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Opera McGill Presents Die Fledermaus ~ A Glittering 60th Anniversary Production!

Posted on December 20, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

This season, Opera McGill proudly celebrates 60 incredible years of training, mentoring, and nurturing young artists. The showpiece of this diamond anniversary season is a new production of Die Fledermaus, the beloved and lighthearted masterwork by Johann Strauss II, last presented by Opera McGill in its 30th anniversary season, in 1986. Opera McGill Director Patrick Hansen serves as both Music…

Opera McGill Celebrates Diamond Anniversary Season

Posted on September 27, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Opera McGill marks 60 incredible years of training, mentoring, and nurturing young artists with a celebratory season featuring Handel’s magical Alcina at Pollack Hall, a glittering Die Fledermaus at the Monument National, and an innovative Opera Binge Festival featuring no less than seven one-act operas in 24 hours at multiple venues. This season also marks the 10th anniversary of Patrick…

Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and the Synagogue Choir of Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Featured On Leonard Cohen’s “You Want It Darker”

Posted on September 21, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

New Album from Sony Music To Be Released October 21st, 2016 When Leonard Cohen, iconic songwriter, poet and artist – who turns 82 today – was looking for the sound of the synagogue of his youth for his new album, he turned to that very same synagogue: Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, along with its magnificent Cantor, Gideon Zelermyer, and professional…

Inaugural Concert for the Azrieli Music Project: Compositions by Brian Current, Wlad Marhulets, Mahler and Bernstein

Posted on September 16, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Maestro Kent Nagano is conducting the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on Wednesday, October 19 at 8 p.m. at Maison symphonique de Montréal in a concert presenting a reflection on tradition, identity and on the universal character of music. Four wonderful soloists – tenor Frédéric Antoun, pianist Serhiy Salov, clarinetist André Moisan and soprano Sharon Azrieli Perez – and the OSM…

Cellist Matt Haimovitz Reaches New Heights in His Intense Engagement with the Bach Suites with Six Commissions and Premiere Recordings

Posted on August 11, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Matt Haimovitz’s continuously-evolving and intense engagement with the Bach Cello Suites reaches a new zenith with Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites. The new overtures expand upon the multitude of spiritual, cross-cultural, and vernacular references found in the Bach, building a bridge from the master’s time to our own. Overtures to Bach,…

Composer Wlad Marhulets is the Winner of the Inaugural Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music

Posted on May 31, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Azrieli Music Project (AMP) is proud to announce that composer Wlad Marhulets is the winner of the inaugural Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music for his Klezmer Clarinet Concerto. Marhulets, who submitted a completed orchestral work on a Jewish theme or subject – along with applicants from around the world – has been granted the second of two $50,000 prizes,…

Première Mondiale en Version Orchestrale de « Le voyage de Babar : Le retour au pays des éléphants » de Raphael Mostel présentée par L’OSM

Posted on April 11, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

« Difficile de résister à son charme ! » – The New York Times Le voyage de Babar : Le retour au pays des éléphants, de Raphael Mostel, sera présenté en première mondiale dans sa version orchestrale par l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal sous la direction de Dina Gilbert, le 15 mai à 13 h 30 à la Maison symphonique de Montréal. Les comédiens…

Raphael Mostel’s The Travels of Babar: Return to the Land of the Elephants ~ World Premiere Orchestral Version presented by OSM

Posted on April 11, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“Its charms are hard to resist!” – The New York Times The world premiere of the orchestral version of Raphael Mostel’s The Travels of Babar: Return to the Land of the Elephants will be presented by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Dina Gilbert, on Sunday, May 15 at 1:30pm at Maison symphonique de Montréal, and narrated in French by…

Connected to the World! Announcing the Montreal Chamber Music Festival’s 21st Season

Posted on January 26, 2016 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 21st season with a thrilling musical voyage around the world – from Canada to Salzburg to Havana to Israel and beyond – presenting a spectacular array of concerts and premieres. Today, Festival Founder and Executive Director Denis Brott C.M., in the company of Ben Heppner and 2016 Festival ambassador Danièle Henkel, announced the…

Montreal’s Dynamic 9-Piece String Band collectif9 Releases Debut Album, Volksmobiles

Posted on January 14, 2016 by shiragilbert | 1 Comments

Montreal’s cutting-edge classical string band collectif9 has been gathering steam since its 2011 debut, attracting diverse audiences in clubs, outdoor festivals, and concert halls across Quebec and beyond. Featuring both original scores and new arrangements – often with lights, staging, and amplification more commonly seen at rock acts – collectif9 heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance. Now, following…

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