Most Canadians first encountered Sandra Perron in 1996 in a leaked, four-year-old photograph on the front pages of their daily newspapers showing the then soldier tied to a tree at CFB Gagetown after being beaten and forced to stand four hours barefoot in the snow. As
Visual artists dominate as finalists for Ottawa’s annual arts awards, announced during an event Thursday night. The finalists for the Ottawa Arts Council’s Mid-Career Artist Award are visual artists Maura Doyle and Andrew Wright, and music and visual artist Jesse Stewart. Finalists for the RBC Emerging Artist
It must be something in the Baltic air: when it comes to churning out extraordinary conducting talent out of all proportion to its population, Estonia has become the new Finland. Tallinn native Olari Elts is part of a generation of superb Estonian maestros that includes brothers
You wouldn't think three minutes of music would be that hard to write. Not so. How much work is it Alain Trudel? "So much," says the artistic advisor and principal guest conductor of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra when talking about his piece Birth which will open the OSO's
Pembroke, Ontario native Joshua Hopkins has been busy since he was last in Ottawa, so ARTSFILE thought it was time for an update from the busy baritone. Here are his answers to emailed questions from Peter Robb. Q. We haven't spoken since you appeared in The
The way Daniel Taylor looks at it: Win or lose this weekend, he's still way ahead. The well-known countertenor, choir director and educator from Ottawa has his fourth JUNO nomination for the recording Four Thousand Winter (Sony Classical), which was put together by Taylor and his Trinity
When David Johnston assumed the office of governor general of Canada he signaled right away that his time at Rideau Hall would be fully packed. One of the main priorities he outlined in 2010 was a purposeful desire to help build an innovation culture in the country.
In 1986, at age 25 or so, the world renowned Canadian pianist Louis Lortie recorded all of Chopin's demanding etudes. Three decades later he's tackling them again (with the Preludes added just because. That's 52 pieces of music folks). But now as the star pianist approaches
The young American author and journalist Mark Engler will fill the final slot of the Spring edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Angler is the author of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century, (co-authored with his brother Paul). The
On April 9, up to 25,000 Canadians will be climb up Vimy Ridge to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War battle. Vimy has become a central event in the history of this country. The facts are significant. The battle represents the first time all four
