Jean-Marie Zeitouni took over as the artistic director of I Musici de Montreal almost seven years ago. He replaced the founder Yuli Turovsky, who had retired and then passed away in January 2013 "I Musici kept him alive a little bit longer. It's heartbreaking but he wasn't
Pianist Angela Hewitt made her habitual Chamberfest visit this long weekend with two more chapters in her multi-year Bach Odyssey project. On Saturday, the Ottawa native played Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 2 will follow in October). On Monday evening, Hewitt performed the
Simone Osborne is a a proud ex-pat. The Vancouver native is living in Frankfurt, Germany these days where her husband, the bass-baritone Gordon Bintner has a gig with the opera. She maintains a busy career of recitals and opera roles from her base in the German city,
The redeveloped Arts Court/Ottawa Art Gallery complex will be getting a new piece of public art courtesy of the City of Ottawa. The piece, which won an international competition, is by the Brooklyn, New York artist, Adam Frank. It's called Spectator. Spectator is described as "a dynamic, interactive
Forty-six years is a long time to be with anyone. For a string quartet, it's a lifetime of music. You need dedication, a sense of humour and a commitment to making good music, said Josef Kluson, who plays viola with the Pražák Quartet. He is
The drama and passion of Flamenco is coming to Ottawa next week from Halifax. Yep, Halifax, where the troupe Flamenco en Rouge is based. Before their show called Camino Flamenco on Aug. 11 at the National Gallery of Canada, ARTSFILE chatted with artistic director and principal
It’s a safe bet you’ve never realized the universality of A Lover and His Lass, that sweet and buoyant song from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, until you’ve heard it dressed up, via Appalachia, as a bluegrass tune. Unlikely as it sounds, it works splendidly,
The cellist Elinor Frey has become a bit of a musical detective. She relishes finding and bringing forward into the the light of day music that has been long forgotten. That, in essence, is the focus of the concert called Fiorè that she will present with
Summer isn't over but the Chamberfest folks are already thinking about the fall. They have announced the biggest and consequently most diverse lineup ever in the upcoming fall and winter concert series. In all there will 10 concerts featuring musicians from Spain, Israel, Norway, Austria, the
In Montreal, Robert Lepage is licking his wounds after having not one but two new “colour-blind” works cancelled over accusations of cultural appropriation and tone-deafness (SLAV proposed a mostly white cast to sing African slave music; Kanata, about residential schools, did not involve any Indigenous
