Kishi Bashi (aka Kaoru Ishibashi) is known for his skill as an indie rock violinist and as a songwriter. He's carved out a pretty decent career doing both. But he's not a closed musical book and a couple of years ago Kishi Bashi extended his thinking
When Ottawa photographer Fred Cattroll sold his house it meant he had to tell his exotic Italian "tenant," that it was time to move on after five years. The tenant did reply in an unexpected way, with the Moonlight Sonata. That "housemate" was a nine-foot Fazioli grand
Stephen Hough opened this year’s Chamberfest Sunday night like the true original he is, right down to the grosgrain ribbons on his patent leather court shoes. In a recital focused on Schumann and Debussy, most pianists would traditionally open with their Beethoven sonata. Hough closed with
A word of advice: If your plans ever conflict with those of Corallina, you may as well just give way because she’ll best you every time. Corallina — a firecracker with an intense sense of honour, an estimable loyalty to those who merit it and an
Angela Hewitt presented the third installment in her multi-concert Bach Odyssey series at Southam Hall Thursday night. The program included three of the six Partitas along with the D minor keyboard sonata. Hewitt’s 1997 recording of the complete Partitas for Hyperion was almost universally praised. I
Fifty-seven years ago a new sound started to percolate on radio stations across North America. It became known as the Motown sound and ever since the music produced by this label has been imprinted on the conscious of the popular music world. Stars like Diana Ross, Martha
Even in the age of ubiquitous video, a still image can be explosive, as seen in the World Press photo of the year. The photograph, now in the World Press photos of the year exhibition at the Canadian War Museum, will be familiar to anyone who’s
When the call from Chris Hadfield came, it was one of those moments of serendipity for Danny Michel. The singer-songwriter had never thought he would get a chance to go up North, way up north near the North Pole, but that was what Hadfield was offering.
Singing and cycling: two disciplines that may not, on the face of it, seem to fit together. But if you are the Bicycle Opera Project, it's a match made in heaven. The project was founded six years ago by sopranos Larissa Koniuk and Nadia Channa. "We started because
Accustomed as we are to reading faces for cues to character and intention, you’d think the fixed expression of masked actors would put them at a disadvantage in portraying the people they are depicting. Not so, at least not if there’s a good actor working behind
