Nicolas Namoradze thinks deeply about his chosen career as a piano soloist and a composer. Before he entered the 2018 Honens competition, he had spent some four years giving himself time to prepare for the spotlight. When he won, he says he was ready to step
This year's list of lifetime laureates of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards includes a major Indigenous actor, a Chinese Canadian composer and a comedian known for her work in the hit comedy series Schitt's Creek. There is more Hollywood glamour with the winner of the 2020
Jodi Cobb's fascination with the world started on a desert island off the coast of Iran. The island was the home of the world's largest oil refinery and her father was an engineer there. "We moved there when I was in third grade and we stayed
Call it the great chamber music face-off of 2020: two nights, two venues, different concerts by two international headliners, each under the banner of one of Ottawa’s rival chamber music festivals. First up was the Vienna Piano Trio on Monday evening, playing an off-season Music and
Our Time machine is a film about fathers and sons and the power of memory. It follows one of China's most important conceptual artists Maleonn as he tries to help his father cope with advancing Alzheimer's. In his prime, Ma Ke, was the artistic director
In our bodies, the nerves that connect our muscles and organs to our brains are coated with a sheath. This myelin protects our vital highway and it grows as we do, expanding as we reach for new heights. That's an interesting metaphor for a dancer/choreographer with
Jesse Thistle's memoir From the Ashes has had an interesting impact. All of a sudden he has become sort of a go to spokesperson for the Metis people. That is a useful platform for the PhD candidate in history with a thesis that is looking into
You think you’re on the side of right when it comes to polarized issues like immigration and freedom of speech? The Assembly – Montreal, opening shortly at the NAC, might throw your certainty for a loop thanks to its verbatim theatre form. A creation of Montreal’s
The dancer/choreographer/performance artist Tedd Robinson has been putting works together through the lens of modern dance for some 45 years. These days, because of a neurological condition, he isn't dancing much but he can still create. And these days he's making something out of the collection
For about five years Jenn Grant and Dan Ledwell tried to have a baby. They eventually tried in vitro fertilization and the second time it worked. A boy was born about 15 months ago. For Grant, the pregnancy came at an interesting time. She was in
