Canada Council Music Prizes Announced

Tyler Duncan, Michelle Yelin Nam and Jean-Philippe Sylvestre win Canada Council for the Arts music prizes

Ottawa, July 29, 2008 – Baritone Tyler Duncan and pianists Michelle Yelin Nam and Jean-Philippe Sylvestre are this year’s winners of Canada Council for the Arts prizes for young Canadian musicians.

Originally from Prince George (BC), Tyler Duncan is the winner of the $5,000 Bernard Diamant Prize, which offers professional Canadian classical singers under age 35 an opportunity to pursue their careers through further studies. The prize was created in 2001 with funds from a generous bequest to the Canada Council by the late Bernard Diamant, as well as through memorial gifts from a number of his friends, colleagues and former voice students. It is awarded in addition to a regular Canada Council grant to an outstanding young classical singer in the Council’s annual competition for Grants to Professional Musicians, classical music category.

Edmonton resident Michelle Yelin Nam is this year’s winner of the $15,000 Sylva Gelber Foundation Award, established in 1981 by the late Sylva Gelber of Ottawa. Ms. Gelber had a passion for music to which she gave expression in various ways throughout her life. In the late 1970s she established the Sylva M. Gelber Music Foundation which helps young musicians to embark on a professional career. The award is given to the most talented candidate under age 30 in the Council’s annual competition for Grants to Professional Musicians, classical music category.

Jean-Philippe Sylvestre of Montreal is the winner of the 2008 Virginia Parker Prize. Worth $25,000, the prize was established in 1982 by Virginia Parker Moore. Moved by her profound love of music and the recognition that talented young musicians need such a prize to help them take a leap forward in their careers, the late Mrs. Moore established the prize for performers of classical music under age 32 , who demonstrate outstanding talent and musicianship.

The three winners were selected by a peer assessment committee consisting of Hélène Fortin (St-Nicolas, QC); Kurt Kellan (Brentwood Bay, BC); Walter Prystawski (Ottawa); and Jeremy Spurgeon (Edmonton).

Images of the winners can be downloaded from the Canada Council image gallery. For a list of previous winners of these prizes, visit our web site at www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes.

Tyler Duncan, baritone

Originally from Prince George (BC), baritone Tyler Duncan carries degrees in music from the University of British Columbia, the Hochschule fuer Musik Augsburg and the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater in Munich where he studied at the August Everding Bavarian Theatre Academy and studied song interpretation. His versatile voice enables him to sing lieder, opera and oratorio spanning from Monteverdi to Mozart to modern music.

Mr. Duncan’s performances have taken him throughout Europe and North America. Some highlights include his Carnegie Hall debut, Handel's La Resurrezione for the Handel Festival in Halle, the High Priest in the Strauss adaptation of Mozart's Idomeneo at the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch Partenkirchen, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio Tafelmusik in Toronto. He often performs with pianist Erika Switzer giving recitals in Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and South Africa. Radio recordings can often be heard on the CBC and BR (Bavarian Radio) as well as a recent performance on WGBH Boston. He recently won the 2008 Oratorio Society of New York's Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition. In the 2008/2009 season, his performances will include John Blow’s Venus and Adonis for the Boston Early Music Festival, Haydn’s Creation with Orchestre symphonique de Québec, and Bach’s Ich habe genug with Symphony Nova Scotia. www.tylerduncan.ca

Michelle Yelin Nam, pianist

Canadian Korean pianist Michelle Yelin Nam debuted professionally with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in 2006. She has completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree at the Juilliard School. Since 2006, she has received scholarships from Anne Burrows Fund, Winspear Foundation. She is in demand as soloist in Canada and abroad. Praised for her “silvery clarity,” (Montreal Gazette) she has been described as playing “in the manner of the greats, before reaching their age” (La Presse).

Ms. Nam recently won the grand prize at the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Standard Life Competition (2006) and has since played regularly with the OSM, under the conducting of Heinrich Schiff and Jacques Lacombe. She was featured in a DVD for CBC Records and has had solo appearances at the House of Jeunesses Musicales of Canada (2007) and Orford Art center (2008). In May 2009, she will work with the OSM and perform Mozart Triple Piano Concerto under the direction of Kent Nagano along with André Laplante and Alain Lefèvre, and will also interpret a world premiere of a commissioned concerto by Jacques Hétu.

Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, pianist

Sainte-Julie pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, 26, came to recognition in 2000, winning first prize at the Montreal Symphony Competition and the People’s Choice Award. The next year, he won second prize at the CBC Young Performer Competition. Since then, Jean-Philippe continued to win awards such as first prize in the Canadian Music Competition and many concerto competitions including the Orchestre Symphonique de la Montérégie, Glenn Gould School’s Concerto Competition and Concertino Praga Competition. Recently, Mr. Sylvestre won first prize at the Concours des Journées de la Musique Française. “…the young Sylvestre already possesses a complete technique, an extremely powerful playing with a great sonority" (Claude Gingras, Montreal’s La Presse).

He has appeared at such venues as the Concertgebouw, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier and Salle Pierre-Mercure, Bradshaw’s Amphitheatre, George Weston Hall and Ottawa’s NAC and performed with the Montreal Symphony, Orchestre Metropolitan, Longueuil, Trois-Rivière and Royal Conservatory Orchestra. Jean-Philippe has been broadcast by BravoTV, CBC and SRC. A graduate of École de musique Vincent-d’Indy and University of Montreal, he obtained a Bachelor and an Artist Diploma from Toronto’s Glenn Gould School. He studied at the International Accademia Pianistica in Italy. Equally comfortable in jazz, he lives in Berlin, studying with Louis Lortie. www.jeanphilippesylvestre.com

General information

In addition to its principal role of promoting and fostering the arts, the Canada Council for the Arts administers and awards many prizes and fellowships in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural and health sciences, engineering, and arts management. These prizes and fellowships recognize the achievements of outstanding Canadian artists, scholars, and administrators. The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to raising public awareness and celebration of these exceptional people and organizations on both a national and international level.

Please visit our website (www.canadacouncil.ca) for a complete listing of these awards.

Toronto Arts Council Foundation announces Jury for 2008 awards

Today the Toronto Arts Council Foundation (TACF) announced the jury for the 2008 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards which recognize artists, cultural professionals and arts supporters who have made significant contributions to Toronto’s artistic and cultural life.

“We are honoured to have such a respected and accomplished group of professionals donate their time and expertise to serve on the jury,” said TACF executive director Claire Hopkinson.

Jury members for the 2008 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards hail from the performing arts, literary, visual arts, and corporate sectors and include: visual artist Stephen Andrews; broadcaster and arts advocate Laurie Brown; community arts activist Adonis Huggins; arts facilitator and educator Patty Jarvis; jazz singer Molly Johnson; set and costume designer Michael Levine; director of philanthropy for Sun Life Financial, Linda MacKenzie; founder and artistic director of b current ahdri zhina mandiela; playwright, actor, and director Andrew Moodie, kathak dancer and teacher Rina Singha, arts manager, performer and writer Jason van Eyk, editor-in-chief of Coach House Books Alana Wilcox, and d’bi.young.anitafrika, recipient of the 2007 RBC Emerging Artist Award.

The 2008 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards, with cash prizes totaling $40,000, will comprise five categories: Arts for Youth Award; The Globe and Mail Business for the Arts Award; RBC Emerging Artist Award; Roy Thomson Hall Award of Recognition; and the William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto's Cultural Life.

The deadline for nominations is fast approaching: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 5 pm. Nomination forms, criteria and awards adjudication policies for the 2008 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards are still available at www.torontoarts.org/awards.html.

Winners of the 2008 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards will be announced on Friday, October 17, 2008 at the Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch.

Incorporated in 1995 as a sister organization to Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council Foundation has a two-fold mission: to increase awareness of the value that artists and arts organizations bring to the city of Toronto and to increase resources for the arts. Toronto Arts Council Foundation administers a number of programs to further these goals and provides an opportunity for individuals, foundations and corporations to support a broad spectrum of initiatives and arts disciplines in the City of Toronto through tax-deductible contributions.

2008 Betty Webster Awards - Orchestras Canada/Orchestres Canada

Orchestras Canada Announces the Winners of the 2008 Betty Webster Awards

Orchestras Canada/Orchestres Canada (OC) is delighted to announce the winners of the Betty Webster Awards for 2008. Created in 2002, the Awards honour long-time OC executive director Elizabeth Webster by recognizing people and organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian orchestral community through leadership, education and volunteerism. The 2008 Awards committee was chaired by Manitoba Chamber Orchestra general manager Vicki Young. She was joined by Rob McAlear (Artistic Administrator of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra); Alain Trudel (Music Director of the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique de Laval); Betty Webster (Executive Director Emeritus of OC); and Katherine Carleton (Executive Director of OC). The 2008 winners (from west to east) are:

Pat Middleton, Regina SK

Pat Middleton is currently serving as Centennial Director of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO) after 22 years on the administrative staff of the orchestra, for 17 of which she was the RSO’s Executive Director. Under her leadership, the orchestra has established an enviable reputation as a financially stable and active ensemble, with a supportive audience, interesting programming and exceptional community partnerships. Speaking on behalf of the committee, Vicki Young cited Pat Middleton’s “determination, warmth and passion” and noted the great admiration and affection in which she is held by her colleagues in the Canadian orchestral community. Pat Middleton was nominated for the award by RSO musician and personnel/production manager Stephen McLellan.

Mina Grossman Ianni, Windsor ON

Mina Grossman Ianni has recently stepped down from the staff team of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO), after 10 years with the orchestra, initially as Executive Director (1998-2001) and then as Director of Development. Due in no small part to her focus, determination and profound belief in what the orchestra could accomplish, during her tenure with the orchestra the WSO stabilized its financial position, expanded its budget, increased its concert schedule, and built a nationally-recognized education and community engagement program. Mina Grossman Ianni was nominated by current Windsor Symphony Executive Director Jeth Mill.

The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, Province of New Brunswick

The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO/OJNB) was founded in 1965 and provides young musicians throughout New Brunswick with the opportunity to build their musicianship by learning and performing orchestral music. The NBYO is made up of approximately 80 young musicians from all corners of the province, and their music director is Dr. James Mark. They’ve had had a remarkable year in 2007-08, a season that has included a tour of China, a much-acclaimed performance at the East Coast Music Awards, an ECMA for Classical Recording of the Year, and a Dialogue Award from their province’s Lieutenant Governor, saluting their commitment to operating in both official languages. The NBYO is a leader, continually seeking to improve access to performance and education opportunities for young musicians across New Brunswick. The NBYO was nominated for the award by the Chair of the Symphony New Brunswick Foundation, Reid Parker.

The award presentations will take place at concerts by the Regina Symphony, Windsor Symphony and New Brunswick Youth Orchestra in the fall of 2008. As OC Executive Director Katherine Carleton says, “it is an honour to be able to recognize these outstanding citizens of the Canadian orchestral community in front of the audiences they’ve served with such fidelity for so many years.”

Orchestras Canada will be at the forefront of advocacy and leadership development for Canadian orchestras, taking informed action for the benefit of orchestras and the communities they serve. OC’s mission is to be the united national voice of the Canadian orchestral community, furthering and enriching the work of Canadian orchestras through programs and services in both official languages.

Christina Petrowska Quilico winner of 2007 CMC/CLC Friends of Canadian Music Award

Christina Petrowska Quilico winner of

2007 CMC/CLC Friends of Canadian Music Award

May 29, 2008 (Toronto) – The Canadian Music Centre and the Canadian League of Composers are pleased to announce Christina Petrowska Quilico as the recipient of the 2007 Friends of Canadian Music Award. This annual $1,000 award is a joint venture between the CLC and the CMC, honouring those who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to Canadian composers and their music. This award will be presented at a reception on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Toronto's Music Gallery – immediately following the Penderecki String Quartet's presentation of Intra/Introspections: Piacentini & Gentile.

A National jury (comprised of composers Keith Hamel, Melissa Hui and Christien Ledroit) recognized Christina Petrowska Quilico for her dedication to Canadian contemporary classical music as well as her unwavering support of this country's composing community. Throughout her exceptional performing and recording career Chrisina Petrowska Quilico has had a profound impact on Canada's classical music community from coast to coast to coast.

Born in Ottawa, Canada, Christina Petrowska Quilico was a child prodigy. She made her concert debut at ten years of age. A short time later, she was offered a scholarship to The Juilliard School where she studied under Rosina Lhévinne, Jeaneane Dowis and Irwin Freundlich. At fourteen, she won the High School of the Performing Arts Concerto Competition, a prize she shared with fellow student Murray Perahia, and made her New York City debut at the Town Hall.

After graduation, she studied in Europe, first at the Sorbonne in Paris and later in Darmstadt and Berlin under the tutelage of composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti. In 1971, she married her first husband, the avant-garde French-Canadian composer Michel-Georges Brégent. From 1962 to 1980, Petrowska Quilico lived in New York City, where she performed extensively as a soloist and in collaboration with her husband.

In the late 80s, she returned to Canada where she became the recitalist of choice for many Canadian composers including, Glenn Buhr, Chris Paul Harman, Christos Hatzis, Larysa Kuzmenko, Alexina Louie, Heather Schmidt and Ann Southam. She debuted close to twenty piano concerti and solo works and toured extensively through North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Christina Petrowska Quilico has recorded 20 CDs as a soloist and four CDs in partnership with her second husband, the late Metropolitan Opera baritone, Louis Quilico. In 1992, her CD Virtuoso Piano Music of Our Time traveled into space with Canadian astronaut Steve Maclean and debuted aboard the Space Shuttle Colombia. Maclean reprised his role as music director to the stars by taking Eclipse, featuring Christina on piano, on his most recent trip. Recent recordings include Canadian Composers Portraits: Ann Southam and 16 Portraits: Michel-Georges Brégent.

Christina Petrowska Quilico has written three books, Mr. Rigoletto: In Conversation With Louis Quilico, Opera Illustrated: An Artistic Odyssey and Go Away Sisyphus, a volume of poetry. She is also a competitive ballroom dancer and appears in the short film, Tango Amore. Currently, Petrowska lives in Toronto where she is a Professor of Piano and Musicology at York University.

Established in 1959, the Canadian Music Centre exists to stimulate the awareness, appreciation and performance of Canadian music, making the music of its Associate Composers available through its music libraries and through various promotional and outreach activities. The CMC is Canada's primary information resource, producer, distributor of concert music and sound recordings.

Founded in 1951, the Canadian League of Composers is the voice of Canada's professional composers. Through advocacy, communications, and partnerships, it seeks to uphold and nurture an environment where composers' work is sought after, heard, and valued.

Sherrie Johnson to receive John Hobday Award in Arts Management

Ottawa, May 28, 2008 – Independent theatre producer Sherrie Johnson will be presented with the John Hobday Award in Arts Management, which celebrates outstanding achievement in the field of arts management, during the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal.

The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers these awards, announced the creation of the John Hobday Awards in May 2006. The awards were made possible by a $1 million endowment from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation. John Hobday was executive director of the Foundation between 1983 and 2002, and director of the Canada Council from 2003 to 2006. Ms. Johnson is one of the first two recipients of the John Hobday Awards. The other recipient is Santee Smith, artistic director of the Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, who was presented her award on May 20 in Hamilton.

Sherrie Johnson's award is for professional development. She will enroll in the executive MBA (master of business administration) program at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto to develop her marketing, financial and business skills. Ms. Johnson plans to expand the scope of her work as an independent producer and exporter of Canadian theatre by working with philanthropists, banks, corporations and other patrons to build foundations for the performing arts in Canada.

News release and biographical notes are available on our website: The Canada Council for the Arts - Sherrie Johnson and Santee Smith win first John Hobday Awards in Arts Management.

Award Announcement 2008: Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation

The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce that Meghan Forsyth of Toronto has been awarded $12,000 as the recipient of the Foundation's 2008 advanced music study award. The 2008 award was offered in the area of research in Canadian music and was open to candidates from across Canada under thirty years of age.

The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award is intended to provide significant career development opportunities to a young Canadian musician or music scholar, typically at the graduate level. The recipient is chosen through a competitive process that is national in scope. The award, $12,000 in recent years, is offered annually or biennially.

Reflecting Sir Ernest's wide-ranging endeavours, the award is offered in different areas of music, areas that are not funded appreciably from other sources. Awards have been offered in composition, conducting, instrumental and vocal performance, pedagogy, early music, chamber music, collaborative piano and music education.

Twenty-four awards have been given since 1985, and past winners include: Bernard Labadie, James Sommerville, Marc-André Doran, The Tokai String Quartet, The Lloyd-Carr Harris String Quartet, Jens Lindemann, Jonathan Oldengarm, Robert May, Meredith Hall.

More information on the MacMillan Foundation Award is provided at Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award

http://www.macmillanfoundation.com/e~semmf_award.html

Information:

Dr. Robin Elliott, 416 978-4798, robin.elliott@utoronto.ca

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American Public Media and The San Francisco Symphony's The MTT Files Wins Peabody Award

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American Public Media and The San Francisco Symphony’s The MTT Files Wins Peabody Award

(St. Paul, Minn.) April 4, 2008—The MTT Files™, a public radio series produced by American Public Media™ and the San Francisco Symphony and hosted by the renowned San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas, has won a 2007 Peabody Award.

Michael Tilson Thomas, also known as MTT, is acclaimed for his work as a conductor, composer and as one of the great communicators about music in the world today. In The MTT Files, Tilson Thomas metaphorically pulls out some of his "files" – files full of ideas about music and art, and reminiscences of the legendary artists he has known throughout his career—to create eight very original and personal one-hour radio programs. The series includes an episode featuring Tilson Thomas in conversation with James Brown, in one of the soul singer’s final interviews before his death.

Announcing the Peabody Award, Horace Newcomb, Director of the Peabody Awards, said, “In these beautifully crafted radio pieces, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas examines a series of his personal files that range over an expansive world of music from Igor Stravinsky to James Brown. The subjects and topics in Tilson Thomas’s explorations broaden our knowledge as they delight our brains and our imaginations.”

The Peabody Awards are the oldest honor in broadcasting and widely considered electronic media’s most coveted award. The Peabody Awards recognize excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, Webcasters, producing organizations and individuals. For more information, visit www.peabody.uga.edu.

The Peabody Awards will be presented June 16, 2008, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News, will host the ceremony.

The MTT Files was produced and mixed by Tom Voegeli of American Public Media. Voegeli also wrote, produced and mixed American Mavericks®, a public radio series also produced in association with the San Francisco Symphony and hosted by Tilson Thomas. American Mavericks won a Peabody Award in 2004. Voegeli is also the executive producer of From the Top, a weekly radio showcase of America's top young classical musicians, hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley.

The MTT Files are supported by a grant from Koret Foundation Funds and by members of Minnesota Public Radio. The MTT Files are part of Keeping Score, made possible with lead funding from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and with generous support from The James Irvine Foundation, Marcia and John Goldman, Nan Tucker McEvoy, William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.

The MTT Files are on the Web at www.mttfiles.org.

In November 2006, the San Francisco Symphony launched Keeping Score, a national television series aimed at making classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds. The Keeping Score project features PBS telecasts, a national radio series, interactive websites, and a K-12 education program. For additional information, visit www.sfsymphony.org and www.keepingscore.org.

American Public Media has the largest broadcast audience reach of any classical music radio producer in the United States. Through global partnerships with leading music organizations, the European Broadcasting Union, the BBC, orchestras, festivals, vocal ensembles, and artists, American Public Media’s classical music service delivers performances and insight from around the world to its listeners. American Public Media’s classical music portfolio includes nationally renowned programs Performance Today®, SymphonyCast®, Pipedreams®, and Saint Paul Sunday®.

American Public Media is the largest owner and operator of public radio stations, also producing top programs reaching more than 15 million listeners weekly. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services for the American Public Media national network can be obtained at www.americanpublicmedia.org.

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The Midem Classical Awards Winners 2008

Cannes, 31 January 2008 - The fourth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards, which took place yesterday evening in Cannes as part of MIDEM (International Music Market, 27-31 January), awarded prizes to 12 CDs and three DVDs recorded in 2007 from 17 international labels.

Several major figures from the international music scene participated in the gala evening. Of special note was the legendary German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, honorary patron of MIDEM Classic 2008, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award to a standing ovation given by the audience. David Zinman, the renowned American conductor, best known for his prolific discography which includes the complete symphonies of Beethoven, was presented with the Artist of the Year Award. Robert von Bahr, founder of the Swedish label Bis Records, was awarded the Label of the Year Award, in recognition of Bis' exceptional catalogue of Scandinavian and contemporary music.

Hosted by reputed classic journalists Genie Godula and James Jolly in the Debussy Theatre of the Palais des Festivals, the fourth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards staged a prestigious and diverse programme of works.

The Orchestre Régional Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, conducted by Philippe Bender, accompanied the young Czech soprano Lívia Ághová, winner of the best Opera Recording Award for Kral a Uhlir by Antonin Dvorak, in Rusalka's Aria also by Dvorak and also the Canadian violinist Corey Cerovsek, winner of the Best Chamber Music Award for his recordings of Beethoven's sonatas released by Claves, in an interpretation of the Polonaise de Concert for violin and orchestra in D major by Hendryk Wieniawski.

Polish violinist Patrycja Pietkutowska, accompanied by pianist Janusz Olejniczak, won the Contemporary Music category for their recorded works of composer Krzysztof Penderecki released by Dux, the duo charmed the audience with their interpretation of the Miniatures by the same composer; and English Navarra Quartet, chosen by the jury as Outstanding Young Artist, gave an impressive performance of the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A minor.

The prestigious Jury Nomination prize was awarded to the recording of Vin Herbé by Franck Martin released on Harmonia Mundi, and the Recording of the Year award went to the complete Beethoven Sonatas by Daniel Barenboim released on DVD by EMI.

Winners of the 2008 MIDEM Classical Awards

Early Music
Christophorus Columbus
Paraisos Perdidos
Hespèrion XXI, de La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Figueras, Savall
Alia Vox AVSA 9850 A+B

Baroque Music
Handel
Messiah (Dublin Version)
Hamilton, Gil, Wilkinson, Mulroy, Dunedin Consort & Players, Butt
Linn Records CKD 285

Vocal Recitals
Heroes: Vivaldi - Opera Arias
Jaroussky, Ensermble Matheus, Spinosi
Virgin Classics 9463634142

Choral Works
Schöneberg
Gurrelieder
Diener, Naef, Smith, Siegel, Lukas, Schmidt, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg Gielen
Hänssler Classic SACD 93.198

Solo Instrument
Scriabin
Étude, Sonata No. 2, Four Mazurkas, Nuances, Poème, etc.
Sudbin
BIS SACD1568

Chamber Music
Beethoven
The 10 Violon Sonatas
Cerovsek, Jumppanen
Claves CD 50 2610/12

Opera
Dvorak
Král a Uhlír
Jenis, Mikulas, Breedt, Aghova, Lehotsky, Schäfer, Prager Kammerchor,
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Albrecht.
Orfeo C 678062 H

Contemporary Music
Penderecki
Capriccio, De Natura Sonoris II, Piano Concerto I
Piekutowska, Bilinska, The National Polish Radio Symphony
Orchestra Katowice, Penderecki
Dux 0582

Historical
Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri
Price, Miljakovic, Howells, Wright, Hollweg, Gaifa, Brendel,
Amis el Hage, Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Roma, Giulini
Arts Music 43076-2

Concertos
Sibelius / Lindberg
Violin Concertos
Batiashvili, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oramo
Sony Classical 886971293623

Symphonic Works
Bartók: Kossuth, The Wooden Prince
Hungarian National Philharmonic, Kocsis
Hungaroton HSACD 32502

First Recording
Britten on Film: Coal Face, Night Mail, Rossini Suite,
The King's Stamp, etc.
Beale, Carewe, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of
Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Choir of King Edward's School, Brabbins
NMC D 112

DVD: Opera/Ballet
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Westbroek, Ventris, Wilson, Vaneev, Poulson, Ludha, Kravets, Chorus of
De Nederlandse Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Jansons, Kusej
Opus Arte OA 0965 D

DVD : Concerts
Barenboim on Beethoven
The Complete Piano Sonatas
Barenboim
EMI Classics 0946 3 68993 9 8

DVD: Documentaries
Jacqueline du Pré: A Celebration
Du Pré, Zukerman, Perlman, Mehta, Barenboim, Fischer-Dieskau,
Ashkenazy, Barbirolli, etc.
Allegro Films A 07CN D

Classical Download
Mozart
Piano Concertos Nos. 17 KV 453 and 18 KV 456,
Symphony No. 33 KV 319
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Aimard
DG Concerts D/D/D/4776436 /G/HD

Jury Nomination
Martin
Le Vin herbé
Piau, Davislim, Böhnert, Wiedemann, Bartsch, Burhmann, Hartmann,
RIAS Kammerschor, Scharoun-Ensemble, Reuss
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901935.36

Label of the Year
Bis Records, Sweden

Outstanding Young Artist
Navarra Quartet

Artist of the Year
David Zinman

Lifetime Achievement Award
Christa Ludwig

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Prix Opus 2008 : la Faculté de musique de l'UdeM félicite ses lauréats

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Prix Opus 2008 : la Faculté de musique de l'UdeM félicite ses lauréats

Montréal, le 28 janvier 2008 - La Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal est fière de souligner la présence, parmi les lauréats des prix Opus 2008, de nombreux de ses enseignants, diplômés ou étudiants. Les prix Opus ont été remis hier à la salle Claude-Champagne.

La Faculté de musique souhaite ainsi féliciter :

• Quasar (Marie-Chantal Leclair, Mathieu Leclair et André Leroux, diplômés; Jean-Marc Bouchard, diplômé et chargé de cours) : Concert de l'année - Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique, pour Quasar, dans le cadre de la série Les nouvelles lutheries électroniques, en coproduction avec Innovations en concert (27 septembre 2006)

• Jean-François Rivest (professeur), conception et direction de Marisol et Rémi sur le chemin de la nuit, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (5 novembre 2006) : Production Jeune public de l'année

• Margaret Little (diplômée et directrice de l'Atelier de musique baroque de l'Université de Montréal), membre de l'ensemble Les Voix humaines, avec Susie Napper. Le duo remporte le prix Interprète de l'année.

• Alexander Weimann (accompagnateur à la Faculté), direction de l'ensemble Les Voix baroques pour Buxtehude : Membra Jesu Nostri (Atma classique) : Disque de l'année - Musiques médiévale, de la Renaissance, baroque

• Marc Boucher, baryton (diplômé), et Olivier Godin, piano (accompagnateur), pour Théodore Dubois : Musiques sur l'eau et autres mélodies (XXI-21 Productions) : Disque de l'année -Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique, impressionniste

• Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne et Lorraine Vaillancourt, direction, pour Oesterle, Provost, Tremblay : À quelle heure commence le temps? (Atma classique) : Disque de l'année - Musiques moderne, contemporaine

• Marcelle Deschênes (diplômée et ex-professeure) pour petits Big Bangs (Empreintes DIGITALes) : Disque de l'année - Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique

• Airat Ichmouratov et Elvira Misbakhova (diplômés), de l'ensemble Kleztory, pour Nomade (Amerix) - Disque de l'année - Jazz, musiques du monde

• Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis (doctorante) pour « Une clémence inattendue : La thématique du pardon dans Die Entführung aus dem Serail de Stephanie et Mozart », Revue de musicologie, vol. 92, no 2, décembre 2006 - Article de l'année

• Philip Gareau (doctorant) pour La musique de Morton Feldman ou le temps en liberté, L'Harmattan - Livre de l'année

• Isabelle Bozzini et Stéphanie Bozzini (diplômées), membres du Quatuor Bozzini, lauréat du prix Rayonnement à l'étranger

Créé par le Conseil québécois de la musique, le gala des prix Opus vise à souligner l'excellence de la musique de concert au Québec dans ses différents répertoires.

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Source :

Julie Fortier

Faculté de musique - Université de Montréal

514.343.6365

Julie.c.fortier@umontreal.ca

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal wins the prestigious 2007 Silver Adrian Award

Montreal, Monday, January 28, 2008 - The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International presented the prestigious Silver Adrian Award 2007 to the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal during a ceremony held today in New York.

This was the 51^st anniversary of the Silver Adrian Award, considered a very high distinction in the travel sector. A jury consisting of experts from the domains of hotel management, travel, tourism and media considered no fewer than 1,300 submissions before choosing the Festival in the category of "Attractions/Theme Park for Feature Placement Print-Consumer Newspaper" after having read an account in the San Francisco Chronicle.

"We are very honoured to receive this prestigious award. It is the result of years of work by the Festival to develop and deploy a marketing strategy, which appears to have paid off handsomely, judging by the growing number of tourists who flock to Montreal each year for our annual 'high mass' of jazz. I would also like to highlight the excellent work and commitment of Lou Hammond & Associates, the agency which has represented us for years in the U.S. market," stated André Ménard, co-founder and artistic director of the Festival.

Every summer, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents over 650 shows, including over 280 indoor performances and 372 free outdoor concerts on 25 different stages. Close to 3000 musicians from some 30 countries take part in this massive musical party, with over 2.1 million people pouring onto the site to enjoy it all. For its upcoming edition, the Festival is preparing an enticing outdoor program set to groove to the rhythms of the world. The 29^th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal takes place from June 26 to July 6, 2008.

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Source :

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal - 514-523-3378

Renseignements (médias) :

Marie-Eve Boisvert, directrice principale - relations de presse - 514-523-3378, poste 5666 ; marie-eve.boisvert@equipespectra.ca

Greg Kitzler, attaché de presse - 514-523-3378, poste 5622 ; greg.kitzler@equipespectra.ca

Gala des Prix Opus 2006-2007 : Une onzième édition sous le signe de la fête

dimanche 27 janvier 2008 à 17h30

GALA DES PRIX OPUS 2006-2007 : UNE ONZIÈME ÉDITION SOUS LE SIGNE DE LA FÊTE

Montréal, le 27 janvier 2008 - C'est dans une atmosphère festive que la 11^e édition du Gala des prix Opus s'est tenue aujourd'hui à la Salle Claude-Champagne, à Montréal. Les artisans de la musique de concert, réunis pour cette fête annuelle, ont chaleureusement applaudi tout au long de la remise de prix. Animé par Mario Paquet d'Espace Musique et Martin Bernier, le gala a mis à l'honneur la musique et les musiciens. Pour l'occasion, 12 musiciens parmi les plus actifs sur la scène musicale québécoise ont accompagné la remise de prix avec des arrangements signés Louis Babin. Au total, 26 prix ont récompensé le talent des interprètes, compositeurs, musicologues, producteurs et diffuseurs québécois qui ont marqué la saison s'échelonnant du 1^er septembre 2006 au 31 août 2007 Les prestations musicales mettaient en vedette plusieurs ensembles issus de répertoires variés : le Effendi Jazzlab, l'ensemble de percussions Sixtrum, le Quatuor Molinari et Espaces Sonores Illimités. Le guitariste Davis Joachim a interprété une oeuvre de son père, le compositeur Otto Joachim à qui le Conseil québécois de la musique a rendu hommage.

Compositeur, professeur, interprète, Otto Joachim est né à Düsseldorf en Allemagne, qu'il quitte en 1934 après l'arrivée d'Hitler au pouvoir. Il séjournera en Asie avant de s'établir à Montréal en 1949. Très actif sur la scène musicale québécoise dans les années 50, il fut alto solo de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal et de l'Orchestre de chambre McGill. En 1955, il fonde le Quatuor à cordes de Montréal qui a contribué à la diffusion d'oeuvres de compositeurs d'ici dont son ami Jean Papineau-Couture. En 1958, il fonde l'Ensemble des instruments anciens de Montréal. À cette même époque, il entreprend des recherches dans le domaine de l'électroacoustique, s'ouvrant à un monde sonore encore peu connu de ses contemporains. On lui doit la pièce de musique électroacoustique Katimavik composée pour la sonorisation du Pavillon canadien d'Expo 67. Artiste pluridisciplinaire avant l'heure, Otto Joachim a aussi poursuivi une activité de peintre. Ses oeuvres ont été projetées tout au long de la céromonie. Pour compléter cet hommage, le critique musical de La Presse Claude Gingras a témoigné de son respect envers le doyen de nos compositeurs.

Créé par le Conseil québécois de la musique, ce gala souligne l'excellence de la musique de concert au Québec dans ses différents répertoires. Le Québec regorge de musiciens de talent et la qualité des lauréats 2006-2007 nous a permis encore une fois de le constater. L'événement vise à rendre hommage aux musiciens d'ici, mais aussi et surtout, transmettre au public et aux mélomanes le goût de découvrir la musique de concert.

Le Conseil québécois de la musique a remercié les principaux partenaires du gala, soit le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Musicaction, le Conseil des Arts du Canada, le ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec, la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, Galaxie, le réseau de musique continue de Radio-Canada, Espace Musique, la Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec, Le Devoir, la Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal, la Librairie Monet et La Scena Musicale.

La liste des lauréats accompagne ce communiqué.

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Relations de presse : Lise Raymond Communications, (450) 640-0500

Prix Opus - Lauréats 2006-2007

Concert de l'année - Montréal

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 3 000 $ du Conseil des arts de Montréal)

Le Quatuor selon Bartók - Quatuor Molinari

3 décembre 2006

Concert de l'année - Québec

Grieg, chantre nordique - Orchestre symphonique de Québec

23 et 24 mai 2007

Concert de l'année - Régions

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, À la rencontre d'une grande voix - Centre d'arts Orford

4 août 2007

Concert de l'année - Musiques médiévale, de la Renaissance, baroque

Le ciel des terres froides - Benoît Marineau, orgue, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal dans le cadre du Festival Montréal Baroque

24 juin 2007

Concert de l'année - Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique, impressionniste

Bruckner & Strauss : moments d'éternité - Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal

18 et 22 septembre 2006

Concert de l'année - Musiques moderne, contemporaine

Le Quatuor selon Bartók - Quatuor Molinari

3 décembre 2006

Concert de l'année - Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique

Quasar, dans le cadre de la série Les nouvelles lutheries numériques - Quasar, quatuor de saxophones en coproduction avec Innovations en concert

27 septembre 2006

Concert de l'année - Jazz, musiques du monde

Richard Gagnon & Trombones Actions - Richard Gagnon

3 avril 2007

Concert de l'année - Jeune public

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 5 000 $ du ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec)

Marisol et Rémi sur le chemin de la nuit - Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

5 novembre 2006

Disque de l'année - Musiques médiévale, de la Renaissance, baroque

Buxtehude : Membra Jesu Nostri, Les Voix Baroques, Alexander Weimann, direction

Atma Classique

Disque de l'année - Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique, impressionniste

Théodore Dubois : Musiques sur l'eau et autres mélodies, Marc Boucher, baryton, Olivier Godin, piano - Disques XXI-21 Productions

Disque de l'année - Musiques moderne, contemporaine

Oesterle, Provost, Tremblay : À quelle heure commence le temps?, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt, direction - Atma Classique

Disque de l'année - Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique

petits Big Bangs, Marcelle Deschênes - Empreintes DIGITALes

Disque de l'année - Jazz, musiques du monde

Nomade, Kleztory - Amerix

Création de l'année

L'entreprise de séduction, Nicolas Gilbert, compositeur, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal et Espace musique, Musiques à longues portées! Une soirée Espace musique, 9 mai 2007

Livre de l'année

Philip Gareau, La musique de Morton Feldman ou le temps en liberté, L'Harmattan

Article de l'année

Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis, Une clémence inattendue : La thématique du pardon dans Die Entführung aus dem Serail de Stephanie et Mozart, Revue de musicologie, vol. 92, no 2, décembre 2006

Prix Hommage

Otto Joachim, compositeur, interprète, professeur

Rayonnement à l'étranger

Quatuor Bozzini

Directeur artistique de l'année

Véronique Lacroix

Ensemble contemporain de Montréal

Découverte de l'année

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 5 000 $ de Galaxie, le réseau de musique continue de Radio-Canada et d'une année en résidence à la radio de Radio-Canada)

Marianne Fiset, soprano

Reconnaissance à un facteur d'instruments

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 5 000 $ de la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles)

Accordéon Mélodie, Raynald Ouellet et Sylvain Vézina

Compositeur de l'année

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 10 000 $ du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec)

Serge Arcuri

Interprète de l'année

(prix accompagné d'une bourse de 5 000 $ du Conseil des Arts du Canada)

Les Voix humaines

Diffuseur de l'année

Festival de Lanaudière - Saison du 30e anniversaire