Eric Gauthier’s company Gauthier Dance has achieved a reputation for charismatic performances that shows off technical skill with a sense of humour. The Montreal native talks to Artsfile’s Peter Robb in advance of his performance on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall. Q. Eric Gauthier,
Two of Canada’s best known cultural exports, comedian Martin Short and actor Michael J. Fox, will be among the five laureates feted in June by the 2017 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation. The awards, which feature a glittering gala at the National Arts Centre on
Charles Richard-Hamelin is arguably the best and most complete pianist under the age of 30 in Canada. He combines monster virtuosity with keen intelligence and exceptionally sensitive, imaginative musicality. His headline-making silver medal at the 2015 Chopin competition in Warsaw certainly boosted his career, but
More than two months after Public Services and Procurement Canada released an EKOS Research survey of Canadians’ opinions about potential uses of the building, assistant deputy minister Rob Wright said the department is on track to make a decision in 2017. The building — designated heritage
In the late spring of 1993, two giants of Canadian culture met for the very first time. This despite the fact the two men lived not six minutes apart in Montreal. It was at the second ever gathering to celebrate the then very new Governor
David Johnston might be one of the most prolific writers ever to fill the post of governor general in Canada. The author, or co-author, of some 25 books has a new offering for the sesquicentennial. Johnston will be appearing with his co-author Tom Jenkins at
Five of the six playwrights in the 2017-2018 season at the Great Canadian Theatre Company are female, and many of them are young. A balanced representation of women and men “is just a priority for us,” says artistic director Eric Coates. “Because of historical inequity,
I don’t know about you, but every time I try to understand that old darling of physics, string theory, my brain seizes up like a car engine with a fatal oil leak. That’s not the case for Elliot Green. A driven physicist who’s attempting nothing less
Charles Richard-Hamelin is a Quebec pianist who is a rising star internationally and emerging as one of the most important pianists of his generation. His successful second place finish in the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015 has been followed up with a JUNO nomination
In 1967, the enigmatic Canadian musical icon, Glenn Gould produced a radio documentary for the CBC called The Idea of North. In his introduction to the piece, he said: "I've long been intrigued by that incredible tapestry of tundra and taiga which constitutes the Arctic and
