The Ottawa Choral Society presents it's take on Ludwig Van Beethoven this Friday. To offer a sense of what to expect from this concert, music director Jean-Sebastian Vallée answered some questions emailed by Artsfile's Peter Robb. Q. This is your "debut" in a large orchestral setting with the
Angela Hewitt’s Bach Odyssey — her globetrotting, four-year exploration of Bach’s complete works for solo keyboard — brought the pianist to Dominion Chalmers this past week, co-presented by Chamberfest and NACO. The first installments contained some attractive scenery, familiar features, and one or two surprises.
Every year putting together the performers coming to the world's largest chamber music festival is puzzled out by artistic director Roman Borys. Much depends on squaring the availability of artists with ensuring Chamberfest stays true to its mandate. Case in point Chamberfest 2017, which runs from July 22
University of Ottawa professor Dina Salha has been haunted by memories of her great-aunt who died alone and mysteriously in Lebanon in 1983. So, captured by the desire to know more, Salha made a film about her search. That documentary, Lady in the Garden, was first screened in
Here's something that's much more than a rhyming couplet. VERSefest's seventh edition runs from March 21 until March 26 and it will bring a boatload of poets from across Canada and the United States and Europe to the capital. When it started in 2010, a few hundred
When Joel Plaskett visits Southam Hall this Saturday evening, he's bringing along a special guest
Frédéric Lacroix is a well-known Ottawa-based pianist and composer who specializes in early music. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Piano and Composition at the University of Ottawa School of Music. He answered five questions posed by Artsfile's Peter Robb. Lacroix will be performing this Saturday
Robert Harris’s Meeting of the School Trustees is the iconic painting of Prince Edward Island, that tiniest of provinces that exports potatoes, shellfish and art conservators. The National Gallery’s Tasia Bulger, from North Wiltshire, P.E.I., has recently spent “about 150 hours” restoring the painting, and has revealed
Finland has become an annual destination for Angela Hewitt. She goes there annually, she said in an interview with Artsfile in advance of her Bach Odyssey concerts March 16 and 18. (She talked about those with Artsfile here). Hewitt collaborates often with the Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu
The future of the 2017 Magnetic North Theatre Festival seems to now be in doubt as organizers have cancelled Tuesday's 11 a.m. launch announcement with no new date scheduled. The annual festival, which is co-presented by the National Arts Centre, was set to run June 16-24
