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Pražák and Zemlinsky Quartets Combine for Two Sextets and Mendelssohn’s Octet

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CanadaCanada Dvořák , Schulhoff, Mendelssohn: Pražák Quartet (Jana Vonášková and Vlastimil Holek [violins], Josef Kluson [viola], Michal Kanka [cello]) and Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček and Petr Střížek [violins], Petr Holman [viola], Vladimír Fortin [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 29.1.2019. (GN)

Pražák and Zemlinsky String Quartets © Mark Mushet
Pražák and Zemlinsky String Quartets © Mark Mushet

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Wide-Ranging New Music Festival Adds Luster to the Vancouver Symphony’s Centenary Celebrations

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CanadaCanada 2019 VSO New Music Festival: Nathalie Paulin (soprano), Vern Griffiths (percussion), New York Polyphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre and Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 16-19.1.2019. (GN)

The Vancouver Symphony’s ‘Day of Music’ (c) VSO

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PIANIST MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN

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THE GREAT CANADIAN ARTISTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN

Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Cannety-Clarke

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin has emerged as one of the marvels of the twenty-first century. Few living pianists can match his transparency of articulation, rhythmic and tonal control and cunning virtuoso strength, and these characteristics are resoundingly illustrated in his recordings and concert performances of a vast range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century repertoire. His early – and indeed enduring – contribution lay in bringing technically-challenging works of lesser known and often forgotten composers to public attention, placing them on the world stage in the best light for others to absorb and study. In recent years, he has applied his interpretative and technical acumen to more mainstream literature with great success.

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Reverence and Distilled Beauty from Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan

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CanadaCanada Various: Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ryo Terakado (violin), Liliko Maeda (traverse flute), Masamitsu San’nomiya (oboe), Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (director/continuo), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 9.12.2018. (GN)

Joanne Lunn (soprano) with Masaaki Suzuki & Bach Collegium Japan © Jan Gates

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