rcital au Lincoln Center New York, au Tchaikovsky Hall Moscou, au Wigmore Hall, Londres ; ainsi qu' Boston, Chicago et San Francisco, Bilbao, Copenhague, Marseille, Florence, Milan, Perugia, Philadelphie, Rome et San Juan (Porto Rico), sans compter les concerts de musique de chambre auxquels il participera.

Le London Times crivait son sujet en 2002 : Le pianiste canadien Marc-Andr Hamelin a tout : il conjugue virtuosit, sensibilit, raffinement et personnalit. Il est, parmi les pianistes au monde, l'un des plus fascinants et des plus extraordinaires.

Le Quatuor de Leipzig

Le Quatuor de Leipzig, invit privilgi de Pro Musica, fera halte Montral pour la cinquime fois. Son passage Montral soulve chaque fois l'enthousiasme du public. Une soire marquer d'une pierre blanche, titrait le quotidien Le Devoir au lendemain de la prestation du Leipzig en 2002. Le Quatuor de Leipzig est reconnu mondialement comme l'un des plus remarquables quatuors contemporains. Un jeu sensationnel, un programme innovateur et une interprtation parfaite , selon le quotidien allemand Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. En musique de chambre, le son du Quatuor de Leipzig, c'est celui-l! crit pour sa part le New York Times.

Fond en 1988, le Quatuor de Leipzig qui compte trois anciens premiers pupitres du clbre Gewandhaus de Leipzig, est form d'Andreas Seidel, premier violon, Tlman Bning, second violon, Ivo Bauer, alto, et Matthias Moosdorf, violoncelle. Il a son rpertoire plus de 270 uvres de 90 compositeurs diffrents. De nombreux prix internationaux ont couronn une discographie de plus de 50 enregistrements qui vont de Mozart John Cage. Parmi ces prix, mentionnons le Diapason d'or, le Prix classique de Cannes et l'cho pour un disque consacr Richard Strauss. Sa version d'une intgrale des quatuors de Schubert n'a reu que des loges et le magazine Rpertoire classe l'interprtation de La Truite avec Christian Zacharias au piano parmi les meilleurs du genre. Au Leipzig, s'ajoutent l'occasion d'autres partenaires tels que Karl Leister, Michael Sanderling, Hartmut Rohde, Alfred Brendel, Olaf Baer ou Giora Feidman. Le Quatuor de Leipzig a effectu des tournes dans plus de 40 pays en Europe, en Amrique du Nord et du Sud, en Afrique du Nord, en Asie du Sud-est, en Australie, au Japon et en Isral.

Lara St-John

Avant tout, elle vient servir la musique et en rvle la savante architecture et les fascinants contrastes, sur un instrument qu'elle fait sonner avec clat ou profondeur, je dirais avec amour avant tout. Derrire chaque note, on devine une pense ; dans les passages de trs haute virtuosit, la musique reste toujours au premier plan. Quelle grande interprte (Ķ). La Presse, Montral.

Lara StJohn, qualifie par le New York Times de soliste de haut vol, est originaire de London, en Ontario. Enfant prodige, elle apprend le violon ds l'ge de deux ans. quatre ans, elle fait ses dbuts avec le Windsor et en Europe en 1981 avec l'Orchestre Gulbenkian de Lisbonne, l'ge de 10 ans. Grand prix national du Concours de Musique du Canada en 1980, elle a en outre remport le Concours de l'Orchestre de Philadelphie, le Concours Nerini de Paris, le prix Sylva-Gelber en 1991 et le Concours de l'Orchestre du Minnesota en 1995. lve d'Arnold Steinhardt et de Felix Galimir au Curtis Institute de Philadelphie, elle a galement tudi au Conservatoire de Moscou et la Guildhall School de Londres, et obtenu un Artists Diploma du New England Conservatory. Elle joue sur un violon Salabue Guadagnini qui date de 1779.

Lara St John a t soliste invite par les orchestres de Cleveland, Philadelphie, Minnesota, Seattle, Toronto, Montral, Vancouver, le Centre national des Arts Ottawa, le Boston Props et combien d'autres en Amrique du Nord. En Europe, elle a jou avec le NDR Hanovre, l'Orchestre de Chambre de Zurich, l'Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, le Bournemouth Symphony et l'Amsterdam Symphony. On a pu lire son sujet dans le L.A.Times : Lara StJohn apporte la scne un charisme personnel, une imagination musicale jamais en dfaut et une passion authentique Elle s'est produite en rcital dans des salles d'importance New York, Boston, San Francisco, Ravinia, Washington, Prague, Berlin, Toronto, Montral et dans la cit interdite Beijing. Sa discographie comprend trois disques compacts, salus unanimement par la critique. Ses deux prochains disques, un enregistrement des six Sonates et partitas pour violon solo de Bach et un enregistrement avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Londres, sortiront sous peu.

Karina Gauvin

Faite pour la passion et l'motion, la voix de Gauvin est l'une des merveilles de la scne musicale canadienne actuelle. The Globe and Mail, Toronto

Sa prestation dans la Cantate no.51 de Bach est un triomphe. Chicago Tribune

Admire aussi bien pour sa voix incomparable que pour sa musicalit exceptionnelle, Karina Gauvin est l'une des artistes lyriques les plus fascinantes de notre poque. Elle s'est rapidement taill une rputation d'excellence l'chelle internationale. Ses brillantes interprtations associent un style hautement personnel, classique et sophistiqu, une profonde sensibilit musicale et une prsence scnique envotante.

Son vaste rpertoire comprend notamment des uvres de Jean-Sbastien Bach, de Benjamin Britten et de Luciano Berio. Karina Gauvin a chant avec bon nombre des plus grands orchestres, dont l'Orchestre symphonique de Montral, le Chicago Symphony, le Philadelphia Orchestra, l'Akademie fr Alte Musik de Berlin, le Toronto Symphony, le Minnesota Orchestra, I Musici de Montral, le Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Les Talents Lyriques, le Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, le Seattle Symphony, Capricio Stravagante et les Violons du Roy. l'opra et en concert, elle a chant avec brio sous la direction de Charles Dutoit, Kent Nagano, Christopher Hogwood, Helmuth Rilling, Bruno Weil, Markus Creed, Bernard Labadie, Andrew Parrott et Christophe Rousset. En rcital, on l'a entendue avec plusieurs ensembles de musique de chambre, ainsi qu'avec les pianistes Marc-Andr Hamelin, Michael McMahon et Roger Vignoles.

Laurate du prestigieux Maggie Teyte Memorial Prize du Covent Garden de Londres, elle remporte coup sur coup le Prix du Lied, ainsi que le Grand Prix du public du 40e Concours International de Bois-le-Duc, aux Pays-Bas, et le premier prix du Concours national des jeunes interprtes de Radio-Canada. Elle a galement reu l'Opus de l'interprte de l'anne. Sa discographie compte de nombreux titres couronns de succs. Parmi ceux-ci, son disque Fte galante, avec Marc-Andr Hamelin, a remport l'Opus 2000 du disque de l'anne, ainsi qu'un prix du Chamber Music America. L'enregistrement de Silete Venti et Apollo e Daphne de Handel, ainsi que celui du Requiem de Mozart, avec Les Violons du Roy, ont tous deux remport un prix Juno en 2001 et 2003.

Les Violons du Roy

Impeccablement raffin et prcis. Le Devoir, Montral

Le jeu de l'orchestre tait comme une rvlation. (Washington Post, Washington)

Fonds en 1984 par son directeur musical Bernard Labadie, Les Violons du Roy regroupent au minimum une quinzaine de musiciens qui se consacrent au vaste rpertoire pour orchestre de chambre, plus particulirement au rpertoire baroque et classique en favorisant l'approche stylistique la plus juste possible pour chaque poque. On clbre partout la fougue, l'nergie et la vitalit exceptionnelle de leurs interprtations.

Au cur de l'activit musicale de Qubec, et reconnus au Canada et aux tats-Unis pour leurs nombreux concerts et enregistrements sur les ondes de Radio-Canada, de CBC et du rseau amricain NPR, Les Violons du Roy ont donn, depuis 1988, prs d'une centaine de concerts en Allemagne, en Angleterre, en Autriche, en Belgique, en quateur, en Espagne, en France, au Maroc, au Mexique, en Norvge et aux Pays-Bas. l't 2007, l'ensemble se produisait en Europe en compagnie du mezzo-soprano amricain Vivica Genaux pour une srie de concerts Saint-Jacques- de- Compostelle, au Concertgebouw d'Amsterdam et au Festival du Rheingau en Allemagne.

La discographie des Violons du Roy compte plus d'une quinzaine de titres dont l'excellence a t souligne maintes reprises par la critique et qui ont remport plusieurs prix. Des douzes titres parus sous tiquette Dorian, sept ont t mis en nomination pour un prix Juno. Depuis 2004, une collaboration avec la maison qubcoise Atma a conduit la sortie de deux disques, le premier consacr au Psaume 51 et la Cantate 82 de J.S.Bach, l'autre la musique d'Astor Piazolla sous la direction de Jean-Marie Zeitouni, ce dernier disque ayant rcemment remport un prix Juno. Avec Virgin Classics, l'ensemble enregistrait en 2006 un disque consacr des airs et des cantates de Haendel et Hasse avec le mezzo-soprano amricain Vivica Genaux.

Les Violons du Roy jouent avec de nombreux solistes canadiens et internationaux de renom, dont le violoniste James Ehnes, le violoncelliste Roberto Diaz, les sopranos Karina Gauvin et Sandrine Piau, la mezzo-soprano Anita Kraus, le tnor Benjamin Butterfield et le baryton Russel Braun.

Programme

Lundi, 9 mars 2009 :

Chausson, Concert pour quatuor cordes, piano et violon, en r majeur, op.21

Dvok, Quintette pour piano et cordes en la majeur, op.81, B 155

Mercredi, 11 mars 2009

uvres de Poulenc, Vuillermoz et Debussy

Vendredi, 13 mars 2009

Haydn, Symphonie no.104 en r majeur Londres, Hob.1.104

Haydn, Concerto pour piano en r majeur, Ho.XVIII.11

Beethoven, Ouverture Coriolan, op.62

Beethoven, Concerto pour piano no.3 en ut mineur, op.37

Lundi, 16 mars 2009

Haydn, Sonate en fa majeur, Hob. XVI.23

Haydn, Sonate en si bmol majeur, Hob. XVI.41

Weissenberg, Sonata in a state of jazz

Chopin, Barcarolle en fa dise majeur, op.60

Chopin, Ballade no.3 en la bmol majeur, op.47

Hamelin, tude no.8, ErlKnig (d'aprs Goethe)

Hamelin, tude no.7, (d'aprs Tchakovski)

Godowsky, Trois Mtamorphoses symphoniques sur des thmes de Johann Strauss II, no.3 : Wein, Weib und Gesang

Les billets de concert, au cot de 200 $ (abonnement aux concerts seulement) et 370$ (concerts et cocktail), sont en vente Pro Musica, tandis que les billets pour le concert seulement, 60 $, 50 $ et 40 $ pour les tudiants (taxes et redevances en sus), sont en vente la billetterie de la Place des Arts (514) 842-2112 ou par le rseau Admission 514-790-1245 ou 1-866-842-2112.

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long-time COC director first recipient of Opera.ca National Opera Directors Recognition award

LONG-TIME COC DIRECTOR FIRST RECIPIENT OF OPERA.CA NATIONAL OPERA DIRECTORS RECOGNITION AWARD

AWARD SPONSORED BY BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

Toronto, Ontario The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is delighted to announce that one of its long-time volunteer leaders, J. Rob Collins, has received the Opera.ca National Opera Directors Recognition Award for his extraordinary contributions to the Canadian Opera Company as a director and role model for excellence in governance.

Sponsored by BMO Financial Group, and aligned with Opera.cas sister organization, OPERA America, the Opera.ca National Opera Directors Recognition Award honours the contribution of one director whose efforts have helped to ensure the health of an opera company and the art forms availability for future generations.

Rob Collins has been a COC Director for 16 years. His roles have included President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Canadian Opera House Corporation (COHC) Building Committee, and Chair of the Boards Nominating Committee. Intimately involved with every aspect of the companys administration for almost two decades, Mr. Collins has been a tireless champion and advocate for the COC, and his leadership, tenacity, drive, determination and generosity have been extraordinary. In particular, his guidance during the construction of the companys opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, has been unmatched.

I am truly honoured to be the first recipient of this award, says Rob Collins. To me, it recognizes the tremendous accomplishments of the Canadian Opera Company over the years and, particularly, recently. It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to be a part of the COC during this time. I have been able to work with a dedicated and accomplished staff, outstanding artistic talent and many committed volunteers, including my fellow directors.

Shortly after former General Director Richard Bradshaw revived the COCs dream to build an opera house in 1998, Rob was named Chair of the COHC Building Committee taking responsibility for making sure that the companys new opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, was built on time and on budget. In that capacity and in many others over the years, Rob chaired countless board and committee meetings, attended dozens of cultivation events, solicited scores of prospective donors and made numerous site visits. While serving as Chair of the COHC Building Committee, Rob was named President of the COC. During his two-year term as President (2004 2006), he not only participated in the conversion of a parking lot into a world-class opera house, but also presided over the boards supervision of the COCs operations, including fundraising and world-class productions.

Rob has done so much for the company over the years, and even though he has just retired from the board, he is always there when we need him for advice and help, says COC General Director Alexander Neef. From the moment we met during my nomination process, Rob has been a mentor to me. His personal and professional support has been extremely important, and I am very grateful to Opera.ca for recognizing his dedication and effort.

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America, and has an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation. The COC currently enjoys a remarkable 99% attendance rate for its mainstage season. The companys new home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, was designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc. and is Canadas first purpose-built opera house. Acclaimed as one of the best opera houses in the world, the Four Seasons Centre is also the performance venue for The National Ballet of Canada.


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Dominique Dupuis l'International American Folk Alliance Memphis


Dominique Dupuis performera
lInternational American Folk Alliance Memphis

(Moncton, 27 janvier 2009) - La violoniste acadienne Dominique Dupuis aura loccasion de sduire de son archet le public de lInternational North American Folk Alliance (NAFA) Memphis au Tennessee du 18 au 22 fvrier. La violoniste originaire de Memramcook a t slectionne afin dy prsenter une vitrine. Cest la deuxime fois quelle prendra part lvnement. Son premier passage remonte 2006.

vnement annuel qui runit des professionnels de lindustrie musicale dAmrique du Nord et du monde entier, lInternational Folk Alliance permet aux membres de lindustrie musicale folk de partager et de clbrer la musique et la danse traditionnelle. Cest un vnement avec une nergie incroyable, il y a de la musique partout !, sexclame Dominique Dupuis. Cest lendroit idal pour rencontrer des gens cls de lindustrie et se faire des contacts surtout pour le march amricain.

LInternational Folk Alliance compte plus de 2 000 membres dans le monde et sa confrence annuelle est lune des cinq plus grandes confrences de musique en Amrique du Nord. On y prsente 200 vitrines, plus de 50 ateliers, des runions-dbats qui abordent la prsentation, la promotion et la prservation de la musique et de la danse folklorique et traditionnelle ainsi quune centaine dexposants de lindustrie de la musique.

Dominique souligne que son premier passage en 2006 lui a t fort profitable. Avec mon nouvel album, je vais pouvoir faire des suivis et proposer un produit beaucoup plus intressant et surtout jour, car jai beaucoup compos dans les dernires annes , souligne-t-elle. Pour lartiste acadienne qui a beaucoup tourn en Europe, surtout en Bretagne, le march amricain revt autant dimportance que leuropen. Jusqu prsent jai surtout perform dans les parties des tats-Unis o il y a une certaine population francophone comme la Louisiane et la cte est, explique-t-elle. Mais il est certain quavec la musique instrumentale, il est facile de franchir la barrire de la langue.

Une deuxime nomination lAMCE

Le nouvel album de Dominique Dupuis, Bourrasque, lanc en juillet 2008, a suscit de trs bonnes ractions de la part des critiques. Le 3e opus de lartiste et son premier disque en six ans est en nomination au Gala 2009 de lAssociation de la musique de la cte est (ECMA) dans la catgorie Enregistrement solo roots-traditionnel de lanne. Le gala aura lieu dans le cadre de lvnement annuel qui se droulera du 26 fvrier au 1er mars Corner Brook Terre-Neuve et Labrador. Cest une deuxime nomination lAMCE pour Dominique Dupuis.

Bal de neige

Dominique Dupuis sera de la danse lors du Bal de neige 2009 Ottawa le 13 fvrier prochain. Elle sera artiste invite lors de la rception du premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick. En tant que reprsentante du Nouveau-Brunswick, elle prendra part un spectacle sur la scne extrieure (dans une tente chauffe) avec dautres artistes comme la formation rap hip hop acadienne Radio Radio. Clbration unique en Amrique du Nord, le Bal de Neige a t cr en 1979 pour clbrer quelques-unes des plus belles traditions dhiver du Canada. Lvnement se passe sur trois fins de semaines Ottawa et attire des centaines de milliers de visiteurs chaque anne incluant des centaines dartistes, dathltes et de sculpteurs sur neige et sur glace de partout au Canada et au monde.

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Gary Burton Quartet with Pat Metheny at TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival



Landmark Seventies Quartet Reunites
When vibraphone virtuoso meets contemporary guitar maestro



Toronto Let the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival take it back to where it all began when Gary Burton Quartet Revisited, with special guest Pat Metheny, reunite at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for a special concert on Monday, June 29, 2009. Tickets are on sale now.



In 1974, Gary Burton first introduced to the world a young up and coming guitarist who would revolutionize the traditional jazz guitar sound. Together the guitarist and the quartet would become the progenitors of the jazz-fusion phenomenon attracting large audiences from both sides of the jazz-rock spectrum. That guitarist was Pat Metheny.



Winner of 17 Grammy Awards, Metheny is widely considered the pre-eminent jazz guitarist of his generation. Since the release of his highly influential debut album, Bright Size Life (1975), Metheny continues to redefine the genre utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument. Today, his versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument.



Before there was Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, there was Burton, who had already started exploring and pushing the boundaries of jazz towards the more explosive rock-fusion genre during the late 1960s. Burton's genius as a jazz pioneer, however, has often been overlooked. With an impressive career that includes significant innovations in jazz, especially his approach to the vibraphone and his trademark four-mallet playing, Burton continues to influence a new generation of artists as an innovator and master of the vibes.



Burton and Metheny will be joined by Steve Swallow on bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums.



The sounds of jazz will have feet tappin' and fingers snappin' as the 23rd edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival swings its way into summer, running from June 26 July 5, 2009. Be a part of the action as more than 1,500 musicians, performing in over 350 concerts, descend upon Toronto for the city's largest music festival. Get jazzed this summer!



Gary Burton Quartet Revisited
with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
Monday, June 29, 2009 8pm
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
145 Queen Street West
Tickets $45 - $85
On sale now at
Four Seasons Centre Box Office: 416.363.8231 or 1.800.250.4653
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www.torontojazz.com
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2009 filled with 'firsts' for legendary pianist Leon Fleisher



2009 FILLED WITH 'FIRSTS'
IN PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS
FOR LEGENDARY PIANIST LEON FLEISHER


February 22: Fleisher Performs in 'new' Alice Tully Hall

February 27: Tour with London Philharmonic Orchestra Fleisher's First Appearance with the Orchestra since 1962 Stops in New York City

March 31: Fleisher's First Two-Hand Piano Concerto Recording in Over 40 Years To Be Released on Sony Classical

"... a pianist with an individual cast of mind and much to say..."
Paul DRIVER, The Sunday Times of London
Leon Fleisher
[Leon Fleisher at the unveiling of his portrait by artist Paul Wyse 12/9/08 at Steinway Hall, NY.
The portrait is only the fourth painting to be added to Steinway's collection in the past three decades.]

New York, NY A fixture on the American music scene for more than six decades, pianist Leon Fleisher starts the New Year by releasing his first two-hand concerto recording in 40 years, with tour dates to support it. As a taste of things to come, Fleisher will perform at the 'new' Alice Tully Hall on February 22 as one of New York City's premier concert venues re-opens its door after a 22-month dramatic renovation. To kick off a two-week celebration, the Opening Nights Festival concert will feature Fleisher playing his signature piece Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor alongside celebrated colleagues in a program that ranges from 15th-century Sephardic music to Stravinsky to highlight the hall's artistic range.

Fleisher will then join the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time since the remarkable revival of his career. He will tour the Mozart Piano Concerto K. 488 under the baton of one of the world's most sought-after conductors Vladimir Jurowski. Coming from LPO's very own London home the refurbished Royal Festival Hall on February 20, the tour will make two stops on the east coast: in Strathmore Hall on February 26 and Avery Fisher Hall in New York on February 27.

This is in preview to Fleisher's new recording to be released March 31 on the Sony Classical label. His first two-hand piano concerto recording in 40 years, the release will be comprised of a trio of Mozart concertos recorded with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: no. 23 in A Major, K. 488; no. 12 in A Major, K. 414; and no. 7 in F Major for two pianos, K. 242, for which he is joined by his wife Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher. Founded in 1945, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has held a top position in the international orchestral world for more than 60 years. Under founder and director Karl Mnchinger, the ensemble had developed and cultivated the repertoire of the Viennese Classicists.

LEON FLEISHER was a student of the great Artur Schnabel, who studied with keyboard giant and pedagogue Theodor Leschetizky, a pupil of Carl Czerny, who in turn studied with Ludwig van Beethoven. Debuting with the New York Philharmonic in 1944 at the age of 16, Fleisher quickly established himself as one of the world's premier classical pianists, concertizing with every major orchestra and making numerous touchstone recordings. A year of celebratory performances in 2008 commemorating Leon Fleisher's 80th birthday saw his return to three of Europe's most prestigious musical capitals London, Brussels and Lucerne playing his first two-hand recitals there in over forty years to enthralled capacity audiences. Leon Fleisher received the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors and is the subject of the OSCAR and EMMY-nominated documentary film Two Hands.

LPO DATES
Friday, 20 February at 7:30 PM, Royal Festival Hall, London (UK)
Thursday, February 26 at 8:00 PM, Music Centre at Strathmore (MD)
Friday, February 27 at 8:00 PM, Avery Fisher Hall, (NY)
PROGRAM
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead (London only)
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No.10 (Strathmore and New York only)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488
Ligeti:
Atmosphres (Strathmore and New York only)
Strauss:
Also sprach Zarathustra

For more information on Leon Fleisher or Boss Sounds, please contact Nell Mulderry (nell@bosssounds.com, 212-741-7959), or Widya Widjaja (widya@bosssounds.com, 212-741-7959).


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Ottawa Chamber Music Society ~ Beethoven Benefits the Ottawa Chamber Music Society



BEETHOVEN BENEFITS

THE OTTAWA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ottawa (January 27, 2009) The Ottawa Chamber Music Society is proud to present the Gryphon Trio and special guest mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah in a benefit concert for the Ottawa Chamber Music Society featuring a spectacular all-Beethoven program. The concert will take place Thursday, February 5 at 7:30 PM at Dominion-Chalmers United Church and will include a selection of Beethovens charming Op. 108 Scottish Songs, the Trio in G major Op. 1, No. 2, and will conclude with the Trio in B flat Op. 97 Archduke, one of the greatest chamber works of all time.

Featuring one of his first published chamber works as well as one of his best known, the program also includes lesser known arrangements of folk music that Beethoven produced on the side. All proceeds from this concert will support the year-round musical presentations and the education and outreach initiatives presented by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society.

This unusual Beethoven concert is guaranteed to delight audiences. One of Beethovens earliest published works, the Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, is a sparkling work that features great breadth and brilliance and reveals the promise of even greater works to come, enthuses Roman Borys, cellist for the Gryphon Trio.

A collection of Beethovens lively and lyrical folksongs are beautifully performed in a premiere collaboration with Ottawa artist Julie Nesrallah and the Gryphon Trio. Beethoven arranged over 200 Scottish, Welsh, Irish, English and other folk songs, most of which are virtually unknown today. While some suggest that he arranged these songs to earn extra money, their charm suggests that the great master truly enjoyed this form of composition. The stunning program concludes with the Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major, opus 97, Archduke. Composed in honour of his long-time patron and dear friend, Archduke Rudolph, Beethovens passionate and touching Archduke Trio continues to stand today as one of the greatest works of chamber music ever written.

Single tickets for the benefit concert can be purchased for the special sale price of $30 - $47 and are available at the Ottawa Chamber Music Society box office (401-200 Isabella Street), by calling 613-234-8008, or at the door.


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Opera.ca announces recipient of National Opera Directors Recognition Award

Opera.ca Logo
OPERA.CA ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF THE NEW NATIONAL OPERA DIRECTORS RECOGNITION AWARD SPONSORED BY BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

J. ROB COLLINS
Toronto, 27 January 2009

Opera.ca, the national association for opera, is proud to announce the first recipient of the Opera.ca National Opera Directors Recognition Program, Mr. J. Rob Collins of the Canadian Opera Company. In its inaugural year, this distinction, sponsored by BMO Financial Group, honours one opera board director annually for exemplary leadership and support on behalf of their opera company and the community they serve.

In acknowledging the dedication of board members across the country, the National Opera Directors Recognition Program highlights the tenets of good governance, celebrates models of volunteer excellence and raises the bar for board director commitment. The following excerpt from the COCs nomination highlights the accomplishments of this years honouree, Mr. J. Rob Collins. For 16 years, Rob Collins served as a Canadian Opera Company Director, including as Chair and President of the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Canadian Opera House Companys (COHC) Building Committee. A successful lawyer in his own right with the firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Mr. Collins dedicated an unprecedented amount of time and leadership to the COC in ensuring that the vision of a world-class opera house for the COC, now the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, became a reality.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Tableau D'Hte Production at Segal Centre February 2009 - MEDIA

World Premire Celebrates 100th Birthday of Jewish Canadian Poet A. M. Klein

Tableau D'Hte Theatre proudly brings the world premire of Haunted House to the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. The play, written by poet and playwright, Endre Farkas, explores the life of A.M. Klein, one of Canada's most important poets whose 100th birthday will be celebrated this February, runs in the Segal Centre's Studio from February 18 to March 5.


Haunted House is a poignant and innovative journey into the labyrinth of A.M. Klein's, mind, soul and times. One of the most creative Canadian poets of the 20th century, Abraham Moses Klein was born a century ago to Jews who fled the pogroms of the Ukraine to Montral. During his lifetime, he produced a rich and powerful body of work that reflected the turbulent 20s, 30s and 40s.


A complex and conflicted man, Klein grew up as a "Jew boy" in the neighbourhoods around St. Urbain, The Main and Mount Royal, the ghetto streets of Montral where he "dreamt pavement into pleasant bible-land" and battled the nightmares of private and worldly hells.


Seamlessly weaving his own text with Klein's poems, fiction, journals, and editorials, Farkas succeeds in creating an evocative, multi-layered play about the "realities" Klein lived in, explored, became entangled in, and never exited.


Directed by Liz Valdez, Haunted House is the multi-faceted portrait of Klein the poet, Klein the ghostwriter, Klein the lawyer, editorialist, almost-politician, and lobbyist for a Jewish homeland before and after the Holocaust. Valdez, a private acting coach and Concordia theatre professor, who has previously worked with Farkas on a number of projects including his plays Surviving Wor(l)ds and Voices, brings her unbridled passion and unique directorial insight and vision to make this play, this journey into silence, a truly haunting experience


Eric Hausknost (previously in Tableau D'Hte's One Night and 7 Stories) plays Klein, the only singular role in the script, while the remaining five cast members, Audrey Finkelstein (Geordie Productions' Peacemaker and Tangente's Knot of Nots), Paula Jean Hixson, (last seen in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Segal), Nem Jevtovic (toured with Geordie Productions last year and will appear in their May production of Alice Through the Looking Glass), Christopher Moore, (Iago in Persephone's Othello last fall), and Saro Saroyan (Lion in the Streets for Tableau D'Hte and The Handy Man Can for the Montral Fringe Festival), each play multiple key figures in Klein's life and form an amorphous chorus to reflect the politics and social climate of the time as well as Klein's inner voices.



Set design is furnished by Lara Kaluza (The Beekeepers, 2008 Montral Fringe and Toronto Summer Works and The Last Dance for Marsha Kane, 2008 New York Fringe Festival) with lighting and costumes by Nomi Poulin (her sixth collaboration with Tableau D'Hte) and sound by Lucie Monsarrat, a recent graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Montral and composer of the theme for the 2008 production of Lion in the Streets (Tableau D'Hte). The production is stage managed by Paul Brian Imperial (Houdini) with assistance from Amy Steinman (Houdini and I, Claudia).






Dates & Times Feb. 18 Mar. 5

Preview Feb. 18 8:00 PM

Opening Feb. 19 8:00 PM

Tues. through Sun. 8:00 PM

Sunday Matinees 2:00 PM

Mondays & Fridays DARK

Closing Mar. 5 8:00 PM

NOTE: Feb. 21 & 25 SOLD OUT

Tickets:

General Admission $22.00

Students, Seniors & CAEA $15.00

Group Rates (10 or more) $14.00

Venue:

The Studio

Segal Centre for Performing Arts at the Saidye

5170, ch. de la Cte-Ste-Catherine

http://www.segalcentre.org/

Box Office:

514-848-9696

tickets@tableaudhotetheatre.com

http://www.cshow.ca/

Web Sites:

http://www.tableaudhotetheatre.com/

http://endrefarkas.com/

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SHIFT Festival: February 25-March 3


SHIFT

Movement and meaning between Canada and the Netherlands

A Festival of Canadian and Dutch Music, Film and Literature

Phase Two Toronto: February 25 March 3, and April 2, 2009

Harbourfront Centre, Music Gallery, Gallery 345, Isabel Bader Theatre

www.shift-festival.ca

For Immediate Release Toronto, January 26, 2009: Following the highly successful first phase of the festival of Canadian and Dutch music, film and literature mounted by Continuum Contemporary Music and partners in Amsterdam in November, SHIFT is coming to Canada. From February 25-March 3, and on April 2, 2009; SHIFT events will take place at Harbourfront Centre, Music Gallery, Gallery 345 and the Isabel Bader Theatre. Programmed by some of Canadas top artistic voices Continuum Contemporary Music, Authors at Harbourfront Centre and The Images Festival, in collaboration with York Quay Galleries, Ives Ensemble and Toca Loca SHIFT is an opportunity for self definition and comparison between two historically connected but markedly different nations.

SHIFT Toronto

Concerts, screenings, exhibitions, workshops, literary happenings, collaborations, and artistic exchange and dialogue pick up in Canada where they left off in Amsterdam. Some of the concerts and events in Toronto are a reprise of Amsterdam activity; others were designed specifically for SHIFT in Canada. Besides the nexus of SHIFT activity in Toronto from February 25 March 3, with a later event on April 2, there is the Canadian tour of the esteemed Ives Ensemble, with concerts in Montreal, Ottawa, Kitchener and Vancouver.

Highlights include a joint concert of Continuum and the Ives Ensemble, one of the premiere Dutch new music groups. These two ensembles, important in their respective countries for supporting aesthetic adventure in music, combine for commissioned works by Linda Bouchard (CA) and Guus Janssen (NL) and perform other works separately, by Gyula Csapo (CA) for the Ives, and by Mayke Nas (NL), for Continuums musicians all playing inside the piano. SHIFT offers emerging Toronto composers the benefit of the Ives skill and dedication in a workshop held at the Music Gallery. In Toronto only, the inspired and versatile jazz pianist and new music composer Guus Janssen performs a solo concert at Gallery 345. Toronto-based Toca Loca hasnt been on the scene long but is keenly felt as a thorn in the side of convention. In e1gh+ 31gh7 they bring the spirit of Dutch rebellion to an often staid Toronto by performing more works by Mayke Nas and Guus Janssen, as well as works by Canadians Laura Barrett, Myra Davies, Jerome Blais and world premieres by Chris Smalloochi and Aaron Gervais. In the eight hands and 40 digits of Quatuor Bozzini, new music is executed with brilliance. From their Amsterdam programme they repeat works by Dutch composers Martijn Voorvelt, Hanna Kulenty (originally from Poland, she shares her time between the two countries) and Richard Ayres (originally from the UK.) For the past several decades the Netherlands has imported labourers, chiefly from Turkey and Morocco, to do jobs that native Dutch demur; the country has also welcomed arts migrants, people who go there often to study then stay for the advantageous climate they find for art. Kulteny and Ayres are two such. Though Ayres quartet is from 2003, Quatuor Bozzini gave its first complete performance in Amsterdam as they are the only quartet yet to be able to handle the difficult middle movement. Dutch and Canadian film and video works, programmed by Images Festival, are presented in one evening and the festival kicks off with an authors panel presented by Authors at Harbourfront Centre new and startling Dutch and Canadian voices in discussion. See detailed schedule below.

SHIFT was conceived by Continuums Artistic Director Jennifer Waring during her Metcalf Foundation-funded residency with Gaudeamus in 2005-06. At its root, the festival is an investigation of the bond between the two markedly different countries, a bond created during the Second World War and through the subsequent wave of immigration to Canada; SHIFT provides new perspective on the relationship. She writes, The Netherlands is small, rich in human history, and still comparatively uniform in makeup; Canada is large, young as a modern state, and diverse in its population. In these rather obvious factors the countries are diametrically opposed, and to an expatriate a privilege I had on and off over seven years the contrast is a head-swiveling, breathtaking experience that can provoke hyperactive theorizing. But a base of common outlook and perception prevents total disorientation and makes comparison possible. Beyond these is an ineffable but strong affinity.

SHIFT Toronto Schedule

Jan 24 Mar 8

Exhibition by Dutch jeweller Felieke van der Leest

York Quay Galleries, Harbourfront Centre

235 Queens Quay West

Free Admission

Info: 416-973-4000

Dutch artist Felieke van der Leest combines toy animals, crochet work and precious metals to form humourous and colourful jewellery and objects.

Wednesday, Feb 25

19:30 Authors