WSO Remembers Max Tapper

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is saddened to recognize the passing of former WSO Executive Director Max Tapper.

Tapper came from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet to serve as Executive Director from 1985 to 1991, before moving on to become Managing Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure at the WSO, Tapper is credited with hiring Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey as well and the WSO’Äôs first Composer-in-Residence Glenn Buhr. Together with Tovey and Buhr, he worked to establish the organization’Äôs world-renowned New Music Festival.

’ÄúWe are very saddened to learn of his passing. He was a brilliant negotiator and a terrific salesman and he brought an intense passion to his work with the orchestra. Our condolences go out to his family on behalf of the musicians,’Äù said Principal Harp and board member Richard Turner.

A service will be held for Tapper on Sunday (May 31) at 2 pm at Cropo Funeral Chapel.

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Coup d'envoi des travaux de l'Adresse symphonique

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Culture Montrˆ©al se rˆ©jouit du coup d'envoi donnˆ© aux travaux de l'Adresse symphonique, lieu qui abritera l'Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al.

Longtemps attendu par les citoyens et par la communautˆ© artistique montrˆ©alaise, l'ˆ©difice sera voisin d'un ensemble de lieux ˆÝ vocation culturelle prˆ©sents dans le Quartier des spectacles, un des carrefours artistiques de la mˆ©tropole, et viendra y ajouter une nouvelle dimension.

Le projet architectural de l'Adresse symphonique semble confirmer la volontˆ© de l'OSM de se doter d'un lieu ouvert ˆÝ la population et propice ˆÝ de nouvelles expˆ©riences. L'engouement pour cet orchestre profondˆ©ment aimˆ© des Montrˆ©alais et reconnu internationalement n'est plus ˆÝ prouver. Nul doute que ce dernier saura rapidement confˆ©rer une ˆ¢me et une histoire propres ˆÝ sa nouvelle rˆ©sidence.

Par son soutien au projet d'Adresse symphonique, le gouvernement du Quˆ©bec affiche de nouveau son adhˆ©sion au projet de Montrˆ©al, mˆ©tropole culturelle et son dˆ©sir de constituer un partenaire important du Plan d'action 2007-2017, oˆ¼ le dˆ©veloppement d'infrastructures culturelles de qualitˆ© cˆ¥toie le soutien aux artistes et crˆ©ateurs ainsi que l'accessibilitˆ© aux arts et ˆÝ la culture pour tous les citoyens.

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Fondˆ© en 2002, Culture Montrˆ©al est un mouvement citoyen et non partisan dont le mandat est d’Äôaffirmer le rˆ¥le central des arts et de la culture dans toutes les sphˆ®res du dˆ©veloppement de Montrˆ©al. Par le biais d’Äôactivitˆ©s d’Äôanalyse, de communication, de recherche et de concertation, Culture Montrˆ©al contribue ˆÝ ˆ©difier l’Äôavenir de Montrˆ©al, mˆ©tropole culturelle. L’Äôorganisation bˆ©nˆ©ficie du soutien de ses membres, du ministˆ®re de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition fˆ©minine du Quˆ©bec, de la Ville de Montrˆ©al, de la Confˆ©rence rˆ©gionale des ˆ©lus de Montrˆ©al et du Cirque du Soleil.

The VSO's Exciting Season Finale!

The VSO’Äôs Season Finale is a real barn-burner: Carl Orff’Äôs extraordinary masterpiece Carmina Burana is a musical setting of medieval poetry, from the sacred to the profane, from devotional love and piety to drinking songs and debauchery! It also happens to be one of the wildest live concert experiences you can possibly have. Combined with Stravinsky’Äôs Symphony of Psalms, this concert is a magnificent Season Finale for Lower Mainland audiences, and a prelude to the excitement of the 2009/2010 Season!

Maestro Bramwell Tovey wields the baton in this massive concert that features soprano Laura Whalen, tenor Colin Ainsworth, baritone Hugh Russell, the Vancouver Bach Choir, and the Vancouver Bach Children’Äôs Chorus. Concerts take place on Saturday and Monday, June 13^th and 15^th, 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre.

Carmina Burana was German composer Carl Orff’Äôs first and greatest success. It is a scenic cantata composed between 1935 and 1936 based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection of the same name. In 1803, at the monastery of Benediktbeuern in Upper Bavaria, musicologist J. A. Schmeller discovered a manuscript collection of lyrics, dating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and eventually published it in 1847. The polite side of the collection includes six plays based on the Christmas, Passion and Easter mysteries. The earthier part contains some 200 drinking songs, love lyrics and recruiting songs.

When Orff came across the manuscript in 1935, he saw in it the ideal vehicle to express the kind of basic, uncomplicated human emotions he had in mind. Choosing two dozen poems from the collection, with the assistance of Michel Hofmann, he matched them with equally direct music, featuring simple yet striking rhythms, melodies and harmonies. ’ÄúIt’Äôs not sophisticated, not intellectual,’Äù he wrote, ’Äúand the themes of my work are themes that everyone knows’ĶThere is a spiritual power behind my work, that’Äôs why it is accepted throughout the world.’Äù The premiere took place in Frankfurt on June 8, 1937.

The illuminated pictures that accompanied the original poems intrigued Orff virtually as much as the words. The cover showed luck as a revolving wheel, blindly governing people’Äôs destinies. Orff begins his Carmina Burana with a grandiose hymn, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Luck, Empress of the World), saluting this inscrutable, unpredictable concept. O Fortuna is one of the grandest statements in all of music, and has become famous world-wide. This extraordinary music from the beginning of Carmina Burana has been used in movies, commercials, and in sports arenas around the world as a trigger for creating feelings of drama and thrilling anticipation. Primo vere (In Springtime), follows. It deals, mostly in quiet, mysterious fashion, with the anticipated arrival of that season. Joy eventually breaks forth as Spring itself appears. It is celebrated in the section entitled Uf dem anger (On the Green).

The next segment, In Taberna (In the Tavern) salutes the juice of the grape in riotous fashion. The tenor soloist, singing in falsetto, takes the role of a swan roasting slowly and sadly on a spit. The baritone is an Abbot who launches the men of the choir into a rollicking ode to drink.

Cour d’Äôamours (Court of Love) brings several of Orff’Äôs loveliest, most lyrical moments. The soprano solo In trutina (In the Balance) a glowing anticipation of fulfillment, is a particular highlight. After the ecstatic fervor of Blanziflor et Helena (Blanchefleur and Helen, the principal characters in a medieval romance), Orff’Äôs ode to luck returns, to close Carmina Burana as majestically as it began.

Igor Stravinsky’Äôs Symphony of Psalms was commissioned in 1929 by conductor Serge Koussevitzky, for the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He used this opportunity to realize a project he had been considering for some time: a setting of selected Biblical Psalms for chorus and orchestra.

’ÄúI began with Psalm 150,’Äù Stravinsky wrote. ’ÄúAfter finishing the fast-tempo sections, I went back to compose the first and second movements’ĶThe first movement, Hear my prayer, O Lord, (Psalm 39) was composed in a state of religious and musical symbolism in any of my music before The Flood. It consists of an upside-down pyramid of fugues.

’ÄúThe Allegro in Psalm 150 (Finale of the Symphony) was inspired by a vision of Elijah’Äôs chariot climbing to the heavens; never before had I written anything quite so literal as the triplets for horns and piano to suggest the horses and chariot. In setting the words of this final hymn, I cared above all for the sounds of the syllables, and I have indulged my besetting pleasure of regulating prosody in my own way.’Äù

Stravinsky, who had become a regular communicant of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1926, inscribed the score of Symphony of Psalms ’ÄúTo the Glory of God.’Äù The orchestration includes enlarged wind and brass sections, but excludes violins and violas.

CONCERT INFO

Masterworks Diamond Series:

Carmina Burana!

Saturday & Monday, June 13 & 15, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Laura Whalen, soprano

Colin Ainsworth, tenor

Hugh Russell, baritone

Vancouver Bach Choir

Vancouver Bach Children’Äôs Chorus

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

Orff Carmina Burana

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

4th Rolandseck Chamber Music Festival Brings World-Class Musicians to the Rhine 14-23 July 2009

This year internationally successful musicians will be travelling to the Rhine in order to perform at the Chamber Music Festival in the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck. Hˆ©lˆ®ne Grimaud, Lisa Batiashvili, Sol Gabetta, Christiane Oelze, Elena Bashkirova, Guy Braunstein, Emmanuel Pahud and Paul Meyer are among the artists.

Guy Braunstein, first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is the festival's artistic director. Chaim Taub, former concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, will be in charge of the festival's master class.

Seven concerts will take place during the ten-day long fourth festival season when 34 artists will perform chamber music of the 20th and 21st century.

Hˆ©lˆ®ne Grimaud and Guy Braunstein will open the festival on 14 July. On 20 July the young musicians of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra will present the programme perfected during Chaim Taub's master class. For the first time the soprano Christiane Oelze will be taking part in the festival. On 21 and 23 July she will be singing pieces by Wagner, Berg and Mahler.

Guests visiting the Bahnhof Rolandseck concert hall which seats 200 people can look forward to a most diverse programme. The repertoire of the five standard concerts and two special concerts extends from Mozart and Brahms to Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov and Dvorak. Particular focus has been placed on orchestral works and operas in partly new chamber musical arrangements. Guy Braunstein adapted both the prelude and Isoldes Liebestod from Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde for soprano, violin, viola, violoncello, wind quintet and double bass. Ohad Ben Ari wrote an arrangement on Strawinsky's orchestral suite The Firebird for strings and wind quintet. Yoel Ghamzou concentrated on Mahler's Rˆºckert Lieder for voice and piano. The resultant composition is a nonet.

The revival of the master course tradition is a highlight of this year's festival. The Rolandseck summer courses took place annually from 1982 to 1996 at Bahnhof Rolandseck. During these years they represented a unique combination of both festival and master class. Chaim Taub, former concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernhard Greenhouse, co-founder of the Beaux Arts Trio were the main teachers. Young musicians aged between ten and twenty who were mostly from Israel were being tutored while famous musicians were performing. The courses were concluded by concerts featuring the participants.
Formerly classes were largely dominated by young Israeli musicians, but this year 14 members of Daniel Barenboim's West Eastern Divan Orchestra from Israel, the Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and Turkey will be instructed by 84-year-old Chaim Taub. This enterprise occurred in cooperation with the Barenboim Said Foundation.

Halfway through the festival on 19 July, guests will be invited to enjoy a relaxing boat trip. This almost mandatory cruise will also serve as a venue for Guy Braunstein and Gili Schwarzman's civil wedding ceremony. (Gili Schwarzman is a festival participant and a member of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra).

The following artists will be performing at the 4th Rolandseck Festival:
Maja Avramovic, Guy Braunstein, Lisa Batiashvili, Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Amihai Grosz, Ori Kam (viola), Sol Gabetta, Zvi Plesser, Kyrill Zlotnikov (violoncello), Nabil Shehata (double bass), Elena Bashkirova, Hˆ©lˆ®ne Grimaud, Eric Lesage (piano), Emmanuel Pahud, Gili Schwarzman (flute), Francois Leleux (oboe), Chen Halevi, Paul Meyer (Klarinette), Chezy Nir (horn), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Christiane Oelze (soprano)

Tickets for the Rolandseck Festival concerts can be purchased at +49(0)2228 942516, the Arp Museum's ticket desk and the ticket agencies of Bonnticket and Koblenzticket.

Prices:
Special concert 14 July 2009: 45 EURO/reduced tickets 30 EURO
Special concert 20 July 2009: 45 EURO/reduced tickets 30 EURO
Single ticket for subscription concerts: 35. EURO/reduced ticket 20 EURO
Subscription for five subscription concerts: 120 EURO
Tickets purchased in connection with a subscription are transferable.
Boat trip: 35 EURO, including snacks and drinks ’Äì no reductions

Visit http://www.rolandseck-festival.de for programme information.

Venue:
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Hans-Arp-Allee 1
53424 Remagen -Rolandseck
Germany

Toronto Music Garden celebrates its 10th anniversary season with free concerts and dance performances and two world premieres

This year, the Toronto Music Garden celebrates its 10th anniversary of outstanding free performances in a unique setting, and popular garden tours. Summer Music in the Garden 2009 will see the return of many favourite Music Garden performers from the past 10 seasons, while more than 30 artists will make their Music Garden debut.

From June 28-September 20, Summer Music in the Garden presents 20 free outdoor concerts and dance performances involving more than 90 artists in total. This year's eclectic lineup includes five dance performances, ranging from Korean to Baroque to contemporary. Two dances will be world premieres: one by choreographer Carol Anderson featuring dancer Claudia Moore on Sept. 3, and another by Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company with multimedia composer Tom Kuo, on Sept. 10.

The concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 7pm and on most Sundays at 4pm. The free tours of the Toronto Music Garden, led by volunteers from the Toronto Botanical Garden, return for another season, taking place on Wednesdays at 11am, June 3-September 30, and on Thursdays before every concert at 5:30pm from July 2-September 10. Admission to the park and all its programming is free.

Both Summer Music in the Garden and the guided tours are produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and with the generous support of Toronto Culture, Margaret & Jim Fleck, George Dembroski, David Graham, Sandra & Jim Pitblado and William & Phyllis Waters. Renowned Canadian composer Ann Southam has generously commissioned the new dance by Carol Anderson to music by J.S. Bach (Sept. 3); Harbourfront Centre has commissioned Leika, by Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company and multimedia artist Tom Kuo, which receives its world premiere on Sept. 10. Summer Music in the Garden is curated for Harbourfront Centre by Artistic Director Tamara Bernstein.

The Toronto Music Garden is a City of Toronto park, located on the waterfront at 475 Queens Quay West (on the water's edge side), between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue. The Garden is wheelchair-accessible and open year-round. For information on the Toronto Music Garden and its current programmes, the public can call Harbourfront Centre, 416-973-4000 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com/torontomusicgarden. For information on other City of Toronto parks and gardens, the public can call 416-338-0338 or visit toronto.ca/parks_gardens.

10TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMER MUSIC IN THE GARDEN SCHEDULE

All concerts are approximately one hour long (except where noted) and take place weather permitting. Concerts are cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

Sunday, June 28, 4pm
Shauna and Friends
Renowned Canadian cellist Shauna Rolston leads six outstanding student cellists from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music in music by Elgar, Massenet, Kreisler and others, arranged for cello solo, duo, and ensemble. As a prelude, Barbara Croall (cedar flutes and First Nation drum) and Anita McAlister (trumpet and conch shell) perform Croall's Calling from Different Directions, which was composed for the Music Garden in summer 2008. Calling from Different Directions is a short, arresting piece that invokes the four sacred directions, bringing together instruments from different cultural "directions": trumpet, conch shell, traditional cedar flutes and First Nations hand drum.

Thursday, July 2, 7pm
Samulnori!
This exuberant Toronto ensemble returns with traditional Korean drumming and dance’Äîrooted in nature; transplanted to Canada.

Sunday, July 5, 4pm
Orfea and the Golden Harp
Theatre Cotton Robes presents their delightful adaptation of the Orfeo myth for the whole family. A little girl shoulders her golden harp and journeys to the Underworld to bring her beloved grandfather back to life; along the way we hear music from 400 years of opera, including Monteverdi, Mozart and Offenbach. Performed by baritone Lawrence Cotton, soprano Brooke Dufton and pianist Rachad Feizoullaev. (For information about Theatre Cotton Robes, visit www.theatrecottonrobes.com.)

Thursday, July 9, 7pm
Quartets with a Past
The Kirby String Quartet presents four classical works that look back to earlier composers: Beethoven's Quartet Op. 74, Mendelssohn's Capriccio Op. 8, Brahms' Quartet Op. 67, third movement, and Stravinsky's neo-classical Concertino. Aisslinn Nosky and Julia Wedman (violins), Max Mandel (viola), Carina Reeves (cello).

Thursday, July 16, 7pm
Moonlight, Mountains and Flowing Streams: Voices of Ancient China

The China Court Trio performs music from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Wen Zhao, (pipa ’Äì Chinese lute), Yongli Xue, (zheng ’Äì Chinese zither), Yu Cheng Zhang (bowled clay flute and vertical flute). (For information about Wen Zhao, visit wendyzhao.com.)

Sunday, July 19, 4pm
Does This Drum Make My Brass Sound Big?
The brass and percussion sections of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada return with a delightful, varied programme that showcases outstanding young Canadian musicians. (For information about the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, visit nyoc.org.)

Thursday, July 23, 7pm
Another knock at the door
Toronto's Shiraz Ensemble presents a heady brew of Persian art music and original compositions. Yashar Salek (Daf/Dayereh), Nima Rahmani (Santoor), Saeed Kamjoo (Kamanche), Araz Salek (Tar), Shahin Fayaz (Rabab). A co-presentation with Small World Music.

Sunday, July 26, 4pm
Oiseaux Interurbains/Migratory Songflutes
Alison Melville performs acoustic and electronic music from the 12th to 21st centuries, for various flutes, recorders and recorded sound, including works by Bach, Telemann, Hildegard of Bingen, Jacob van Eyck, Peter Hannan, Linda C. Smith, Ben Grossman and the performer. (For information about Alison Melville, visit alisonmelville.com.)

Thursday, July 30, 7pm
Behind the Masques
The period musicians of Toronto Masque Theatre, with renowned Montreal dancer-choreographer Marie-Nathalie Lacoursiˆ®re, reveal different faces of baroque dance’Äîcourtly, theatrical, grotesque. Lacoursiˆ®re will also perform several baroque dances reflected in the design of the Music Garden. "[Marie-Nathalie Lacoursiˆ®re] has set a new standard for historical dance in Toronto."’ÄîRobert Everett-Green, reviewing Toronto Masque Theatre in the Globe and Mail, April 25, 2009. (For information about Toronto Masque Theatre, visit torontomasquetheatre.ca.)

Thursday, August 6, 7pm
Strong and Free
True North Brass returns with a programme that will delight and dazzle. Raymond Tizzard and Richard Sandals (trumpets), Joan Watson (French horn), Alastair Kay (trombone) and Scott Irvine (tuba). (For information about True North Brass, visit truenorthbrass.com.)

Sunday, August 9, 4pm
Passage to India
Singer Bageshree Vaze and tabla virtuoso Vineet Viyas perform classical North Indian ragas, along with classically-based songs from early Bollywood. (For information about Bageshree Vaze, visit bageshree.com and for information about Vineet Viyas, visit vineetvyas.com.)

Thursday, August 13, 7pm
Coming out of Hayd'n
The Cecilia String Quartet performs the Quartet in C Major, Op. 74 No. 1, by the "father of the string quartet," Joseph Haydn, and the sparkling, newly discovered String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major by French composer Theodore Dubois (1837-1924). Sarah Nematallah and Min-Jeong Koh (violins), Caitlin Boyle (viola) and Rebecca Wenham (cello). (For information about the Cecilia String Quartet, visit ceciliastringquartet.com.)

Sunday, August 16, 4pm
Utopian Voices
In the early baroque, fans of the renaissance cornetto and the newly perfected violin duked it out over which instrument was closest to the human voice. Happily, we don't have to choose when the virtuosi of FOLIA’Äîbaroque violinist Linda Melsted and cornettist Kiri Tollaksen’Äîperform glorious music by Castello, Frescobaldi, Gabrieli and others. With Borys Medicky, harpsichord.

Thursday, August 20, 7pm
"My Unrest": Yiddish Songs for a New Day
Grammy-nominated singer Adrienne Cooper (New York) and world-renowned pianist Marilyn Lerner (Toronto) perform music from their new CD: settings of Yiddish modernist poems on love, longing, war and migration by contemporary composers including Sarah Gordon, Frank London, Fima Chorny and the performers. (For information about Marilyn Lerner, visit marilynlerner.com.)

Sunday, August 23, 4pm
Accordions for a Weill
Four virtuoso accordionists’ÄîIna Henning, Eugene Laskiewicz, Joseph Macerollo and Alexander Sevastien’Äîperform a wide-ranging programme of music, from Bach to Piazzola. Mezzo-soprano Ali Garrison joins Henning in songs by Kurt Weill, and accompanies dancer-choreographer Claudia Moore in Moore's touching dance, For Heddy, to the Brecht/Weill song, Nana's Lied. "Heddy was my dear grandma from Germany who loved parties, was a fabulous cook and worked at the Broadway Market in Buffalo. She lived to be 97. Nana's Song makes me think of her and inspired me to make this dance."’ÄîClaudia Moore

Thursday, August 27, 7pm
Echoes of Ancient Boundaries
In ancient Japan, village boundaries extended as far as the sound of their taiko drums carried. The thrilling sounds of Toronto's outstanding taiko ensemble Nagata Shachu (formerly known as the Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble) transcend the boundaries of East and West, past and present. (For information about Nagata Shachu, visit nagatashachu.com.)

Sunday, August 30, 4pm
Percussion from a Suitcase
Find out what happens when a percussionist’Äîthe spectacular Aiyun Huang of Montreal’Äîcreates a programme for which all the instruments fit into her suitcase! Music by Matthew Burtner, Alvin Lucier, Javier Alvarez, Roberto Sierra, Georges Aperghis and John Adams. (For information about Aiyun Huang, visit aiyunhuang.com.)

Thursday, September 3, 7pm
Bach at Dusk ’Äì With Claudia
Winona Zelenka continues her journey through Bach's six suites for solo cello. This summer, she performs the Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major for solo cello; for the last three movements of the piece (Sarabande, Bourree I and II, and Gigue), Ms. Zelenka is joined by dancer Claudia Moore in the world premiere of a new work by choreographer Carol Anderson. The dance has been generously commissioned by renowned Canadian composer Ann Southam.
Please note: This is a 30-minute concert due to early sunset. (For information about Winona Zelenka, visit winonazelenka.com. (For more information on Claudia Moore, visit danceumbrella.net/clients_moonhorse.htm.)

Thursday, September 10, 7pm
Leika
In a new work commissioned by Harbourfront Centre, Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company and multimedia composer Tom Kuo reveal hidden secrets of the Music Garden through music, dance and interactive play. Please note: This is a 30-minute concert due to early sunset. Pre-performance audience participation encouraged from 6:30-7pm. (For information about Andrea Nann, visit dreamwalkerdance.com.)

Sunday September 20, 4pm
The Sanssouci Quartet
This exciting new Boston-Toronto quartet on period instruments performs Boccherini's Quartet in D Major and Mozart's Quartet in D Minor, K. 421. Abigail Karr and Karina Fox (violins), Sarah Darling (viola), Kate Haynes (cello). And to close: a reprise of Barbara Croall's Calling from Different Directions, performed by Anita McAlister and the composer. (See June 28 concert.)

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN TOURS
Guided tours begin at 11am on Wednesdays: June 3, 10, 17, 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19, 26; September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Pre-concert guided tours begin at 5:30pm on Thursdays: July 2, 9, 16, 23; August 6, 13, 30, 27; September 3, 10.
Visitors are invited to take a free 45-minute walking tour led by Toronto Botanical Garden tour guides. Tours start in the west end of the Garden in the Prelude section. Self-guided 70-minute audio tours (English only) hosted by Yo-Yo Ma and Julie Moir Messervy are also available for a rental fee of $5 (free rentals for children). Private group tours are also available ($5 per person). For reservations, call 416-397-1366 or visit torontobotanicalgarden.ca.

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN BACKGROUND
The Toronto Music Garden is one of Toronto's most enchanted locations. The Garden was conceived by internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and designed by Boston-based landscape artist Julie Moir Messervy. Its design interprets Bach's Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello, with each dance movement within the suite corresponding to a different section of the Garden: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuett and Gigue. A unique and magical venue, the Toronto Music Garden is the only garden/park in the world known to be directly inspired by a specific piece of music.

The Toronto Music Garden opened in 1999; concerts have been held there every summer since 2000. Since 2001, the concerts have been produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto, under the artistic direction of Tamara Bernstein. The Garden itself is lovingly maintained by City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, as well as volunteers.

The Toronto Music Garden, located on Queens Quay West at the foot of Spadina Avenue, is easy to reach by public transit. From Spadina Station take the 510 (Union Station) streetcar south. From Union Station take the Harbourfront LRT (509 or 510 streetcar) going west from inside Union Station. Call the Toronto Transit Commission at 416-393-4636 for transit information.

FOCUS: Shift
Harbourfront Centre wants you to shift gears.

What does it mean to change your perspectives on idea, explore new ways of approaching an old notion or to literally shift gears? From June to September, Harbourfront Centre explores the idea of "shift" throughout its programming. How does an ever-changing culture influence the lives and experiences of artists? What happens when we view the world from a different vantage point? What can be learned from migration, relocation and transformation?

Harbourfront Centre: Change perspectives.

SHIFT is part of an ongoing focus in programming. Our Lens. Your View.

http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/torontomusicgarden

L'Adresse symphonique : un ˆ©crin de prestige ...

L'Adresse symphonique :
un ˆ©crin de prestige digne de notre mˆ©tropole culturelle

Montrˆ©al, 28 mai 2009 - La Chambre de commerce du Montrˆ©al mˆ©tropolitain s'est permis des applaudissements nourris ˆÝ l'occasion du coup d'envoi officiel de la construction de l'Adresse symphonique.

¬´ ˆâlˆ©ment important dans le nouveau Quartier des spectacles, la nouvelle maison de l'OSM ˆ©tait un projet attendu depuis longtemps. Le lancement officiel des travaux de construction constitue donc une excellente nouvelle. Ce chantier vient donner un ˆ©lan supplˆ©mentaire ˆÝ l'embellissement de ce secteur du centre-ville. ˆÄ terme, l'OSM disposera d'une salle qui mettra pleinement en valeur les talents qui composent l'orchestre. Et dˆ®s aujourd'hui, notre ˆ©conomie profitera des effets stimulants de ce projet important ¬ª, a dˆ©clarˆ© le prˆ©sident et chef de la direction de la Chambre, Michel Leblanc.

¬´ Dans la pˆ©riode de ralentissement que nous connaissons, il est crucial que les intentions d'investissement se traduisent rapidement par des travaux concrets sur le terrain. VoilˆÝ pourquoi le coup d'envoi des travaux de l'Adresse symphonique - en plus de la contribution future de l'ˆ©difice ˆÝ la qualitˆ© de la vie culturelle montrˆ©alaise - constitue aujourd'hui une intervention trˆ®s profitable ˆÝ l'ˆ©conomie de la mˆ©tropole et du Quˆ©bec ¬ª, a poursuivi Michel Leblanc.

¬´ Force est de reconnaˆÆtre que le projet qui est en train de se concrˆ©tiser est des plus inspirants. Montrˆ©al se retrouvera avec un ˆ©crin de prestige, ˆÝ la mesure du talent de ses artistes et de nos ambitions de mˆ©tropole culturelle. Nous sommes impatients d'avoir la chance d'y entendre maestro Nagano y diriger un premier concert ¬ª, a conclu Michel Leblanc.

La Chambre de commerce du Montrˆ©al mˆ©tropolitain compte quelque 7 000 membres. Sa mission est de reprˆ©senter les intˆ©rˆ�ts de la communautˆ© des affaires de l'agglomˆ©ration urbaine de Montrˆ©al et d'offrir une gamme intˆ©grˆ©e de services spˆ©cialisˆ©s aux individus, aux commerˆßants et aux entreprises de toutes tailles de faˆßon ˆÝ les appuyer dans la rˆ©alisation de leur plein potentiel en matiˆ®re d'innovation, de productivitˆ© et de compˆ©titivitˆ©. La Chambre est le plus important organisme privˆ© au Quˆ©bec vouˆ© au dˆ©veloppement ˆ©conomique.

GLORIOUS! PERFORMANCE BENEFITS EDMONTON OPERA

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Experience the inimitable glory of operatic self-delusion that is Florence Foster Jenkins while supporting the inimitable glory that is Edmonton Opera with Shadow Theatre's June 4^th production of Glorious! The evening begins with complimentary refreshments at 7pm, followed by a 7:30pm performance, both at the Varscona Theatre (10329 83 Avenue). Tickets, available by calling 780-424-4040 ext. 231, are $60*, and proceeds from the ticket sales benefit Edmonton Opera directly.

Peter Quilter's Glorious! tells the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the 1940's eccentric and enthusiastic soprano whose voice left much to be desired. Possessing a voice of extraordinary volume but minimal beauty, she is determined to share her gifts with the rest of the world’Ķ Whether it wants them or not. This hilarious and heart-warming comedy takes audiences though the sonic glory of her charity recitals, extravagant balls, bizarre recording sessions and ultimate triumph at Carnegie Hall, and sets out to prove real talent may only be a secondary concern in becoming a world famous performing artist.

Florence was a New York legend: a lady who believed she was blessed with a divine voice and that it was her duty and pleasure to delight her friends and later, the public, with her arias. Sadly, her voice, though powerful, rarely stayed on pitch or hit the correct note, making her renditions discordantly appalling - yet strangely appealing.

Glorious! premiered in September 2005 in England, was at least the third play about Florence. In November 2005, it transferred to London's West End, where it ran for more than 200 performances, and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award as Best New Comedy. More than 20 countries worldwide have produced the hit show in 13 languages. Shadow Theatre's production is directed by Wayne Paquette, stars Leona Brausen, Coralie Cairns and Darrin Hagen, featuring set and lights by April Viczko, costumes by Brian Bast, production management by Scott Peters and stage management by Elizabeth Allison.

"As a comic tribute to bullet-proof joie de vivre and boilerplate self-confidence, it's hard to fault... Glorious! is pitch perfect." --Sun Herald

"A huge hilarious surprise...delightful and heart-warming... Glorious! is aptly named."
--TheatreWire

Warning: Glorious! contains bad singing.

For information about the benefit performance of Glorious! or the 2009-2010 Edmonton Opera season, call 780-424-4040 ext. 231 or visit http://www.edmontonopera.com/.

Tickets Now On Sale for PORTopera’Äôs 15th Anniversary Gala Concert, July 30

Tickets are now on sale for PORTopera's 15th Anniversary Gala Celebration Concert to be held Thursday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. PORTopera, Maine's only professional opera company, enjoys its 15th anniversary with special events throughout the summer, including the grand opera concert featuring a full orchestra and singers from past productions. The concert takes place at Merrill Auditorium (20 Myrtle Street, Portland).

Directed by PORTopera's Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn, the concert will be conducted by Robert Moody, celebrated Music Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Featured singers for the concert include PORTopera past guest artists: Pamela Armstrong (soprano), Heather Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Sandra Lopez (soprano), Michael Mayes (baritone), Lauren McNeese (mezzo-soprano), Jan Opalach (bass-baritone), and Gaston Rivero (tenor).

Some of the planned arias and duets planned for the Anniversary Concert are: "Si. Mi Chiamano Mimˆ¨" from Puccini's La Bohˆ®me, "Un bel dˆ¨" and the "Flower Duet" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly, the "Habanera" and "Torˆ©ador's Song" from Bizet's Carmen, and "LˆÝ ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Tickets for the PORTopera Anniversary Concert range from $38 to $100 plus PortTix handling fees, and may be purchased at www.porttix.com, by calling (207) 842-0800, or by visiting the PortTix box office Monday through Saturday from noon to 6:00 p.m.

For more information about the concert and other PORTopera 15th anniversary events, visit www.portopera.org .

Quatuor Bozzini : annulation concert 5 et 6 juin 2009

Le Quatuor Bozzini est au regret d'annoncer l'annulation du dernier concert de sa saison montrˆ©alaise, alt:neu, les 5 et 6 juin 2009 au Monument national, pour cause d'accident.

Ce concert tournant autour du thˆ©ˆ¢tre musical de Mauricio Kagel, avec des crˆ©ations de Jennifer Walshe et Eliav Brand, est reportˆ© en janvier 2010.

www.quatuorbozzini.ca/

L'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al sous les ˆ©toiles

Jeudi le 4 juin ˆÝ 20h, l’ÄôOpˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al prˆ©sente Lucia di Lammermoor en direct de l’Äôopˆ©ra sur ˆ©cran gˆ©ant extˆ©rieur.

La projection a lieu ˆÝ l’ÄôEsplanade de la Place des Arts et l’Äôentrˆ©e est libre.

www.operademontreal.com/

23e Festival International Nuits d'Afrique

13 jours de spectacles et d'activitˆ©s pour toute la famille

AU DELˆÄ DES FRONTIˆàRES

¬´ Kassav' a des attaches profondes avec l'Afrique. Nous n'oublions jamais que nos ancˆ�tres en sont originaires. Nos nombreuses visites sur la terre de nos aˆØeux nous ont permis de confirmer la filiation musicale et de prendre la mesure de l'hˆ©ritage reˆßu ¬ª. Ces propos de Jocelyne Beroard et Jacob Desvarieux, membres du cˆ©lˆ®bre groupe antillais et respectivement marraine et parrain de cette ˆ©dition 2009, rˆ©sument trˆ®s bien une des missions que le Festival International Nuits d'Afrique s'est donnˆ©e dˆ®s ses tout dˆ©buts: montrer ˆÝ quel point de nombreux styles musicaux, aux quatre coins du monde, ont ˆ©tˆ© et sont encore influencˆ©s par les rythmes du continent africain. Chaque jour, ceux qui la pratiquent permettent ˆÝ la musique d'ˆ©voluer, de repousser les frontiˆ®res. Cette nouvelle ˆ©dition du Festival international Nuits d'Afrique tˆ©moigne non seulement de la diversitˆ© des cultures mais, plus que jamais, de la richesse des mˆ©tissages que rien comme la musique ne peut gˆ©nˆ©rer.

Du 14 au 26 juillet, les c‰ìurs (et les tympans!) vibreront au rythme des sons d'ascendance africaine. Plus de 50 spectacles en salle et ˆÝ l'extˆ©rieur, prˆ®s de 500 chanteurs, danseurs et musiciens sur scˆ®ne, des artistes originaires de 29 pays diffˆ©rents qui brassent les cultures et rˆ©inventent la Culture: le Festival international Nuits d'Afrique cuvˆ©e 2009 rˆ©serve bien des surprises.

LES SPECTACLES EN SALLE

Sˆ©rie Grands ˆ©vˆ©nements

Leur nom, incontournable, est synonyme de succˆ®s sur la scˆ®ne internationale des musiques du monde.

Rebelle dans l'ˆ¢me, Sergent Garcia (France / Espagne) a inventˆ© son propre style musical, la salsamuffin, un mix de sons latinos et urbains et des propos souvent engagˆ©s. Groupe phare de la scˆ®ne rock orientale depuis prˆ®s de 15 ans, l'Orchestre National de Barbˆ®s (France / Algˆ©rie / Maroc) est ˆÝ l'image du quartier parisien dont ils tirent leur nom: en marge des conventions. ¬´ Oriental Roots ¬ª, le titre du dernier opus de Jimmy Oihid (Algˆ©rie) en dit beaucoup sur ses intentions musicales: un mix explosif de chaˆ¢bi, gnawa, arabo-andalou, R&B, funk et reggae. On ne prˆ©sente plus Kassav' (Martinique / Guadeloupe). L'inventeur du zouk, qui a rˆ©volutionnˆ© le mot ¬´ fˆ�te ¬ª cˆ©lˆ®bre ses trente ans de carriˆ®re.

Sˆ©rie Grande premiˆ®re

Malgrˆ© leur notoriˆ©tˆ©, leur talent, le prestige de leur formation, ils ne se sont encore jamais produit ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Le projet Umalali (Belize) met en vedette les chants traditionnels des femmes Garifuna, ponctuˆ©s de touches de jazz, de funk, de rock et de blues. La musique de Novalima (Pˆ©rou) est ancrˆ©e dans leurs racines et pigmentˆ©e de reggae, d'afrobeat, de son, de hip-hop ou encore de salsa.

Sˆ©rie Prˆ©dilection

Ils portent une vˆ©ritable affection ˆÝ Montrˆ©al et Montrˆ©al le leur rend bien. On a toujours beaucoup de plaisir ˆÝ les revoir sur scˆ®ne.

Accompagnˆ© de Djely Mory Tounkara, Balla Tounkara (Mali) joue et se joue de sa kora, relookant les rythmes de son pays natal de notes jazz, funk et reggae. Rˆ©vˆ©lation du festival 2004, Maria de Barros (Cap Vert) ensoleille la musique capverdienne par une interprˆ©tation sensuelle, fraˆÆche et baignˆ©e de soul des morna et coladeira traditionnelles.

Sˆ©rie Dˆ©couvertes

Ils sont la relˆ®ve des musiques du monde. Leurs prestations sont animˆ©es de la fougue des premiˆ®res grandes expˆ©riences.

Influencˆ©s par leurs origines et par la mosaˆØque culturelle marseillaise, les membres de Watcha Clan (Algˆ©rie/ France / Maroc) mˆ�le adroitement chaˆ¢bi algˆ©rien, musiques ˆ©lectroniques, hip-hop et rythmes est-europˆ©ens. L'un est un joueur de Banjo et l'autre griot virtuose de la kora ; la musique a rapprochˆ© Jayme Stone (Ontario) et Mansa Sissokho (Mali) . Folk sud-africain, pop, blues, jazz, le tout mˆ¢tinˆ© de rock: la musique de FreshlyGround (Afrique du Sud) est ˆÝ l'image des membres du groupe, moderne et mˆ©tissˆ©e.

Sˆ©rie Rythmes d'ailleurs, gens d'ici

La scˆ®ne locale des musiques du monde est ˆÝ la fois fertile et d'un dynamisme ˆ©poustouflant. Le Festival international Nuits d'Afrique est l'ˆ©vˆ©nement de ces artistes gorgˆ©s de talent.

Neev (Maroc / Quˆ©bec) imprˆ®gne sa musique de sa riche culture occidentalo-orientale. Syli d'Or de la musique du monde 2009, Aboulaye Konˆ© et Bolokan (Cˆ¥te d'Ivoire / Quˆ©bec) explorent la musique ouest africaine sous toutes ses coutures. Une touche de jazz, un touche de classique, des beats caribˆ©ens, avec Makaya Jazz (HaˆØti / Quˆ©bec), les notes de la gamme se dˆ©clinent en une symphonie de couleurs. Le son ¬´ made in ¬ª Intakto (Chili / Quˆ©bec) oscille entre l'intensitˆ© nordique et l'exaltation latine, entre la rigueur des traditions et la libertˆ© de crˆ©ation. Liˆ©es par leurs voix chaleureuses et leurs rythmes mˆ©tissˆ©s, Joanne Griffith (Antilles / Quˆ©bec) et Empress Deeqa (Somalie / Quˆ©bec) se partagent une soirˆ©e spˆ©ciale ¬´ Rythmes au fˆ©minin ¬ª. Rythmes sˆ©rˆ®res, sons wolofs, ambiance du Fouta et instruments traditionnels sont au c‰ìur de la musique rˆ©solument acoustique de Oumar Ndiaye Xosluman (Sˆ©nˆ©gal / Quˆ©bec). Jonglant avec la musique traditionnelle brˆ©silienne, le reggae, le funk et les musiques africaines, Rommel Ribeiro (Brˆ©sil / Ontario) ˆ©tonne par son style unique.

Fait ˆÝ noter, les prestations de plusieurs des artistes de cette sˆ©rie sont prˆ©sentˆ©es au festival suite ˆÝ la performance exceptionnelle qu'ils ont donnˆ© dans le carde de la 3e ˆ©dition des Syli d'Or de la Musique du Monde, qui se veut ˆ�tre la seule distinction musicale crˆ©ˆ©e pour les artistes de la musique du monde ˆÝ Montrˆ©al. Il s'agit de: Aboulaye Konˆ© et Bolokan percussions (Syli d'Or), Oumar Ndiaye Xosluman (Syli d'Argent), Xlim (Syli de Bronze) et Neev (Syli d'Honneur pour l'ensemble de son travail).

Les ˆ©toiles de Nuits d'Afrique ’Äì le rendez-vous des concerts nocturnes.

Lors de ces rencontres exploratoires inˆ©dites, Taafˆ© Fanga (Afrique de l'Ouest / Quˆ©bec) invite plusieurs groupes d'origines diffˆ©rentes ˆÝ partager son rˆ©pertoire de chants traditionnels, ses rythmes colorˆ©s et ses danses endiablˆ©es.

Taafˆ© Fanga, avec Habana Cafˆ© (Cuba / Quˆ©bec), retrouvera les racines africaines de la musique cubaine ; avec Estacao Da Luz (Brˆ©sil / Quˆ©bec), les festivaliers auront droit ˆÝ un mix de sons percussifs parmi les plus puissants au monde ; avec Laeticia Zonzambˆ© (Centre-Afrique / Quˆ©bec), ils feront la preuve que les rythmes traditionnels africains sont au c‰ìur des rythmes modernes ; avec Oumar Ndiaye Xosluman, ce sera une rencontre 100 % mandingues oˆ¼ les instruments traditionnels seront ˆÝ l'honneur.

Cadeaux de cette sˆ©rie spˆ©ciale, la rencontre inusitˆ©e de Tapa Diarra et Balla Tounkara (Mali / Quˆ©bec), deux griots dˆ©positaires de l'histoire de leurs familles respectives et donc d'un large pan culturel du Mali.

Taafˆ© Fanga clˆ¥turera cette sˆ©rie, et le festival, dans une prestation aussi impressionnante qu'ˆ©nergisante mariant kora, balafon, chants, djembˆ©s et doundouns dans une effervescence sonore aux arrangements modernes.

Ces six soirˆ©es spˆ©ciales, possibles grˆ¢ce au soutien du Conseil des arts du Canada et de TV5, sont gratuites pour tous ceux qui dˆ©tiennent un billet du Festival International Nuits d'Afrique 2009.

4 JOURS DE SPECTACLES ET ACTIVITˆâS GRATUITS POUR TOUTE LA FAMILLE


Les 23, 24, 25 et 26 juillet, bye ! bye ! Place ˆâmilie-Gamelin (carrˆ© Maisonneuve, Berri, Ste-Catherine, St-Hubert), bonjour le Village des Nuits d'Afrique (carrˆ© Maisonneuve, Berri, Ste-Catherine, St-Hubert): une ambiance qu'on ne retrouve nulle part ailleurs qu'en Afrique, dans les Antilles ou en Amˆ©rique Latine ; un lieu d'effervescence oˆ¼ on baragouine pour le plaisir avec les commerˆßants du Marchˆ© Tombouctou, rivalisant d'ingˆ©niositˆ© pour vendre leurs boubous, percussions et autres produits de beautˆ© et bijoux traditionnels ; un espace convivial oˆ¼ on s'assoit sur la terrasse amˆ©nagˆ©e ˆÝ cet effet ou dans l'herbe, ¬´ ˆÝ la bonne franquette ¬ª, pour dˆ©guster un poulet grillˆ© sauce yassa, plat typique du Sˆ©nˆ©gal, un b‰ìuf jerk ˆ©picˆ© ˆÝ la mode jamaˆØcaine, ou encore une crˆ®me glacˆ©e aux saveurs exotiques.

Mais surtout un vˆ©ritable bouillonnement culturel oˆ¼ l'on chante et danse avec des artistes de tous horizons qui les uns ˆÝ la suite des autres, sans arrˆ�t, occupent la grande scˆ®ne Loto-Quˆ©bec pour des spectacles et ateliers diversifiˆ©s.

Cette annˆ©e en grande nouveautˆ©’Ķ. une toute nouvelle sˆ©rie que vous pourrez dˆ©couvrir sur la grande scˆ®ne Loto-Quˆ©bec: ¬´Nuits D'Afrique sous les Etoiles ¬ª
La notoriˆ©tˆ© acquise par la programmation extˆ©rieure du Festival International Nuits d'Afrique au fil des ans, et particuliˆ®rement depuis que la durˆ©e de cette portion majeure du festival a ˆ©tˆ© prolongˆ©e, a incitˆ© les Productions Nuits d'Afrique ˆÝ crˆ©er une sˆ©rie de concerts qui soit le pendant artistique de la sˆ©rie des ¬´ Grands ˆ©vˆ©nements ¬ª en salle. C'est ainsi qu'est nˆ©e la sˆ©rie de concerts ¬´ Nuits d'Afrique sous les Etoiles ¬ª. Celle-ci met de l'avant des artistes internationaux de grande envergure tels des coups de c‰ìur incontournables, des valeurs sˆªres ainsi que des dˆ©couvertes qui font dˆ©jˆÝ beaucoup parler d'elles au niveau planˆ©taire.

Au programme pour cette premiˆ®re ˆ©dition : Trois formations ¬´ Coup de C‰ìur ¬ª dont l'identitˆ© sera rˆ©vˆ©lˆ©e en temps et lieu, le son typiquement guadeloupˆ©en des tambours du groupe K'Koustik, les rythmes de ¬´ son ¬ª cubain de la formation Anacaona de Cuba, une dynastie de musiciennes qui chauffe les scˆ®nes depuis 80 ans, la troupe de 40 jeunes martiniquais ¬´ Tchˆ© Kreyol ¬ª qui ravit tous les publics par sa spontanˆ©itˆ©, son talent et l'explosion de couleurs qui sˆ©duit tous et chacun ainsi que le plateau ˆ©vˆ©nementiel ¬´ Carrˆ©'Mandingue ¬ª

Aussi, ˆÝ ne pas manquer, la tente du Montrˆ©al Multicolore rˆ©jouira les plus jeunes. Sous le pinceau ˆÝ maquillage magique de Allison (CaraˆØbes), les enfants deviendront fleur multicolore ou lion roi des forˆ�ts. Leurs jolis dessins, inspirˆ©s de contes africains ou d'animaux de la savane, seront quand ˆÝ eux exposˆ©s au regard de tous les festivaliers.

Enfin, vˆ©ritable succˆ®s l'an dernier, l'Agor'Afrique Loto-Quˆ©bec remet ˆßa! Entre chaque spectacle, cet endroit chaleureux permet de faire connaissance intimement avec la culture africaine grˆ¢ce ˆÝ des ateliers d'initiation ˆÝ la musique africaine, des contes traditionnels, des sˆ©ances de signature d'artistes et une exposition de photos choisies.

Pour plus d'informations sur les spectacles, les activitˆ©s, la billetterie, les forfaits : www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com

Tˆ©lˆ©phone 514 499-

Chant / Voice 2009 : et les laurˆ©ats sont’Ķ/ and the Laureates are

For English, see below

Chant 2009 : et les laurˆ©ats sont’Ķ

Le Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al annonce les noms des 3 laurˆ©ats de l’Äôˆ©dition Chant 2009 :

Premier prix* 30000 $ Angela MEADE, soprano ˆâtats-Unis
Deuxiˆ®me prix 15 000 $ Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada

Troisiˆ®me prix 10 000 $ Andrew GARLAND, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis

*Le Premier prix du Concours est accompagnˆ© d’Äôun enregistrement pour la maison de disques canadienne Analekta.

Ces trois chanteurs se produiront lors du concert gala des laurˆ©ats ce jeudi 28 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30, au Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts, avec la participation spˆ©ciale de la mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne et du tˆ©nor Joseph Kaiser. Placˆ© sous la direction d’ÄôAlain Trudel, l’ÄôOrchestre Mˆ©tropolitain accompagnera les laurˆ©ats. Le programme musical exact du concert sera annoncˆ© ultˆ©rieurement.

Les noms des laurˆ©ats des prix spˆ©ciaux seront divulguˆ©s ce jeudi 28 mai, lors de la cˆ©rˆ©monie officielle de remise des prix, qui prˆ©cˆ©dera le concert gala.

Cˆ©rˆ©monie officielle de remise des prix et concert gala des laurˆ©ats
Le jeudi 28 mai, 19 h 30
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain
Alain Trudel, chef d'orchestre
Rˆ©gulier : 45 $ / 27,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $
514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, diffuseur officiel du Concours
Espace musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada, est fiˆ®re d’Äôˆ�tre le diffuseur officiel du Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al. Voici l’Äôhoraire de diffusion des diffˆ©rentes ˆ©preuves du Concours sur les ondes d’ÄôEspace musique (100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al) et sur le site d’ÄôEspace classique Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Mercredi 27 mai 20 h : Les soirˆ©es classiques : ˆ©mission entiˆ®rement consacrˆ©e aux laurˆ©ats du CMIM 2009 : Entre autres au programme, diffusion du rˆ©cital donnˆ© par le laurˆ©at du 1er Prix lors de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 12 h : sur les ondes de CBC Radio Two, 93,5 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, et sur le site www.cbc.ca/radio2 , Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale de quatre heures prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments du Concours; animation, Bill Richardson / rˆ©alisation, Matthew McFarlane et Kelly Rice / rˆ©alisatrice-coordonnatrice, Denise Ball / adjoint ˆÝ la production, Hayley Lapalme.

Mercredi 1 juillet, 20 h : La radio des festivals : diffusion d’Äôextraits de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale avec l’ÄôOrchestre Mˆ©tropolitain sous la direction d’ÄôAlain Trudel ; rˆ©alisation-coordination, Guylaine Picard / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Rappelons que l’Äôˆ©preuve finale a ˆ©tˆ© diffusˆ©e en direct sur les ondes d’ÄôEspace musique, 100, 7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al (animation : Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer, commentaires : Fabrizio Melano), et sera disponible en ligne sur Espace classique dˆ®s le 29 mai. Les concerts filmˆ©s de la demi-finale du Concours qui ont ˆ©tˆ© diffusˆ©s en direct sur Espace classique, la web Radio d’ÄôEspace musique, seront disponibles pendant un an au www.radio-canada.ca/musique

En plus de ces diffusions en direct, l’Äôˆ©preuve finale sera entendue dans plusieurs pays du monde dans le cadre des Festivals d’Äôˆ©tˆ© Euroradio, grˆ¢ce ˆÝ l’Äôassociation de la radio de Radio-Canada avec l’ÄôUnion Europˆ©enne de Radio-Tˆ©lˆ©vision. Dˆ®s le 19 mai, consultez le blogue d’ÄôEspace classique ainsi que diffˆ©rents reportages sur Internet ˆÝ Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Tous les dˆ©tails au www.concoursmontreal.ca

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Voice 2009: and the Laureates are ’Ķ

The Montreal International Musical Competition announces the names of the 3 winners of the 2009 Voice Edition:

First Prize* $30,000 Angela MEADE, soprano, United States

Second Prize $15,000 Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada

Third Prize $10,000 Andrew GARLAND, baritone, United States


*The Competition’Äôs First prize includes a recording with the Canadian record label Analekta.

These three singers will appear in the Winners’Äô Gala Concert this Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts, with the special participation of mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne and tenor Joseph Kaiser. Under the direction of Alain Trudel, the Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain will accompany the winners. The concert’Äôs exact musical programme will be announced shortly.

The names of the winners of the Special Awards will be revealed on Thursday, May 28, during the official awards ceremony preceding the Gala Concert.

Official Awards Ceremony and Winners’Äô Gala Concert:
Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 pm
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain
Alain Trudel, Conductor
Regular : $45 / $27,50 / Student : $10
514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, official broadcaster
Radio-Canada’Äôs music radio network, Espace musique, is proud to be the official broadcaster of the Montreal International Musical Competition. Following is the broadcast schedule for the various rounds of the competition on Espace musique (100.7 FM in Montreal) and the Espace classique website Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Wednesday, May 27 at 8 pm: Les soirˆ©es classiques, a whole show devoted to the laureates of the MIMC 2009. Programme includes a broadcast of the recital given by the 1st Prize winner during the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Producer: Michˆ®le Patry.

Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm : on CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM in Montreal) and on the Internet at www.cbc.ca/radio2: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, a 4-hour special programme of MIMC Voice 2009 highlights. Host: Bill Richardson | Producers: Matthew McFarlane and Kelly Rice | Executive Producer: Denise Ball | Production Assistant: Hayley Lapalme

Wednesday, July 1 at 8 pm: La radio des festivals, excerpts from the Final round with the Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, conducted by Alain Trudel. Executive Producer: Guylaine Picard

Remember that the Final round was broadcast live on Radio-Canada’Äôs Espace musique (100.7 FM in Montreal) with host Sylvia L'ˆâcuyer and commentator Fabrizio Melano, and will be available online on Espace classique starting May 29. The video concerts of the Semi-Finals will also be posted for one year on Espace classique, Espace musique’Äôs Web Radio, at www.radio-canada.ca/musique

In addition to these live broadcasts, the Final round will be heard internationally, thanks to Radio-Canada’Äôs partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. Starting May 19, follow Espace classique’Äôs competition blog and webcasts at Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Details: www.concoursmontreal.com

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NAC announces Summer Music at the National Arts Centre

Summer Music at the NAC includes

Orchestras in the Park, visiting orchestras and repertoire readings, and everything is FREE!

The National Arts Centre today announced details of Summer Music at the NAC, a line-up that includes four Orchestras in the Park concerts outdoors in LeBreton Flats Park presented in collaboration with the National Capital Commission; concerts by the l’ÄôOrchestre de la francophonie canadienne led by Pinchas Zukerman and Jean-Philippe Tremblay, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada led by Alain Trudel; Canada Day concerts and activities; plus a series of three ’ÄúRepertoire Readings’Äù of new music by Canadian composers. All concerts are free, though some require tickets that can be picked up in person at the NAC Box Office.

Summer at the NAC also features the unveiling of the new Le Cafˆ© menu by Chef Michael Blackie.

From July 23 to 26 at 7:30 pm, the National Arts Centre Orchestra will present its third season of Orchestras in the Park in collaboration with the National Capital Commission in the special outdoor performance space developed at LeBreton Flats Park in front of the Canadian War Museum. Each of the four concerts will be preceded by a KidsZone of activities for youngsters.

Orchestras in the Park begins on Thursday, July 23 with the NAC Orchestra performing ’ÄúClassics and Kuertis’Äù featuring renowned Ottawa favourite Anton Kuerti at the piano with his son Julian Kuerti (associate conductor of the Boston Symphony, and an alumnus of the NAC Conductors Program) on the podium. This concert also features trumpet player Amy Horvey, this year’Äôs recipient of the Richard Li Young Artist Chair, performing the Hummel Trumpet Concerto.

In ’ÄúOpera Under the Stars’Äù on Friday, July 24, conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni leads the NAC Orchestra, soprano Erin Wall, baritone James Westman, and tenor Antonio Figueroa ’Äì three sensational Canadian singers ’Äì in favourite arias from The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and more, joined by the Opera Lyra Ottawa Chorus directed by Laurence Ewashko.

On Saturday, July 25, the electrifying Natalie MacMaster, Cape Breton’Äôs fiddling, step-dancing and vocal sensation, guarantees to have the audience on its feet cheering her and the NAC Orchestra in a night of Celtic delights with Jean-Marie Zeitouni once again on the podium.

Orchestras in the Park concludes on Sunday, July 26, when the Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne takes over the outdoor stage in ’ÄúBeethoven’Äôs Fifths’Äù led by Music Director Jean-Philippe Tremblay and featuring pianist Hong Xu , the 2006 Laureate of the Honens International Piano Competition. Beethoven’Äôs ’ÄúEmperor’Äù Piano Concerto No. 5 is followed by Beethoven’Äôs mighty Fifth Symphony!

Orchestras in the Park concerts are free with no tickets required.

To kick off the month of July, visit the National Arts Centre for Canada Day festivities taking place all day long on Wednesday, July 1, including a massed choral performance by Unisong at 10 a.m. in Southam Hall and one concert by the NAC Orchestra led by Pinchas Zukerman at 2:30 p.m. featuring both the Unisong Choir and musicians of the NAC Young Artists Program, part of the Summer Music Institute .

The Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne will also pay a visit to Southam Hall on Thursday, July 2 with two more Beethoven symphonies and a piano concerto to coincide with the Orchestra’Äôs summer recording project of all nine Beethoven symphonies. Jean-Philippe Tremblay will open the program with Beethoven’Äôs Symphony No. 1. Then Pinchas Zukerman, Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra will lead 14-year-old Calgary piano prodigy Jan Lisiecki in Beethoven’Äôs Piano Concerto No. 3 and close the program with Beethoven’Äôs Second Symphony.

On Tuesday, July 28, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada led by Alain Trudel makes its annual visit to the Capital. The program consists of Rob Teehan’Äôs Dreams of Flying, a new work commissioned by the NYOC, Haydn’Äôs Symphony No. 96 and Mahler’Äôs Symphony No. 6.

Tickets for both the Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada are free and can be picked up in person at the NAC Box Office.

And on July 7, 8 and 9, the National Arts Centre Orchestra will offer its services to four composers for ’ÄúRepertoire Readings’Äù of original works. These sessions, conducted by the NAC Composers Program Lead Composer Gary Kulesha, will take place in the NAC Rehearsal Hall and are open to the public, no tickets required, as long as space is available.

There are also numerous public concerts presented as part of the eleventh annual NAC Summer Music Institute during the month of June. These have been announced separately.

http://www.nac-cna.ca

CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY'S 2008/09 SEASON REACHES OVER 99% CAPACITY

The Canadian Opera Company is pleased to announce a third consecutive year with an average attendance of 99.7%, proving that demand for opera tickets remains high. Celebrating its third season in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the COC's 2008/09 season included seven mainstage productions: Don Giovanni, War and Peace, Fidelio, Rusalka, Simon Boccanegra, La Bohˆ®me, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 2008/09 season subscriptions were strong at close to 95,000 tickets sold with gross revenue of almost $10 million. In total, 132,000 patrons attended 64 COC performances, with overall ticket-related revenue grossing almost $13.9 million. Even an expanded run (12 performances) of La Bohˆ®me sold over 9,500 single tickets, over and above the heavy subscription base.

For every COC performance, one hundred and fifty $20 tickets are available through the company's Opera for a New Age (OFNA) program, presented by TD Bank Financial Group. In 2008/09, 9,400

$20 tickets were sold through OFNA.

"The COC's 2008/09 season surpassed my expectations as I fully realized the satisfaction of leading a company of such great success and potential," says General Director Alexander Neef. "Even though this difficult economic climate has brought us unexpected challenges, our mainstage season finished over 99% capacity, which must be the highest rate for an opera company in North America. This remarkable achievement would not have been possible without our loyal subscribers and generous donors, and we remain immensely grateful for their support. We wouldn't be here without them."

The COC's 2008/09 season began with Mozart's Don Giovanni, which had "a truly impressive cast of singers" (Toronto Sun), and continued with "the theatrical highpoint of the year," Prokofiev's War and Peace, (Eye Weekly) conducted by Johannes Debus who, shortly afterwards, was appointed the COC's new Music Director. The winter run opened with Beethoven's "beautifully presented" (BlogTO) Fidelio, followed by Dvo‰ôˆ°k's "not to be missed" (Classical 96.3) Rusalka. Running in repertory during the spring run were Verdi's Simon Boccanegra hailed "a five-star 'must see'" (Here and Now, CBC Radio), Puccini's La Bohˆ®me, considered "necessary viewing for the [Toronto] opera crowd" (National Post), and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a "delight to both ear and eye" (Hamilton Spectator).

Three of the mainstage productions were generously supported by corporate sponsors: RBC Financial Group for Don Giovanni, CIBC World Markets and CIBC Mellon for La Bohˆ®me, and National Bank
Financial for Fidelio.

www.coc.ca

Houston Grand Opera Announces Men's Chorus Auditions

The Houston Grand Opera Association announces chorus auditions for its 2009-2010 season. Auditions will be held at the Wortham Theater Center, 510 Preston on:

MEN ONLY

Monday, June 8, 2009 6:00 PM ’Äì 10:00 PM

The Houston Grand Opera Chorus is a professional group of diverse men and women of all professions and backgrounds. Choristers rehearse weekday evenings and weekends for each repertory period. In the 2009-2010 season, a new chorister could earn $2000.00 per production.

The 2009-2010 season productions in which the chorus will participate are:

The Elixir of Love

Lohengrin

Tosca

The Queen of Spades

Xerxes

Auditions should include two arias of contrasting style, tempo, in original language, and by memory. Operatic repertoire is preferred, but standard oratorio selections will be accepted. Sight reading may be requested. The HGO will provide an accompanist, but singers are required to bring their own music.

Singers who wish to arrange an audition should contact the Houston Grand Opera Rehearsal Department at (713) 980-8679.

Website: http://www.houstongrandopera.org/

Blogs and Multimedia: www.houstongrandopera.org/intheknow

Twitter: www.twitter.com/HouGrandOpera

Two RCM Students Win at The TSO National Piano Competition

Alexander Seredenko and Samuel Deason, two students of The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School, won prizes at The Toronto Symphony Orchestra National Piano Competition, held at The Royal Conservatory between May 22 and 24, 2009. This prestigious piano competition is a biennial event and attracts Canada's finest young pianists between the ages of 16 and 25. Created to foster young talent, the competition has been a project of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Committee for over 20 years. Previous winners include acclaimed virtuoso Stewart Goodyear and rising star Todd Yaniw, both of whom are alumni of The Royal Conservatory.

Alexander Seredenko, currently pursuing his performance diploma in piano at The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School in Toronto, under the instruction of Dean James Anagnoson, won The Roy Thomson Hall First Prize of $8,000 and a future performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. No stranger to competitions, Alexander received first place at the annual Canadian National Competition in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Following these awards, and many local competitions in and around Ontario, he obtained first standing in several international piano competitions, including most recently the 2008 Hamamatsu Piano Academy Competition. On February 20, 2009, he appeared in concert with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra under TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian, in a progamme of Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Elgar.

Samuel Deason, a piano student of Marc Durand, also at The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School, won The Victor Feldbrill Prize of $500 for best performance of a Canadian work. Most recently, Samuel also won the $500 Mary Winston Smail Piano award as well as a $3,500 scholarship to the Madeline Island Music Camp at the 53rd annual WAMSO (Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association) Young Artist Competition.

The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory is an internationally recognized centre for professional training in music performance and pedagogy at the post-secondary and post-bachelor levels. The School provides an intimate training environment with a curriculum designed to prepare the most gifted young musicians for all aspects of a professional career. An enrolment of 130 students keeps classes small, students receive more private lesson time, and are offered more than 150 master classes, in addition to between 80 and 100 performance opportunities throughout the year. The faculty consists of world-renowned performers, teachers, and scholars, each bringing expertise and knowledge of the highest standards to Glenn Gould students. Famous alumni include Isabel Bayrakdarian, Naida Cole, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The Glenn Gould School has been designated a National Training Institute by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

www.tsvc.on.ca/piano_competition

Journˆ©es d'arts sacrˆ©s du Plateau : Prix Clˆ©ment-Morin

ˆâtats limites de Maurice-Gaston Du Berger

Crˆ©ation de l'‰ìuvre couronnˆ©e par le Prix Clˆ©ment-Morin

ˆÝ l'ˆâglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, le mardi 2 juin

Dans le cadre des Journˆ©es d'arts sacrˆ©s du Plateau, l'‰ìuvre couronnˆ©e par le Prix Clˆ©ment-Morin 2008-2009,

ˆâtats limites de Maurice’ÄëGaston Du Berger, sera crˆ©ˆ©e lors d'un concert prˆ©sentˆ© le mardi 2 juin, ˆÝ 20 heures,

ˆÝ la tribune de l'orgue de l'ˆâglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montrˆ©al.

La soprano Andrˆ©anne Brisson-Paquin et l'organiste Marc-Andrˆ© Harnois seront les interprˆ®tes de ce concert

de chants sacrˆ©s dont le rˆ©pertoire couvrira une pˆ©riode allant du XVIII^e siˆ®cle ˆÝ aujourd'hui.

www.art-sacre.ca/

Spectacle clˆ¥ture Festival Accˆ®s Asie

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Spectacle de clˆ¥ture du Festival Accˆ®s Asie : Viva Confusion

Dans un monde globalisˆ© comme le nˆ¥tre, les furtives rencontres culturelles peuvent profondˆ©ment tourmenter en soulevant des questions relatives ˆÝ l’Äôidentitˆ©, l’Äôascendance, l’Äôaffiliation et la fidˆ©litˆ©.

Viva Confusion cherche ˆÝ explorer et comprendre ces questions.

Le Festival Accˆ®s Asie se rˆ©jouit de prˆ©senter cette production totalement originale autant dans la forme que dans le contenu.
Cette collaboration avec l’Äôartiste international et multidisciplinaire, Dr. Mohan Agashe, s’Äôannonce une expˆ©rience inoubliable.

Viva Confusion est d’Äôabord un documentaire qui rassemble des interviews rˆ©alisˆ©es avec des ¬´patients¬ª canadiens d’Äôorigine asiatique cherchant les bons conseils du docteur afin de rˆ©soudre leurs symptˆ¥mes de ¬´confusion culturelle¬ª. Vient ensuite la prescription ¬´multimˆ©dia crˆ©atrice¬ª du Dr. Agashe oˆ¼ le remˆ®de peut ˆ�tre soit la danse, soit la musique ou le thˆ©ˆ¢tre.

Grand voyageur, Dr. Mohan Agashe se promˆ®ne avec un curriculum vitae trˆ®s impressionnant. Tour ˆÝ tour acteur et psychiatre en Inde ’Äìpays avec beaucoup de complexitˆ©s culturelles’Äì, il est ˆÝ mˆ�me de commenter les expˆ©riences de migration. C’Äôest pourquoi il est ˆÝ la tˆ�te de cette folle et extravagante ‰ìuvre! Dr. Agashe sera accompagnˆ© par plusieurs artistes montrˆ©alais tels que Cecilia Cristobal (Miss Oriented, The Tuxedo avec Jackie Chan) et le renommˆ© bassiste de jazz Alex Bellegarde qui assure la liaison musicale entre les communautˆ©s musicales de Montrˆ©al et Asiatique.

Samedi 6 juin 2009 ˆÝ 20h
Lieu : Gesˆ¼ ’Äì Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ©
1200, rue Bleury, Montrˆ©al
Prix : 25$
Renseignements : 514.523.1047
http://www.accesasie.com

Festival Accˆ®s Asie’Äôs last event : Viva Confusion

A groundbreaking production in form and content, VIVA CONFUSION is a docu-comedy that fuses psychiatric doctor/patient relations and multi-disciplinary Montreal Asian artists performances.

The play will feature documentary footage of interviews with `real life’Äô Asian-Canadians by descent or affiliation around the topics of cultural confusion such as identity, assimilation and allegiance. Dr.Agashe will weave his counseling with a creative presentation of dance, music and comedy with a distinct East meets West flair.

Dr Agashe, a well-travelled psychiatrist with an impressive resume as a thespian and actor from India, a country with many cultural complexities, is perfectly suited to comment on the experiences of migration and effective coping mechanisms. He will be joined by a mosaic of Montreal talents such as Cecilia Cristobal (Miss Oriented, The Tuxedo) as a spirited anchorwoman, and renowned jazz bassist, Alex Bellegarde as a musical liaison between the jazz community and our Asian counterparts.

Saturday June 6, 2009 @ 8 P.M.
Where : Gesˆ¼ ’Äì Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ©
1200, rue Bleury, Montrˆ©al
Tickets : 25$ / www.admission.com or 514-861 4036
Information : 514.523.1047
http://www.accesasie.com

The VSO Presents the legendary Frederica von Stade and Samuel Ramey together for the first time in Vancouver

Recognized as one of the most beloved musical figures of our time, the great mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade (affectionately known as ’ÄòFlicka’Äô worldwide to her friends, family and legions of fans) makes her VSO debut teamed up with Samuel Ramey, the world’Äôs foremost operatic bass-baritone. In a concert for the ages, these two extraordinary artists at the peak of their careers perform music by Berlioz, Boito, Offenbach, Copland and Gershwin. Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts.

’Äú[Frederica von Stade is] one of America's finest artists and singers’Äù

- The New York Times

’ÄúEven if she were not one of the great singers of our day’ĶFrederica von Stade could probably draw a full house of people eager just to be in her presence.’Äù

- San Francisco Chronicle

’ÄúRamey’Äôs singing is the stuff of which operatic legends are made.’Äù

The New York Post

A once-in-a-lifetime concert event, this evening will be a pairing of legendary artists the likes of which Lower Mainland audiences have never before seen: two of the greatest musicians of this or any era, on stage together with Maestro Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for one very special evening only.

CONCERT INFO

Specials

Flicka and Ramey: A Concert for the Ages

Thursday, June 11, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano*

Samuel Ramey, bass-baritone+

Berlioz Marche de Rˆ°kˆ„czy from Le Damnation de Faust

Berlioz Vrai Dieu, messieurs’ĶUne puce gentile from Le Damnation de Faust+

Berlioz Devant la maison from Le Damnation de Faust+

Boito Ave Signor! From Mefistofele+

Boito Ecco il mondo from Mefistofele+

Heggie Don’Äôt Say A Word from Dead Man Walking*

Heggie Primary Colors from The Deepest Desire*

Thomas Connais-tu le pays from Mignon*

Offenbach Vous, aimes le danger’ĶAh! que j’Äôaime les militaries! from Le Grande-Duchesse de Gˆ©rolstein*

Copland Outdoor Adventure

Simple Gifts from Old American Songs, Set 1*

The Dodger from Old American Songs, Set 1+

Little Horses from Old American Songs, Set 2*

At The River from Old American Songs, Set 2+

I Bought Me A Cat from Old American Songs*+

Waltz from Billy the Kid

Rodgers People Will Say We’Äôre in Love from Oklahoma!*+

Gershwin Let’Äôs Call The Whole Thing Off from Shall We Dance*+

Tickets $45 to $165 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Festival de musique de chambre de Montrˆ©al: cette semaine

ˆÄ l’Äôaffiche cette semaine :
Mercredi 27 mai, 20 h
Quatuor Guarneri : incomparable !
Ultime concert au Canada
Quatuor Guarneri
Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, violons
Michael Tree, alto
Peter Wiley, violoncelle
Denis Brott, violoncelle

Jeudi 28 mai, 20 h
Bach bien tempˆ©rˆ©
Ivo Janssen, piano

Vendredi 29 mai, 20 h
Cabaret : jazz et classique
Wonny Song, piano
Jonathan Crow, violon
Adrian Fung, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse
James Campbell, clarinette
Stˆ©phane Lˆ©vesque, basson
Paul Merkelo, trompette
James Box, trombone
Serge Desgagnˆ©s, percussions
Albert Millaire, Jean Marchand, narrateurs

Samedi 30 mai, 18 h - minuit
Marathon Mendelssohn
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara
Valerie Li, Yuri Cho, violons
David Samuel, alto
Adrian Fung, violoncelle
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Jonathan Crow, violon
Marcus Thompson, alto
Denis Brott, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse
Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
Ivo Janssen, piano
Wonny Song, piano

****

ˆâglise St-James
463, Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montrˆ©al / Mˆ©tro Place-des-Arts
Billetterie : 514.848.9696 / 514.489.7444
Billets : 10-15 $ (ˆ©tudiant), 18-25 $ (aˆÆnˆ©), 25-35 $ (adulte)
www.festivalmontreal.org <http://www.festivalmontreal.org>

Montrˆ©al, le 25 mai 2009 ’îÄ Dˆ©jˆÝ ˆÝ sa derniˆ®re semaine d’Äôactivitˆ©s, le Festival de musique de chambre de Montrˆ©al propose quatre concerts extraordinaires,
dont le dernier concert au Canada du rˆ©putˆ© Quatuor Guarneri et un grand marathon Mendelssohn, pour terminer le Festival en beautˆ© !

Mercredi 27 mai, 20 h
Le Quatuor Guarneri : incomparable !
Dernier rˆ©cital au Canada
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quatuor en sol mineur opus 74 no 3, « Le Cavalier », (1793)
Allegro
Largo assai
Menuetto: Allegretto
Finale: Allegro con brio

Leo‰° Janˆ°Ÿçek (1854-1928)
Quatuor no1 JW 7/8, La sonate ˆÝ Kreutzer (1923)
Adagio
Con moto
Con moto
Adagio con moto

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quintette en do majeur, opus 163, D. 956 (1828)
Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Scherzo: Presto; Trio: Andante sostenuto
Allegretto


Jeudi 28 mai, 20 h
Bach bien tempˆ©rˆ©
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Le Clavier bien tempˆ©rˆ©, Premier Livre (1722)
Ivo Janssen, piano



Vendredi 29 mai, 20 h
Cabaret : Jazz et Classique
Bohuslav Martin‰Ø (1890-1959)
La Revue de Cuisine (1927)
Prologue (Allegretto)
Tango (Danse d’Äôamour : Lento)
Charleston
Finale : Tempo di marche
Jonathan Crow, violon
Adrian Fung, violoncelle
James Campbell, clarinette
Paul Merkelo, trompette
Stˆ©phane Lˆ©vesque, basson
Wonny Song, piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Wonny Song, piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
L’ÄôHistoire du Soldat (1928)
Jonathan Crow, violon
James VanDemark, contrebasse
James Campbell, clarinette
Stˆ©phane Lˆ©vesque, basson
Paul Merkelo, trompette
James Box, trombone
Serge Desgagnˆ©s, percussions
Albert Millaire, Jean Marchand, narrateurs



Samedi 30 mai, 18 h - minuit
Marathon Mendelssohn : 200e anniversaire de naissance
Fˆ©lix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Premier programme ’Äì 18 h
Lieder Ohne Worte (Chants sans paroles)
Opus 19 no 1 en mi majeur, Andante (1829-1830)
Opus 62 no 6 en la majeur, Allegretto (1842-1844)
Opus 53 no 3 en sol mineur, Presto (1839-1841)
Opus 19 no 2 en la mineur, Andante (1829-1830)
Opus 67 no 2 en fa diˆ®se mineur, Allegro (1843-1845)
Opus 38 no 6 en la bˆ©mol majeur, Andante (1836-1837)
Opus 67 no 4 en do majeur, Presto (1843-1845)
Ivo Janssen, piano

Quatuor no 2 en la mineur, opus 13 (1827)
Adagio ’Äì Allegro vivace
Adagio non lento
Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto ’Äì Allegro di molto
Presto ’Äì Adagio non lento
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara

Trio no 2 en do mineur, opus 66 (1845)
Allegro energico e fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo
Allegro appassionato
Jonathan Crow, violon
Denis Brott, violoncelle
Wonny Song, piano

Deuxiˆ®me programme ’Äì 20 h
Quatuor no 4 en mi mineur, opus 44 no 2 (1837)
Allegro assai appassionato
Scherzo
Andante
Presto agitato
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara

Le Songe d’Äôune Nuit d’Äôˆ©tˆ© (arr. de Mendelssohn pour piano ˆÝ quatre mains) 1826/1843
Scherzo
Chant avec choeur
Intermezzo
Marche nuptiale
Wonny Song, Kyoko Hashimoto, piano ˆÝ quatre mains

Sextuor en rˆ© majeur, opus 110 (1824)
Allegro vivace
Adagio
Menuetto
Allegro vivace
Ivo Janssen, piano
Jonathan Crow, violon
Marcus Thompson, David Samuel, altos
Adrian Fung, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse

Troisiˆ®me programme ’Äì 22 h
Quatuor no 6 en fa mineur, opus 80 (1847)
Allegro vivace assai
Allegro assai

Adagio
Finale : Allegro molto
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara

Trio en rˆ© mineur no 1, opus 49 (1845)
Molto Allegro agitato
Andante con moto tranquillo
Scherzo : Leggiero e vivace
Finale : Allegro assai appassionato
Ivo Janssen, piano
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Denis Brott, violoncelle

Octuor en mi bˆ©mol majeur, opus 20 (1825)
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
Andante
Scherzo : Allegro leggierissimo
Presto
Rachel Barton Pine, Jonathan Crow, Valerie Li, Yuri Cho, violons
Marcus Thompson, David Samuel, altos
Denis Brott, Adrian Fung, violoncelles

www.festivalmontreal.org

FESTIVAL ORFORD 2009 : Oliver Jones

OLIVER JONES ’Äì JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE, OLLIE!

SUPPLˆâMENTAIRE LE DIMANCHE 2 AOˆõT ˆÄ 16 H.

Vous avez ˆ©tˆ© si nombreux ˆÝ vous procurez des places pour le concert d’ÄôOliver Jones en l’Äôhonneur de ses soixante-quinze ans que le Festival Orford prˆ©sentera une supplˆ©mentaire du concert JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE, OLLIE! le dimanche 2 aoˆªt ˆÝ 16 h.
Les billets sont en vente dˆ®s maintenant !

LE Trio Oliver Jones
Oliver Jones, piano
Jim Doxas, Batterie
et ˆâric Lagacˆ©, basse

Samedi 1^er aoˆªt ˆÝ 20 h 37 $ - COMPLET
Supplˆ©mentaire le dimanche 2 aoˆªt ˆÝ 16 h 37 $
Salle de concert Gilles-Lefebvre

Ollie est de retour et nous en sommes ravis! Il est un des favoris du public du Festival Orford, et ce, avec raison! Quelque soit le rˆ©pertoire qu’Äôil choisit de nous offrir, on peut toujours compter sur lui pour passer une soirˆ©e sans pareille. Bien qu’Äôil fˆ�te ses soixante-quinze ans dans quelques semaines, Oliver Jones est comme un grand vin, il se bonifie constamment!

L’Äôannˆ©e derniˆ®re, Oliver Jones rendait hommage ˆÝ Oscar Peterson; cette annˆ©e, c’Äôest Ollie lui-mˆ�me que nous voulons cˆ©lˆ©brer. N’Äôattendez plus pour vous procurer vos places, car la fˆ�te sera grandiose!

Profitez des forfaits Repas et concert au Bistro 4 Saisons d’ÄôOrford et de nos divers abonnements. Obtenez des rabais allˆ©chants et courez la chance de gagner votre abonnement ou un des superbes paniers de produits Bleu Lavande.

Consultez notre brochure et notre site web pour tous les dˆ©tails ou contactez la billetterie du Centre d’Äôarts Orford au 819-843-3981 ou sans frais au 1-800-567-6155.

http://www.arts-orford.org/

Concours de musique du Canada - Grande finale et concert gala ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

Jean-Franˆßois Rivest et Alexande Da Costa

au concert gala du 6 juillet

ˆÝ la salle Claude-Champagne

La finale de la 51^e ˆ©dition du Concours de musique du Canada (CMC)

rˆ©unira prˆ®s de 250 musiciens, du 19 juin au 6 juillet, ˆÝ la Facultˆ© de musique de l’ÄôUniversitˆ© de Montrˆ©al.

Durant les ˆ©preuves, les mˆ©lomanes pourront entendre gratuitement les meilleurs espoirs de la relˆ®ve classique au pays

jouer des instruments aussi divers que le piano, les cordes, les vents, le clavecin, la harpe, l’Äôorgue,

la guitare, la flˆªte ˆÝ bec, les percussions, sans oublier le chant et la musique de chambre.

Cette annˆ©e, le Concours culminera par un concert gala prˆ©sentˆ© le 6 juillet, ˆÝ 19 h 30, ˆÝ la salle Claude-Champagne.

L’ÄôOrchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, sous la direction de l’Äôambassadeur artistique du CMC, Jean-Franˆßois Rivest,

se produira avec le violoniste virtuose Alexandre Da Costa et plusieurs laurˆ©ats de cette 51^e ˆ©dition du Concours.

http://www.cmcnational.com/

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes par Rigel/Piano quartet by Rigel

VERSION FRANCAISE

Quatuors pour pianoforte, 2 violons et violoncelle de H.-J. Rigel (1741-1799)

Vient de paraˆÆtre en partition aux ˆâditions du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles les quatuors avec piano op. 14 de Rigel, figure de proue du renouveau de la musique instrumentale classique en France et qui a notamment composˆ© de trˆ®s belles symphonies. Ces quatuors, trˆ®s agrˆ©ables, de niveau intermˆ©diaire, donnent ˆ©quitablement ˆÝ jouer aux musiciens. La configuration pour pianoforte, 2 violons et violoncelle intˆ©ressera particuliˆ®rement les amateurs de musique de chambre : il s'agit d'une ‰ìuvre originale, publiˆ©e en 1778, annˆ©e du second voyage de Mozart ˆÝ Paris.

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3 quatuors pour pianoforte, 2 violons et violoncelle op. XIV, transcription cmbv
collection Musique de chambre, ¬© 2008, 21x29,7 cm, conducteur brochˆ©. Avec introduction (franˆßais).

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ1 en mi bˆ©mol majeur, conducteur, 45 pages, ISMN M-56016-194-5 : 15,50 ’Ǩ (CAH-194)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ1, matˆ©riel en vente (2 Vn, Vlc) : 10,30 ’Ǩ (CAH-194-MO)

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ2 en do mineur, conducteur, 23 pages, ISMN M-56016-195-2 : 8,60 ’Ǩ (CAH-195)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ2, matˆ©riel en vente (2 Vn, Vlc) : 5,20 ’Ǩ (CAH-195-MO)

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ3 en sol majeur, conducteur, 23 pages, ISMN M-56016-196-9 : 8,60 ’Ǩ (CAH-196)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ3, matˆ©riel en vente (2 Vn, Vlc) : 3,40 ’Ǩ (CAH-196-MO)

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Piano quartets for 2 violins and cello by H.-J. Rigel (1741-1799)

The ˆâditions du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles has just published sheet music by Rigel, one of the most innovative composers of instrumental music in the late 18th century in France, especially in his beautiful symphonies. These lovely piano quartets, of moderate difficulty, balance the playing of all instruments. The musical forces required will interest chamber music players in particular: the work was originally composed in 1778, the same year than Mozart was twice in Paris when he was 20.

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3 Piano quartets with 2 violins and cello, op. XIV, transcription by the cmbv
Series Musique de chambre, © 2008, 21x29,7 cm, paperback. With an introduction (French).

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ1 in E flat major, full score, 45 pages, ISMN M-56016-194-5: 15,50 ’Ǩ (CAH-194)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ1, set of parts for sale (2 Vn, Vlc): 10,30 ’Ǩ (CAH-194-MO)

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ2 in C minor, full score, 23 pages, ISMN M-56016-195-2: 8,60 ’Ǩ (CAH-195)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ2, set of parts for sale (2 Vn, Vlc): 5,20 ’Ǩ (CAH-195-MO)

Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ3 in G major, full score, 23 pages, ISMN M-56016-196-9: 8,60 ’Ǩ (CAH-196)
Quatuor pour pianoforte et cordes op. XIV n¬ƒ3, set of parts for sale (2 Vn, Vlc): 3,40 ’Ǩ (CAH-196-MO)

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Grand Prix du Tourisme - Mondial des Cultures de Drummondville

Le Mondial des Cultures une nouvelle fois laurˆ©at

lors des Grands Prix du Tourisme Quˆ©bˆ©cois

Drummondville, le lundi 25 mai 2009 ’Äì Le 15 mai dernier, le Mondial des Cultures a reˆßu, le prix national argent du concours des Grands Prix du Tourisme Quˆ©bˆ©cois, dans la catˆ©gorie ¬´ Festivals et ˆ©vˆ©nements touristiques, budget d'exploitation de 1 million de dollars ou plus ¬ª. Cette distinction est dˆ©cernˆ©e par le ministˆ®re du Tourisme, avec la collaboration des Associations Touristiques Rˆ©gionales associˆ©es du Quˆ©bec. Il s'agit de la 3ˆ®me rˆ©compense du genre en 27 ans pour le Mondial des Cultures.

Crˆ©ˆ© en 1985, ce concours prestigieux souligne les efforts et le dynamisme des entreprises qui ‰ìuvrent dans le domaine touristique, tout en reconnaissant officiellement leur contribution exceptionnelle au positionnement du Quˆ©bec comme destination touristique de qualitˆ©. Cette remise de prix contribue ˆÝ faire connaˆÆtre la qualitˆ© et l'importance de l'industrie touristique dans l'activitˆ© ˆ©conomique quˆ©bˆ©coise et ˆÝ attirer l'attention de la population sur l'ˆ©lite touristique.

Les Grands Prix sont donc une occasion exceptionnelle de faire valoir le succˆ®s, l'innovation et la contribution de l'ˆ©quipe du Mondial des Cultures dans l'essor de l'industrie touristique. Ce prix dˆ©montre qu'au fil des ans, le festival drummondvillois est devenu un produit d'appel touristique majeur au Centre du Quˆ©bec.

¬´ Le fait de gagner le prix argent, tout de suite derriˆ®re ¬´ La Sociˆ©tˆ© du 400^e de Quˆ©bec ¬ª qui a remportˆ© l'or, nous confirme que le Mondial des Cultures est un joueur de marque sur l'ˆ©chiquier touristique de la province. C'est ˆÝ la fois un honneur et une belle rˆ©ussite qui revient ˆÝ tous les membres de la grande ˆ©quipe du Mondial. Recevoir le prix de l'industrie donne ˆÝ mon ˆ©quipe, aux bˆ©nˆ©voles et au conseil d'administration une ˆ©nergie supplˆ©mentaire en vue de la 28^e ˆ©dition qui se tiendra du 9 au 19 juillet prochain. Forts de cette reconnaissance, nous entamons les derniers prˆ©paratifs afin d'offrir aux festivals une programmation jamais vue au cours des 28 derniˆ®res annˆ©es ! ¬ª de conclure Marie-France Bourgeois, directrice gˆ©nˆ©rale et artistique.

www.mondialdescultures.com

Viva Espaˆ±a! ˆâvˆ©nement musical unique ˆÝ ne pas manquer

Une premiˆ®re pour Le Ch‰ìur de la montagne en visite ˆÝ Saint-Hyacinthe. Ce grand ch‰ìur classique qui a pignon sur rue ˆÝ Beloeil comblera les mˆ©lomanes les plus avertis en leur proposant une expˆ©rience musicale exceptionnelle, remplie de riches ˆ©motions. Venez prendre l'apˆ©ro avec nous et entendre le concert VIVA ESPAˆëA !, prˆ©sentˆ© au Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde, le dimanche 7 juin 2009, de 17 h ˆÝ 19 h.

Cette annˆ©e, Le Ch‰ìur de la montagne vous transporte dans l'univers romantique de la musique espagnole. Pour l'ˆ©vˆ©nement, les 120 choristes, sous la direction musicale de Robert Ingari, seront accompagnˆ©s ˆÝ la guitare par le jeune virtuose, Thierry Bˆ©gin-Lamontagne, au violon par la non moins talentueuse Amˆ©lie Lamontagne, et au piano par l'ˆ©mˆ©rite pianiste, Francine Lacroix, dont la rˆ©putation n'est plus ˆÝ faire.

Laissez-vous emporter dans la romance espagnole de grands compositeurs tels Mario Castelnuovo-TEDESCO, Edward ELGAR et Georges BIZET.

Le Ch‰ìur de la montagne est fier de prˆ©senter plusieurs extraits de ces ‰ìuvres dont Romancero Gitano et ˆÄ deux cuartos, piˆ®ces d'une grande richesse et d'une couleur exceptionnelle. Elles permettent ˆÝ des chanteurs amateurs d'accˆ©der ˆÝ un rˆ©pertoire peu parcouru et riche d'enseignements et de culture, sortant magnifiquement des sentiers battus. Et surtout, d'en faire profiter les amateurs de grande musique.

Ne manquez pas cet ˆ©vˆ©nement musical unique qui aura lieu dans le cadre d'un ¬´ 5 ˆÝ 7 ¬ª, le dimanche 7 juin ˆÝ la salle Desjardins du Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde, 1705, rue Saint-Antoine ˆÝ Saint-Hyacinthe.

Admission 19,99 $. Billets en vente chez Multi ˆâlectronique de Beloeil 450.467.8273 (cartes de crˆ©dit acceptˆ©es) ou au Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde 450.778.3388.

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Laitman's Early Snow in Rising Soprano's Carnegie Debut June 18

Lori Laitman is one of America's most prolific and widely performed composers of art song. She has composed nearly 200 songs, setting the words of classical and contemporary poets. Her cycle, Early Snow, to three poems by Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Oliver, will be presented as part of a program celebrating American song by rising American soprano Courtney Huffman in her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall on June 18, 2009.


The cycle, commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker for soprano Jennifer Check, was completed by Laitman in 2003 and saw its premiere at the Juilliard School of Music in April 2003. It was released on Laitman's CD "Becoming a Redwood" in 2006 on the Albany Records label.


The poetry of Mary Oliver, in the words of Steve Brockman and John Campbell of Artsong Update online magazine "...has a psychological subtlety rarely found in romantic poets of the past. These poems... are about being fully alive in this moment and open to present experience." The poems in this cycle reflect on nature, and in speaking about these settings, Laitman says: "My goal in all settings is the primacy of the text. This means that meters shift constantly to follow the natural rhythms of the poem, melodies are structured to emphasize the most important words in a phrase, tempos are flexible and harmonies change to color the emotional content. In this way, every word in every poem is bound inextricably to the music."


Since launching her career in 1991, Laitman's music has been performed frequently in the U.S. and abroad. Some recent US venues include The Frye Art Music and Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA; The Kennedy Center and The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC; Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, NY; and The USC Fisher Art Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Her discography also continues to grow, with releases on Albany Records, Naxos, Channel Classics and other labels, showcasing the talents of some of today's top musicians.


Laitman recently completed her first full-length opera, "The Scarlet Letter," to poet David Mason's new libretto, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary masterpiece. The opera was commissioned by The University of Central Arkansas and premiered on November 6, 2008 to critical acclaim. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette wrote of the opera: "Composer Lori Laitman has written gorgeous music that works hand-in-glove with the words of librettist David Mason and underpins the very essence of this psychological-social drama...the few arias are at key moments and are stunningly effective."


Early Snow will be performed by soprano Courtney Huffman, the 2008 NATS Artist Award winner, in a program of works by American composers Dominick Argento, Irving Berlin, Tom Cipullo, George Gershwin, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lee Hoiby, Charles Ives, Lori Laitman and Libby Larsen. A consummate vocalist, Huffman made her professional operatic debut to critical acclaim in June 2008 with the Intimate Opera Company of Pasadena, California, as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. She reprised the role with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in February 2009 and tackled the demanding role of Teutile in Vivaldi's Motezuma with the Long Beach Opera in 2009 to rave reviews. The soprano made her international debut in Shanghai and Hong-Kong in 2006, followed by a performance of Dalbavie's Sextine Cyclus at the Aspen Music Festival. Her repertoire includes Betty in Lowell Liebermann's Miss Lonelyhearts, Frasquita in Carmen, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Drusilla in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. She has appeared with the Aspen Opera Theater Center, USC Thornton School of Music Opera, and the Illinois Opera Theatre, among others. Courtney Huffman is scheduled to perform a winner's recital at the NATS National Convention in Salt Lake City, UT in July 2010.


Courtney Huffman's Carnegie Hall Debut Solo Recital, with pianist Tali Tadmor.

Date: Thursday, June 18 at 8:00 PM

Place: Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)

Address: 154 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

Tickets: (212) 247-7800 or order online at: www.carnegiehall.org

Chant / Voice 2009 : et les finalistes sont’Ķ/ and the Finalists are

For English, see below

Le Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al dˆ©voile l’Äôidentitˆ© des huit finalistes ainsi que l’Äôhoraire dˆ©taillˆ© de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale (Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts) :

Lundi, 25 mai 19 h 30 Anthony Roth COSTANZO, contretˆ©nor, ˆâtats-Unis 20 h 00 Falko HˆñNISCH, baryton, Allemagne 20 h 30 Pause 21 h 00 Sidney OUTLAW, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis 21 h 30 Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada 22 h 00 Fin

Mardi, 26 mai 19 h 30 Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italie 20 h 00 Seil KIM, tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud 20 h 30 Pause 21 h 00 Andrew GARLAND, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis 21 h 30 Angela MEADE, soprano, ˆâtats-Unis 22 h 00 Dˆ©libˆ©rations

Le mardi 26 mai, l'ˆ©preuve finale sera suivie des dˆ©libˆ©rations du jury et de l'annonce des laurˆ©ats. Pour accˆ©der au programme musical complet de chacun des candidats : www.concoursmontreal.ca


Finale : les 25 et 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30 (Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain et Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre)
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Rˆ©gulier : 32,50 $ / 22,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $
514.842.2112 / http://www.laplacedesarts.com/

Concert gala des laurˆ©ats : le jeudi 28 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30, avec la participation spˆ©ciale de la mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne et du tˆ©nor Joseph Kaiser (Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain et Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre)
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Rˆ©gulier : 45 $ / 27,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $
514.842.2112 /www.laplacedesarts.com


Espace musique, diffuseur officiel du Concours
Espace musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada, est fiˆ®re d’Äôˆ�tre le diffuseur officiel du Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al. Voici l’Äôhoraire de diffusion des diffˆ©rentes ˆ©preuves du Concours sur les ondes d’ÄôEspace musique (100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al) et sur le site d’ÄôEspace classique Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Dimanche 24 mai ˆÝ 12 h : ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Lundi 25 mai et mardi 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h : diffusion en direct de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Mercredi 27 mai 20 h : Les soirˆ©es classiques : ˆ©mission entiˆ®rement consacrˆ©e aux laurˆ©ats du CMIM 2009 : Entre autres au programme, diffusion du rˆ©cital donnˆ© par le laurˆ©at du 1er Prix lors de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 12 h : sur les ondes de CBC Radio Two, 93,5 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, et sur le site www.cbc.ca/radio2 , Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale de quatre heures prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments du Concours; animation, Bill Richardson / rˆ©alisation, Matthew McFarlane et Kelly Rice / rˆ©alisatrice-coordonnatrice, Denise Ball / adjoint ˆÝ la production, Hayley Lapalme.

Mercredi 1 juillet, 20 h : La radio des festivals : diffusion d’Äôextraits de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale avec l’ÄôOrchestre Mˆ©tropolitain sous la direction d’ÄôAlain Trudel ; rˆ©alisation-coordination, Guylaine Picard / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

En plus de ces diffusions en direct, l’Äôˆ©preuve finale sera entendue dans plusieurs pays du monde dans le cadre des Festivals d’Äôˆ©tˆ© Euroradio, grˆ¢ce ˆÝ l’Äôassociation de la radio de Radio-Canada avec l’ÄôUnion Europˆ©enne de Radio-Tˆ©lˆ©vision.

Tous les dˆ©tails au www.concoursmontreal.ca

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Voice 2009: and the Finalists are ’Ķ

Montreal, Saturday, May 23, 2009 - The Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) announces the eight Finalists and the detailed schedule of the Finals (Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts):

Monday, May 25 7:30 p.m. Anthony Roth COSTANZO, countertenor, United States 8:00 p.m. Falko HˆñNISCH, baritone, Germany 8:30 p.m. Break 9:00 p.m. Sidney OUTLAW, baritone, United States 9:30 p.m. Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada 10:00 p.m. End

Tuesday, May 26 7:30 p.m. Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italy 8:00 p.m. Seil KIM, tenor, South Korea 8:30 p.m. Break 9:00 p.m. Andrew GARLAND, baritone, United States 9:30 p.m. Angela MEADE, soprano, United States 10:00 p.m. Deliberations

The announcement of the laureates will be made following the last Final session on Tuesday, May 26. The complete musical programme of each round is available at www.concoursmontreal.ca


Finals: May 25 and 26 at 7:30 pm (Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain and Alain Trudel, conductor)
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Regular : $32,50 / $22,50/ Student : $10
514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com


Gala Concert: May 28 at 7:30 pm, with the special participation of mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne and tenor Joseph Kaiser (Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain and Alain Trudel, conductor)
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
Regular : $45 / $27,50 / Student : $10
514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com


Espace musique, official broadcaster
Radio-Canada’Äôs music radio network, Espace musique, is proud to be the official broadcaster of the Montreal International Musical Competition. Following is the broadcast schedule for the various rounds of the competition on Espace musique (100.7 FM in Montreal) and the Espace classique website Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Sunday, May 24 at noon: special program featuring highlights from the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer Commentator: Fabrizio Melano Producer: Michˆ®le Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 25.

Monday, May 25 and Tuesday, May 26 at 7 pm: Live broadcast of the Final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer Commentator: Fabrizio Melano Producer: Michele Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 29.

Wednesday, May 27 at 8 pm: Les soirˆ©es classiques, a whole show devoted to the laureates of the MIMC 2009. Programme includes a broadcast of the recital given by the 1st Prize winner during the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer Producer: Michˆ®le Patry.

Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm : on CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM in Montreal) and on the Internet at www.cbc.ca/radio2: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, a 4-hour special programme of MIMC Voice 2009 highlights. Host: Bill Richardson Producers: Matthew McFarlane and Kelly Rice Executive Producer: Denise Ball Production Assistant: Hayley Lapalme

Wednesday, July 1 at 8 pm: La radio des festivals, excerpts from the Final round with the Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, conducted by Alain Trudel. Executive Producer: Guylaine Picard

In addition to these live broadcasts, the Final round will be heard internationally, thanks to Radio-Canada’Äôs partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. Starting May 19, follow Espace classique’Äôs competition blog and webcasts at Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Details: www.concoursmontreal.ca

Mahler's Monumental Sixth Symphony

In the final Masterworks Gold concert of the Symphony Season, Maestro Bramwell Tovey leads the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Schubert’Äôs beautiful Ballet Music from Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus and Mahler’Äôs monumental masterpiece Symphony No. 6. Concerts take place on Saturday, June 6^th and Monday, June 8^th at 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre.

Franz Schubert composed the incidental music for Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress, a play by the eccentric German playwright Helmina von Chˆ©zy, in 1823. The score includes an overture, entr’Äôactes, ballet music, choruses, and a romance for soprano. The play was so bad that it was pulled from production after two performances, and only the vocal numbers were published during Schubert’Äôs lifetime. The orchestral selections dropped from sight until 1867, when English musicians Sir Arthur Sullivan and Sir George Grove made a pilgrimage to Vienna, specifically in search of forgotten nuggets of Schubertiana. We have them to thank for this enchanting music’Äôs survival and its entry into the repertoire.

Gustav Mahler began his Sixth Symphony during the summer of 1903, completing it a year later. This was one of the most idyllic periods of his life: his fame as a conductor reached its apex; regular and well-received performances of his music were taking place across Europe; and the companionship of his wife Alma and their two daughters was giving him great joy. Yet the music he was writing represents an enormous gulf between reality and his creative world. Symphony No. 6 is a sombre, even tragic work. It turned out to be a disturbingly prophetic one, as well.

Regarding the Symphony, Alma Mahler wrote in her memoirs, ’ÄúIn the last movement he describes himself and his downfall; or, as he later said: ’ÄòIt is the hero, on whom falls three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled.’Äô On him too fell three blows of fate, and the last felled him.’Äù This refers to the events of 1907: the death of their older daughter Maria of diphtheria and smallpox, aged four-and-a-half; Mahler’Äôs being driven from his job as Music Director of the Vienna State Opera; and the diagnosis of his life-threatening case of heart disease. To represent these ’Äúblows of fate,’Äù Mahler included a hammer in the orchestration of the Sixth Symphony’Äôs finale. The sound he wanted from it wasn’Äôt clangourous and steely, but a non-metallic thud, ’Äúlike an axe stroke.’Äù

’ÄúBut at the time he was serene; he was conscious of the greatness of his work,’Äù Alma continued. ’ÄúNone of his works came as directly from his innermost heart as this one. The music and what it foretold touched us so deeply.’Äù The first performance took place on May 27, 1906, in Essen, under the composer’Äôs direction. According to Alma, ’ÄúOut of shame and anxiety he did not conduct the symphony well. He hesitated to bring out the dark omen behind this terrible last movement.’Äù

Mahler later made changes to the symphony’Äôs orchestration, the most important of them the deletion of the last of the three hammer blows. He superstitiously feared it might hasten the arrival of the disaster that it predicted for him. He also harbored some uncertainty about the sequence of the inner movements. On every occasion that he conducted it, the sequence was Andante first, followed by the Scherzo. The symphony was published with that order reversed, but Mahler didn’Äôt authorize this. The critical edition of his complete works that is sanctioned by the International Gustav Mahler Society uses the Andante/Scherzo sequence.

Mahler gave the Sixth Symphony the subtitle Tragic. In overall terms it is an appropriate designation. Yet it is only in the Finale that the work’Äôs catastrophic nature becomes clear. The opening movement contrasts a menacing, march-like subject with a passionate second melody. Alma recalled, ’ÄúAfter he had drafted the first movement, he came down from the forest to tell me he had tried to express me a theme. ’ÄúWhether I’Äôve succeeded I don’Äôt know; but you’Äôll have to put up with it.’Äô This is the great, soaring theme of the first movement of the Sixth Symphony.’Äù In the middle comes a peaceful interlude, atmospherically coloured with the sound of cowbells (Mahler may have included them as a recollection of his happy youth in central Europe. They will be heard again in the Andante and Finale). The ’ÄúAlma’Äù theme crowns the movement triumphantly.

The slow movement is a serene, gorgeously melodious lullaby. The climax, in contrast, is a searing outpouring of emotion. ’ÄúIn the Scherzo, he represented the un-rhythmic games of the two children, tottering in zigzags over the sand,’Äù Alma wrote. ’ÄúOminously the childish voices become more and more tragic, and at the end die out in a whimper.’Äù This is one of the bitterest and most bizarrely scored scherzos in any Mahler symphony.

The colossal, overwhelming Finale opens with an eerie, unsettling introduction in slow tempo. The movement proper is restless and striving. It consists of a series of waves of vigorous activity, each of which is crowned catastrophically by one of the hammer blows of fate. There is no recovery from the third and final climax. The music, its tragic destiny fulfilled, subsides into utter darkness.

CONCERT INFO

Masterworks Gold Series:

Classical Blockbuster: Mahler’Äôs Titanic

Saturday & Monday, June 6 & 8, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Chant / Voice 2009 : et les demi-finalistes sont’Ķ/ and the Semi-Finalists are

For English, see below

Le Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al dˆ©voile l’Äôidentitˆ© des seize demi-finalistes ainsi que l’Äôhoraire dˆ©taillˆ© de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale (Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Pˆ©ladeau)

Vendredi, 22 mai 1ˆ®re sˆ©ance : 19 h 30 Anthony Roth COSTANZO, contretˆ©nor, ˆâtats-Unis 20 h Catrin Aur DAVIES, soprano, Royaume-Uni 20 h 30 Pascale BEAUDIN, soprano, Canada 21 h Pause 21 h 30 Stephen HEGEDUS, baryton-basse, Canada 22 h Mariane LEMIEUX, soprano, Canada 22 h 30 Charlotte CORWIN, soprano, Canada 23 h Fin

Samedi, 23 mai 2e sˆ©ance 13 h 30 Irina SHISHKOVA, mezzo-soprano, Russie 14 h 00 Falko HˆñNISCH, baryton, Allemagne 14 h 30 Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italie 15 h Pause 15 h 30 Sidney OUTLAW, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis 16 h Seil KIM, tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud 16 h 30 Jegyung YANG, soprano, Corˆ©e du Sud 17 h Pause 3e sˆ©ance : 19 h 30 Maghan STEWART-McPHEE, soprano, Canada 20 h Angela MEADE, soprano, ˆâtats-Unis 20 h 30 Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada 21 h Andrew GARLAND, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis 21 h 30 Dˆ©libˆ©rations

Le samedi 23 mai, l'ˆ©preuve demi-finale sera suivie des dˆ©libˆ©rations du jury et de l'annonce des finalistes. Pour accˆ©der au programme musical complet de chacun des candidats : www.concoursmontreal.ca

8 chanteurs seront ensuite invitˆ©s ˆÝ participer ˆÝ la finale. Les laurˆ©ats seront annoncˆ©s suite aux dˆ©libˆ©rations du jury, le mardi 26 mai en fin de soirˆ©e.

Demi-finale : 22 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30 et 23 mai ˆÝ 13 h 30 et ˆÝ 19 h 30 ; Salle Pierre-Mercure
Rˆ©gulier : 12 $ / ˆ©tudiant : 5 $

Finale : les 25 et 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30, Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre, Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve / Rˆ©gulier : 32,50 $ / 22,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $

Concert gala des laurˆ©ats : jeudi 28 mai, 19 h 30, Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre ’Äì Avec la participation spˆ©ciale du tˆ©nor Joseph Kaiser (3e Grand prix et Prix Joseph-Rouleau en 2002) et de la mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne (4e prix en 2007)
Rˆ©gulier : 45 $ / 27,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $

Passeport CMIM
Donne accˆ®s ˆÝ toutes les ˆ©preuves du Concours et au concert gala
Rˆ©gulier : 165 $ / ˆ©tudiant : 55 $
En vente aux Jeunesses Musicales du Canada seulement : 514.845.4108, poste 221
reception@concoursmontreal.ca

Achat de billets
Salle Pierre-Mercure : 514.790.1245 / www.admission.ca
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve : 514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, diffuseur officiel du Concours
Espace musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada, est fiˆ®re d’Äôˆ�tre le diffuseur officiel du Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al. Voici l’Äôhoraire de diffusion des diffˆ©rentes ˆ©preuves du Concours sur les ondes d’ÄôEspace musique (100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al) et sur le site d’ÄôEspace classique (Radio-Canada.ca/musique) :

- vendredi 22 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30 et samedi 23 mai ˆÝ 13 h 30 et ˆÝ 19 h 30: diffusion en direct, en son et en images, de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale sur Internet, www.radio-canada.ca/musique

- Dimanche 24 mai ˆÝ 12 h : ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Lundi 25 mai et mardi 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h : diffusion en direct de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Mercredi 27 mai 20 h, Les Soirˆ©es classiques : ˆ©mission entiˆ®rement consacrˆ©e aux laurˆ©ats du CMIM 2009 : Entre autres au programme, diffusion du rˆ©cital donnˆ© par le laurˆ©at du 1er Prix lors de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 12 h : sur les ondes de CBC Radio Two, 93,5 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, et sur le site www.cbc.ca/radio2 , ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale de quatre heures prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments du Concours; animation, Bill Richardson / rˆ©alisation, Matthew McFarlane et Kelly Rice / rˆ©alisatrice-coordonnatrice, Denise Ball / adjoint ˆÝ la production, Hayley Lapalme

- Mercredi 1 juillet, 20 h, La radio des festivals : diffusion d’Äôextraits de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale avec l’ÄôOrchestre Mˆ©tropolitain sous la direction d’ÄôAlain Trudel ; rˆ©alisation-coordination, Guylaine Picard / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

En plus de ces diffusions en direct, l’Äôˆ©preuve finale sera entendue dans plusieurs pays du monde dans le cadre des Festivals d’Äôˆ©tˆ© Euroradio, grˆ¢ce ˆÝ l’Äôassociation de la radio de Radio-Canada avec l’ÄôUnion Europˆ©enne de Radio-Tˆ©lˆ©vision.

Tous les dˆ©tails au www.concoursmontreal.ca

Le Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al tient ˆÝ remercier ses partenaires
pour leur soutien ˆÝ son ˆ©dition 2009.

Voice 2009: And the Semi-Finalists are ’Ķ

The Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) announces the sixteen Semi-Finalists and the detailed schedule of the Semi-Finals (Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Pˆ©ladeau):

Friday, May 22 1st Session: 7:30 p.m. Anthony Roth COSTANZO, countertenor, United States 8 p.m. Catrin Aur DAVIES, soprano, United Kingdom 8:30 p.m. Pascale BEAUDIN, soprano, Canada 9 p.m. Break 9:30 p.m. Stephen HEGEDUS, bass-baritone, Canada 10 p.m. Mariane LEMIEUX, soprano, Canada 10:30 p.m. Charlotte CORWIN, soprano, Canada 11 p.m. End

Saturday, May 23 2nd Session: 1:30 p.m. Irina SHISHKOVA, mezzo-sporano, Russia 2:00 p.m. Falko HˆñNISCH, baritone, Germay 2:30 p.m. Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italy 3:00 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. Sidney OUTLAW, baritone, United States 4 p.m. Seil KIM, tenor, South Korea 4:30 p.m. Jegyung YANG, soprano, South Korea 5 p.m. Break 3rd Session: 7:30 p.m. Maghan STEWART-McPHEE, soprano, Canada 8 p.m. Angela MEADE, soprano, United States 8:30 p.m. Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada 9 p.m. Andrew GARLAND, baritone, United States 9:30 p.m. Deliberation

The announcement of the 8 finalists will be made following the last Semi-Final session on Saturday, May 23. The announcement of the laureates will be made following the last final session on Tuesday, May 26.
The complete musical programme of each round is available at www.concoursmontreal.ca

Semi-finals: May 22 at 7:30 pm and May 23 at 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Salle Pierre-Mercure Regular : 12 $ / student : 5 $

Finals: May 25 and 26 at 7:30 pm; Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain; Alain Trudel, conductor; Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve / Regular : 32,50 $ / 22,50 $ / Student : 10 $

Gala Concert: May 28 at 7:30 pm; Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain; Alain Trudel, conductor / With the special participation of tenor Joseph Kaiser (3rd Grand Prize and Joseph Rouleau Award in 2002) and mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne (4th Prize in 2007)

MIMC Pass
(All rounds and gala concert, official programme included)
Regular: $165 / Student: $55
On sale at Jeunesses Musicales of Canada only: 514.845.4108, extension 221 / reception@concoursmontreal.ca

Tickets :

Admission: 514.790.1245 / www.admission.com
Place des Arts: 514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, official broadcaster
Radio-Canada’Äôs music radio network, Espace musique, is proud to be the official broadcaster of the Montreal International Musical Competition. Following is the broadcast schedule for the various rounds of the competition on Espace musique (100.7 FM in Montreal) and the Espace classique website (Radio-Canada.ca/musique):

- Friday, May 22 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, May 23 at 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm: Live audio-video webcast: www.radio-canada.ca/musique

- Sunday, May 24 at noon: special program featuring highlights from the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Commentator: Fabrizio Melano | Producer: Michˆ®le Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 25.

- Monday, May 25 and Tuesday, May 26 at 7 pm: Live broadcast of the Final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Commentator: Fabrizio Melano | Producer: Michele Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 29.

- Wednesday, May 27 at 8 pm: Les soirˆ©es classiques, a whole show devoted to the laureates of the MIMC 2009. Programme includes a broadcast of the recital given by the 1st Prize winner during the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Producer: Michˆ®le Patry.

- Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm, on CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM in Montreal) and on the Internet at www.cbc.ca/radio2: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, a 4-hour special programme of MIMC Voice 2009 highlights. Host: Bill Richardson | Producers: Matthew McFarlane and Kelly Rice | Executive Producer: Denise Ball | Production Assistant: Hayley Lapalme

- Wednesday, July 1 at 8 pm: La radio des festivals, excerpts from the Final round with the Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, conducted by Alain Trudel. Executive Producer: Guylaine Picard

In addition to these live broadcasts, the Final round will be heard internationally, thanks to Radio-Canada’Äôs partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. Starting May 19, follow Espace classique’Äôs competition blog and webcasts at Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Details: www.concoursmontreal.ca

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Voir Miscou et mourir avec Sandra Le Couteur et ses invitˆ©s cet ˆ©tˆ©

Le phare de Miscou, situˆ© dans la Pˆ©ninsule acadienne, sera le lieu d'accueil de la chanteuse Sandra Le Couteur cet ˆ©tˆ©. Elle y prˆ©sentera Voir Miscou et mourir, une sˆ©rie d'une vingtaine de spectacles, dˆ®s le 1^er aoˆªt, et ce, jusqu'au 22 aoˆªt.

Elle sera accompagnˆ©e de Shaun Ferguson aux guitares et de Julien Breau ˆÝ la contrebasse. En plus de se donner en spectacle, Sandra Le Couteur prˆ©sentera des performances d'artistes connus, notamment Viviane Audet, Robin-Joˆ´l Cool et Denis Hachˆ©, Pascal Lejeune, Tibert, le conteur Dominique Breau, la conteuse Isabelle Crˆ©peau, Lina Boudreau, Martin Robichaud ainsi que les poˆ®tes Raymond Guy LeBlanc et Valery Robichaud

Le 22 aoˆªt, les grands de la chanson franˆßaise seront ˆÝ l'honneur. En compagnie du pianiste de renom Carl Philippe Gionet, Sandra Le Couteur interprˆ©tera des chansons envoutantes de Brel, Aznavour, Reggiani, Barbara et plusieurs autres.

Le phare de Miscou est prˆ®s du c‰ìur de Sandra Le Couteur. ¬´ Je suis dˆ©jˆÝ demeurˆ©e au phare de Miscou quand j'ˆ©tais petite. Mon imaginaire y a fleuri avec le son du borgo, la corne de brume, et aussi avec l'histoire de la lˆ©gendaire Gougou, un monstre marin crˆ©ˆ© de toutes piˆ®ces par les Micmacs et qui parait-il, par temps brumeux, vient faire son tour dans la baie ¬ª, explique-t-elle.

Situˆ© au bout de l'ˆÆle Miscou, lˆÝ oˆ¼ les oiseaux virent de bord, comme elle le dit, le phare de Miscou est un lieu mystique qui deviendra vite une destination courue, un must. Avec un dˆ©cor unique, un goˆªt du bout du monde, un sentiment d'infinitˆ© de l'espace, les moments forts seront au rendez-vous au phare, tout comme les nombreux invitˆ©s de Sandra LeCouteur. Une occasion en or de venir rˆ�ver sous les ˆ©toiles avec le son salvateur des vagues comme trame sonore et l'odeur salˆ©e de la mer comme toile sensorielle.

Tous les spectacles de la sˆ©rie Voir Miscou et mourir dˆ©buteront ˆÝ 20 h, sauf les dimanches, oˆ¼ ils seront prˆ©sentˆ©s ˆÝ 14 h. Les billets sont en vente dˆ®s maintenant au coˆªt de 20 $, plus frais. Le nombre de places est limitˆ© ˆÝ 65 par reprˆ©sentation, c'est donc dans un contexte intimiste qu'auront lieu les prestations. Pour consulter l'horaire des spectacles et pour vous procurer des billets, rendez-vous aux adresses www.billetterieacces.ca et www.sandralcouteur.com .

Sandra Le Couteur, artiste acadienne aux multiples talents, que l'on a pu voir dans les deux saisons de la sˆ©rie Belle Baie, diffusˆ©e sur les ondes de Radio-Canada, poursuit sa route dans le monde artistique aprˆ®s avoir lancˆ© un recueil de poˆ©sie en 2002, jouˆ© pour le Thˆ©ˆ¢tre populaire d'Acadie et lancˆ© un premier album en 2005 intitulˆ© La Demoiselle du traversier. Elle travaille derniˆ®rement ˆÝ la production d'un nouvel album, qui devrait ˆ�tre lancˆ© dans les mois ˆÝ venir.

Peter Pastreich Appointed Executive Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Lorraine Klassen, Thandie Klassen & friends: Kola Note May 30

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER UNITED IN SONG

Kola Note, Samedi 30 Mai 2008 ˆÝ 20h30

L’Äôextraordinaire Lorraine Klaasen et sa mˆ®re, la lˆ©gendaire chanteuse sud-africaine - Thandie Klaasen - une des chanteuses prˆ©fˆ©rˆ©es de Nelson Mandela- monteront ensemble sur la scˆ®ne du Kola Note pour un spectacle unique qui sera composˆ© de classiques des Townships. Une soirˆ©e qui promet d’Äôˆ�tre inoubliable!

Lorraine Klaasen, eclectic performer extraordinaire, and her mother - Thandie Klaasen, South African legend and one of Mandela’Äôs favourite singers, will perform together for one night only, performing classic Township music for what will certainly be an inspired evening to remember!

www.lorraineklassen.com

www.myspace.com/lorraineklaasen

KOLA NOTE

5240, avenue du Parc, Montrˆ©al QC

Tickets : (514) 274 9339

www.kolanote.com

PSO Holds Series of Community Events for 2008-09 Season Finale

To celebrate the close of Robert Moody's inaugural season, the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) showcases Rites and Rhythms, the season finale concert event, with a series of community events June 6 through 9. Saturday, June 6 ’Äì 4:30-6:00 p.m. Musically Speaking ’Äì Museum of African Culture, Portland The PSO will present a Musically Speaking event at the Museum of African Culture located at 13 Brown Street in Portland. Maestro Moody will speak about the Symphony's June 9 concert and why he chose that program to end the season. One of the PSO guest drummers for that concert, Mark Sunkett, will offer instrument demonstrations and speak about Senegalese drumming. Chief Oscar Mokeme, founder and director of the Museum of African Culture, will discuss the country and culture of Senegal. Musically Speaking is a series of insightful discussions with PSO artists in various venues throughout the community for all ages. The Museum of African Culture is a not-for-profit organization created to educate through the use of art, music, storytelling, films, poetry, literature, healing ceremonies and other Sub-Saharan African cultural traditions; to interpret and preserve a unique collection of African art and artifacts; and to enrich the communities of Maine and beyond through the celebration of diversity. This event is open to the public with a $5 suggested donation to the museum. Monday, June 8 ’Äì 10:00-11:00 a.m. Meet the Maestro/Meet the Musicians ’Äì King Middle School, Portland The PSO presents Meet the Maestro/Meet the Musicians at King Middle School, 92 Deering Avenue in Portland. Robert Moody and guest artists Mark Sunkett and Sonja Branch will give an in-school performance with instrument demonstrations and answer student questions. Maestro Moody will speak about the artists and the piece they, along with the PSO, will play at the open dress rehearsal that evening. King Middle School serves the most racially, ethnically, and economically diverse neighborhoods in the state of Maine. More than 120 of King's approximately 500 students speak 28 languages and come from 17 countries. Monday, June 8 ’Äì 7:30 p.m. Open Dress Rehearsal ’Äì Merrill Auditorium, Portland Students of all ages are invited to attend an open dress rehearsal for the Tuesday, June 9 season finale concert. For reservations, which are required, call (207) 773-6128 ext. 308 or email hklenow@portlandsymphony.com. Tuesday, June 9 ’Äì 7:30 p.m. PSO Season Finale Concert, "Rites and Rhythms" ’Äì Merrill Auditorium, Portland The PSO Rites and Rhythms concert will feature the virtuosity of the Portland Symphony Orchestra's members and a unique "sonic travelogue" uniting symphony orchestra with African drumming and dancing. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 at Merrill Auditorium (20 Myrtle St.) with a Concert Conversation led by Maestro Moody, Mark Sunkett and Oscar Mokeme at 6:15 p.m. A brief post-concert Q & A with Moody and Sunkett will immediately follow the concert. A radio broadcast of the performance can be heard on Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) on July 29 at 8:00 p.m. Rites and Rhythms is sponsored by JetBlue Airways and generously underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Glickman. The PSO's performance of Sabar is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Tickets for the PSO Season Finale Concert range from $17-$65 and are sold through PortTix at (207) 842-0800 or www.porttix.com. Phone and internet orders are subject to $5-per-ticket handling fees. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office at 20 Myrtle St., Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. For complete season information, including artist biographies and program notes, visit www.portlandsymphony.com

Classical Archives Celebrates Launch With Major Artist Exclusive and Free 1-Click Concerts

Largest Online Classical Music Site Offers Exclusive Access to Maria Joˆ£o Pires'

New Deutsche Grammophon CD And Free Musical History Tours Covering Four Periods

The Classical Archives (www.classicalarchives.com), which is bringing online classical music shopping, listening and enjoyment into the 21st century, is celebrating its launch with an exclusive album launch from acclaimed pianist Maria Joˆ£o Pires and a series of free 1-click musical history concerts for all visitors. The site is the most complete classical music resource on the Internet with over 620,000 recorded tracks (building to over 1 million!) representing 6,600 composers, 21,000 artists and 100+ record labels representing a unique blend of the majors and independent labels.

Until June 2, the classical archives is the only place fans can purchase the newest album by Maria Joˆ£o Pires. Widely recognized as one of the most brilliant pianists of the last forty years, Pires is celebrating her 20th anniversary as a Deutsche Grammophon exclusive recording artist with an all-new, 2-CD release devoted entirely to the works of Chopin. This long-awaited recital includes the formidable Third Sonata, the cello sonata with cellist Pavel Gomziakov and a variety of smaller works, all composed during the last years of Chopin's life. This new recording, Pires's first in over four years, is available exclusively for download and streaming from Classical Archives.

Pierre R. Schwob, CEO and Founder, notes, "We are honored to be able to bring this stunning new Deutsche Grammophon album from Maria Joˆ£o Pires exclusively to our users. This is the caliber of artist exclusive that visitors to and members of The Classical Archives can expect to enjoy in the months and years ahead. We are working with all of the major labels and many exclusive independents to ensure that we are the ultimate destination for classical music online."

Roll Up For The Musical History Tour

As part of the launch, the site is inviting all visitors to enjoy a free special four-part series featuring essential pieces of Classical Music, from the early 17th to the present. Each "1-Click Concert’Ñ¢" is about two hours long, and is devoted to a major period of music history: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern. The first three concerts are generously sponsored by major classical labels: Baroque (UMG), Classical (EMI), and Romantic (SonyBMG), while the Modern concert features recordings from our independent roster of talented artists. A Modern concert featuring recordings from the Naxos label is forthcoming.

These great works are performed by an assembly of preeminent artists from the major labels: Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, EMI, Angel, Sony, RCA, as well as our outstanding roster of independent artists. We salute the labels for this generous offering to the Classical Archives community.

Each program is introduced by some brief commentary to acquaint the newcomer to classical music with some guidelines and important considerations, as they enjoy these musical tours.

Schwob notes that the free concerts are indicative of the site's dedication to expanding the understanding of musical history and learning. "The Classical Archives site offers a wealth of learning for newcomers and aficionados alike. We provide detailed musicological information for each work: its proper movements and subdivisions, genre, principal instruments, year of composition, and key. Users can then easily compare various recordings of a given work, each identified in a proper and consistent manner ’Äì something not possible with any other site. "

The just launched site offers a breakthrough in site navigation that will be welcomed by anyone who has ever shopped for music online. The proprietary navigation and search engine capability that lets visitors search and cross-reference by any relevant criteria: composer, work title, artist, albums, historical period, instrument, genre, and many others that make finding and comparing the best classical recordings easier than it has ever been.

In addition to albums from major labels such as DG/Decca, Angel/EMI/Virgin, Sony/Columbia, and 100+ more, the site offers a large collection of free streaming tracks from its own roster of world-class talents. The company's ultimate goal is to offer the complete catalogs of all classical music record labels, as well as independent classical artists in DRM-free format, and to identify the recordings in a proper, consistent, and easily searchable form. Classical Archives will always allow users to keep their downloads for life: they are not tied to any conditions such as staying in a subscription program.

The new Classical Archives offers unique membership opportunities that allow users to take advantage of its vast resources easily and affordably. Fees are $9.95/month or $99.50/year. Benefits include the ability to listen to music from the whole site (entire tracks or works); a 10% discount on all downloads (which are yours to keep for life!); the first two weeks as a free trial of the service; the ability to access and download MIDI files free of charge.

Free registered members also enjoy great benefits: the ability to listen to any music clips (30-60 seconds); the ability to purchase downloads; and the ability to access and download MIDI files.

For more information, please visit: www.classicalarchives.com.

KINGS PLACE 'This is Tuesday/TI4U' present MUSIC AND MACHINES 2 JUNE 2009, 8.00pm

Curated by leading contemporary pianist, Sarah Nicolls (London Sinfonietta, WARP's Alexander's Annexe), Sonatas, Pianos, Machines and Interludes is a night of machine-like pianos and piano-like machines, building on the legacy of extended technique and Cage's experiments into prepared piano. Each idiosyncratic instrument, encompassing the hybrid, the automated and the inside out, has been lovingly developed by its creator/performer, all of whom bring their invention to life in an evening of music on a spectrum from the lyrical to the mechanical.

Featuring German improviser and composer Andrea Neumann, working between electronic and handmade sounds, technical wunderkind Felix's Machines, interdisciplinary artist Kathy Hinde, Sarah Nicolls and the dazzlingly beautiful Piano Baschet-Malbos following its sold out appearance at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/this-is-tuesday/this-isnt-for-you-music-and-machines

Notes to Editors:

Event: "Music and Machines" curated by This is For You as part of 'This is Tuesday' series at Kings Place.

This is Tuesday is a successful series of concerts curated by leading promoters and musicians in the worlds of contemporary/experimental music and multi-media performance.

Date and Time: Tues 2 June, 8.00pm

Artists: Sarah Nicolls (co-curator), Kathy Hinde, Felix's Machines, Pierre Malbos

Price: From £9.50 online (dynamic pricing, cheapest tickets online www.kingsplace.co.uk)

Box Office: 020 7520 1490

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

2009 Shean Strings Competition Results

EDMONTON NATIVE TAKES $8,000 TOP PRIZE

Edmonton, AB ’Äì On Friday, May 15, 2009 ’Äì after two days of amazing competition ’Äì Ewald Cheung, violin (19 years old), from Edmonton, AB, was awarded the $8,000 top prize in The Shean Strings Competition. He has also won the opportunity to play with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at a future date. Ewald was one of 6 finalists chosen from a field of 24 entries from across Canada to compete in the 2009 Shean Strings Competition on May 14 and 15.

The complete results of the Competition were as follows:

• First Place and $8,000 ’Äì Ewald Cheung, violin
• Second Place and $5,000 ’Äì Alissa Cheung, violin
• Third Place and $4,000 ’Äì Aaron Schwebel, violin
• Fourth Place and $3,000 ’Äì Emily Westell, violin
• Fifth Place and $2,000 ’Äì Meghan Nenniger, violin
• Sixth Place and $1,000 ’Äì Wook (Luke) Young Kim, violoncello

Ewald Cheung also won $1,000 for the Best Performance of the Test Piece ’Äì Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 in g minor by Henryk Wieniawski.

The adjudicators for this year’Äôs competition were David Hoyt, Chair; David Colwell, violin; Jack Mendelsohn, violoncello and Brian Finley, piano.

The 2010 Shean Piano Competition takes place in Edmonton on May 20 and 21, 2010 in Edmonton with an $8,000 top prize and $1,000 prize for best performance of the test piece.

www.sheancompetition.com

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Media Contact: Alternate Contact:

Kent Sutherland Paul J. Bourret

Sutherland Productions Chair, The Shean Trust

P: 780.982.9916 P: 780.436.3412

E: sutherlandproductions@shaw.ca

Ontario Government Invests in the Shaw Theatre Festival

The Shaw Theatre Festival’Äôs marketing initiatives received a boost today with an $800,000 investment from the Ontario Government. Not only will the funding enhance The Shaw’Äôs marketing strategies, it will also support the creation of new tourism experiences that will benefit the entire Niagara region.

Responding to the funding news, Colleen Blake, Executive Director of the Shaw Festival, said, ’ÄúOntario’Äôs investment helps the Shaw Festival reach new audiences seeking outstanding cultural tourism experiences. This support helps the Shaw Festival ’Äì one of North America’Äôs most celebrated theatre companies ’Äì widen its awareness and that of the Niagara Region as a definite must-see destination.’Äù

A portion of this welcomed investment in The Shaw, approximately $500,000, will be earmarked to support a marketing campaign aimed at key Canadian and U.S. markets, thereby attracting new audiences and increasing the number of visitors to The Shaw and the Niagara region. The remaining $300,000, from the Ministry’Äôs Celebrate Ontario Program, will be used to support a live concert headlined by Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman. Entitled An Enchanted Evening, the concert will feature a selection of songs from The Shaw’Äôs mandate and will be taped for broadcast on the Bravo! network.

The Ontario Government’Äôs investment will have a ripple effect on the entire regional tourism economy by drawing new visitors, encouraging more overnight stays, and increasing tourism spending. A recent survey indicates that every dollar spent at The Shaw translates into over $5 of spending within the Niagara Region.

The 2008 survey shows approximately 42,000 visitors or 24,000 out-of-town tourists are estimated to have attended one or more plays during the Shaw Festival’Äôs season, spending approximately $37.7 million on tourism activities and services in Ontario, of which more than eighty percent or about $30.7 million was spent in the Regional Municipality of Niagara (Census Division 3526).

The Shaw Theatre Festival’Äôs attendance reached 281,000 in 2008; an increase of 6% over the previous year. Visitors from Canada made up 59.3%, while 40.3% came from the U.S. and 0.4% from overseas.

The Shaw Festival’Äôs 24,000 out-of-town visitors spent approximately $32.2 million. This spending generated about $29.6 million in total economic activity (GDP) across the province.

All jobs generated by visitors to the Shaw Festival yielded $19.1 million in wages and salaries province-wide in 2008. At the height of the season, the Shaw Theatre Festival employs approximately 600 employees.

www.shawfest.com

Slaight Family Makes $5 Million Gift to Shaw Festival Academy - Embargoed

The Shaw Festival is thrilled to announce the establishment of The Slaight Family Academy at the Shaw Festival. A transformational gift of $5 million from the Slaight Family will endow The Academy and sustain it long into the future.

The Academy at the Shaw Festival was formed in 1985 during the tenure of Allan Slaight, the Chair of the Board of Governors, and past Artistic Director Christopher Newton. Created to foster the growth of the Company, it began as an informal skills exchange among Company members. Under the leadership of the Shaw’Äôs current Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell, the Academy has retained the important function of skills exchange and mentoring, and has grown to become an enrichment centre for further developing artists’Äô skills. The Shaw is one of the few institutions in North America with a strong commitment to the training of theatre artists attached to a permanent acting ensemble.

For over 25 years The Slaight Family has had a profound impact on The Shaw Festival through their leadership and generosity. In addition to establishing The Academy with Christopher Newton in 1985, Allan Slaight served as a Board member at The Shaw from 1982 to 1988 and as Board Chair from 1985 to 1986. In addition, he and Newton founded The Shaw Boxing Evening, the largest charity fundraiser of its kind in the world, which has raised more than $5 million for The Shaw.

An exemplary leader and patron as well, Ada Slaight served on the Board from 1990 to 1998 as a Governor, National Governor and Honorary Governor.

The investment made by the Slaight family will be used in four ways. The Mandate Intensive, a new training initiative, will provide apprentice actors, and actors new to the Company with two weeks of immersion in the world of The Shaw’Äôs mandate before the start of rehearsals, with classes in text, voice, and a detailed course in the ’Äúmanners’Äù of the Mandate ’Äì information available virtually nowhere else. Training programs for the Acting Ensemble will be enriched including voice, dialogue, singing, movement and acting. At present the Shaw Festival and other theatre companies must recruit coaches from outside Canada. The Slaight gift will help The Shaw develop Canadian professional trainers through Apprentice Teacher positions in Voice and Dialect and Alexander Technique.

Finally, the Slaight gift will allow the Shaw Festival to establish The Shaw Theatre School, which will open in the fall of 2009. Drawing on The Shaw’Äôs professional artists and resources, and augmented by other theatre instructors, The Shaw Theatre School will initially offer a ten-

week drama course designed for young people (Grades 4 ’Äì 12). Classes will be offered in such areas as: Acting, Improvisation, Choreography, Voice & Dialect, Musical Theatre, Mask Work, Stage Combat, Monologues, Scene Study and Warm-up Techniques.

On presenting the gift to The Shaw, Allan and Ada’Äôs son Gary Slaight said: ’ÄúThe Shaw Festival is an organization close to the heart of the Slaight family, one that my parents served with joy and commitment as Board members. We’Äôre delighted to be part of the story of the Festival and to make this investment in The Shaw’Äôs Academy.’Äù

In announcing the Slaight Family gift, Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell said: ’ÄúWe are tremendously grateful for the Slaight Family’Äôs generosity, and thrilled to be given this opportunity to enhance the programs of our renowned Academy.’Äù

Shaw Festival Campaign Chair, Richard D. Falconer, acknowledged the Slaight Family’Äôs generosity: ’ÄúThe Slaight Family’Äôs magnanimous gift provides transformational leadership that is particularly critical during this period of economic difficulty. The gift supports the Shaw’Äôs Festival’Äôs campaign for the future - A Splendid Torch - a $20 million campaign to grow The Shaw’Äôs endowment and other financial resources to a level that will allow The Shaw to create innovative theatre without compromise, unencumbered by financial constraints.’Äù

www.shawfest.com

Noˆ´l Coward threesome kicks off 48th season of the Shaw Theatre Festival

Still Life, We Were Dancing and Hands Across the Sea, the trio of one-act delights from the pen of Noˆ´l Coward, known collectively as Brief Encounters, launches the 48^th season of the Shaw Theatre Festival. Four other productions also open this week: the Shavian Restoration romp In Good King Charles`s Golden Days: A True History That Never Happened; the Stephen Sondheim Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George; Eugene O’ÄôNeill’Äôs bittersweet love story A Moon for the Misbegotten; and Garson Kanin’Äôs classic social comedy Born Yesterday.

The Shaw Festival’Äôs Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell joins The Shaw’Äôs Board of Governors Chair Janet McKelvey and the rest of the Company in celebrating the launch of the season and says of this week’Äôs events: ’ÄúThere is a real feeling of anticipation and excitement here at The Shaw as we launch our first five shows ’Äì glittering examples of this season’Äôs rich and varied playbill.’Äù

The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, representing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; along with special guests from all levels of government, colleagues from the cultural sector and generous leading patrons and corporate sponsors will be in attendance. Federal government officials attending will include The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice, MP, Niagara Falls; The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State for Small Business & Tourism; Mr. Stephen Brereton, Canadian Consul General ’Äì Buffalo; Mr. Bob Dechert, MP Mississauga-Erindale; Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP Etobicoke North; Mr. Gerard Kennedy, MP Parkdale; Ms. Julia Munro, MP North York; and Mr. Paul Szabo, MP Mississauga South. Foreign dignitaries attending will include Mr. Jonathan Dart, British Consul General ’Äì Toronto. Provincial government officials attending will include The Honourable Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources & MPP Etobicoke Centre; The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture; The Honourable Gerry Phillips, Chair of Cabinet; The Honourable Monique Smith, Minister of Tourism; Ms. Sophia Aggelonitis, MPP Hamilton Mountain; Mr. Kim Craitor, MPP Niagara Falls; and Mr. Rosario Marchese, MPP Trinity-Spadina. Lord Mayor Gary Burroughs, Mayor of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, will also be in attendance, as will members of the Arts community including Mr. William Boyle, CEO, Harbourfront Centre; Ms. Martha Durdin, Chair, Ontario Arts Council; Ms. Julia Foster, Chair, National Arts Centre; Mr. Peter Herrndorf, CEO, National Arts Centre; Ms. Linda Intaschi, Associate Producer, Mirvish Productions; and Mr. Robert Lamb, Managing Director, Canadian Opera Company.

The Shaw Festival produces and presents the work of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and playwrights writing anywhere in the world during, or about, the era of Shaw’Äôs lifetime.

www.shawfest.com

La Symphonie des vents de Montrˆ©al (SVM) en concert le 7 juin prochain ’Äï Hommage ˆÝ Boris Vian

C'est le dimanche 7 juin prochain, dˆ®s 20 h ˆÝ la salle Claude-Champagne de l'Universitˆ© de Montrˆ©al qu'aura lieu le concert de la Symphonie des vents de Montrˆ©al (SVM).

L'ensemble, composˆ© d'instruments ˆÝ vent et ˆÝ percussion, offrira un programme trˆ®s variˆ© et relevˆ©, invitant les mˆ©lomanes ˆÝ explorer la musique dans toute sa splendeur et sa complexitˆ©. En premiˆ®re partie, la SVM interprˆ©tera des ‰ìuvres de Prokofiev, Dvorak, Borodine et Williams. En deuxiˆ®me partie, afin de souligner le 50^e anniversaire de la mort de Boris Vian, l'ensemble offrira un concert hommage ˆÝ ce grand artiste. J'suis snob, La java des bombes atomiques, Le dˆ©serteur, La complainte du progrˆ®s (les arts mˆ©nagers) seront des piˆ®ces au programme de cette soirˆ©e inˆ©dite et seront interprˆ©tˆ©es par le chanteur Pierre-Alain Faucon.

Aide-mˆ©moire

ˆâvˆ©nement : Concert de la SVM

Date et heure : Dimanche, le 7 juin 2009, 20 h

Lieu : Salle Claude Champagne (Universitˆ© de Montrˆ©al)

220, avenue Vincent d'Indy, Outremont, Montrˆ©al

Station de mˆ©tro ˆâdouard-Montpetit / Stationnement gratuit

Tarif rˆ©gulier : 15 $

Tarif ˆ©tudiant (piˆ®ce d'identitˆ© requise) : 10 $

Billets en vente dˆ®s 19 h 15 ˆÝ l'entrˆ©e de la salle

ˆÄ propos de la Symphonie des vents de Montrˆ©al (SVM)

La Symphonie des vents de Montrˆ©al (SVM) est un organisme sans but lucratif, fondˆ© en 1998 par son actuel chef et directeur musical, Monsieur ˆâric Levasseur. La SVM a pour mission de rˆ©pondre aux besoins des jeunes musiciens de talent, d'entretenir leur passion et de rendre la musique plus accessible au grand public. L'ensemble permet aux musiciens d'aborder plusieurs genres musicaux, de se perfectionner et d'acquˆ©rir une importante expˆ©rience de scˆ®ne.

Parmi ses rˆ©alisations, la SVM a gagnˆ© plusieurs prix prestigieux dont, le trophˆ©e du Heritage Festival de New York, dans la catˆ©gorie Performance instrumentale exceptionnelle en 2002. L'ensemble a ˆ©galement lancˆ© son premier album studio en dˆ©cembre 2004.

www.symphoniedesvents.com

NAC to mark its 40th birthday on June 2

Canada's National Arts Centre (NAC) will mark 40 years of unlimited possibilities on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 8 p.m., during a special, free celebration in the NAC's Southam Hall, featuring Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, artists from The National Ballet of Canada, world renowned baritone Russell Braun and many more.

The 40^th Anniversary Celebration will be co-hosted by Canadian ballet icon Veronica Tennant ’Äì who was among the first dancers to perform on the Southam Hall stage (then known as the Opera) ’Äì and playwright Michel Marc Bouchard, a longtime NAC collaborator and creator of Lilies (Les Feluettes), considered one of the major works of Canadian Theatre.

Tickets for the evening are free and have been distributed on a first-come-first-served basis to NAC subscribers as well as to the public at large through a special lottery, which was widely advertised in the media over the last few weeks. Dignitaries from the world of politics, the arts and business will also be in attendance.

For this special celebration, the audience will be transported back to the National Arts Centre's opening week in June 1969 when William Shakespeare's ballet adaptation of Romeo and Juliet ’Äì with music by Sergei Prokofiev and choreography by the legendary John Cranko ’Äì was performed for the very first time at the NAC by The National Ballet of Canada.

In fact, Romeo and Juliet, with its universally enduring themes of love and youth will be featured prominently throughout the June 2 celebration: Pinchas Zukerman will lead the NAC Orchestra in a rendition of Tchaikovsky's mesmerizing Overture to Romeo and Juliet; The National Ballet of Canada dancers Chan Hon Goh and Zdenek Konvalina will perform the famous balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, one of the most beautiful pas de deux ever choreographed; and young Quebec actors Steve Gagnon and Alexandrine Warren will perform some of the most memorable scenes from the theatre adaptation of Romˆ©o et Juliette, conceived by Christian Lapointe and translated by Normand Chaurette.

Over the past four decades, the National Arts Centre has prided itself on celebrating and developing the very best artistic talent Canada has to offer. Therefore it is fitting that the
June 2 celebration will feature a work choreographed and performed by Matjash Mrozewski, one of the most exciting and original voices in the dance world today. It is also fitting that the orchestration for this work, called Bringing the Tiger Down from the Mountain II, was previously commissioned by the NAC from B.C. composer Alexina Louie. For this performance, Maestro Zukerman will lead the NAC Orchestra, featuring soloist Amanda Forsyth on the cello.

Other highlights of the 40^th Anniversary Celebration include brilliant baritone Russell Braun, one of Canada's best operatic voices, who will perform Richard Wagner's O du mein holder Abendstern with the NAC Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Zukerman. There will also be a performance of Elgar's Salut d'amour, Opus 12, by the NAC Orchestra featuring Maestro Zukerman on violin, as well as a performance of a special monologue and of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Bilbao Song by Gemini Award-winner Diane D'Aquila under the direction of NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Peter Hinton..

Evenement theatrale Gilbert & Sullivan avec surtitres francais

Le thˆ©ˆ¢tre Yiddish Dora Wasserman

dans la premiˆ®re canadienne de

The Pirates of Penzance

de W. S. Gilbert et Oliver Sullivan

En Yiddish avec surtitres francais et anglais

Du 31 mai au 16 juin 2009

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Avant-premiˆ®res :

31 mai 13 h 30

1, 2 et 3 juin 20 h 00

Soirˆ©e de premiˆ®re :

4 juin 20 h 00

Reprˆ©sentations :

Du lundi au jeudi 20 h 00

Vendredi Fermˆ©

Samedi 21 h 30

Dimanche 19 h 00

Matinˆ©es :

Mercredi 13 h 00

Dimanche 14 h 00

Lieu :

Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Leanor et Alvin Segal

Centre Segal des arts de la scˆ®ne

5170, ch. de la Cˆ¥te-Ste-Catherine

www.segalcentre.org

Billetterie :

(514) 739 ’Äì 7944

Admission :

(514) 790 - 1245

SEGAL CENTRE Theatre Listing May 31 - June 16

The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

in the Canadian Premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's

The Pirates of Penzance

In Yiddish with English & French Supertitles

May 31 to June 16, 2009

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Previews:

May 31 13.30

June 1, 2 & 3 20:00

Media Opening Night:

June 4 20:00

Performances:

Mon. ’Äì Thurs. 20:00

Friday DARK

Saturday 21:30

Sunday 19:00

Matinˆ©es

Sunday 14:00

Venue:

Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre

Segal Centre for Performing Arts

5170, ch de la Cˆ¥te-Ste-Catherine

www.segalcentre.org

Box Office:

(514) 739 ’Äì 7944

Admission:

(514) 790 - 1245

NACO 2009 Bursary Competition winners announced.

The National Arts Centre (NAC) has announced the winners of the 2009 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition following the finals held on Tuesday, May 19 in the NAC Salon. Eight finalists had been chosen from the 32 contestants heard in preliminary auditions held on May 16 and 17. The grand prize-winner of the 2009 NACO Bursary ($7,000) is Daniel Parker, cello (age 16).

This year’Äôs winner of the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award of $5,000 is Antoine Malette-Chˆ©nier, harp (age 17). The Friends of the NAC Orchestra Award ($3,000) went to Lara Deutsch, flute (age 18), while Christopher Graham, trombone (age 22) won the NAC Vic Pomer Award ($2,000). The Piccolo Prix ($1,000) went to Denise Sun, bassoon (age 23). The NACO Special Prize for the best performance of prescribed orchestral excerpts went to Christopher Graham, trombone (age 22).

Honourable mentions of $150 went to Yolanda Bruno, violin (age 19), Emilie Grimes, viola (age 19) and Tamsin Johnston, English horn (age 24).

The Bursary Committee and Jury were chaired by Vernon G. Turner, Canada’Äôs former Ambassador to the USSR and to Israel, and an active volunteer at the National Arts Centre.

The 2009 Bursary Committee consisted of NAC Orchestra concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki, violin Jessica Linnebach (upper strings), bassist Murielle Bruneau (lower strings), flutist Emily Smethurst (winds), French horn Jill Kirwan (brass and percussion), and Ross Francis, (Friends of NACO representative). The Committee included Kelly Abercrombie as the NAC Music representative. The Jury included Turner and Francis (non-voting members), and also included special guests Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer (music critic) and Rosalind Sartori (former NACO cellist), and special advisors Lucile Brais and Kenneth Simpson (non-voting members). Violinist Sally Benson replaced Jessica Linnebach who withdrew for conflict of interest.

The National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) Bursary Competition was first held in 1981. The NACO Bursary was created by the musicians of the NAC Orchestra as a gesture of appreciation to the audiences who had been so supportive to the Orchestra during its first decade. It is meant to provide recognition and financial support to help further the development of young Canadian orchestral musicians who have connections to the National Capital Region (NCR). In subsequent years thanks to the generosity of additional organizations and individuals, other prizes have been added for a total in 2009 of $18,750. These prizes, in addition to the NACO Bursary, are the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award, created in 2003 by this Foundation which strongly believes in the importance of helping young people; the Friends of the NAC Orchestra Award created in 1993 to celebrate the Orchestra’Äôs 25th anniversary season; the NAC Vic Pomer Award commemorating one of the founding violinists of NACO and a dedicated teacher who died in 2001 at age 70; the Piccolo Prix provided ’Äúto encourage and support our young artists’Äù by NAC volunteer and Donors Circle member Cav. Pasqualina Pat Adamo, and the NACO Special Prize for the best performance of prescribed orchestral excerpts.

All prizes are intended for music students aged 16 to 24 whose principal or family residence is in the National Capital Region, or who have been following a recognized course of music study in the NCR in the previous year in preparation for careers as professional orchestral musicians. Each year, a jury identifies deserving recipients through audition and selection.

Sneak Peek at Koerner Hall Inaugural Season

Mervon Mehta, Executive Director, RCM Performing Arts, is thrilled to reveal selections from the inaugural season of the country's most anticipated new concert venue, Koerner Hall, at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.

Certain to become one of the world's great concert spaces, Koerner Hall will be an acoustically superb, 1135-seat venue, providing a unique audience experience for all genres of music. It will become a welcome home for internationally acclaimed artists, students from The Royal Conservatory, and many of Toronto's finest performing artists. Every seat in the new Koerner Hall has a completely unobstructed view of the stage creating an intimate atmosphere at every performance. TELUS is the official season sponsor of the inaugural Koerner Hall season.

"This first selection of Koerner Hall concerts crosses many musical genres," notes Mehta. "What they all have in common is their high quality. These artists will reveal Koerner Hall's amazing acoustics while also reflecting The Royal Conservatory's commitment to the world's finest performing artists. I look forward to welcoming Toronto audiences to hear some of their favorite musicians but, perhaps more importantly, to introduce them to new and exciting talent and repertoire. In the coming months we will also be announcing several pre and post concert events featuring our students and faculty and the best musicians on the local scene."

The Canadian and international superstars who will headline the inaugural season at Koerner Hall include Jane Bunnett, Gerald Finley, Jon Kimura Parker, Max Raabe, Midori, Yuja Wang, and Pinchas Zukerman. More concerts announcements, including the Opening Festival, bonus events such as prelude and postlude concerts, master classes, and onstage chats with the artists, are still to come!

Musician and composer of jazz and traditional Cuban music, Paquito D'Rivera will open the Latin infused Jazz Series which also includes fellow Cubans Tiempo Libre, Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez and Canada's own Jane Bunnett and The Cuban Piano Masters.

Portuguese-Cape Verdean singer-guitarist Sara Tavares will launch the World Music Series. Also included are Toronto's globetrotting Quartetto Gelato, whose new CD, Musica Latina, explores the music of Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Cuba, on a double bill with amplified alt-classical string quartet Ethel. Rounding out the series are German cabaret singer and bandleader Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester and new first family of Bluegrass, Cherryholmes.

The first two artists of the Vocal Concert Series to be revealed are the Tallis Scholars, an a capella chamber choir from England that specialize in sacred music, and Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley who will make a rare Toronto appearance on Mother's Day.

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker, an Officer of The Order of Canada, will debut the Koerner Hall Piano Recital Series, followed by Hungarian-born British pianist Andrˆ°s Schiff, virtuoso Yefim Bronfman (who made his international debut in 1975 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by the legendary Zubin Mehta), French Canadian pianist Louis Lortie in an all-Chopin program to commemorate the composer's 200th Birthday, and Chinese piano sensation Yuja Wang.

Five diverse violinists shape the Strings Concert Series, beginning with the Japanese sensation, Midori (who made her debut with the New York Philharmonic when she was only 11 years old), multiple Juno and Grammy Award-winner James Ehnes (who appears in recital at Koerner Hall and with the Toronto Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall in the same week), American multi-genre violinist Mark O'Connor, Hungarian gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos, who has been called "the devil's fiddler" for his astonishing stylistic versatility, and German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, who will return to Toronto for his first solo recital in ten years.

Simˆ„n Bolˆ‚var Youth Orchestra Brass Ensemble's performance will be one of the highlights of the Chamber Music Series which also include Zukerman Chamber Players with special guest mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, and violinist extraordinaire Pinchas Zukerman who will play the viola on this occasion. American pianist Simone Dinnerstein will be joined by New York's contemporary-classical Absolute Ensemble conducted by Kristjan Jˆ§rvi in an all Bach programme, and the incomparable Emerson String Quartet will present an all-Dvorˆ°k evening.

"Along with The Royal Conservatory's many supporters we look forward to the upcoming season with great anticipation," remarks RCM President Dr. Peter Simon. "The quality of this superb performance space ensures for the first time that the students who graduate from The Conservatory's Glenn Gould School - and who'll go on to dazzle audiences around the world - will first train and perform and one of the world's great stages‰Ýright here at home."

Founded in 1886, The Royal Conservatory is the largest and oldest independent arts educator in Canada. It is an internationally-renowned centre for performance and learning providing opportunities for personal development through music and arts education in over 300 communities across and Canada and a dozen countries around the world. Each year more than 500,000 Canadians take part in RCM programs, exams and public school initiatives.

SNEAK PEEK AT THE ROYAL CONCERT SEASON 09.10

Simˆ„n Bolˆ‚var Youth Orchestra Brass Ensemble (Chamber Music): Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 8pm

Midori (String Concerts): Friday, October 30, 2009, 8pm

Jon Kimura Parker (Piano Recitals): Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3pm

Zukerman Chamber Players (Chamber Music): Saturday, November 14, 2009, 8pm

Sara Tavares (World Music): Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8pm

James Ehnes (String Concerts): Friday, November 27, 2009, 8pm

The Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (Jazz): Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8pm

Tallis Scholars (Vocal Concerts): Friday, December 11, 2009, 8pm

Quartetto Gelato & Ethel (World Music): Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8pm

Mark O'Connor (String Concerts): Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8pm

Absolute Ensemble with Simone Dinnerstein (Chamber Music): Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8pm

Tiempo Libre (Jazz): Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8pm

Andrˆ°s Schiff (Piano Recitals): Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8pm

Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester (World Music): Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 8pm

Roby Lakatos (String Concerts): Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 8pm

Danilo Perez: 21st Century Dizzy (Jazz): Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8pm

Yefim Bronfman (Piano Recitals): Thursday, April 1, 2010, 8pm

Louis Lortie (Piano Recitals): Sunday, April 11, 2010, 3pm

Jane Bunnett and The Cuban Piano Masters (Jazz): Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8pm

Cherryholmes (World Music): Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8pm

Christian Tetzlaff (String Concerts): Sunday, April 25, 2010, 8pm

Yuja Wang (Piano Recitals): Saturday, May 1, 2010, 8pm

Emerson String Quartet (Chamber Music): Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 8pm

Gerald Finley (Vocal Concerts): Sunday, May 9, 2010, 3pm

Tickets $20-$75

Select any 4 concerts from $72

Select 7 or more concerts from $119

Tickets are available online at www.rcmusic.ca , by calling 416.408.0208,

or in person at The RCM Box Office, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto

All events take place at The Royal Conservatory's home, the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West. More information about the 2009-2010 Concert Season is available on The Royal Conservatory website at www.rcmusic.ca.

The UK National Theatre's Performances Now Playing Live in High-Definition

The UK National Theatre’Äôs Performances Now Playing

Live in High-Definition Exclusively in Canada at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres

Four-part series begins June 25^th with Phˆ®dre, starring Helen Mirren,

Dominic Cooper and Margaret Tyzack

TORONTO, ON, May 20, 2009 (CGX.UN) ’Äì Cineplex Entertainment, the National Theatre, London and BY Experience, Inc. are pleased to announce a new series of theatrical performances will be presented live from the stage of the National Theatre exclusively in Canada at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres. The first performance in the four-part series, Phˆ®dre, starring Helen Mirren, will be shown on Thursday, June 25^th at 7 pm EST & PST/8 pm MST/6 pm CST in High-Definition (HD) and digital surround sound.

’ÄúThe NT Live events are designed to bring what we do on the stages of the National to a far greater number of people than we would ever be able to reach otherwise,’Äù says Nicholas Hytner. ’ÄúThrough high definition broadcasts, we have the technology at our disposal to present our productions beyond the four walls of the National, to reach passionate theatre-goers all over the world, and to do it really well.’Äù

Of her performance in Phˆ®dre to be sent via satellite to Cineplex Entertainment theatres, Helen Mirren says, ’ÄúI am very happy to have the opportunity to play Phˆ®dre - a rich, complex and demanding role ’Äì and to be part of NT Live, this grand new adventure for the National Theatre.’Äù

’ÄúWe are delighted to offer our guests a new series of theatrical performances live from the UK National Theatre,’Äù said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. ’ÄúThis series further extends the entertainment options available at our theatres from the MET opera performances, to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and live concerts. In the first of four performances, Helen Mirren takes on another regal role in Phˆ®dre that is sure to ’Äòwow’Äô our guests when they experience it exclusively on our big screens across the country.’Äù

Lloyd Dorfman, Chairman of Travelex, says: ’ÄúNT Live is a major innovation in theatre. We’Äôre enormously proud to be part of it ’Äì the result of a seven year partnership with the National Theatre, one of the world’Äôs most respected theatres. Day-to-day, Travelex is committed to helping connect people and businesses across the globe. We really hope that this initiative makes world class theatre accessible for those connected by a love of the stage on a truly worldwide scale.’Äù

Advance tickets are now available online at www.cineplex.com/events as well as at participating theatre box offices. Admission for children ages 3 ’Äì 12 is $16.95 + tax, seniors is $17.95 + tax and general admission is $19.95 + tax. A special group rate is also available for groups of 20 or more at $16.95 per person. For more information on group rates, call 1-800-313-4461.

Mirren will play the title role in Racine's Phˆ®dre. In the play, based on earlier treatments of the Greek myth by Euripides and Seneca, Phˆ®dre is the wife of Theseus, king of Athens, who develops a fatal and unrequited passion for her stepson, Hippolyte. Dominic Cooper will play Hippolytus and Margaret Tyzack will co-star as Oenone, Phˆ®dre's nurse. Nicholas Hytner, artistic director of the National, will direct.

Following Phˆ®dre, the remaining plays in the series include Shakespeare’Äôs All’Äôs Well That Ends Well with Clare Higgins on October 1, 2009; and in early 2010, Nation, based on the a novel by Terry Pratchett and adapted by Mark Ravenhill as well as Alan Bennett’Äôs new play, The Habit of Art, with Michael Gambon, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour.

NT Live events are distributed outside the U.K. through New York-based BY Experience, Inc.

NT Live is supported by Travelex, in partnership with Arts Council England and NESTA.

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40 reprˆ©sentations de 4 diffˆ©rents spectacles pour Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie cet ˆ©tˆ©

L’Äôˆ©quipe d’ÄôOde ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie sera des plus occupˆ©e pour sa sixiˆ®me saison estivale dans la Pˆ©ninsule acadienne. Les artistes prˆ©parent depuis cinq semaines quatre diffˆ©rents spectacles qui seront prˆ©sentˆ©s 40 fois entre le 18 juillet et le 2 septembre prochain.

Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie

Le public sera invitˆ© ˆÝ retrouver l’Äôessence des dˆ©buts du dˆ©sormais classique Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie qui a ˆ©tˆ© modifiˆ© au fil des ans. Onze reprˆ©sentations de ce spectacle seront prˆ©sentˆ©es. Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie est maintenant reconnu comme le plus grand succˆ®s dans le monde du spectacle musical en Acadie. Il a ˆ©tˆ© prˆ©sentˆ© devant des dizaines de milliers de spectateurs enthousiastes sur trois continents.

¬´ On nous pose souvent la question ˆÝ savoir si nous sommes fatiguˆ©s de prˆ©senter ce spectacle’Ķ Au contraire ! Pas du tout ! Chaque fois que nous montons sur scˆ®ne, il y a une ˆ©nergie qui fait en sorte que nous avons l’Äôimpression de le prˆ©senter pour la premiˆ®re fois ! Nous avons toujours ˆ©tˆ© tellement bien encadrˆ©s avec Renˆ© Cormier, Isabelle Thˆ©riault et toute l’Äôˆ©quipe de concepteurs, c’Äôest inspirant d’Äôˆ�tre entourˆ©s comme ˆßa. L’Äôhistoire que raconte le spectacle Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie est plus grande que nous. ˆáa reste un grand privilˆ®ge d’Äôˆ�tre en quelque sorte les vˆ©hicules de ce message lˆÝ. Nous avons hˆ¢te de prˆ©senter le spectacle, surtout en cette annˆ©e du CMA ¬ª, confie l’Äôartiste Monique Poirier.

Carte blanche

Beaucoup de changements sont prˆ©vus pour Carte blanche aux artistes d’ÄôOde puisque plus du tiers du spectacle sera complˆ®tement renouvelˆ©. En plus d’Äôintˆ©grer le nouveau membre de l’Äôˆ©quipe, Benoit Picard, plusieurs changements ont ˆ©tˆ© apportˆ©s au rˆ©pertoire du spectacle, question de donner de nouveaux dˆ©fis aux artistes et de faire faire de nouvelles dˆ©couvertes aux gens qui viendront revoir le spectacle. Le but est toujours de prˆ©senter ce spectacle dans un esprit intime et convivial. L’Äôˆ©quipe de crˆ©ation, Monique Poirier, Allain Roy et Isabelle Thˆ©riault, y travaillent depuis plusieurs semaines. Neuf reprˆ©sentations de ce spectacle sont ˆÝ l’Äôhoraire.

Un nouveau spectacle

Un tout nouveau spectacle Ode verra le jour en cette annˆ©e de grandes cˆ©lˆ©brations. Les Productions Ode ont fait appel au tandem initial de crˆ©ation d’ÄôOde ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie pour ce troisiˆ®me spectacle de la troupe. Renˆ© Cormier en assume la direction artistique et la mise en scˆ®ne et Isabelle Thˆ©riault voit ˆÝ la direction musicale. Intitulˆ© provisoirement Ode 2009, ce spectacle sera prˆ©sentˆ© ˆÝ 19 reprises au cours de l’Äôˆ©tˆ©. Les Productions Ode dˆ©voileront en juin la thˆ©matique de ce nouveau spectacle.

Ode en fˆ�te

Une reprˆ©sentation spˆ©ciale du spectacle Ode en fˆ�te sera prˆ©sentˆ©e lors de la Rencontre de la famille Albert durant le Congrˆ®s mondial acadien. Ce spectacle de type festif a ˆ©tˆ© prˆ©sentˆ© avec beaucoup de succˆ®s au Festival Interceltique de Lorient en France ˆÝ l’Äôˆ©tˆ© 2008. Pour ce spectacle la direction musicale est partagˆ©e par Isabelle Thˆ©riault et Franˆßois ˆâmond. Ode en fˆ�te sera prˆ©sentˆ© dans un chapiteau ˆÝ Saint-Simon et sera ouvert au public.

L’Äôˆ©quipe Ode est fˆ©brile devant ce dˆ©fi d’Äôune sixiˆ®me saison. La formation accueillera Benoit Picard au sein de son ˆ©quipe. Originaire de Campbellton, il a dˆ©butˆ© sa carriˆ®re de musicien-chanteur au sein de plusieurs formations musicales dans le nord du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il a ˆ©tudiˆ© sept ans en piano et a aussi une formation en contrebasse et en percussion ˆÝ l’ÄôUniversitˆ© de Moncton. Musicien trˆ®s polyvalent, il joue du piano, de la guitare, de la mandoline, de la contrebasse, des percussions, de l’Äôaccordˆ©on et de la basse.

Les spectacles d’ÄôOde seront prˆ©sentˆ©s cet ˆ©tˆ© ˆÝ la salle de spectacle de l’Äôˆ©glise de Grande-Anse qui accueille la troupe pour une troisiˆ®me annˆ©e consˆ©cutive. Paul Marcel Albert, directeur gˆ©nˆ©ral des Productions Ode, est conscient que plusieurs souhaiteraient voir la salle du Centre culturel de Caraquet occupˆ©e par les spectacles Ode durant la pˆ©riode estivale. Il prˆ©cise toutefois qu’Äôau moment des rˆ©cents changements au Centre culturel, la programmation estivale d’ÄôOde ˆ©tait dˆ©jˆÝ complˆ©tˆ©e depuis plusieurs semaines.

¬´ La compagnie souhaite pour les prochaines saisons estivales pouvoir bˆ©nˆ©ficier ˆÝ la fois de la salle du Centre culturel de Caraquet, qui a ˆ©tˆ© notre lieu de crˆ©ation ˆÝ l’Äôˆ©tˆ© 2004, et la salle de Grande-Anse, notre communautˆ© d’Äôadoption depuis 2007, de prˆ©ciser Paul Marcel Albert. Ces deux salles pourraient ˆ�tre nˆ©cessaires ˆÝ la prˆ©sentation des spectacles Ode mais ˆ©galement pour d’Äôautres productions qui viendraient bonifier l’Äôoffre culturelle du Grand Caraquet. ¬ª

¬´ Nous tenons ˆÝ rappeler que nous avons reˆßu un accueil et une collaboration tout ˆÝ fait extraordinaire de la communautˆ© de Grande-Anse depuis notre arrivˆ©e dans le village. ˆÄ l’Äôˆ©tˆ© 2007, de nombreux citoyens de la rˆ©gion se sont retroussˆ©s les manches et ont participˆ© bˆ©nˆ©volement aux travaux de rˆ©novations du sous-sol de l’Äôˆ©glise. Cette communautˆ© s’Äôest dotˆ©e ainsi d’Äôune nouvelle infrastructure culturelle et touristique. Cette salle est chaleureuse et l’Äôacoustique y est bonne. Nous souhaitons voir le jour oˆ¼ de nombreuses productions artistiques seront prˆ©sentˆ©es en pˆ©riode estivale, pour occuper, non pas une, mais deux ou mˆ�me plusieurs salles. Nous sommes convaincus que le Grand Caraquet a le potentiel et les talents pour devenir en pˆ©riode estivale le p’Äôtit Broadway de l’ÄôAcadie ¬ª, conclu Paul Marcel Albert.

Billets en vente

Les billets pour les quatre spectacles d’ÄôOde sont prˆ©sentement en vente ˆÝ la Billetterie Accˆ®s : www.billetterieacces.ca (506.727.7665 ou 1.800.992.4040). Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie sera prˆ©sentˆ© les 21, 26 et 28 juillet ainsi que les 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 et 25 aoˆªt et le 1^er septembre. Carte blanche aux artistes d’ÄôOde sera ˆÝ l’Äôhoraire les 19, 20 et 27 juillet de mˆ�me que les 3, 10, 17, 24, 30 et 31 aoˆªt. Le nouveau spectacle Ode 2009 tiendra l’Äôaffiche les 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, et 29 juillet, les 1^er, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 et 30 aoˆªt puis pour une derniˆ®re reprˆ©sentation le 2 septembre.

Ces trois premiers spectacles seront prˆ©sentˆ©s ˆÝ la salle de spectacle de l’Äôˆ©glise de Grande-Anse. Les billets sont au coˆªt de 7,50 $ pour les 12 ans et moins, de 17,50 $ ou 22 $ pour les ˆ©tudiants et les plus de 65 ans et de 22 $ ou 27 $ pour les adultes. Des frais de la Billetterie Accˆ®s s’Äôajoutent au coˆªt de tous les billets.

Quant au spectacle Ode en fˆ�te, il sera prˆ©sentˆ© ˆÝ la Rencontre de la famille Albert dans le cadre du Congrˆ®s mondial acadien le samedi 22 aoˆªt ˆÝ 21 h 30 au Chapiteau des Pˆ�cheries GEM sur le site du Chalet du Capitaine ˆÝ Saint-Simon. Cette soirˆ©e est rˆ©servˆ©e au 19 ans et plus au coˆªt de 12,50 $.

Les Productions Ode est une compagnie ˆÝ but non lucratif incorporˆ©e en 2005 qui reˆßoit l’Äôappui des gouvernements du N.-B. et du Canada. La compagnie bˆ©nˆ©ficie ˆ©galement de partenariats et de collaborations spˆ©ciales avec la Coopˆ©rative de Caraquet, les Caisses populaires acadiennes, CHAU TVA, les Chalets de la Plage, le Village Historique Acadien, le Congrˆ®s mondial acadien 2009 et Techno 90.

Pour plus d’Äôinformation, consultez le nouveau site des Productions Ode ˆÝ www.ode.ca.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The VSO debut of pianist Benjamin Hochman

Pianist Benjamin Hochman plays Mozart’Äôs rarely heard Piano Concerto No.9 in his VSO debut. This is followed up by the huge, exciting, passionate music of Russian master Sergei Prokofiev. Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama returns to conduct the final PricewaterhouseCoopers Masterworks Silver concerts of the season, which take place on Saturday, May 30^th and Monday, June 1^st at 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre.

Benjamin Hochman came into prominence when he made his New York solo recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2006. Since then, he has achieved widespread acclaim for his performances. Mr. Hochman has performed with several prominent orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras, Seattle Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Portland Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

"Hochman's demeanor is poised, and quietly confident. His playing is beautiful to hear. From the first moment, his crisp, articulated touch was noticeable, clear but not forceful, even with pedal, and he shaped the phrases in the long cadenza with grace."

- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Hochman recently appeared at the Bard Music Festival, Bridgehampton Music Festival and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Just prior to travelling to Vancouver, Hochman returned to his native Israel for a special series of concerts and masterclasses. He will also be performing in London, Barcelona, and Amsterdam’Äôs Concertgebouw later in the year.

Born in Jerusalem, Benjamin Hochman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music where his principal teachers were Claude Frank and Richard Goode. His studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

Mozart’Äôs Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat Major was a groundbreaking, revolutionary work in its time, helping to ’Äúraise the bar’Äù for the piano concerto as a genre and leaving its mark on later concertos by Beethoven and other Romantic composers. Certainly the greatest of the concertos written by Mozart in his time in Salzburg, Classical music author and commentator Charles Rosen also called it ’Äúthe first unqualified masterpiece in any genre,’Äù and legendary pianist Alfred Brendel characterized the work as ’Äúone of the greatest wonders of the world.’Äù The relationship between soloist and orchestra is given unprecedented depth in this concerto, the dialogue and juxtaposition of ideas heightened to a remarkable degree compared to earlier piano concertos. The very opening of the concerto itself is a strong statement for change in the way in which piano concertos were previously written: the soloist is introduced right away after a short heraldic statement by the orchestra; afterword, the orchestra is given a typical, though brief, opening exposition, but it is on the piano’Äôs terms. Later, Mozart goes so far as to turn this dialogue on its head, with the orchestra answering the piano. The second movement is one of utterly poignant expressive brilliance. The C minor atmosphere holds the listener in its thrall as the solo parts, written with such a highly personal and expressive voice, weave their way in and out of discourse with the orchestra in a dreamy, almost tragic manner. And though the finale ’Äì one of Mozart’Äôs greatest Rondo finales ’Äì is one of virtuosic energy and joy, there is a serious undercurrent at play which keeps the concerto grounded, as if Mozart knew he was creating a work that would lasting impact through generations of composers.

CONCERT INFO

PricewaterhouseCoopers Masterworks Silver Series:

Melody and Power: Mozart and Prokofiev

Saturday & Monday, May 30 & June 1, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

Benjamin Hochman, piano

Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture, Op. 24

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, Jeunehomme

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Generously Supported By:

Series Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Video Screen Sponsor: TELUS

Video screen presentations created and produced by students and staff of digital video productions at Columbia Academy.

The Walden School Announces Joan Tower as 2009 Composer-in-Residence

2009 Ojai Music Festival Expands Environmental Efforts

California Solar Electric and LifeSource Supports the Festival’Äôs 2009 ’ÄúGreen’Äù Initiatives

New Initiatives Include Introduction of Carbon Fund

Ojai Environmental and Artistic Missions Combine with ’ÄúGreen’Äù Sound Sculptures by Trimpin

In response to increasing demands on the planet from climate change and pollution, last year the Ojai Music Festival in California’Äôs lush and fertile Ojai Valley instituted a multiyear green plan to preserve the historic area once marked sacred by the ancient Chumash Indians for future generations. This year the Festival will continue those efforts with support from California Solar Electric, a leader in clean energy, and LifeSource, which focuses on returning water to its natural state and will introduce several new green initiatives.

’ÄúWhat makes the Ojai Music Festival so special,’Äù said Festival Executive Director Jeff Haydon, ’Äúis the unique symbiosis between the high-level music performed here by the world’Äôs greatest artists and the incredible natural beauty that surrounds us. We want this always to be here for our children and their children, and so we are making every effort to ensure that any changes taking place in Ojai are for the better.’Äù

In cooperation with Ojai Valley Green Coalition and EJ Harrison & Sons and with the support from California Solar Electric and LifeSource, this year’Äôs Ojai Music Festival will continue all of the initiatives it introduced last year, including recycling and decreasing the use of paper products, encouraging walking and biking, providing many zero-waste stations for separating trash, and selecting merchandise and locally produced foods. California Solar Electric, well known for its Green Collar job-training programs for at-risk youths, will provide informative materials at Ojai’Äôs Green Booths. LifeSource will provide three ’Äúfree’Äù water dispensing stations located on the Festival grounds, where patrons can fill their reusable drinking containers.

For 2009, the Ojai Music Festival has established a Carbon Fund to offset its carbon footprint and has calculated that the Festival’Äôs 2009 carbon offset will be approximately $680. The Ojai Music Festival will make a donation based on the carbon footprint to Ojai Trees, a non-profit organization that plants trees throughout Ojai. Moreover, collection boxes will be set up for Festival patrons who would like to make donations to the fund.

’ÄúWe are pleased to participate once again in helping the Ojai Music Festival continue its multiyear green plan,’Äù said Deb Pendrey of the Ojai Green Coalition. ’ÄúThis is the perfect example of the Coalition’Äôs motto to ’Äòthink globally, act locally.’Äô We believe each of us must be conscious of our individual responsibilities to ensure a greener and healthier world starting now.’Äù

This year Trimpin, the sound sculptor, composer, and MacArthur ’Äúgenius’Äù grant recipient, will combine the Festival’Äôs environmental and artistic missions. The Seattle-based artist, whose artworks are made from recyclable materials, has created two interactive sound sculptures, which will be on display throughout the Festival at Libbey Park. The first is ’ÄúSheng High,’Äù a reed instrument activated through blown air and water, and the second sound sculpture is ’ÄúGiuter-toy,’Äù made from found toy plastic guitars in all colors.

2009 Ojai Music Festival green efforts include:

¬… Providing free water refills at water stations and encouraging concertgoers to bring their own reusable water bottles or purchase stainless steel or ceramic mugs at Festival concerts.

¬… Serving cold drinks in recyclable glass or aluminum containers. Coffee and tea are served in cardboard cups.

¬… Encouraging residents and volunteers to walk, bike, or use the Ojai Trolley to commute to the Festival. Ojai provides a free bike valet area.

¬… Selling reusable totes and bags, and stainless steel containers at the outdoor marketplace.

¬… Serving food in biodegradable containers with biodegradable utensils.

¬… Assisting concertgoers in sorting trash at ’ÄúZero Waste Stations’Äù into appropriate receptacles marked Landfill, Compost, or Recyclables.

¬… Providing a Green Booth, where local groups can offer information about minimizing individual ecological footprints.

¬… Using soy ink and recycled paper and decreasing the use of paper by minimizing margins and utilizing both sides of paper.

¬… Recycling program books.

New this year:

¬… Introducing a Carbon Fund to offset the Ojai Music Festival’Äôs carbon footprint.

¬… Providing re-usable water bottles to artists and Festival staff.

¬… Reducing number of program books printed to encourage re-use.

¬… Reducing materials in mailings and posting more information online.

¬… Showcasing environmentally friendly sound sculptures by artist/composer Trimpin.

As part of the Festival green plan, the Ojai Music Festival is bringing back an Ojai market to sell gourmet food and baked goods that use organic and locally grown produce provided by Seasons Catering, and as well as certified organic, shade-grown coffee provided by local shop, Coffee Connection, and Ojai-based Zhena’Äôs organic teas.

Several Ojai Marketplace vendors will be on hand with local Ojai items that include organic olive oil, creams and soaps from Ojai Olive Oil and Vicki’Äôs handmade scented soaps.

Trimpin describes his work as ’Äúan ongoing exploration of the concepts of sound, vision, and movement, experimenting with combinations that will introduce our senses of perception to a totally new experience.’Äù He works with ’Äúnatural’Äù elements’Äîwater, air, light, fire, etc.’Äîand reconfigures them in new and unusual applications, pushing them to the limits. Currently, an artist-in-residence at the California Arts Institute, Trimpin’Äôs sound sculptures, both whimsical and serious, have appeared all over the world. He previously exhibited his interactive Conloninpurple installation during Ojai’Äôs 60^th anniversary season in 2006.

California Solar Electric has been designing and installing solar electric systems on residential and commercial buildings from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez valley for over eight years. Harnessing power from the sun to free people from high electric bills while reducing carbon footprints is a passion of every employee. California Solar Electric participates in various Green Collar Job training programs, providing at-risk youth in southern California with the knowledge and experience to enter the burgeoning sustainable job force.

LifeSource Water Systems has been committed to environmental awareness and protection since their founding in 1984. Since that time, they have focused on returning water to its natural state in a way that doesn’Äôt harm people or our planet.

The 63^rd Ojai Music Festival takes place from June 11 to 14 at Ojai’Äôs outdoor Libbey Bowl. Since 1947, the four-day Festival has become legendary for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, including the 2009 music director eighth blackbird. This year’Äôs programming reflects the qualities that have made the ensemble a growing musical phenomenon’Äîgenre-defying variety in wildly collaborative and visually dramatic presentations. For more information and tickets, visit http://www.ojaifestival.org/ or call (805) 646-2094.

Stratford Summer Music announces ninth season programming

A Portrait of Isabel Bayrakdarian, the Canadian premiere performances of American organist Cameron Carpenter, the complete Brahms piano quartets, and musical lectures by the conductor of the sovereign’Äôs personal choir, The Chapel Royal of St. James’Äôs Palace, London, are among highlights of the ninth season of Stratford Summer Music.

The 2009 season, dubbed Stratford’Äôs other Festival , will run over four weeks, from Monday, July 20 to Sunday, August 16, said the festival’Äôs Artistic Producer, John A. Miller, at a launch in Stratford’Äôs Balzac’Äòs Coffee Roastery, a site chosen because it will host three free presentations of J.S.Bach’Äôs Coffee Cantata. (August 14, 15, 16) ’ÄúCould there be a more appropriate place than Balzac’Äôs to produce a work which the great composer himself wrote for Zimmerman’Äôs Coffee House in Leipzig in 1733?’Äù, said Miller.

A Portrait of Isabel Bayrakdarian includes a solo recital with pianist Serouj Kradjian; an evening of Tangos based on her Juno-nominated disc Tango Notturno as a fund-raising dinner cabaret at The Church Restaurant; a master class for female voices; a concert of Armenian heritage music sung with The Elmer Iseler Singers; and Operatic Fireworks, Rossini arias sung with the one hundred member National Youth Orchestra of Canada. July 24-31.

Cameron Carpenter, hailed as The Maverick of the Organ, will play three concerts at Knox Church including an all-Bach program and Organsmic Fireworks with some of his own compo-sitions. A video camera trained on his feet and projected onto a large screen will enable audi-ences to see Carpenter’Äôs dexterity with the organ’Äôs pedals. July 30, 31, August 1.

Made in Canada, the piano quartet comprised of four exciting Canadian women each of whom is distinguished in her own musical career - Judy Kang, violin, Sharon Wei, viola, Denise Djokic, cello, and Angela Park, piano ’Äì will present the three Brahms piano quartets and short works by Anton Dvorak in a series titled Masterpieces of the Classical Repertoire. August 7, 8, 9.

’ÄúAs the world celebrates 2009 as an anniversary year for Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel and Felix Mendelssohn,’Äù said Miller, ’Äúit’Äôs also interesting to note that all three composers either sang in, or wrote music for, The Chapel Royal Choir in their own days. Who better, then, to deliver musical lectures on these great individuals than Andrew Gant, who directs this choir today in London, England,’Äù the Artistic Producer remarked. The Guelph-based choral ensemble Tactus will be Dr. Gant’Äôs demonstration choir singing musical illustrations for the three lectures. July 23, 24, 25.

Saturday Night Live Cabarets, presented as after-theatre shows at The Church Restaurant, will feature Stratford Shakespeare Festival actresses Barbara Fulton and Chilina Kennedy in their own shows, with an iconic Stratford musician and actor, Cedric Smith, completing the trio with his own cabaret show, A Stratford Conspiracy on August 15.

Building on last summer’Äôs successful jazz weekends at Pazzo Ristorante, the ninth season will focus on jazz guitar and feature Celso Machado (Brazilian jazz), Tony Quarrington with vocalist Julie Michels, Michael Occhipinti’Äôs Sicilian Jazz Project and, from Newfoundland, the Duane Andrews Duo (gypsy jazz). Jazz sets begin at 9pm every Friday and Saturday night during the music festival with tickets and advance reservations available directly from Pazzo. (519 273-6666).

Two annual presentations will welcome distinguished Canadians. The Maureen Forrester Next Generation Canadian Artists concert will feature National Arts Centre Orchestra trumpeter Amy Horvey in a presentation titled Queen of the Music Boxes on July 29. The Harry Somers Lecture will be delivered by psychiatrist Dr. David Goldbloom on Creativity, Mental Health and Mental Illness on August 5.

Twenty-three, free, noontime concerts from the floating stage, The MusicBarge, will, for the first time, include male and female barbershop quartets and be the inspiration for the 2009 festival poster image, The Composers Quartet, where Bach, Brahms, Mozart and Harry Somers find themselves in artist Eric Beddoes’Äô creation as barber-shoppers singing along the Avon River.

Weekend musical scenarios known as Guerrilla Music will again erupt unexpectedly on down-town streets each Saturday and Sunday and a huge outdoor celebration, The OLG Bluegrass Blowout, will celebrate Ontario’Äôs Simcoe Day holiday on August 3 with groups such as the Creaking Tree String Quartet, Oh Susanna, Lickin’Äô Good Fried and Foggy Hogtown Boys.

On Sunday night, August 16 this ninth season will conclude with The RBC Festival Finale, a concert titled Legacy of Hope: A Salute to America and featuring The Nathaniel Dett Chorale singing repertoire from its Washington appearances at the Martin Luther King Day celebrations and the inauguration of President Barack Obama last January. Jazz vocalist Jackie Richardson, pianist Andrew Craig, the St. Marys Festival Youth Signers and Hon. Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will also participate in this program.

With half its performances and events free or by donation, Stratford Summer Music continues to set its prices up to $35 in the hopes of repeating its 2008 successes when visitors from across Canada, from 18 American states and seven other foreign nations attended the music festival.

www.stratfordsummermusic.ca

Tickets go on sale May 21 at 519 273-1600 or 1-866-288-4313.

Project Niagara seeks public input for traffic impact study

May 27 public information centre aims to get clear understanding of community issues

The public is invited to a public information centre on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Fire Station #1, 2 Anderson Lane in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, to provide input as part of a traffic impact study for the area surrounding the site for Project Niagara ’Äì a proposed 17-week international music festival to take place on the shore of Lake Ontario.

Project Niagara is an initiative of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and National Arts Centre (NAC). The two organizations have been working together on Project Niagara’Äôs development and feasibility since 2004. They are hoping to launch the festival during the bicentennial celebrations marking the War of 1812.

The May 27 public information centre will be an opportunity to meet the consultants from Delcan, the firm leading the study, as well as members of the team spearheading Project Niagara

Four Mile Creek Road

Townline Road

. The goal of the public information centre is to achieve a clear understanding of community issues and the expectations of affected stakeholders, to review the study scope, and discuss issues related to the project including alternative solutions and evaluation criteria. These will be integrated into the process and ensure all study-related concerns are captured and addressed.

Project Niagara is running a notice in several newspapers in the Niagara Region to invite people to the May 27 public information centre. To submit comments, the public is encouraged to contact Nick Palomba, Vice President of Delcan Corporation, by mail at 4056 Dorchester Rd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6M9; by telephone at (905) 356-7003, ext. 222, by fax at (905) 356-7008; and by email at n.palomba@delcan.com.

A second public information centre is planned in the summer to follow-up on the May 27 session.

A feasibility study presented to Niagara-on-the-Lake Town Council on December 15, 2008, by representatives from the TSO and NAC showed that Project Niagara could generate more than a hundred million dollars in economic activity and create hundreds of jobs over several years. The proposed site ’Äì located on part of the 268-acre Parks Canada Lands on Lakeshore Road west of the Old Town of Niagara-On-The-Lake ’Äì was overwhelmingly chosen over several sites in the Niagara Region based on criteria related to unique beauty, size, and ambient noise.

Project Niagara has committed to working with the Region and the Town to help address any issues relating to transportation and sewage infrastructure. Project Niagara will also collaborate with the Parks Canada Agency to ensure environmental assessment requirements are completed.

Financial backing for the Project Niagara development work and analysis to date has come from the NAC and TSO, as well the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Falls Management Corporation, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and the Niagara Economic Development Corporation.

Delcan is a leading international engineering, planning and project management firm with extensive experience throughout Ontario, Canada, and the world in multidisciplinary transportation and traffic projects of all sizes and degrees of complexity. The employee- owned company has been providing clients with innovative solutions for over 50 years and has served the Niagara Region with a local Niagara Falls office for more than 30 years. Delcan has unique knowledge of the Niagara Region and specifically the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake through their involvement in studies such as The Town Transportation Master Plan, the Garrison Village Neighbourhood Infiltration Study, the Chautauqua Area Traffic Investigation and the Old Town Parking Demand Study.

For more information about Project Niagara, please visit www.projectniagara.ca.

The Classical Archives Launches The Ultimate Online Classical Music Destination

New Music Store and Service Offers Largest Collection of Classical Recordings

and Most Sophisticated Interface on the Internet

The Classical Archives is about to bring online classical music shopping and listening into the 21st century! The Classical Archives ’Äì www.classicalarchives.com ’Äì goes live today as the ultimate destination for online classical music and a breakthrough in site navigation that will be welcomed by all. Catering to serious aficionados and eager newcomers alike, the site offers the largest collection of classical music available online as well as extensive background information on works, composers, artists, and much more.

Best of all, the site features a new proprietary navigation and search engine capability that lets visitors search and cross-reference by any relevant criteria: composer, work title, artist, albums, historical period, instrument, genre, and many others that make finding and comparing the best classical recordings easier than it has ever been. In addition to albums from major labels such as DG/Decca, Angel/EMI/Virgin, Sony/Columbia, and 100+ more, the site offers a large collection of free streaming tracks from its own roster of world-class talents.

Pierre R. Schwob, CEO and Founder, notes, "The Renaissance starts here! The Classical Archives will become the ultimate classical music site and a model for music sites in general: where the music you want can be easily and immediately found, and where composers, artists, and works get the respect they deserve. It marks the dawn of a new era for online music sales in terms of its navigation system and the wealth of contextual information it offers. Our sophisticated but elegant system has been developed by our expert team of musicologists, and built by our engineers using the latest advances in web technology. Anyone who has purchased music online, particularly classical music, knows well the current limitations of Internet music shopping and discovery. The Classical Archives is changing the whole user experience."

The newly launched Classical Archives opens its doors as the most complete classical music resource on the Internet with over 620,000 recorded tracks (building to over 1 million!) representing 6,600 composers, 21,000 artists and 100+ record labels representing a unique blend of the majors and independent labels. Tracks are available in high quality DRM-free MP3 for listening or downloading and some in MIDI format for synthesizers. The company's ultimate goal is to offer the complete catalogs of all classical music record labels, as well as independent classical artists in DRM-free format, and to identify the recordings in a proper, consistent, and easily searchable form. Classical Archives will always allow users to keep their downloads for life: they are not tied to any conditions such as staying in a subscription program.

Dr. Nolan Gasser, Artistic Director, states, "We are very proud of the contribution that the new Classical Archives is making to the world of classical music as a whole; for too long, the online consumer has dealt with a broken system, where the music is identified and displayed in an inconsistent, if not inaccurate, manner, making the process of finding and comparing recordings difficult or impossible. Admittedly, it is no easy task to correctly identify the vast repertoire of classical works, and then coordinate their various recordings, but our expert team of musicologists is committed to this goal, and the consumer will experience the music as they have only imagined."

The site provides detailed musicological information for each work: its proper movements and subdivisions, genre, principal instruments, year of composition, and key. Users can then easily compare various recordings of a given work, each identified in a proper and consistent manner ’Äì something not possible with any other site.

The new Classical Archives offers unique membership opportunities that allow users to take advantage of its vast resources easily and affordably. Fees are $9.95/month or $99.50/year. Benefits include the ability to listen to music from the whole site (entire tracks or works); a 10% discount on all downloads (which are yours to keep for life!); the first two weeks as a free trial of the service; the ability to access and download MIDI files free of charge.

Free registered members also enjoy great benefits: the ability to listen to any music clips (30-60 seconds); the ability to purchase downloads; and the ability to access and download MIDI files.

For more information, please visit: www.classicalarchives.com.

The Classical Archives Launches The Ultimate Online Classical Music Destination

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THE CLASSICAL ARCHIVES LAUNCHES

THE ULTIMATE CLASSICAL MUSIC DESTINATION

New Music Store and Service Offers Largest Collection of Classical Recordings

and Most Sophisticated Interface on the Internet

New York, NY ’Äì The Classical Archives is about to bring online classical music shopping and listening into the 21st century! The Classical Archives ’Äì www.classicalarchives.com ’Äì goes live today as the ultimate destination for online classical music and a breakthrough in site navigation that will be welcomed by all. Catering to serious aficionados and eager newcomers alike, the site offers the largest collection of classical music available online as well as extensive background information on works, composers, artists, and much more.

Best of all, the site features a new proprietary navigation and search engine capability that lets visitors search and cross-reference by any relevant criteria: composer, work title, artist, albums, historical period, instrument, genre, and many others that make finding and comparing the best classical recordings easier than it has ever been. In addition to albums from major labels such as DG/Decca, Angel/EMI/Virgin, Sony/Columbia, and 100+ more, the site offers a large collection of free streaming tracks from its own roster of world-class talents.

Pierre R. Schwob, CEO and Founder, notes, "The Renaissance starts here! The Classical Archives will become the ultimate classical music site and a model for music sites in general: where the music you want can be easily and immediately found, and where composers, artists, and works get the respect they deserve. It marks the dawn of a new era for online music sales in terms of its navigation system and the wealth of contextual information it offers. Our sophisticated but elegant system has been developed by our expert team of musicologists, and built by our engineers using the latest advances in web technology. Anyone who has purchased music online, particularly classical music, knows well the current limitations of Internet music shopping and discovery. The Classical Archives is changing the whole user experience."

The newly launched Classical Archives opens its doors as the most complete classical music resource on the Internet with over 620,000 recorded tracks (building to over 1 million!) representing 6,600 composers, 21,000 artists and 100+ record labels representing a unique blend of the majors and independent labels. Tracks are available in high quality DRM-free MP3 for listening or downloading and some in MIDI format for synthesizers. The company's ultimate goal is to offer the complete catalogs of all classical music record labels, as well as independent classical artists in DRM-free format, and to identify the recordings in a proper, consistent, and easily searchable form. Classical Archives will always allow users to keep their downloads for life: they are not tied to any conditions such as staying in a subscription program.

Dr. Nolan Gasser, Artistic Director, states, "We are very proud of the contribution that the new Classical Archives is making to the world of classical music as a whole; for too long, the online consumer has dealt with a broken system, where the music is identified and displayed in an inconsistent, if not inaccurate, manner, making the process of finding and comparing recordings difficult or impossible. Admittedly, it is no easy task to correctly identify the vast repertoire of classical works, and then coordinate their various recordings, but our expert team of musicologists is committed to this goal, and the consumer will experience the music as they have only imagined."

The site provides detailed musicological information for each work: its proper movements and subdivisions, genre, principal instruments, year of composition, and key. Users can then easily compare various recordings of a given work, each identified in a proper and consistent manner ’Äì something not possible with any other site.

The new Classical Archives offers unique membership opportunities that allow users to take advantage of its vast resources easily and affordably. Fees are $9.95/month or $99.50/year. Benefits include the ability to listen to music from the whole site (entire tracks or works); a 10% discount on all downloads (which are yours to keep for life!); the first two weeks as a free trial of the service; the ability to access and download MIDI files free of charge.

Free registered members also enjoy great benefits: the ability to listen to any music clips (30-60 seconds); the ability to purchase downloads; and the ability to access and download MIDI files.

For more information, please visit: www.classicalarchives.com.

New Music in New Places - deadline 1 June 2009

Call for Proposals

New Music in New Places Project 2009-2010 (Sixth Round)

The British Columbia Regional Office of the Canadian Music Centre has received a grant from The SOCAN Foundation to present Canadian music in alternate spaces, and invites proposals for professional performances by eligible parties.

An Associate Composer or Associate Composers of the Canadian Music Centre must be the focus of the event - for a complete list, see the "Find a Composer" section of the CMC website. (http://www.musiccentre.ca/).

The objective of the project is to attract new audiences to contemporary Canadian music through imaginative and innovative presentations in non-traditional settings, including but not limited to galleries, museums, public spaces, and other suitable locations where new music is not normally heard.

Successful candidates will be expected to present a FREE, public event

¬… focusing on an Associate Composer or Associate Composers of the CMC

¬… featuring a programme of music by contemporary Canadian composers

¬… in an alternate non-traditional venue imaginatively using the space

¬… with a recommended duration of 90 minutes or less

¬… taking place before March 13, 2010

It must be an event that would not have otherwise taken place.

Presenters will be required to submit a report ("Impact Report") to CMC-BC by March 20, 2010, detailing the outcome.

Other fund-raising is not required but if other funds are needed they must be confirmed.

Grants of up to $1,000 to individuals and up to $2,500 for ensembles and presenters will be allocated by the jury. In total, $6,000 will be spent on selected projects (33 projects were funded in the previous five rounds). Available funds for this round are $12,000 less than last year. Limited supplemental travel funds are available.

The CMC-BC publicist will promote and publicize events.

Eligibility

Professional performers, ensembles, concert presenters and CMC Associate Composers based in British Columbia with a demonstrated commitment to the performance of contemporary Canadian music are encouraged to apply; all concert-music genres (choir, electroacoustics, ensemble, orchestra, solo, and so on) are welcome.

Events cannot be funded retroactively.

Grants may not be used for commissioning of new works.

A jury of non-participating musicians will select the successful candidates from the pool of submissions; results will be announced June 5, 2009.

How to Apply

Application forms are available through the CMC-BC Region and will be available for downloaded from the CMC-British Columbia homepage: http://www.musiccentre.ca/bri.cfm

Deadline: Complete applications must be received (not postmarked) on or before June 1, 2009

Please include a letter of permission from the participating venue.

to: Canadian Music Centre-BC Region

New Music in New Places Application

837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1B7

Applications may be mailed or delivered in person ONLY.

Please direct any questions to Colin Miles at: colin@musiccentre.ca ¨ ph: 604-734-4622

The Baltic Sea Festival 2009: 28 August - 3 September in Stockholm

"I'm extremely happy that the Baltic Sea Festival concept has become so generally accepted ’Äì that there is so much enthusiasm about it and that the public have really found their way to us. This year's programme is really exciting, especially as we have again gained some 'new friends', who are coming to Stockholm for the first time", says Esa-Pekka Salonen.

For the seventh year in a row, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Valery Gergiev and Michael Tydˆ©n will present the Baltic Sea Festival (28 August ’Äì 3 September 2009) and follow their concept of linking topics relevant to society with outstanding concerts presenting musicians, composers, orchestras and choirs from around the Baltic Sea and the whole world. As in previous years, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is one of the Baltic Sea Festival's partners and is organising a seminar on the collaboration of Baltic Sea issues.

"We believe that culture and music can be important channels through which to build a sustainable society together. With the Baltic Sea Festival we wish to mark the positive collaboration between countries and people!", says the Manager of Berwaldhallen, Michael Tydˆ©n

This year's festival program will focus on the Year of Remembrance and Peace, amongst others. It exploits the relationship between Sweden and Finland in various ways, including two concerts with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and works by Finnish and Swedish composers like Jean Sibelius, Kaija Saariaho and Anders Hillborg, amongst others. The World Orchestra for Peace will be visiting Stockholm for the first time to honour and commemorate human suffering during the Second World War. Valery Gergiev will be conducting. The final concert will see Berwald Concert Hall's own chief conductor Daniel Harding together with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir performing Verdi's Requiem.

Esa-Pekka Salonen will open the festival with the European premiere of his own violin concerto which is dedicated to the soloist of the evening, Leila Josefowicz, and has been premiered during his final concert series in Los Angeles. The programme will be completed with Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex".

The festival also presents additional concerts in Helsinki and St Petersburg as well as a "mini-festival" in Brussels.

Please find the detailed program of this year's festival below and here: http://www.pr2classic.de/newsartist.cfm?LID=1&AID=33&TASK=SINGLE&PNID=1712

Baltic Sea Festival 2009 ’Äì program

28 August, 7.30pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen ’Äì Opening concert

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Salonen: Violin Concerto (European premiere)

Stravinsky: Oedipus rex

Leila Josefowicz ’Äì Violin

Jorma Silvasti ’Äì King Oedipus

Jekaterina Gubanova ’Äì Iokaste

NN ’Äì Kreon

Stephen Milling - Teiresias

29 August, 3pm, Stockholn, Adolf Fredriks kyrka

Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra

Music by Sven-David Sandstrˆ�m and Frank Martin

29 August, 8pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Storgˆ€rds

Program TBA

30 August, 3pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen

Helsinki Philharmonic, John Storgˆ€rds

Hillborg: Exquisite Corpse

Hakola: Uruppfˆ�rande

Klami: Tseremissilˆ§inen Fantasia

Saariaho: Asteorid 4179: Toutatis

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Samulti Peltonen, Cello

31 August, 7.30pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen

Sankt-Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12

Tamulionis: Toccata diavolesca

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1

Serksnyte: De profundis

Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony for strings op 110a

Mikkel Futtrup, violin

1 September, 6pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen
Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Roland Pˆ�ntinen, Piano

1 September, 9pm, Stockholm, Storkyrkan, European Workshop for Contemporary Music

Ensemble with musicians from Poland, Germany and Russia, Szymon Bywalec

Schleiermacher: Gesang des Apsyrtos

Zubel: Cascando

Gˆ„recki: Musiquette No. 4

Zych: Kaspar Hauser's Friends

Gubajdulina: Reflections on the theme B-A-C-H

Agata Zubel, Soprano

2 September, 7.30pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen

World Orchestra for Piece, Valery Gergiev

Penderecki: New Work

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

3 September, 7.30pm, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen ’Äì Final Concert

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Daniel Harding

Verdi: Requiem

Anja Kampe ’Äì Soprano, Michelle DeYoung ’Äì Mezzo-Soprano, NN ’Äì Tenor, Michail Petrenko ’Äì Bass

Monday, May 18, 2009

Chant / Voice 2009 : horaire dˆ©taillˆ© .../ detailed schedule...

For English, see below

Chant 2009 : horaire dˆ©taillˆ© de l’Äôˆ©preuve quart de finale
(Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre Pˆ©ladeau)

Selon le tirage au sort effectuˆ© le lundi 18 mai, la direction du CMIM annonce l’Äôordre de passage des candidats et l’Äôhoraire dˆ©taillˆ© de l’Äôˆ©preuve quart de finale :

Mardi, 19 mai

1^ˆ®re sˆ©ance
13 h 30 Leslie Ann BRADLEY, soprano, Canada 14 h Leslie John FLANAGAN, baryton, Australie 14 h 30 Anthony Roth COSTANZO, contre-tˆ©nor, ˆâtats-Unis 15 h

Pause

15 h 30 Catrin Aur DAVIES, soprano, Royaume-Uni 16 h Pascale BEAUDIN, soprano, Canada

2^e sˆ©ance :
19 h 30 Elena GUSEVA, soprano, Russie 20 h Alexandre SYLVESTRE, baryton-basse, Canada 20 h 30 Stephen HEGEDUS, baryton-basse, Canada 21 h

Pause

21 h 30 Marta DE CASTRO DE LAGO, soprano, Espagne

Mercredi, 20 mai

13 h 30 Giles TOMKINS, baryton-basse, Canada 14 h Mariane LEMIEUX, soprano, Canada 14 h 30 Charlotte CORWIN, soprano, Canada 15 h

Pause

15 h 30 Byoung Nam HWANG, tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud 16 h Sharleen JOYNT, soprano, Canada

4^e sˆ©ance :
19 h 30 Irina SHISHKOVA, mezzo-soprano, Russie 20 h Falko HˆñNISCH , baryton, Allemagne 20 h 30 Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italie
21 h

Pause

21 h 30 Sidney OUTLAW, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis 22 h

Lee HEE SANG, contre-tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud

Jeudi, 21 mai

5^e sˆ©ance :

13 h 30

Seil KIM, tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud

14 h

Jegyung YANG, soprano, Corˆ©e du Sud

14 h 30

Christina TANNOUS, soprano, Canada

15 h

Pause

15 h 30

Taehyun JUN, basse, Corˆ©e du Sud

16 h

Maghan STEWART-McPHEE, soprano, Canada

16 h 30

Angela MEADE, soprano, ˆâtats-Unis

6^e sˆ©ance :

19 h 30

Kijong WI, tˆ©nor, Corˆ©e du Sud

20 h

Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada

20 h 30

Andrew GARLAND, baryton, ˆâtats-Unis

21 h

Dˆ©libˆ©rations

Le 21 mai, l'ˆ©preuve quart de finale sera suivie des dˆ©libˆ©rations du jury et de l'annonce des demi-finalistes. Le programme musical complet de chacun des candidats est disponible au http://www.www.concoursmontreal.ca

16 chanteurs seront ensuite invitˆ©s ˆÝ participer ˆÝ la demi-finale, puis 8 ˆÝ la finale. Les laurˆ©ats seront annoncˆ©s suite aux dˆ©libˆ©rations du jury, le mardi 26 mai en fin de soirˆ©e.

Demi-finale : 22 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30 et 23 mai ˆÝ 13 h 30 et ˆÝ 19 h 30 ; Salle Pierre-Mercure
Rˆ©gulier : 12 $ / ˆ©tudiant : 5 $

Finale : les 25 et 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30, Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre, Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve / Rˆ©gulier : 32,50 $ / 22,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $

Concert gala des laurˆ©ats : jeudi 28 mai, 19 h 30, Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, Alain Trudel, chef d’Äôorchestre ’Äì Avec la participation spˆ©ciale du tˆ©nor Joseph Kaiser (3e Grand prix et Prix Joseph-Rouleau en 2002) et de la mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne (4e prix en 2007)
Rˆ©gulier : 45 $ / 27,50 $ / ˆâtudiant : 10 $

Passeport CMIM
Donne accˆ®s ˆÝ toutes les ˆ©preuves du Concours et au concert gala
Rˆ©gulier : 165 $ / ˆ©tudiant : 55 $
En vente aux Jeunesses Musicales du Canada seulement : 514.845.4108, poste 221
reception@concoursmontreal.ca

Achat de billets
Salle Pierre-Mercure : 514.790.1245 / www.admission.ca
Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve : 514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, diffuseur officiel du Concours
Espace musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada, est fiˆ®re d’Äôˆ�tre le diffuseur officiel du Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al. Voici l’Äôhoraire de diffusion des diffˆ©rentes ˆ©preuves du Concours sur les ondes d’ÄôEspace musique (100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al) et sur le site d’ÄôEspace classique (Radio-Canada.ca/musique) :

- vendredi 22 mai ˆÝ 19 h 30 et samedi 23 mai ˆÝ 13 h 30 et ˆÝ 19 h 30: diffusion en direct, en son et en images, de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale sur Internet, www.radio-canada.ca/musique

- Dimanche 24 mai ˆÝ 12 h : ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Lundi 25 mai et mardi 26 mai ˆÝ 19 h : diffusion en direct de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / commentateur, Fabrizio Melano / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Mercredi 27 mai 20 h, Les Soirˆ©es classiques : ˆ©mission entiˆ®rement consacrˆ©e aux laurˆ©ats du CMIM 2009 : Entre autres au programme, diffusion du rˆ©cital donnˆ© par le laurˆ©at du 1er Prix lors de l’Äôˆ©preuve demi-finale; animation, Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer / rˆ©alisation, Michˆ®le Patry / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

- Samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 12 h : sur les ondes de CBC Radio Two, 93,5 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, et sur le site www.cbc.ca/radio2 , ˆ©mission spˆ©ciale de quatre heures prˆ©sentant les meilleurs moments du Concours; animation, Bill Richardson / rˆ©alisation, Matthew McFarlane et Kelly Rice / rˆ©alisatrice-coordonnatrice, Denise Ball / adjoint ˆÝ la production, Hayley Lapalme

- Mercredi 1 juillet, 20 h, La radio des festivals : diffusion d’Äôextraits de l’Äôˆ©preuve finale avec l’ÄôOrchestre Mˆ©tropolitain sous la direction d’ÄôAlain Trudel ; rˆ©alisation-coordination, Guylaine Picard / Espace musique, 100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

En plus de ces diffusions en direct, l’Äôˆ©preuve finale sera entendue dans plusieurs pays du monde dans le cadre des Festivals d’Äôˆ©tˆ© Euroradio, grˆ¢ce ˆÝ l’Äôassociation de la radio de Radio-Canada avec l’ÄôUnion Europˆ©enne de Radio-Tˆ©lˆ©vision.

Tous les dˆ©tails au www.concoursmontreal.ca

Le Concours Musical International de Montrˆ©al tient ˆÝ remercier ses partenaires
pour leur soutien ˆÝ son ˆ©dition 2009.

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Voice 2009 : detailed schedule of the Quarter Final round
(Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre Pˆ©ladeau)

The MIMC officially announces the candidates’Äô order of appearance for the Quarter Final round, determined by means of a random draw on May 18:

Tuesday, May 19

1^st Session:
1:30 p.m. Leslie Ann BRADLEY, soprano, Canada 2 p.m. Leslie John FLANAGAN, baritone, Australia 2:30 p.m. Anthony Roth COSTANZO, countertenor, United States 3 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m. Catrin Aur DAVIES, soprano, United Kingdom 4 p.m. Pascale BEAUDIN, soprano, Canada

2^nd Session:
7:30 p.m. Elena GUSEVA, soprano, Russia 8 p.m. Alexandre SYLVESTRE, bass-baritone, Canada 8:30 p.m. Stephen HEGEDUS, bass-baritone, Canada 9 p.m.

Break

9:30 p.m. Marta DE CASTRO DE LAGO, soprano, Spain

Wednesday, May 20

3^rd Session:
1:30 p.m. Giles TOMKINS, bass-baritone, Canada 2 p.m. Mariane LEMIEUX, soprano, Canada 2:30 p.m. Charlotte CORWIN, soprano, Canada 3 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m. Byoung Nam HWANG, tˆ©nor, South Korea 4 p.m. Sharleen JOYNT, soprano, Canada

4^th Session:
7:30 p.m. Irina SHISHKOVA, mezzo-sporano, Russia 8 p.m. Falko HˆñNISCH, baritone, Allemagne 8:30 p.m. Jennifer BORGHI, mezzo-soprano, Italy
9 p.m.

Break

9:30 p.m. Sidney OUTLAW, baritone, United States 10 p.m.

Lee HEE SANG, countertenor, South Korea

10:30 p.m.

End

Thursday, May 21

5^th Session:
1:30 p.m. Seil KIM, tenor, South Korea 2 p.m. Jegyung YANG, soprano, South Korea 2:30 p.m. Christina TANNOUS, soprano, Canada 3 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m. Taehyun JUN, bass, South Korea 4 p.m. Maghan STEWART-McPHEE, soprano, Canada 4:30 p.m.

Angela MEADE, soprano, United States

6^th Session:

7:30 p.m. Kijong WI, tenor, South Korea 8 p.m. Yannick-Muriel NOAH, soprano, Canada 8:30 p.m. Andrew GARLAND, baritone, United States 9 p.m.

Deliberation

The announcement of the sixteen semi-finalists will be made following the last quarter final session on Thursday, May 21.
The complete musical programme of each round is available at www.concoursmontreal.ca

16 singers will be chosen for the Semi-finals and 8 for the Finals. The announcement of the laureates will be made following the last final session on Thursday, May 26.

Semi-finals: May 22 at 7:30 pm and May 23 at 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Salle Pierre-Mercure Regular : 12 $ / student : 5 $

Finals: May 25 and 26 at 7:30 pm; Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain; Alain Trudel, conductor; Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve / Regular : 32,50 $ / 22,50 $ / Student : 10 $

Gala Concert: May 28 at 7:30 pm; Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain; Alain Trudel, conductor / With the special participation of tenor Joseph Kaiser (3rd Grand Prize and Joseph Rouleau Award in 2002) and mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne (4th Prize in 2007)

MIMC Pass
(All rounds and gala concert, official programme included)
Regular: $165 / Student: $55
On sale at Jeunesses Musicales of Canada only: 514.845.4108, extension 221 / reception@concoursmontreal.ca

Tickets :

Admission: 514.790.1245 / www.admission.com
Place des Arts: 514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com

Espace musique, official broadcaster
Radio-Canada’Äôs music radio network, Espace musique, is proud to be the official broadcaster of the Montreal International Musical Competition. Following is the broadcast schedule for the various rounds of the competition on Espace musique (100.7 FM in Montreal) and the Espace classique website (Radio-Canada.ca/musique):

- Friday, May 22 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, May 23 at 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm: Live audio-video webcast: www.radio-canada.ca/musique

- Sunday, May 24 at noon: special program featuring highlights from the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Commentator: Fabrizio Melano | Producer: Michˆ®le Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 25.

- Monday, May 25 and Tuesday, May 26 at 7 pm: Live broadcast of the Final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Commentator: Fabrizio Melano | Producer: Michele Patry. Online at Espace classique starting May 29.

- Wednesday, May 27 at 8 pm: Les soirˆ©es classiques, a whole show devoted to the laureates of the MIMC 2009. Programme includes a broadcast of the recital given by the 1st Prize winner during the Semi-final round. Host: Sylvia L’Äôˆâcuyer | Producer: Michˆ®le Patry.

- Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm, on CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM in Montreal) and on the Internet at www.cbc.ca/radio2: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, a 4-hour special programme of MIMC Voice 2009 highlights. Host: Bill Richardson | Producers: Matthew McFarlane and Kelly Rice | Executive Producer: Denise Ball | Production Assistant: Hayley Lapalme

- Wednesday, July 1 at 8 pm: La radio des festivals, excerpts from the Final round with the Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, conducted by Alain Trudel. Executive Producer: Guylaine Picard

In addition to these live broadcasts, the Final round will be heard internationally, thanks to Radio-Canada’Äôs partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. Starting May 19, follow Espace classique’Äôs competition blog and webcasts at Radio-Canada.ca/musique

Details: www.concoursmontreal.ca

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Cette semaine, au Festival de musique de chambre de Montrˆ©al

1er au 30 mai 2009

ˆÄ l’Äôaffiche cette semaine :

Mercredi 20 mai, 20 h
Soirˆ©e ˆÝ l’Äôopˆ©ra
Dion Mazerolle, baryton
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Denis Brott, violoncelle
James Campbell, clarinette
Paul Merkelo, trompette
Kevin Loucks, piano
Wonny Song, piano

Jeudi 21 mai, 20 h
Socalled / Stars du klezmer
Joshua Dolgin, piano, accordˆ©on, voix
Katie Moore, voix
Bronna Levy, voix
Susan Hoffman Watts, trompette, voix
Adam Passemanik, violon
Kurt Bjorling, clarinette
Eva Boodman, trompette
Eric Stein, guitare basse, mandoline
Elaine Hoffman Watts, batterie

Vendredi 22 mai, 20 h
Hommage ˆÝ Benny Goodman
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
James Campbell, clarinette
Graham Campbell, guitare
Michel Donato, contrebasse
Jim Doxas, batterie
Gene DiNovi, piano
Kevin Loucks, piano
Wonny Song, piano

Samedi 23 mai, 20 h
Souvenir de Florence
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara *
Valerie Li, Yuri Cho, violons
David Samuel, alto
Adrian Fung, violoncelle

Jonathan Crow, Rachel Barton Pine, violons
Denis Brott, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse

Premiˆ®re prestation ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

****
ˆâglise St-James
463, Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montrˆ©al / Mˆ©tro Place-des-Arts
Billetterie : 514.848.9696 / 514.489.7444
Billets : 10-15 $ (ˆ©tudiant), 18-25 $ (aˆÆnˆ©), 25-35 $ (adulte)
www.festivalmontreal.org http://www.festivalmontreal.org

Montrˆ©al, le 18 mai 2009 ’îÄ Aprˆ®s deux semaines d’Äôactivitˆ©s, le Festival a atteint sa pleine vitesse de croisiˆ®re et vogue allˆ®grement vers une troisiˆ®me semaine de concerts
d’Äôune qualitˆ© artistique sans pareille. C’Äôest un rendez-vous !

Mercredi 20 mai, 20 h
Une soirˆ©e ˆÝ l’Äôopˆ©ra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Air de Papageno, extr. de Die Zauberflˆ�te
Dion Mazerolle, baryton
Kevin Loucks, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Douze Variations en fa majeur sur Ein Mˆ§dchen oder Weibchen, extr. de Die Zauberflˆ�te, de W.A. Mozart, opus 66 (1796)
Denis Brott, violoncelle
Wonny Song, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Extrait du duo Papageno/Pamina (film)
Dorothea Rˆ�schmann et Simon Keenlyside
Covent Garden, dir. Colin Davis

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sept Variations en mi bˆ©mol majeur sur Bei Mˆ§nnern, welche Liebe fˆºhlen , extr. de Die Zauberflˆ�te de W.A. Mozart, WoO 46 (1801)
Denis Brott, violoncelle
Wonny Song, piano

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Casta Diva, extr. de Norma (1831) (film)
Maria Callas (en concert ˆÝ Paris)
Orchestre du Thˆ©ˆ¢tre National de l’ÄôOpˆ©ra de Paris dirigˆ© par Georges Sebastian

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Variations sur un thˆ®me de Norma (arr. Jean-Baptiste Arban)
Paul Merkelo, trompette
Kevin Loucks, piano

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Sempre Libera, de La Traviata (film)
Angela Gheorghiu
Covent Garden, dir. Georg Solti

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Fantaisie sur La Traviata (arr. Donato Lovreglio)
James Campbell, clarinette
Kevin Loucks, piano

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Caro Nome, extr. de Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Fantaisie sur Rigoletto (arr. Luigi Bassi)
James Campbell, clarinette
Kevin Loucks, piano

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Zum Leiden bin, air de la Reine de la Nuit, de Die Zauberflˆ�te (film)
Diana Damrau
Covent Garden, dir. Colin Davis

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Zum Leiden bin, air de la Reine de la Nuit, (arr. Paul Merkelo)
Paul Merkelo, trompette
Kevin Loucks, piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Summertime, extr. de Porgy and Bess (1935)(film)
Leontyne Price

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Summertime (arr. Frolov)
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Kevin Loucks, piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Ain’Äôt Necessarily So, de Porgy and Bess (1935)
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Dion Mazerolle, baryton

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Bess You Is My Woman, de Porgy and Bess (1935)
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Dion Mazerolle, baryton

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Habanera, de Carmen (1873-1874) (film)
Agnes Baltsa
Metropolitan Opera, dir. James Levine

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
Fantaisie sur Carmen, opus 25
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
Kevin Loucks, piano


Jeudi 21 mai, 20 h
Socalled / ˆâtoiles du Klezmer
Joshua Dolgin, piano, accordˆ©on, voix
Eva Boodman, trompette
Kurt Bjorling, clarinette
Katie Moore, voix
Adam Passemanik, violon
Eric Stein, guitare basse, mandoline
Elaine Hoffman Watts, batterie
Susan Hoffman Watts, trompette, voix
Bronna Levy, voix


Vendredi 22 mai, 20 h
Jazz et classique : centenaire de Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Mˆ©lodies de West Side Story (arr.: Felton Ripley)
Wonny Song, piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonate opus 184 (1962)
Allegro tristamente
Romanza
Allegro con fuoco
James Campbell, clarinette
Wonny Song, piano

Bˆ©la Bartˆ„k (1881-1945)
Contrastes Sz.111, BB116 (1938)
Verbunkos (danse de recrutement)
Pihenˆ„ (calme)
Sebes (danse animˆ©e)
Rachel Barton Pine, violon
James Campbell, clarinette
Kevin Loucks, piano

Rodgers & Hammerstein
Mˆ©lodies de Sound of Music
(50e anniversaire de l’Äôalbum Sound of Music, enregistrˆ© par Benny Goodman et Gene DiNovi)

Grands succˆ®s de Benny Goodman
¬… Don’Äôt be that way
¬… Stompin at the Savoy
¬… Sunnyside of the Street
¬… Sing, Sing, Sing
Gene DiNovi, piano
James Campbell, clarinette
Graham Campbell, guitare
Michel Donato, contrebasse
Jim Doxas, batterie


Samedi 23 mai, 20 h
Souvenir de Florence
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Duetto en rˆ© majeur pour violoncelle et contrebasse (1824)
Allegro
Andante molto
Allegro
Denis Brott, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Crisantemi (1890)
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara *
Valerie Li, Yuri Cho, violons
David Samuel, alto
Adrian Fung, violoncelle

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes en mi mineur (1873)
Andantino
Prestissimo
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara *

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes en mi mineur (1873)
Andantino
Prestissimo
Quatuor ˆÝ cordes Afiara *

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Sonate no3 en do majeur (1804)
Allegro
Andante
Moderato
Jonathan Crow, Rachel Barton Pine, violons
Denis Brott, violoncelle
James VanDemark, contrebasse

Piotr Ilytch TchaˆØkovski (1840-1893)
Sextuor en rˆ© mineur, opus 70 Souvenir de Florence (1890)
Allegro con spirito
Adagio cantabile e con moto
Allegretto corto moderato
Allegro con brio e vivace
Rachel Barton Pine, Jonathan Crow, violons
Marcus Thompson, David Samuel, altos
Denis Brott, Adrian Fung, violoncelles

* Premiˆ®re prestation ˆÝ Montrˆ©al

L'Opˆ©ra dans le mˆ©tro

Le mˆ©tro vous chante l'opˆ©ra italien : MˆâTROPˆâRA

Dernier ˆ©vˆ©nement de la sˆ©rie des ˆ©vˆ©nements urbains

de l'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al

en partenariat avec la Sociˆ©tˆ© de transport de Montrˆ©al

dans les stations de mˆ©tro

Le dernier ˆ©vˆ©nement de la sˆ©rie Mˆ©trOpˆ©ra prˆ©sentˆ© par l'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al, en collaboration avec la Sociˆ©tˆ© de transport de Montrˆ©al (STM) se tiendra les 19, 20 et 21 mai 2009 de 16h30 ˆÝ 17 h dans deux stations de mˆ©tro de la STM. Depuis la prˆ©sentation du premier mˆ©trOpˆ©ra (Mozart prend le mˆ©tro, mars 2006), des centaines d'usagers du mˆ©tro de Montrˆ©al se massent chaque fois pour entendre les plus beaux airs d'opˆ©ra chantˆ©s par les chanteurs professionnels de l'Atelier lyrique de l'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al. Cet ˆ©vˆ©nement urbain se greffe ˆÝ la prˆ©sentation de l'opˆ©ra Lucia di Lammermoor de Gaetano Donizetti, prˆ©sentˆ© dans le cadre de la 29^e saison de l'Opˆ©ra du 23 mai au 4 juin 2009 ˆÝ 20 h ˆÝ la salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts.

Dates et lieux des MˆâTROPˆâRAS

Mardi 19 mai, 16 h 30 ˆÝ 17 h : station Berri-UQAM

Mercredi 20 mai, 16 h 30 ˆÝ 17 h : station Place des Arts

Jeudi 21 mai, 16 h 30 ˆÝ 17 h : station Berri-UQAM

Pour la STM, ce partenariat avec l'une des plus prestigieuses institutions culturelles de Montrˆ©al tˆ©moigne de sa volontˆ© d'agrˆ©menter les dˆ©placements de ses clients en prˆ©sentant, en collaboration avec le milieu, des ˆ©vˆ©nements culturels de qualitˆ©. Pour l'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al, les ˆ©vˆ©nements mˆ©trOpˆ©ra sont en ligne avec les efforts de dˆ©mocratisation de la compagnie lyrique de permettre une plus grande accessibilitˆ© de l'opˆ©ra auprˆ®s du public.

Pour en savoir davantage : www.operademontreal.com

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Third annual Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria opens August 20 with Tan Dun as Composer in Residence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2009 GRAFENEGG MUSIC FESTIVAL

20^th August ’Äì 6^th September 2009

Rudolf Buchbinder, Artistic Director

Tan Dun, Composer in Residence

"The Festival has connected with its audience and also with musicians, including at this year's festival Nicolaj Znaider, Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit and Jean-YvesThibaudet, all of whom appeared to relish the atmosphere and the acoustics of the two halls." FINANCIAL TIMES, 4^th October 2008

London ’Äì The Grafenegg Music Festival launched in 2007 under the artistic direction of Rudolf Buchbinder, Austria's most eminent pianist. Now, with the announcement of the programme for 2009, Grafenegg has proved itself the premier location for relaxed, open-air music making, with exceptional artists. Located in glorious parklands, Grafenegg boasts a fine open-air auditorium Wolkenturm built for the purpose with a capacity of 1730, and a new 1300-seat auditorium.

The Grafenegg Music Festival is the culmination of a summer programme that opens on Friday June 19th with a Midsummer Night's Gala featuring Lang Lang and Janine Jansen. Musical Summer is a series of Saturday evening concerts, five with the Tonkˆºnstler Orchestra - Grafenegg's resident orchestra - and two each from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO). The orchestras will be resident in Grafenegg from two to four weeks. Buchbinder ’Äì who is the artistic director for both Musical Summer and for the Festival ’Äì resents the straight-jacket imposed on artists by 'themed' festivals, and consequently gives the artists that he invites carte blanche to perform the repertoire of their choice. "Our maxim is and will remain quality, and that applies to our artists just as much as it does to the programmes we offer at Grafenegg." As a performer, Buchbinder is confident of his audiences' ability to discern and the Festival's box-office receipts would seem to bear out his confidence.

Testament also to Buchbinder's strategy is the line-up for orchestras and soloists for this year's Festival. Zubin Mehta, who appeared with the Israel Philharmonic in 2007, is returning in 2009 with the Vienna Philharmonic; the London Symphony Orchestra whose first concerts at the Festival were with Valery Gergiev, are returning this year for two concerts with Sir Colin Davis, who last year conducted the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Grafenegg. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra are also returning in 2009, this time with Jonathan Nott and Matthias Goerne. New to Grafenegg are the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Sakari Oramo, the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Ivˆ°n Fischer, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Sir Roger Norrington. Also appearing are soloists Leonidas Kavakos, David Blackadder, Annette Dasch and Emanuel Ax, as well as Andreas Scholl who will be appearing with The Shield of Harmony.

The Festival opens with opera stars, Joseph Calleja and Ferruccio Furlanetto singing a programme of arias and duets, and accompanied by the Tonkˆºnstler Orchestra conducted by Andrˆ©s Orozco-Estrada, the orchestra's newly appointed chief conductor. Tonkˆºnstler's subsequent performances at the Festival include a performance of Carmina Burana conducted by outgoing chief conductor, Kristjan Jˆ§rvi (29^th August), and the final concert of the Festival, when the Festival's composer in residence Tan Dun will conduct the world premiere of his own Earth Concerto for stone and ceramic instruments with orchestra.

Oscar and Grammy winning composer Tan Dun composed Earth Concerto for stone and ceramic instruments with orchestra as the result of a commission from Grafenegg Music Festival and will conduct its premiere alongside Piano Concerto "The Fire", also written by Tan Dun, and Manuel de Falla's Suite El Amor Brujo. Earth Concerto is the third and final work of a concert trilogy, the other parts of which - Paper Concerto for paper percussion and orchestra and Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra - will be performed the previous week. Earlier on September 6^th will be a concert of Tan Dun's chamber music and a screening of his films The Map and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

In addition to the main concerts, there will be Prˆ©lude concerts on Saturdays and Sundays at 4.30pm; and pre-concert talks by eminent musicologists before each of the main concerts. In all, 15,000 tickets will be available ranging in price from ’Ǩ10 to ’Ǩ99, including access to the magnificent grounds of Grafenegg Castle any time during the day of the concert.

The completion of the 1300-seat auditorium in 2008 in a recently converted riding school completed the ’Ǩ25 million development at Grafenegg, which started in 2007 with the opening of the Wolkenturm, a 1730-seat open-air auditorium. Set in 32 hectares of landscaped gardens, Grafenegg Music Festival takes place in the grounds of Grafenegg Castle, which belongs to the family of Tassilo Metternich-Sˆ°ndor, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey. Grafenegg is in the Wachau valley - bordering the Danube ’Äì an area known for its picturesque medieval villages, and to wine connoisseurs, as the home of the Grˆºner Veltliner, a variety of grape that produces some of the world's finest white wines.

"Beyond a doubt, the Music Festival remains the highlight of Grafenegg. With the expansion of the Musical Summer we now want to put the facility to its best possible use and at the same time offer a summer residence for young, dynamic orchestras." RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Artistic Director: RUDOLF BUCHBINDER

Pianist and musical ambassador, Rudolf Buchbinder has a formidable reputation and is dedicated to the performance of what has been called the 'New Testament' in piano literature’Äîall 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven. He has played concerts featuring the complete cycle of the Beethoven Sonatas in more than 30 cities worldwide, including Berkeley, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Zurich, and Buenos Aires. He owns more than 18 complete editions of Beethoven's sonatas and has an extensive collection of autograph scores, first editions, and original documents. With a discography that extends to more than 100 recordings, Buchbinder has received numerous accolades for his performances, of which a recent highlight was a series of concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic featuring Mozart's twelve piano concertos recorded for DVD.

Venues for 2009: AUDITORIUM & OPEN-AIR STAGE "WOLKENTURM"

The new 1300 seat auditorium has been designed by Dortmund based architects Schrˆ�der Schulte-Ladbeck and compliments the open-air stage Wolkenturm (Pillar of Cloud) with which the first festival was inaugurated in 2007.

Orchestra in Residence: TONKˆúNSTLER ORCHESTRA

The Tonkˆºnstler Orchestra is one of the most important institutions of traditional Austrian musical culture, but for several years now it has also been pursuing unconventional paths into the orchestral future. As Austria's first orchestra to employ an education officer, the Tonkˆºnstler brings its special expertise to the Grafenegg Music Festival, a series of Sunday morning family education workshops ’Äì Tonspiele ’Äì designed to enable audiences to develop their own relationship with the orchestra.

"Not by chance do events take place on the grounds of Schloss Grafenegg , the ancient castle of the Metternich family. Indeed, the festival is the result of a confluence of separate but complementary interests. One is the urge of the Tonkˆºnstler Orchestra of Vienna to have a summer home. Another is the desire of the government of Lower Austria to attract tourists to the regions, which is also home to some of the country's finest wine-producing areas. Prince Tassilo Metternich-Sˆ°ndor, the family patriarch, saw possibilities for safeguarding the renovation and maintenance of the castle, a tourist attraction in its own right. When the eminent Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder signed on as artistic director, he brought with him a pipeline to top talent." INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE 5 September 2008

Complete Festival programme at www.grafenegg.at/programme/festival.

ANACAONA : les Saveurs Mˆ©tissˆ©es !

L'orchestre fˆ©minin de Cuba est composˆ© de quatorze femmes qui jouent de la musique populaire et traditionnelle cubaine avec un traitement sonore trˆ®s moderne.

Leurs talents et grˆ¢ce fˆ©minine suscitent l'intˆ©rˆ�t et l'acceptation du grand public ainsi que de la critique spˆ©cialisˆ©e qui l'ont placˆ©e parmi l'un des meilleurs orchestres de musique salsa au monde.

Anacaona a ˆ©tˆ© fondˆ©e en 1932 et entreprit une carriˆ®re musicale assez extensive jusqu'ˆÝ nos jours. Ses prˆ©sentations ˆÝ Cuba et ailleurs dans les cinq continents, ont toujours ˆ©tˆ© jalonnˆ©es par le succˆ®s.

Cet orchestre a fait peau neuve en 1987 rˆ©novant ses musiciennes, lesquelles ont su garder et continuer une trajectoire ininterrompue de plus d'un demi- siˆ®cle.

Anacaona, l'orchestre fˆ©minin de Cuba, fˆ�te ses 77 ans exaltant un patrimoine musical cubain vigoureux avec plus de 60 titres et une vaste discographie.

Billets en vente dˆ®s maintenant !

ANACAONA

Jeudis les 11, 18 et 25 juin 2009

Kola Note (5240, avenue du Parc)

Billets et infos :

Kola Note : 514-274-9339 et Admission : 514-790-1245

Informations : Mme. Ford (514) 276 5397 courrier : cubamontreal@hotmail.com

Friday, May 15, 2009

The Cleveland Orchestra appoints assistant principal trumpet and assistant principal trombone players

Music Director Franz Welser-Mˆ�st and The Cleveland Orchestra today announced the appointment of Lyle Steelman as assistant principal trumpet and Shachar Israel as assistant principal trombone of the Orchestra. Both will join The Cleveland Orchestra during the 2009 Blossom Festival season ’Äì Mr. Steelman on July 29 and Mr. Israel on August 10.

The assistant principal trumpet chair is endowed by James P. and Dolores D. Storer.

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Lyle Steelman, a Cleveland native, comes to the Orchestra from the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, where he has been principal trumpet since 2006. He has also served as a substitute trumpet for The Cleveland Orchestra since 2005. Mr. Steelman served as second trumpet of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2006. A 2001 graduate of the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, he earned a master of music degree from Southern Methodist University and was principal trumpet of the National Repertory Orchestra. He studied with James Darling, a former member of The Cleveland Orchestra, as well as with Tom Booth of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Shachar Israel is currently the principal trombone of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. From 2004 to 2008, he was the principal trombone of the Haddonfield (New Jersey) Symphony. He has performed in the Verbier and Spoleto festivals, and in 2008 won the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Tenor Trombone Competition. He has been a guest of the Canadian Brass, with whom he has also recorded, and he has been a soloist with the New York City Jupiter Symphony Players. Mr. Israel earned a bachelor’Äôs degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a master’Äôs degree from the Juilliard School, studying with Nitzan Haroz and Joseph Alessi, respectively.

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Les Saisons de Haydn, samedi 30 mai au Palais Montcalm + Saison 2009-2010

Sous la direction musicale et artistique de David Romprˆ©, le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes lance officiellement sa saison 2009-2010, une saison ¬´ allegro e maestoso! ¬ª entiˆ®rement prˆ©sentˆ©e au Palais Montcalm. Avec des tempos tour ˆÝ tour joyeux et majestueux, Les Rhapsodes proposent du jazz pour Noˆ´l, la premiˆ®re prˆ©sentation au Palais Montcalm du Requiem allemand de Brahms et la dˆ©couverte de la romance et du merveilleux de la Russie profonde, avec l'interprˆ©tation en version concert d'un opˆ©ra de Rimsky-Korsakov, La nuit de mai. L'ensemble de la saison est rˆ©alisˆ© en partenariat avec ASSURANCES ET SERVICES FINANCIERS DES AMˆâRIQUES.

Les Rhapsodes commenceront la saison le samedi 12 dˆ©cembre 2009 dans l'allˆ©gresse avec Jazzons Noˆ´l !, un Noˆ´l au rythme et aux sonoritˆ©s du jazz. Cette production bˆ©nˆ©ficie du soutien de STEAMATIC.

Le samedi 27 mars 2010, David Romprˆ© et Les Rhapsodes offriront l'un des chefs-d'‰ìuvre du romantisme allemand et un vˆ©ritable monument du chant choral, Ein deutsches Requiem de Brahms, avec la participation d'un orchestre de prˆ®s de quarante instrumentistes. Ce concert est commanditˆ© par ASSURANCES ET SERVICES FINANCIERS DES AMˆâRIQUES.

Le samedi 29 mai 2010, le public de Quˆ©bec dˆ©couvrira la romance et le surnaturel ˆÝ la russe, grˆ¢ce ˆÝ la prˆ©sentation en version concert de La nuit de mai, de Rimsky-Korsakov, avec la participation de sept chanteurs solistes. Ce concert est prˆ©sentˆ© grˆ¢ce ˆÝ l'appui de ASSURANCES ET SERVICES FINANCIERS DES AMˆâRIQUES.

Pour cette saison exceptionnelle, le Ch‰ìur sera accompagnˆ© des meilleurs instrumentistes et solistes de la rˆ©gion. Le Ch‰ìur s'est assurˆ© notamment de la participation de la soprano Luce Vachon, du tˆ©nor Guy Lessard et du baryton Marc Boucher, laurˆ©at du Prix Opus 07-08 pour le rayonnement ˆÝ l'ˆ©tranger.

Cette magnifique saison est accessible ˆÝ un prix extrˆ�mement avantageux grˆ¢ce ˆÝ la formule d'abonnement. Les abonnˆ©s ˆÝ la saison 2009-2010 des Rhapsodes bˆ©nˆ©ficieront de 50 % de rˆ©duction pour l'abonnement aux trois concerts, en plus de courir la chance de gagner deux billets d'avion aller-retour pour Paris. Les abonnements peuvent ˆ�tre souscrits en retournant le formulaire disponible ˆÝ l'adresse du Ch‰ìur, par tˆ©lˆ©phone ou sur le site Internet des Rhapsodes.L'ensemble de la saison 2009-2010 est commanditˆ© par L'INSTITUT CANADIEN DES PRODUITS PˆâTROLIERS, VOYAGES FUNTASTIQUE et HYDRO QUˆâBEC. Le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes bˆ©nˆ©ficie de l'appui du Service de la culture de la Ville de Quˆ©bec, du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quˆ©bec, de Patrimoine canadien, de Placements Culture, du ministˆ®re de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition fˆ©minine et de la Facultˆ© de Musique de l'Universitˆ© Laval.

L'oratorio Les Saisons de Haydn

Une production du Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes pour commˆ©morer le bicentenaire de la mort de Haydn.

ˆÄ guichets fermˆ©s au Palais Montcalm.

Quˆ©bec, le 14 mai 2009 - Le samedi 30 mai 2009, pratiquement deux siˆ®cles jour pour jour aprˆ®s la mort de Haydn, c'est ˆÝ guichets fermˆ©s que le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes prˆ©sente au Palais Montcalm le cˆ©lˆ®bre oratorio Les Saisons. En effet, le Palais Montcalm affiche ¬´ complet ¬ª pour ce concert-ˆ©vˆ©nement, qui rˆ©unira sur la scˆ®ne de la salle Raoul-Jobin prˆ®s de deux cents choristes et instrumentistes sous la direction de Louis Lavigueur et de David Romprˆ©.

Le 30 mai prochain, les chefs Louis Lavigueur et David Romprˆ© se partageront la direction de l'oratorio Les Saisons, prˆ©sentˆ© pour la premiˆ®re fois dans le nouveau Palais Montcalm. Le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes, l'Ensemble vocal Polymnie de Longueuil et l'Orchestre Sinfornia de Montrˆ©al joindront leur talent ˆÝ la soprano Luce Vachon, au tˆ©nor Michiel Schrey et au baryton Bernard Levasseur pour offrir au public de Quˆ©bec l'un des chefs-d'‰ìuvre de l'art vocal. Le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes, l'Ensemble vocal Polymnie de Longueuil et l'Orchestre Sinfonia de Montrˆ©al auront prˆ©sentˆ© le mˆ�me programme ˆÝ Montrˆ©al le samedi 23 mai, ˆÝ 20 h, en l'ˆâglise Saint-Jean Baptiste.

ˆÄ propos du Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes

Le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes prˆ©sente en 2009-2010 sa 48^e saison. Il compte prˆ®s de soixante-dix choristes placˆ©s sous la direction musicale et artistique de David Romprˆ© depuis 2000. Le Ch‰ìur Les Rhapsodes est reconnu comme l'un des organismes musicaux majeurs de la Capitale nationale. Il a pour mission de promouvoir l'art musical et en particulier le chant choral, de dˆ©velopper de nouveaux publics et de favoriser le dˆ©veloppement des nouveaux talents ˆÝ Quˆ©bec en engageant ˆÝ chacun des concerts de sa saison des solistes et instrumentistes professionnels de la rˆ©gion. Pour plus d'information, visitez le site Internet du Ch‰ìur, www.lesrhapsodes.com

Pour en finir avec les Brandebourgeois / The Brandenburgs completed

Jeudi 21 et vendredi 22 mai 2009
11 h et 17 h 45
Salle Tudor du magasin Ogilvy

Pour encadrer dignement les cˆ©lˆ©brations de son 25e anniversaire, I Musici de Montrˆ©al a choisi de jouer, en dˆ©but et en fin de saison, les six Concertos brandebourgeois de Bach. Les trois premiers nous ont donc ˆ©tˆ© prˆ©sentˆ©s il y a huit mois et l’Äôexˆ©cution des trois derniers conclut la sˆ©rie Ogilvy. Sous la direction de Yuli Turovsky, les trois derniers concerti seront brillamment interprˆ©tˆ©s par les solistes membres de l’ÄôOrchestre ’Äî Suzanne Careau (alto), Eleonora Turovsky (violon) ’Äî auxquels se joindront les instrumentistes Joˆ´l Thiffault (clavecin), Elvira Misbakhova (alto), Heather Howes (flˆªte) et Jean-Philippe Tanguay (flˆªte). Accompagnˆ©s de ces solistes ˆ©mˆ©rites, I Musici de Montrˆ©al dˆ©montrera la magnificence du contrepoint de Bach.

Bach et le "Margrave" de Brandebourg
En 1718, Bach rencontra Christian Ludwig, margrave de Brandebourg. Ce mˆ©lomane qui rˆ©sidait au Palais Royal de Berlin lui commanda alors quelques ‰ìuvres pour son orchestre de chambre. Trois ans plus tard, Bach lui a offert ses six ¬´ Concerts avec plusieurs Instruments ¬ª accompagnˆ©s d’Äôune dˆ©dicace flatteuse et priant son Altesse Royale ¬´ de ne vouloir pas juger leur Imperfection ¬ª. Aprˆ®s la mort du margrave, les partitions ont ˆ©tˆ© vendues pour presque rien. Les Concertos Brandebourgeois n’Äôont ˆ©tˆ© publiˆ©s qu’Äôen 1850, soit prˆ®s d’Äôun siˆ®cle aprˆ®s leur composition.

PROGRAMME

Concerto brandebourgeois no 6 en si bˆ©mol majeur, BWV 1051
Concerto brandebourgeois no 4 en sol majeur, BWV 1049
Concerto brandebourgeois no 5 en rˆ© majeur, BWV 1050

Pour en finir avec les Brandebourgeois, les jeudi 21 et vendredi 22 mai ˆÝ 11 h et 17 h 45. Un intermˆ®de musical ˆÝ savourer avant le dˆÆner ou pour dˆ©buter merveilleusement une soirˆ©e en compagnie de maestro Turovsky et d’ÄôI Musici. Salle Tudor du magasin Ogilvy. 1307, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, 5^ˆ®me ˆ©tage. Renseignements et billetterie : 514 982-6038, ou ˆÝ info@imusici.com Pour en savoir davantage sur notre prochaine 26^ˆ®me saison : www.imusici.com

The Brandenburgs completed
Thursday and Friday, May 21 and 22, 2009
11 am and 5:45 pm
Ogilvy Tudor Hall

Montrˆ©al, May 15, 2009 ’Äî As a fitting framework for its 25^th-anniversary season, I Musici de Montrˆ©al is performing all six of Bach’Äôs Brandenburg Concertos. Nos. 1-3 opened the season eight months ago; now Nos. 4-6 are heard as a closing gesture to the Ogilvy Concert Series. Under the direction of Yuli Turovsky, the core ensemble of 15 musicians will be joined by Joˆ´l Thiffault (harpsichord), Elvira Misbakhova (viola), Jean-Philippe Tanguay (flute) and Heather Howes (flute). Along with these great soloists and also soloists from its own ranks ’Äî Suzanne Careau (viola), Eleonora Turovsky (violin) ’Äî, I Musici and Yuli Turovsky will explore Bach’Äôs magnificent contrapuntal excursions.

Bach and the Margrave of Brandenburg
Sometime during 1718, Bach met Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg, who resided in the Royal Palace in Berlin. The music-loving Margrave requested from Bach some works for his court orchestra. Three years later, Bach presented him with six ’ÄúConcerts avec plusieurs Instruments’Äù along with an effusive, obsequious dedication and ’Äúbegging Your Highness most humbly not to judge their imperfection.’Äù After the Margrave's death, the Concertos were auctioned off in a miscellaneous job lot of seventy-seven pieces. The music was not published until 1850, well over a century after its composition.

PROGRAM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

The Brandenburgs completed on Thursday and Friday, May 21 and 22, 2009 at 11 am and 5:45 pm. Before a gourmet lunch or as a start to a marvellous evening ’Äì join Maestro Turovsky and I Musici in the Ogilvy Tudor Hall, 1307 Sainte-Catherine West, 5^th floor. Information and tickets: 514 982-6038 or at info@imusici.com For further information on our upcoming 26^th season: www.imusici.com

Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill et Festival de Jazz

Les Soirˆ©es jazz Upstairs, prˆ©sentˆ©es au Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill, reviennent cette annˆ©e ˆÝ tous les jours du 2 juillet au 12 juillet.

14 concerts en 11 soirs seront prˆ©sentˆ©s dˆ®s 20 h 30. Quelques concerts dˆ©buteront ˆÝ 18h30.

Helen Merrill, Sheila Jordan, Karen Young, Normand Guilbeault, Judy Wexler, Ray Anderson, Neil Cowley, Ingrid Jensen, Adrian Vedady, Yannick Rieu, Rafael Zaldivar, Fˆ©lix Stˆºssi, et plusieurs autres seront au Upstairs.

En juin, La Scena Musicale cˆ©lˆ©brera les festivals de musique classique et des arts - plus de 150 festivals !

[English version]

La Scena Musicale Mai 2009

La Scena Musicale Juin 2008

Juin est un autre mois capital pour La Scena Musicale, qui prˆ©sente son 13e numˆ©ro national annuel sur les festivals. Le deuxiˆ®me de deux numˆ©ros ˆÝ distribution pancanadienne, il paraˆÆt le 29 mai (ˆ©dition Quˆ©bec) et le 5 juin (ˆ©dition Canada anglais) et continue de fournir l’Äôinformation la plus complˆ®te pour planifier votre ˆ©tˆ© en musique au Canada, incluant notre 13e Guide annuel des festivals de musique classique et des arts ’Äì plus de 150 festivals ! Ce sera notre guide le plus ambitieux jusqu’Äôici, faisant ˆ©tat de plus de 100 festivals et 700 concerts de musique classique et de 60 festivals des arts. En outre, nous proposons des choix d’Äôˆ©vˆ©nements parmi les plus prometteurs. Pour plus d’Äôinformation sur ces guides, veuillez consulter :
http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/Festivals_09_FR.pdf (classique et arts)

En couverture, la contralto canadienne Marie-Nicole Lemieux, qui cˆ©lˆ®bre ses 10 premiˆ®res annˆ©es de la carriˆ®re. Elle revient au pays pour chanter aux festivals de Lanaudiˆ®re et de Knowlton aprˆ®s une longue annˆ©e ˆÝ l’Äôˆ©tranger. Notre couverture des festivals se poursuit avec un regard sur l’Äôaspect ˆ©conomique des festivals, dans des entrevues avec plusieurs directeurs gˆ©nˆ©raux de festivals. Un an aprˆ®s des changements majeurs ˆÝ la radio de CBC, nous demandons leur avis aux principaux intˆ©ressˆ©s. Le pianiste Alain Lefˆ®vre continue son projet Andrˆ© Mathieu et prˆ©sente le 2e concerto pour piano du compositeur. Nous nous arrˆ�tons sur la musique de Henry Purcell, qui sera cˆ©lˆ©brˆ© cette annˆ©e par le Festival Montrˆ©al Baroque. Juin sera un mois Bruckner ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, alors que ses septiˆ®me et huitiˆ®me symphonies seront jouˆ©es; LSM se penche sur le compositeur et discute des ‰ìuvres avec Raffi Armenian et Yannick Nˆ©zet-Sˆ©guin. Le CD Dˆ©couverte de juin mettra en vedette la percussionniste Marie-Josˆ©e Simard.

Les dates de tombˆ©e pour les annonces sont le 25 mai (ˆ©dition Quˆ©bec) et 29 mai (ˆ©dition Canada anglais).

Promotions:

• Annoncez dans le numˆ©ro national (deux fois la distribution normale) et ne payez que 50 % de plus.
• Annoncez en juin ET en juillet et obtenez une rˆ©duction de 25 % en juillet.

Rejoignez plus de 100 000 lecteurs avec 25 000 exemplaires distribuˆ©s ˆÝ Montrˆ©al et au Quˆ©bec et 25 000 exemplaires de plus au Canada anglais. La Scena Musicale contient des articles primˆ©s, un calendrier complet des ˆ©vˆ©nements (y compris ˆÝ la radio et la tˆ©lˆ© pour le Quˆ©bec) et des critiques de produits; les lecteurs consultent chaque numˆ©ro 4,5 fois par mois, pour un total de 450 000 consultations par mois.

Pour plus d’Äôinformation sur les tarifs et la production, voyez notre calendrier 2008-2009 ˆÝ http://ads.scena.org ou communiquez avec notre service des ventes ˆÝ 514-948-0509 ou sales@scena.org.
Pour les abonnements, appeler au 514-948-2520.

Bon ˆ©tˆ©,

Wah Keung Chan
ˆâditeur et rˆ©dacteur en chef fondateur
La Scena Musicale
La SCENA
The Music Scene

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La Scena Musicale : juin 2008

• En couverture : Marie-Nicole Lemieux

ˆâdition nationale 50,000 copies (100,000 lecteurs)

ˆâdition Quˆ©bec

• Quˆ©bec : 2 500
• Montrˆ©al : 18 500
• En kiosque : 2 000
• Abonnements : 2 000

Sortie : le 29 mai
Tombˆ©e publicitaire : le 25 mai
Maquettes : le 25 mai

ˆâdition Canada anglais

• Vancouver : 4 500
• Victoria : 2 500
• Calgary : 2 500
• Edmonton : 2 500
• Ottawa : 3 000
• Toronto : 10 000

Sortie : le 5 juin
Tombˆ©e publicitaire : le 29 mai
Maquettes : le 25 mai

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La Scena Musicale : juillet/aoˆªt 2008

50 000 lecteurs
Distribution : 25 000

• Quˆ©bec : 2 500
• Montrˆ©al : 18 500
• En kiosque : 2 000
• Abonnements : 2 000

Sortie : le 1er juillet
Tombˆ©e publicitaire : le 19 juin
Maquettes : le 22 juin

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La Scena Musicale vous invite ˆÝ Lucia di Lammermoor

Cette annˆ©e, La Scena Musicale cˆ©lˆ®bre la fˆ�te des Mˆ®res avec une invitation ˆÝ Lucia di Lammermoor de Donizetti, le 23 mai, prˆ©sentˆ© par l'Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al. Le chef-d’Äôoeuvre de Donizetti, l’Äôun des maˆÆtres du bel canto. En ˆâcosse, Lucia aime Edgardo, membre du clan ennemi, mais Enrico, le frˆ®re de Lucia, oblige sa soeur ˆÝ ˆ©pouser Arturo’Ķ Une tragique histoire d’Äôamour et de folie.

Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al
le samedi 23 mai ˆÝ 20 h
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier,
Place des Arts, Montrˆ©al
514-948-2520 / operaweekend@scena.org

Billets:

• catˆ©gorie 2 (Corbeille): 106 $ chacun. Offre spˆ©ciale : achetez deux billets de cat. 2 et vous recevrez un DVD de Lucia di Lammermoor (valeur de 40$)
• catˆ©gorie 3 (Mezzanine): 76 $ chacun.

NOTEZ: 10% de rabais pour abonnˆ©s de LSM
Voir http://www.scena.org/LaSCENACard

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Aussi, en octobre 2009:
Weekend d'opˆ©ra ˆÝ Toronto

> Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
> The Nightingale and Other Short Fables (Stravinsky), mise-en-scˆ®ne de Robert Lepage

Canadian Opera Company
Les 18 et 19 octobre 2009

1 (877) 948-2520
operaweekend@scena.org

Nombre de places limitˆ©

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Festivals

Au sujet des festivals de musique et des arts, La Scena Musicale, La SCENA et The Music Scene sont les ressources ˆÝ consulter pour trouver les festivals de musique et des arts internationaux et canadiens en 2009 (en imprimˆ© et en ligne). Les numˆ©ros suivants couvriront tous les festivals de 2009 :

• Festivals internationaux de musique classique et des arts : numˆ©ro de printemps 2009 de The Music Scene.
• Festivals canadiens de jazz, de musique du monde et folk (plus festivals internationaux de jazz) : numˆ©ro de mai 2009 de La Scena Musicale. C’Äôest un numˆ©ro national (distribution doublˆ©e ˆÝ 50 000 exemplaires) et les tarifs publicitaires sont 1,5 fois les tarifs habituels.
• Festivals canadiens de musique classique et des arts : numˆ©ro de juin de La Scena Musicale (comprenant le numˆ©ro d’Äôˆ©tˆ© 2009 de La SCENA). C’Äôest un numˆ©ro national (distribution doublˆ©e ˆÝ 50 000 exemplaires) et les tarifs publicitaires sont 1,5 fois les tarifs habituels.
• Voir http://ads.scena.org pour plus d’Äôinformation.

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Pˆ©tition pour le rˆ©tablissement du financement par le Conseil des Arts du Canada en faveur des pˆ©riodiques ˆÝ diffusion contrˆ¥lˆ©eLe Conseil des Arts du Canada, dans ses procˆ©dures de demande de subvention pour 2009, a abandonnˆ© le soutien qu'il accordait aux pˆ©riodiques ˆÝ diffusion contrˆ¥lˆ©e. Donc, La Scena Musicale (LSM), The Music Scene Ontario et La SCENA n’Äôont plus droit ˆÝ cette source de financement.

En 2007-08, le Conseil des Arts du Canada a subventionnˆ© 106 magazines d’Äôart et littˆ©raires pour un total de 2 661 900 $. D’Äôaprˆ®s nous, il faut traiter tous les pˆ©riodiques consacrˆ©s ˆÝ l’Äôart et ˆÝ la littˆ©rature de maniˆ®re juste et ˆ©quitable, ce qui signifie notamment que leurs demandes de soutien devraient ˆ�tre ˆ©tudiˆ©es par un jury. C’Äôest pourquoi La Scena Musicale a dˆ©cidˆ© de lancer une campagne visant ˆÝ faire annuler ce changement de politique.

Nous vous prions de manifester votre soutien ˆÝ l’Äôˆ©gard de tous les pˆ©riodiques d’Äôart ˆÝ diffusion contrˆ¥lˆ©e (y compris les nˆ¥tres) en signant la pˆ©tition et en la faisant circuler.

Pour en savoir plus, lisez l’Äôarticle suivant dans notre carnet Web : http://www.scena.org/blog/2009/02/le-conseil-des-arts-du-canada-ne.html

Pˆ©tition en ligne :

• Pˆ©tition en franˆßais sur Mesopinions.com
• http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/restore-canada-council-funding-to-controlled-circulation-magazines
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• Groupe sur Facebook : Restore Canada Council Funding to Controlled-Circulation Magazines

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Nouveau ˆÝ LSM Online

Nouveau: services RSS. Visitez http://www.scena.org/rss_scena.html

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Annoncez avec nous et joignez les consommateurs canadiens les plus friands de culture.

Vous voulez toucher une population aisˆ©e, informˆ©e et urbaine de 35 ans et plus, ou encore les musiciens et artistes professionnels ou ˆ©tudiants ?La Scena Musicale vous invite chez 100 000 Canadiens parmi les plus instruits, avertis en matiˆ®re de culture et de consommation. Nos lecteurs sont passionnˆ©s de musique, de danse, de thˆ©ˆ¢tre, de cinˆ©ma et d’Äôarts visuels, et ils s’Äôintˆ©ressent ˆÝ la nourriture, la mode, la dˆ©coration.Nos revues renommˆ©es La Scena Musicale, La SCENA et The Music Scene publient des articles et critiques qui font rˆ©flˆ©chir. La Scena Musicale et La SCENA sont les seules publications bilingues ˆÝ Montrˆ©al consacrˆ©es ˆÝ la musique (classique, jazz et musiques du monde) et aux arts (danse, thˆ©ˆ¢tre, cinˆ©ma et arts visuels). En plus, notre calendrier culturel est le plus complet au Canada et assure des lectures rˆ©pˆ©tˆ©es (plus de 225 000 par mois). Distribuˆ©es gratuitement dans certains foyers aisˆ©s (100 000 $ +), nos publications tiennent leur promesse. Nous sommes lus, et lus souvent.

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• 50 000 lecteurs par parution
• 675 000 lectures du magazine (3 mois) ou 225 000 lectures par mois

Profil des lecteurs

• aisˆ©s, haut niveau d'instruction, 35 ans +, mˆ©lomanes
• musiciens, artistes et ˆ©tudiants

Renseignements :

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Laissez LSM vous aider ˆÝ obtenir des prix plus concurrentiels pour vos imprimˆ©s (affiches, dˆ©pliants, brochures, programmes, etc.).Forte de ses 15 annˆ©es d’Äôexpˆ©rience en achat d’Äôoutils de marketing chez des imprimeurs de partout au pays, LSM peut vous ouvrir un accˆ®s aux meilleurs prix d’Äôimpression existants. Investissez l’Äôargent ˆ©conomisˆ© dans de meilleures surfaces publicitaires (annonces plus grandes ou mieux placˆ©es) parmi les divers produits mˆ©dias de LSM.

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La Scena Musicale/The Music Scene est un organisme de bienfaisance enregistrˆ© qui fait la promotion des arts et de la musique en publiant trois magazines et un site Web. Nous rapprochons les musicien(ne)s et les artistes avec la communautˆ© artistique, les mˆ©lomanes et les amateurs d’Äôart. Aidez-nous ˆÝ poursuivre notre travail avec un don (d'argent ou de biens) ou par du travail bˆ©nˆ©vole.Communiquer avec nous au 514-948-2520 ou ˆÝ info@scena.org

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

TD Canada Trust Family Adventures "Dance with the NAC Orchestra

Veronica Tennant and conductor Boris Brott co-host ’ÄúDance with the NAC Orchestra!’Äù the final TD Canada Trust Family Adventures concert on May 23

Ottawa (Canada) ’Äì Family audiences will be swept off their feet by a fantastic exploration of dance music in all its glory when former prima ballerina Veronica Tennant co-hosts ’ÄúDance with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’Äù led by Principal Youth and Family Conductor Boris Brott in Southam Hall on Saturday, May 23 at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon. Waltzes, minuets, tap, step, salsa, tango ’Äì you’Äôll hear them all, while an array of dancers from The School of Dance move to the beat of our great NAC Orchestra. These bilingual TD Canada Trust Family Adventures are perfect for kids 5 and up and their grown-up friends.

The concert ticket includes ’ÄúTuneTown’Äù, pre-concert activities in the NAC Foyer organized by Friends of the NAC Orchestra 45 minutes prior to each concert, beginning at 12:45 p.m. for the first concert and 2:45 p.m. for the second concert.

Please note that Ottawa Race Weekend will lead to street closures around the downtown area. See below for the Parking Advisory.

’ÄúDance with the NAC Orchestra’Äù will include musical selections from Tchaikovsky’Äôs Swan Lake and Nutcracker, Copland’Äôs Rodeo, Johann Strauss Jr.’Äôs On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Bernstein’Äôs West Side Story, Anderson’Äôs Blue Tango, and Ginastera’Äôs ’ÄúMalambo’Äù from Estancio.

The ’ÄúTuneTown’Äù activities for ’ÄúDance with the NAC Orchestra’Äù include The School of Dance providing short contemporary dance performances on the Main Lobby stage as well as stations throughout the lobby to demonstrate the ’Äúseven movements of dance’Äù; a brass instrumental ’Äúpetting zoo’Äù organized by the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy; an Ottawa Public Library book display on the theme of dance; an activity station by Music for Young Children; a craft station where children can make fans which can be used in dance; and a station where children can look at and try on different types of dance shoes.

All TD Canada Trust Family Adventures feature NACOtron presented in collaboration with Rogers Television. Five television cameras positioned on stage and in the hall capture live video images of the musicians while they are performing, and these images are projected onto a giant screen above the stage allowing the audience to watch the action in close-up.

The Ottawa Citizen is the media partner of the TD Canada Trust Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra.

Tickets for ’ÄúDance with the NAC Orchestra’Äù on Saturday, May 23 at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., including TuneTown Pre-Concert Activities, are $12.00 for children and $20.00 for adults (including GST and Facility Fee where applicable) and are on sale now at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Visit the National Arts Centre’Äôs web site at www.nac-cna.ca.

Groups of 10 and more save 15% to 20% off the regular price of tickets to NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances. To reserve your seats call 613-947-7000 ext. 384 or email grp@nac-cna.ca.

Parking Advisory

Street closures around NAC during the Ottawa Race weekend:

From 9 a.m. Friday, May 22, 2009 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 24, 2009:
Queen Elizabeth Dr. northbound (between Somerset and Laurier Bridge) from 09:00 - Traffic exiting NAC parking garage can turn right onto Laurier Ave. West
Laurier Ave. off Ramp closed onto QED

On Saturday, May 23, 2009:
Laurier Ave. (Nicholas St. to Elgin St.) 3 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Elgin St. (Laurier Ave. to Catherine St.) 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. (cross traffic allowed pre-race)
Elgin St. (Laurier Ave. to Wellington St.) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. (lane closures)
Rideau St. (Elgin St. to Sussex Dr.) 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. (lane closures)
Colonel By Dr. (Daly St. to Bronson Ave.) 4 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Queen Elizabeth Dr. (Preston St. to NAC) 4 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. closed from Somerset St. W. to NAC (all weekend)

Traffic exiting NAC parking garage will be redirected to Albert Street exit all-day Sat.
Drive through traffic from the Box Office will be allowed to go into the garage at Canal entrance and to exit at Albert Street.
Traffic will be permitted to cross Elgin St. at Slater and Albert except for a short period of time.
Note that parking at the World Exchange Plaza Garage on Metcalfe is free on weekends.

Au Gesˆ¼, ne manquez pas JODY HEGEL, Rˆ©sidence de crˆ©ation en danse ,17 bancs (la derniˆ®re ligne droite), 28 mai 2009 (18 h)

Le Gesˆ¼ est heureux de prˆ©senter 17 bancs (la derniˆ®re ligne droite) de la danseuse et chorˆ©graphe Jody Hegel, coup de pouce du Festival Vue sur la Relˆ®ve 2008. Il s'agit ici du rˆ©sultat de cinq mois de recherche et crˆ©ation en rˆ©sidence dans l'ˆ©glise du Gesˆ¼. Ce "work in progress" sera suivi par un ˆ©change avec le public.

Ce qu'il faut retenir :

JODY HEGEL
Rˆ©sidence de crˆ©ation en danse
17 bancs (la derniˆ®re ligne droite)
28 mai 2009 (18 h) - ˆâglise du Gesˆ¼, 1202 ,rue de Bleury
Contribution volontaire

International Organ Festival: RCCO Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Royal Canadian College of Organists

Celebrates 100^th Anniversary

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL

June 28-July 2, 2009 in Toronto

The King of Instruments reigns over Toronto from June 28^th to July 2^nd, 2009, as the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) celebrates its 100^th anniversary. To pay tribute to Canada’Äôs superb tradition of organ music and organ building, the venerable institution proudly serves up a majestic series of events under the banner of the International Organ Festival. In doing so, the RCCO - Canada’Äôs oldest extant musicians’Äô association - joins with the American Guild of Organists (AGO) to mark the International Year of the Organ 2008-2009. ’ÄúThe International Organ Festival is a glorious festival for a glorious instrument,’Äù comments Mark Toews, chair of the RCCO Centenary Celebrations. The unique celebration comprises an array of concerts featuring outstanding Canadian, European and American artists, premiere performances of newly commissioned works, many public events including liturgical services, a family concert and an organ competition, as well as a convention that will bring over 300 organists, musicologists, organ builders from all over the world to Toronto.

Highlights include a magnificent concert by the world-famous organist Dame Gillian Weir and Canada’Äôs own Rachel Laurin performing at Metropolitan United Church (on Canada’Äôs largest pipe organ) with orchestra under the baton of Raffi Armenian; recitals by prominent Canadian organists such as Ken Cowan, Patrick Wedd, Jonathan Oldengram and Rachel Laurin, France’Äôs Thierry Eschaich, Craig Humber (Newfoundland/Austria) and James David Christie (U. S.). With performances by some of Canada’Äôs finest choral groups such as the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, the Exultate Chamber Singers, the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, the Elmer Iseler Singers with True North Brass and Toronto’Äôs sensational a cappella group Soul Influence, plus a variety of worship services including High Mass at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene (music of Healey Willan), the RCCO is pulling all the stops to offer dazzling experiences for all music lovers. The Festival also provides a fabulous opportunity to explore and visit many notable and historic Toronto venues and organs and to celebrate the rich history of the RCCO.

Founded in 1909 as the Canadian Guild of Organists, the RCCO is Canada's oldest musicians' association. Today, the RCCO is a nationwide interdenominational community of professional and amateur organists, church musicians, choral conductors, and others sharing an interest in the organ and church music.

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL

Toronto, June 28-July 2, 2009 - See detailed schedule below

For more details, please visit: http://www.rcco2009.ca

Or call 289-314-5600

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL

Toronto, June 28-July 2, 2009

These Festival events are FREE and open to the public:

Saturday, June 27

10:00 am: Organ Competition Semi-Finals at the Church of the Holy Trinity

10 Trinity Square (Eaton Square)

Sunday, June 28

3:45 pm: Organ recital by Andrei Streliaev at St. James Cathedral, 65 Church Street

6:15 pm: Organ recital by Yoon Park at St. Thomas's Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street

Monday, June 29

4:30 pm: Festival Service featuring Elmer Iseler Singers (Lydia Adams, conductor), True North Brass & Paul Halley at St. James Cathedral, 65 Church Street

5:45 pm: Change ringing by the Cathedral Guild of Change Ringers on the lawn of St. James Cathedral

Tuesday, June 30

4:00 pm: Organ Recital by Isabelle Demers at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square

4:30 pm: RCCO Convocation at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square

7:45 pm: Carillon Recital by Gerald Martindale on the lawn of Metropolitan United Church,

56 Queen Street East

Wednesday, July 1

9:30 AM: Carillon Recital by Michael Hart at Soldier's Tower on the lawn of Hart House,

7 Hart House Circle (Queens Park)

1:30 pm: Organ Competition Finals at Lawrence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview Avenue

Thursday, July 2

4:30 pm: Organ Recital by Patrick Wedd, followed by High Mass at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, 477 Manning Avenue

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL

Toronto, June 28-July 2, 2009

FESTIVAL TICKETED EVENTS

Sunday, June 28

8:15 pm: Organ recital by Matthew Coons followed by Songs of the Soul: Creation's Rainbow of Hope! with Soul Influence at Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East $10

Monday, June 29

1:00 pm: Organ Recital by Craig Humber at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe Street $15/10*

8:15 pm: Organ Recital by Rachel Laurin at St. Paul's Anglican Church, 227 Bloor Street East $20/15*

Tuesday, June 30

11:15 am: Organ Recital by James David Christie at Our Lady of Sorrows Church,

3055 Bloor Street West $15/10*

2:00 pm: Organ Recital by Jonathan Oldengarm followed by Choral Concert by Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (Ivars Taurins, conductor) St. Paul's Basilica, 83 Power Street $20/15*

8:15 pm: Gala Concert for Organ & Orchestra featuring Dame Gillian Weir, Rachel Laurin and Raffi Armenian, conductor at Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East $35/25*

Wednesday, July 1

10:00 am: Family Concert featuring Ryan Jackson and Giles Bryant at

Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, 31 Kings College Circle

$5/children 12 and under; $10/adults; $20/ family

11:30 am: Canada Day Choral Concert by Nathaniel Dett Chorale (Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor) at Knox Presbyterian Church, 630 Spadina Avenue $20/15*

Thursday, July 2

1:30 pm: Choral & Organ Concert with Thierry Escaich & Exultate Chamber Singers (John Tuttle, conductor) at St. Paul's Anglican Church, 227 Bloor Street East $20/15*

8:15 pm: Organ Recital by Ken Cowan at All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church,

2850 Bloor Street West $20/$15*

* Specially priced for students & seniors

OSM Concert in Santa Monica, California

Seven OSM musicians in concert

at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California

under the direction of Kent Nagano

The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is pleased to announce that the seven musicians in the Orchestra who took part in the tour to Nunavik in September 2008 will be presenting a new concert under the direction of Kent Nagano on Saturday, May 16. Marianne Dugal (violin), Jacques Lavallˆ©e (percussions), Brian Robinson (basse), Mathieu Harel (bassoon), Alain Desgagnˆ© (clarinet), James Box (trombone) and Paul Merkelo (trumpet) will be playing at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California, in the company of throat singers Taqralik Partridge and Evie Mark. The Broad Stage, an intimate venue for 500 spectators inaugurated in 2005, is a one-of-a-kind setting for concerts, visual-art exhibits, dance recitals, stage works, chamber-music performances and poetry readings. The chairman of the board is Dustin Hoffman, a graduate of Santa Monica College.

The ensemble will revisit Stravinsky’Äôs The Soldier’Äôs Tale. The text, presented this time in English, will be narrated by James Cromwell, who has latterly been seen in the films W (playing George Bush, Sr.) and The Queen (in the role of Prince Philip). The Devil will be played by Hattie Winston and the Soldier by Jordan Belfi. Directing duties have been assigned to William Friedkin, director of the movies The Exorcist, Cruising, Deal of the Century and To Live and Die in L.A., among others, and winner of an Oscar in 1971 for The French Connection. Alexina Louie’Äôs Take the Dog Sled, a work commissioned for the musicians’Äô Far North tour, will also be performed. That piece, inspired by Inuit culture, is scored for seven musicians and two throat singers, Evie Mark and Taqralik Partridge. The program will be completed by the Bach Chaconne (performed by violinist Marianne Dugal) and Stockhausen’Äôs In Freundschaft (for solo bassoon, performed by Mathieu Harel).

The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is presented by Hydro-Quˆ©bec

Anne-Marie McDermott Two Premieres

"FREE FOR ALL AT TOWN HALL" OPENS ITS SEVENTH SEASON

WITH A PERFORMANCE BY PIANIST ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 AT 5PM

PROGRAM INCLUDES THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CHARLES WUORINEN'S FOURTH PIANO SONATA AND THE NEW YORK PREMIERE

OF CLARICE ASSAD'S "WHEN ART SHOWED UP"

SERIES FILLS TWO GAPS, BEGINNING JUST WHEN OTHERS ARE ENDING, AND BEING FREE TO THE PUBLIC

The 2009 "Free For All at Town Hall" series will open on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at 5 p.m. with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performing a solo recital that includes the

world premiere of Charles Wuorinen's Fourth Piano Sonata, which was written for Ms. McDermott; the New York premiere of Clarice Assad's "When Art Showed Up;" and three Haydn piano sonatas, in honor of the 200^th anniversary of the death of the composer.

Ms. McDermott, with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, performed the inaugural concert of "Free For All at Town Hall" in 2003. The series, described in The New Yorker as "the price-is-right concert series," is now in its seventh year of providing New York audiences with high quality, free concerts.

The May 31 program is as follows:

Haydn: Piano Sonata Hob. XVI: 40, in G Major

Haydn: Piano Sonata Hob. XVI: 20, in c minor

Charles Wuorinen: Fourth Piano Sonata (World Premiere)

Intermission

Haydn: Piano Sonata Hob. XVI: 52, in E-Flat Major

Clarice Assad: "When Art Showed Up" (New York Premiere)

Rounding out the 2009 "Free For All at Town Hall" series of concerts on Sunday, June 14, at 2 p.m. will be Hilary Hahn in her only New York recital this season. Ms. Hahn will perform works by Brahms, Bartˆ„k, Ives and Ysaˆøe.

"Free For All at Town Hall" concludes the series with an all-Schubert program performed by the esteemed Emerson String Quartet on Sunday, June 21, at 5 p.m.

The Town Hall is located near Times Square at 123 West 43^rd Street (between 6^th Avenue and Broadway). Tickets to all "Free for All" concerts are available only on the day of the concert, at the Town Hall Box Office, starting at noon. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, limit two to a customer, no reservations.

About Anne-Marie McDermott

A fearless elegance surrounds pianist Anne-Marie McDermott as she has proven to be a force to reckon with, exuding an approachable confidence that showcases her versatility and sophistication seen in her solo performances as well as chamber music ensembles. She has a versatile career encompassing over 100 concerts each year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music performances. Her repertoire choices are eclectic, spanning works from Bach and Haydn to Prokofiev and Scriabin, to Kernis, Hartke, Tower and Wuorinen.

McDermott debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1997 under Christian Thielemann and has since appeared with the orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Pittsburgh, and Seattle. In the 2008-2009 season, McDermott will perform with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Alabama Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players, and tour with the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

McDermott was named an Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1995. She continues her long standing collaboration with violinist, Nadja Salerno- Sonnenberg, including a CD titled "LIVE" released on the NSS label. McDermott also continues her collaboration with Opus One, a piano quartet with Ida Kavafian, Peter Wiley and Steven Tenenbom.

McDermott is the Artistic Director of the Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curacao, Dutch Antilles, as well as the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival.

A winner of the Young Concert Artists Auditions, McDermott was also the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Development Award, the Andrew Wolf Memorial Chamber Music Award, the Joseph Kalichstein Piano Prize, the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, the Bruce Hungerford Memorial Prize, and the Mortimer Levitt Career Development Award for Women Artists.

McDermott has recorded the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas, which has just been released in a 3-CD set by Bridge Records. She has also recorded Bach's English Suites and Partitas (named Gramophone Magazine's Editor's Choice), and Gershwin's Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony and Justin Brown (also named Gramophone Magazine's Editor's Choice).

McDermott began playing the piano at age 5. By 12 she had performed the Mendelssohn Concerto in g minor with the National Orchestral Association at Carnegie Hall. She studied at the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student with Dalmo Carra, Constance Keene and John Browning..

About Charles Wourinen

Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938, New York) is one of the world's leading composers. His many honors include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize (the youngest composer to receive the award). His compositions encompass every form and medium, including works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, soloists, ballet, and stage. His newest works include "Time Regained," a fantasy for piano and orchestra for Peter Serkin, James Levine and the MET Opera Orchestra; Second Piano Quintet for Peter Serkin and the Brentano Quartet; Eighth Symphony for the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and the Fourth Piano Sonata, a 17-minute work in four movements, commissioned by Anne-Marie McDermott for premiere on "Free for All at Town Hall." His earlier piano sonatas are the Third written for Alan Feinberg in 1986; the Second written for Jeffrey Swann in 1976; and Sonata (1969) written for Robert Miller. His next project is an opera on Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain."

About Clarice Assad

Clarice Assad is a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist.

A native of Rio de Janeiro, Clarice Assad was born into one of Brazil's most famous musical families (she is the daughter of Sergio Assad, one of today's preeminent guitarists and composers), and has performed professionally since the age of seven. Formal piano studies began with Sheila Zagury in Brazil; she then studied with Natalie Fortin and had additional instruction in jazz and Brazilian piano under the tutelage of Leandro Braga.

As a composer, her works have been published in France (Editions Lemoine), Germany (Trekel), and in the United States (Virtual Artists Collective Publishing), and have been performed in Europe, South America, the United States and Japan. Miss Assad's works often have a thematic core, and explore the physical and psychological elements of the chosen story, object or concept.

About "Free For All at Town Hall"
"Free For All at Town Hall" is a production of Twin Lions, Inc., a non-profit concert production company founded by Omus Hirshbein and Jacqueline Taylor. Their goal is to present great musicians in concerts that are free to the public in spaces that are good for both the music and the audience.

The inspiration for this venture came from Ms. Taylor's experience directing a project at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center called "Beethoven 2000." To celebrate the year 2000, the Chamber Music Society presented the Orion String Quartet performing all of Beethoven's string quartets in six concerts. As a gift to the City of New York, the concerts were free. "People thought I was crazy," commented Ms. Taylor. "After all, it is relatively easy to sell the Beethoven String Quartets at Lincoln Center in New York City, so why give them away?" The answer came when the public arrived to pick up their tickets. Four thousand tickets were given away in under two hours, with the line at Alice Tully Hall stretching from Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue.

Twin Lions, Inc. chose to begin in New York's Town Hall - a McKim, Mead and White building completed in 1921 - for several reasons: one, because they believe it to be one of New York City's finest acoustical spaces; and second, the size of the hall (1,500 seats) would allow them to have large audiences. But, perhaps most important, is Town Hall's history. For a long time it was the place for an important young musician to make their New York debut. The list of people who have performed there is staggering, including Marian Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Igor Stravinsky, to name only a few.

For listings

"FREE FOR ALL AT TOWN HALL"

ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT, piano

Sunday, May 31 at 5 p.m.

The Town Hall

123 West 43^rd Street (between 6^th Avenue and Broadway)

New York, NY 10036

Tickets to all "Free for All" concerts are available only on the day of the concert, at the Town Hall Box Office, starting at noon. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, limit two to a customer; no reservations.

"FREE FOR ALL AT TOWN HALL"

HILARY HAHN, violin

Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m.

The Town Hall

123 West 43rd Street (between 6^th Avenue and Broadway)

New York, NY 10036

Tickets to all "Free for All" concerts are available only on the day of the concert, at the Town Hall Box Office, starting at noon. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, limit two to a customer; no reservations.

"FREE FOR ALL AT TOWN HALL"

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Sunday, June 21 at 5 p.m.

The Town Hall

123 West 43rd Street (between 6^th Avenue and Broadway)

New York, NY 10036

Tickets to all Free for All concerts are available only on the day of the concert, at the Town Hall Box Office, starting at noon. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, limit two to a customer; no reservations.

Dr. Mohan Agashe : Invitation MAY 24 2009

Festival Accˆ®s Asie et Centre culturel Kabir prˆ©sentent

*Un aprˆ®s-midi avec Dr MOHAN AGASHE*
Cˆ©lˆ®bre personnage du cinˆ©ma et de thˆ©ˆ¢tre indien

Et

*'VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL' *
La premiˆ®re de ce film ˆÝ Montrˆ©al (avec Dr Mohan Agashe)

*DˆâTAILS DE L'ˆâVˆâNEMENT:

Cet ˆ©vˆ©nement se dˆ©roulera en anglais
*
DIMANCHE 24 MAI 2009 @ 14H00
14H00 : Exposition du film 'VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL'
16H00: Discours de Dr Mohan Agashe

Universitˆ© Concordia
Cinˆ©ma De Sˆ®ve, 1400 boul. De Maisonneuve O.

*Admission: Sans frais (dons acceptˆ©s)*

*VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL* Un film de Umesh Kulkarni.
Dans le petit village de Kusavde, un taureau sauvage s'ˆ©chappe !
Restreindre ce taureau dˆ©montrerait le pouvoir des villageois. Bientˆ¥t,
toutes sortes de gens, les officiers de la forˆ�t, des prˆ�tres et des
femmes folles incluses, se mettent ˆÝ la tˆ¢che de comprendre et de
contrˆ¥ler ce taureau. Une allˆ©gorie amusante et hilarante qui explore la
condition humaine avec la sensibilitˆ© et la perspicacitˆ©. /Presentˆ© en
Marathi, avec des sous-titres en anglais./

Faites connaissance avec la production thˆ©ˆ¢trale multimˆ©dia de Dr Mohan
Agashe
'VIVA CONFUSION' sera prˆ©sentˆ©e le 6 juin 2009 ˆÝ Montrˆ©al ! Voir :
vivaconfusion.com
/
Prˆ©sentˆ© avec l'appui de :
L'Ambassade de l'Inde (Ottawa)
Marathi Mahal/

Festival Accˆ®s Asie and Centre Culturel Kabir Proudly Present

*AN AFTERNOON WITH Dr. MOHAN AGASHE*
Award-Winning Indian Stage & Film Actor
&
* 'VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL'*
The Montreal Film Premiere [featuring Dr. Mohan Agashe]

*EVENT DETAILS:*
SUNDAY MAY 24th 2009 @ 2pm
2pm ’Äì Film Screening: ' VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL'
4pm ’Äì Talk by Dr. MOHAN AGASHE

Concordia University
De Sˆ®ve Cinema, 1400, boul. de Maisonneuve

*A FREE EVENT! *
[Donations welcome]

*VALU ’Äì THE WILD BULL* A film by Umesh Kulkarni.
In the small village of Kusavde, a wild bull is on the loose!
Restraining the bull becomes an opportunity to prove one's power amongst
the villagers and soon, everyone from forest officers to priests and
madwomen are struggling to understand and control the Bull. An amusing
and hilarious allegory that explores, with sensitivity and insight, the
human condition. Presented In Marathi w/ English subtitles.

Learn about Dr. MOHAN AGASHE'S Multi-Media Theatrical Production ’Äì
'VIVACONFUSION'
to be presented June 06 2009 in MONTREAL.
VISIT: vivaconfusion.com

/Presented with support from:
The High Commission of India (Ottawa)
Marathi Mahal/

info@accesasie.com
www.accesasie.com

Go to COC.CA to become a Diva for a Day

The Canadian Opera Company’Äôs popular Diva for a Day contest gives one lucky winner the opportunity to be wined, dined and pampered ’Äì Japanese style ’Äì with a grand prize package valued at $4,000.

The COC’Äôs interactive contest, which closes at midnight on May 25, invites users to take a cyber journey to the new, eye-catching Madama Butterfly Historical Journey. Visitors travel behind-the-scenes through the COC archives and discover the making of this production of Madama Butterfly. Once the journey is complete, contestants must correctly answer five COC-related questions to be randomly selected to win one of 12 diva-worthy prize packs.

One Grand Prize Package includes:

¬… Grand Ring level seats with on-air personality Alexa Petrenko to the opening night performance of Madama Butterfly

¬… An invitation to the Madama Butterfly opening night cast party

¬… Accommodations, dinner and breakfast for two at Hilton Toronto

¬… A complimentary limousine return trip courtesy of Rosedale Livery

¬… Dinner for two at Yuzu Sushi and Sake Bar

¬… A LI’ÄôTYA Kodo body massage treatment at Elmwood Spa

¬… And much more’Ķ

One Second Prize Package:

¬… A CD/DVD gift package valued at $500 courtesy of Decca

Ten Third Prize Packages:

¬… A 15-disc compilation Puccini: The Great Opera Collection, courtesy of Decca

Presented in partnership with Classical 96.3 FM, the contest closes at midnight on May 25, 2009.

For contest details and entry visit www.coc.ca .

Les amours de Ronsard - Les Idˆ©es heureuses - Samedi 16 mai 17h30

Concert Les Amours de Ronsard le samedi 16 mai 2009 ˆÝ 17 h 30 ˆÝ l'ˆâglise anglicane Saint-Georges

sous la direction de Natalie Michaud

Montrˆ©al, le 27 avril 2009 ’Äî Le samedi le 16 mai 2009 ˆÝ 17 h 30, Les Idˆ©es heureuses prˆ©sente le concert Les Amours de Ronsard ˆÝ l'ˆâglise anglicane Saint-Georges sous la direction artistique de Natalie Michaud. Ce concert carte blanche est une invitation ˆÝ redˆ©couvrir la poˆ©sie lyrique de cet auteur et se baigner dans l'univers musical de la Renaissance parisienne. L'ensemble sera formˆ© d'un quatuor vocal, un quatuor de flˆªtes ˆÝ bec, un luth et un orgue. Un entretien avec Denis Grenier, historien de l'art, prˆ©cˆ®de l'ˆ©vˆ©nement ˆÝ 16 h 30.

ENTRETIEN

En premiˆ®re partie, de 16 h 30 ˆÝ 17 h 15, Natalie Michaud reˆßoit Denis Grenier qui commentera quelques tableaux de peintres reprˆ©sentatifs de cette deuxiˆ®me moitiˆ© du XVI^e siˆ®cle en France. Il tracera un portrait de l'ˆ©poque ˆÝ laquelle ces toiles ont ˆ©tˆ© rˆ©alisˆ©es en soulignant leurs liens avec la littˆ©rature et la musique.

PROGRAMME

Quoi de mieux que la musique pour accompagner les mots amoureux de Ronsard, un poˆ®te perˆßu ¬´ comme tendrement exaltˆ© par la certitude de la fragilitˆ© de toute chose ¬ª^[1]. Sa poˆ©sie est reconnue comme ˆ©tant empreinte d'une gravitˆ© ˆ©mouvante et d'une grˆ¢ce ˆ©picurienne. Entre 1552 et 1600, plus de 200 poˆ®mes de Ronsard ont ˆ©tˆ© mis en musique par plus de 30 compositeurs. VoilˆÝ un trˆ®s bel exemple du caractˆ®re commercial et littˆ©raire propre ˆÝ la production musicale en cette deuxiˆ®me partie du XVI^e siˆ®cle !

Dans ce programme, Les Idˆ©es heureuses puise dans ce rˆ©pertoire peu connu des compositeurs tels Roland de Lassus, Guillaume Boni, Franˆßois Regnard, Jean de Castro et Antoine Bertrand. Ces douces musiques amoureuses sont ponctuˆ©es de piˆ®ces instrumentales ainsi que de musiques folkloriques ˆ©cossaises, pour illustrer le passage du jeune Ronsard en Angleterre et en ˆâcosse. Une seule piˆ®ce religieuse figure au programme, le Requiem de Jacques Mauduit ˆ©crit pour les funˆ©railles de Ronsard en 1585. L'‰ìuvre est perdue, sauf un court extrait, vestige de funˆ©railles grandioses, sans prˆ©cˆ©dent en France, qui nous rappelle combien le ¬´ prince des poˆ®tes ¬ª fut cˆ©lˆ©brˆ© et apprˆ©ciˆ© par ses contemporains.

NATALIE MICHAUD

Flˆªtiste et pˆ©dagogue, Natalie Michaud s'associe en 1990 ˆÝ la sociˆ©tˆ© de musique baroque Les Idˆ©es heureuses au sein de laquelle elle se fait remarquer par ses programmes colorˆ©s et poˆ©tiques. Parmi ses plus rˆ©centes rˆ©alisations, ˆÝ forte tendance Renaissance, on compte entre autres Promenade ˆÝ Munich, La Fontaine, poˆ®te et musicien, Promenade ˆÝ Naples, programme qui a reˆßu un prix pour le Meilleur concert baroque du Conseil quˆ©bˆ©cois de la musique, ainsi que Chansonnier d'une presque reine ’Äì musique vers 1500 et Quattrocento amoureux ’Äì musique du XV^e siˆ®cle. Natalie Michaud enseigne la flˆªte ˆÝ bec et la musique de chambre ˆÝ l'Universitˆ© McGill. Elle est bien connue dans les acadˆ©mies d'ˆ©tˆ© telles CAMMAC et Amherst Early Music Festival et est membre des conseils d'administration de la sociˆ©tˆ© Early Music America et du Concours International de flˆªte ˆÝ bec de Montrˆ©al.

DENIS GRENIER

Formˆ© dans les sciences, puis en histoire de l¬¥art, Denis Grenier est passionnˆ© de musique de la Renaissance et du baroque, pˆ©riodes correspondant ˆÝ ses activitˆ©s au sein du dˆ©partement d¬¥histoire de l¬¥Universitˆ© Laval. Responsable de l¬¥iconographie du label Alpha, il y fait les commentaires sur les ‰ìuvres d¬¥art ornant les pochettes des CD de la collection ut pictura musica, ainsi nommˆ©e ˆÝ son instigation. Depuis 1995, il est producteur de l'ˆ©mission de radio dominicale hebdomadaire Continuo, sur les ondes de CKRL de 8 h ˆÝ 11 h. Cette ˆ©mission est consacrˆ©e ˆÝ la musique ancienne, qu¬¥il aborde comme un esthˆ®te, sensible ˆÝ la variˆ©tˆ© des donnˆ©es culturelles europˆ©ennes, et ˆÝ la diversitˆ© de leurs expressions.

ˆâGLISE SAINT-GEORGES

L'ˆ©glise anglicane Saint-Georges, situˆ©e en face de la Place du Canada, occupe son emplacement actuel depuis 1870. Cette jolie ˆ©glise est un magnifique exemple du style nˆ©ogothique qui combine des ˆ©lˆ©ments du style anglais et franˆßais. L'ˆ©glise Saint-Georges porte le nom du saint patron de l'Angleterre. Son extˆ©rieur de grˆ®s sculptˆ© cache un intˆ©rieur dˆ©nuˆ© de colonnes de support et revˆ�tu de boiseries anglaises traditionnelles qui ornent le ch‰ìur de la chapelle. La tapisserie provient de l'abbaye de Westminster et avait servi au couronnement de la reine Elizabeth II.

LES IDˆâES HEUREUSES

Fondˆ© en 1987, Les Idˆ©es heureuses a produit plus de 100 concerts dans sa sˆ©rie rˆ©guliˆ®re au centre-ville de Montrˆ©al. Une centaine d'autres concerts ont ˆ©tˆ© diffusˆ©s dans les maisons de la culture de l'ˆÆle de Montrˆ©al, aux ˆâtats-Unis, ainsi que, depuis 2004, dans les plus importants festivals de musique baroques europˆ©ens (Bruges, Bruxelles, Ambronay, Pontoise, Picardie, Modena, etc.). Placˆ© sous la direction artistique et musicale de Geneviˆ®ve Soly, Les Idˆ©es heureuses se distingue par sa recherche de rˆ©pertoire baroque inˆ©dit, interprˆ©tˆ© devant un public sˆ©duit par la redˆ©couverte et par ses concerts commentˆ©s.

LE JEUNE PUBLIC

Ce concert est ouvert gratuitement au jeune public de moins de 18 ans. Les activitˆ©s jeune public sont rendues possibles grˆ¢ce ˆÝ la Fondation EJLB, la Fondation du Grand Montrˆ©al et le Conseil des Arts du Canada.

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE ET INTERPRˆàTES
Direction artistique Natalie Michaud

Marie Magistry, soprano
Josˆ©e Lalonde, alto
Michel Lˆ©onard, tˆ©nor
Normand Richard, basse

Sylvain Bergeron, luth
Geneviˆ®ve Soly, orgue
Natalie Michaud, Sophie Lariviˆ®re,
Femke Bergsma, Vincent Lauzer, consort de flˆªtes ˆÝ bec

Rafik Samman, percussion

INFORMATIONS
ˆâglise anglicane Saint-Georges - 1101, rue Stanley (coin de la rue De La Gauchetiˆ®re et rue Peel), Montrˆ©al
Billets : rˆ©gulier : 30 $ - aˆÆnˆ© (65 ans et plus) : 25 $ - ˆ©tudiant : 10 $ - gratuit pour les moins de 18 ans
Rˆ©servation : 514 843 5881 - www.ideesheureuses.ca

DIFFUSION

Ce concert sera enregistrˆ© et prˆ©sentˆ© ultˆ©rieurement ˆÝ l'ˆ©mission Les Soirˆ©es classiques animˆ©e par Michel Keable sur les ondes d'Espace Musique (100,7 FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al). Il sera ˆ©galement disponible pour ˆ©coute sur demande sur la webradio : radio-canada.ca/espaceclassique

PSO Closes Robert Moody’Äôs Inaugural Season at Season Finale Concert, June 9

PSO Closes Robert Moody's Inaugural Season at Season Finale Concert, June 9

PORTLAND, Maine ’Äì For a thrilling finale to his inaugural season, Music Director Robert Moody leads Rites and Rhythms featuring the virtuosity of the Portland Symphony Orchestra's members, and a unique "sonic travelogue" uniting symphony orchestra with African drumming and dancing. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 at Merrill Auditorium.

Rites and Rhythms opens with Bˆ©la Bartˆ„k's Concerto for Orchestra. Widely considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, Bartˆ„k was an accomplished pianist from a very young age. Concerto for Orchestra was the composer's final completed work and combines elements of Western classical and Europeam folk music. The piece is called a concerto rather than a symphony because each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuosic way.

The headlining piece of the evening, James DeMars' Sabar: Concerto for Senegalese Drums & Orchestra was composed in 2000 on a commission from the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, and was first performed by that orchestra under the direction of Robert Moody in 2001. American composer DeMars wrote Sabar "for the purpose of creating a work that would integrate the musicians of two cultures to celebrate a new millennium." The Arizona Republic called the piece, "’Ķa sonic travelogue, that was stunningly entertaining as well as culturally engaging." Guest drummers Mark Sunkett, Sonya Branch, Medoune Gueye and Abdou Kounta, as well as an ensemble of traditional Senegalese dancers, will join the symphony for this unique season finale.

Sponsored by JetBlue Airways and generously underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Glickman, the PSO's performance of Sabar is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with a Concert Conversation led by Maestro Moody at 6:15 p.m. in the Rehearsal Hall. A radio broadcast of the performance can be heard on Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) on July 29 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets range from $17-$65 and are sold through PortTix at (207) 842-0800 or www.porttix.com, and new this year, the website offers real-time online seat selection. Phone and internet orders are subject to $5-per-ticket handling fees. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office at 20 Myrtle St., Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. For complete season information, including artist biographies and program notes, visit www.portlandsymphony.com.

World premiere of R. Murray Schafer commission

NAC Orchestra performs world premiere of R. Murray Schafer commission plus Beethoven’Äôs Fourth Piano Concerto with Angela Hewitt on May 20-21

The National Arts Centre Orchestra will present the world premiere performances of the NAC-commissioned work titled Dream-E-Scape by iconic Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21 at 8 p.m. in the NAC’Äôs Southam Hall. These Ovation Series concerts feature Ottawa’Äôs own world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt performing Beethoven’Äôs Piano Concerto No. 4. Conductor Patrick Summers is also leading Mendelssohn’Äôs Symphony No. 5, ’ÄúReformation’Äù and Beethoven’Äôs Leonore Overture No. 3

Piano soloist Angela Hewitt will give Musically Speaking Pre-Concert Chats about Beethoven’Äôs Fourth Concerto both nights at 7 pm (in English) hosted by CBC Radio Music Executive Producer Jill LaForty.

R. Murray Schafer, one of Canada’Äôs most gifted, most articulate, most provocative, most eclectic and most performed composers, turned 75 last summer. Dream-E-Scape was commissioned in honour of that milestone. The NAC Orchestra celebrated Schafer in a four-day new music festival and education symposium in March 2008 during which 10 of his works were performed. Many activities of the symposium are archived in the Great Composers section of the NAC’Äôs Performing Arts Education website ArtsAlive.ca.

The composer writes that ’ÄúDream-E-Scape was written in a streak of twenty-six days, scarcely without looking back or trying to remember what had been written the day before. I wanted to try to capture the dream experience of incoherence in which everything is shifting and blurred together. Now we witness one image, now another ’Äì shocking, alluring, repellent, voluptuous, risible ’Äì totally without consistency or order.’Äù

Angela Hewitt is a phenomenal artist who has established herself at the highest level over the last few years not least through her superb, award-winning recordings for Hyperion. She has a vast repertoire ranging from Couperin to the contemporary and her discography includes CDs of Beethoven, Granados, Rameau, Olivier Messiaen, Ravel, Chopin, and J.S. Bach.

Hewitt says that Beethoven’Äôs Fourth Piano Concerto is among her top four favourite piano concertos, that ’Äúlift our spirits to another realm. They simply have, in an inspired performance, an emotional power that is transcendental, and moments that give us goose-bumps. In Beethoven’Äôs Fourth, that moment for me comes at the end of the first-movement cadenza when the orchestra creeps in under a trill in the piano. How does Beethoven do it? Why does something so simple make us feel that way? It is a moment of incredible tenderness. We simply melt ’Äì only then to recover our strength for the forceful close. Perhaps it is that remarkable combination of power and tenderness that makes this piece so special.’Äù

Tickets for these National Arts Centre Orchestra concerts with pianist Angela Hewitt and conductor Patrick Summers on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21 at 8 p.m. are on sale now at $19.00, $39.00, $49.00, $59.00, $69.00 and $86.00 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed through the NAC’Äôs website at www.nac-cna.ca.

Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid student ID card. Live Rush tickets (subject to availability) for full-time students (aged 13 to 29) are $11 at the NAC Box Office from 2 p.m. the day before the concert to 6 p.m. the day of, upon presentation of a valid Live Rush card.

Groups of 10 and more save 15% to 20% off the regular price of tickets to NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances. To reserve your seats call 613-947-7000 ext. 384 or email grp@nac-cna.ca.

Spectacle de Neˆ§ le 29 mai

Spectacle "Sweet Factory"

29 mai

Bistro In Vivo

4731 Ste-Catherine est (Montrˆ©al)

L'artiste montrˆ©alaise Neˆ§ prˆ©sente ses nouvelles compositions le 29 mai au Bistro In Vivo (4731 Ste-Catherine est) ˆÝ 21h.

Neˆ§ (alias Ingried Boussaroque) vous invite ˆÝ une soirˆ©e aux ambiances ¬´ world-tronic ¬ª, mot inventˆ© pour dˆ©crire la musique inclassable de la jeune compositeure. Voix ˆ©thˆ©rˆ©es et instruments insolites, Neˆ§ mˆ©lange ses propres airs ˆÝ des piˆ®ces tirˆ©es de diffˆ©rents folklores (gitan, klezmer, mˆ©diˆ©val, indien, etc). Le 29 mai, elle sera accompagnˆ©e par DJ Jef qui contrˆ¥lera l'aspect ¬´ technologique ¬ª du spectacle, le slammer Poulet Fou, la VJ Pink Rubber Lady et la danseuse flamenco Roberta Arguello.

En premiˆ®re partie, laissez-vous charmer par la musique IDM/Funk de Bleary-Eyed Globe, un artiste de Trois-Riviˆ®res, qui sera accompagnˆ© par le duo de danse tribale ¬´ La tribu Ghabal ¬ª.

Ingried Boussaroque se produit comme chanteuse et musicienne sur la scˆ®ne montrˆ©alaise depuis bien des annˆ©es. Issue de la musique classique, elle a ˆ©tudiˆ© diffˆ©rentes techniques vocales ˆÝ travers le monde (chant gitan, flamenco, arabe, musique klezmer, etc.). Toutes ces influences et une prˆ©dilection pour la musique ˆ©lectronique ont amenˆ© Mme Boussaroque ˆÝ dˆ©marrer le projet Neˆ§.

Laissez-vous transporter dans l'univers surprenant de Neˆ§ le 29 mai au Bistro In Vivo (4731 Ste-Catherine est), ˆÝ 21h. L'admission est de 6$. Pour plus d'information, on peut se rˆ©fˆ©rer au site web du projet : www.theneaproject.com ou www.myspace.com/theneaproject, ainsi qu'ˆÝ www.myspace.com/blearyeyedglobe.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

June's La Scena Musicale Celebrates Canada's Classical Music and Arts Festivals

[Version franˆßaise]

La Scena Musicale May 2009 Issue

La Scena Musicale June 2008 Issue

June is another exciting month for La Scena Musicale as we feature our 13th annual National Festival issue. The second of two nationally distributed issues, it appears on May 29 (Quebec Edition) and on June 5 (English Canada Edition) and continues to provide the most complete information to plan a musical summer in Canada, including our 13th annual Guide to Classical Music and Arts Festivals (more than 150 festivals!). This will be the most comprehensive guide yet with 100 classical music festivals and 700 concert listings, as well as 60 arts festivals. Furthermore, our festival picks highlight the most exciting events. For more information on this guides, please consult:

• http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/Festivals_09.pdf (classical and the arts)

On the cover is Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who celebrates her first 10 years of career; she returns to Canada to appear at the Lanaudiˆ®re and Knowlton Festivals after a long year abroad. Our festival coverage continues with a look at the business of festivals through interviews with several festival general directors. One year after major changes at CBC Radio, we ask the main players their opinions. Pianist Alain Lefˆ®vre continues his Andrˆ© Mathieu project with the composer's 2nd piano concerto. We look at the music of Henry Purcell, who is celebrated by the Montreal Baroque Festival this year. June will be a Bruckner month in Montreal, as both Symphony # 7 and 8 will be presented; LSM looks at the composer and discusses the works with Raffi Armenian and Yannick Nˆ©zet-Sˆ©guin. The June Discovery CD features the percussionist Marie-Josˆ©e Simard.

The deadline for advertising is May 25 (Quebec Edition) and May 29 (English Canada Edition).

Promotions:

• Purchase the national issue (double the normal distribution) and pay only 50% more.
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Reach over 100,000 readers with 25,000 copies distributed in Montreal and the province of Quebec, and another 25,000 copies in English Canada. La Scena Musicale contains award-winning editorial features, an extensive calendar of events (province of Quebec including radio and TV listings) and product reviews; readers consult each issue 4.5 times a month, generating 450,000 viewings per month.

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La Scena Musicale
La SCENA
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Upcoming Issues:

La Scena Musicale: June 2008 National Edition

• Guides to classical music and arts festivals

50,000 copies (100,000 readers)

Content:

• On the cover: Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Quebec Edition (25,000 copies)

• Quˆ©bec City: 2 500
• Montreal: 18,500
• Newsstands: 2,000
• Mailing: 2,000

Distribution date: May 29-31, 2009
Advertising Deadline: May 25
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• Vancouver: 3,500
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Distribution date: June 5, 2009
Advertising Deadline: May 29
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La Scena Musicale: July/August 2008

50,000 readers

Quebec

circulation: 25,000 copies

• Montreal : 20,500
• Quˆ©bec City : 500
• Newsstands: 2,000
• Mailing: 2,000

Distribution date: July 1
Advertising deadline: June 19
Materials deadline: June 22

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Festivals:

Talking about music and arts festivals. La Scena Musicale, La SCENA and The Music Scene are the place to find International and Canadian music and arts festivals in 2009 (in print and online). The following three issues will cover all the 2009 festivals:

• International Classical Music and Arts Festivals: Spring 2009 issue of The Music Scene
• Canadian Jazz, World and Folk Festivals plus International Jazz festivals: May 2009 issue of La Scena Musicale. This is a national issue (double distribution to 50,000 copies) and the ad rates are 1.5 times the regular rates.
• Canadian Classical Music and Arts Festivals: June issue of La Scena Musicale (including the Summer 2009 issue of La SCENA). This is a national issue (double distribution to 50,000 copies) and the ad rates are 1.5 times the regular rates.

Visit http://ads.scena.org for more info (to come).

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La Scena Musicale takes you to Lucia di Lammermoor

This year, La Scena Musicale celebrates the month of mothers with an outing on Saturday, May 23 to the Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al's production of Donizetti's masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. In Scotland, Lucia is in love with Edgardo, member of an enemy clan. But Enrico, Lucia's brother, forces his sister to marry Arturo. A tragic story of love and madness..

Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
Opˆ©ra de Montrˆ©al
Saturday, May 23, 8 p.m.
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier,
Place des Arts, Montrˆ©al
514-948-2520 / operaweekend@scena.org

Prices:

• Category 2 (Corbeil): $106 each. Special: Buy 2 tickets of cat. 2 and receive a DVD of Lucia di Lammermoor (value of $40)
• Category 3 (Mezzanine): $76 each. Special: Buy 2 tickets of cat. 3 and receive the LSM Puccini CD-set (value of $23).

NOTE: 10% off for LSM subscribers.
See http://www.scena.org/LaSCENACard for more details about becoming a subscriber.

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Also, in October 2009:
Opera Weekend in Toronto

> Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
> The Nightingale and Other Short Fables (Stravinsky), Robert Lepage, director

Canadian Opera Company
October 17 and 18, 2009

1 (877) 948-2520
operaweekend@scena.org

Nombre de places limitˆ© / Number of tickets limited.
More details to come.

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Petition: Restore Canada Council Funding to Controlled-Circulation Magazines

The Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) has recently dropped support for controlled-circulation print magazines in its 2010 application process, rendering La Scena Musicale (LSM), The Music Scene Ontario and La SCENA ineligible to compete for CCA grants. In 2007-08, the Canada Council funded 106 arts & literary magazines for a total of $2,661,900.

We feel that all arts and literary magazines should be treated equally and fairly, and this means the ability to submit an application that is reviewed by a peer jury.

Consequently, La Scena Musicale has launched a campaign to reverse the Canada Council policy change.Please show your support for all controlled-circulation arts magazines (including our family of magazine) by signing up and circulate this appeal.

See our blog article for details: http://www.scena.org/blog/2009/02/canada-council-drops-support-for.html

Online petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/restore-canada-council-funding-to-controlled-circulation-magazines

and a Facebook group Restore Canada Council Funding to Controlled-Circulation Magazines

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New LSM Online Feature:

NEW: RSS Feeds for our news, blogs and Lebrecht Weekly: http://www.scena.org/RSS_SCENA .html

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Our award-winning magazines La Scena Musicale, La SCENA and The Music Scene contain thought-provoking articles and reviews. La Scena Musicale and La SCENA are the only bilingual Montreal publications dedicated to covering classical music, jazz, world music, dance, theatre, film and visual arts. In addition, we publish Canada’Äôs most in-depth cultural calendar, which ensures repeat viewings: over 225,000 per month. Our new direct distribution to affluent households ($100K+) means our magazines truly deliver. We are read, and read often.

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Spectacle Eclectik 09 au MAI les 29 et 30 mai 2009 / Eclectik 09 on may 29 and 30, 2009 at the MAI

ECLECTIK 09 (2e ˆ©dition): Un tourbillon multidisciplinaire !
Spectacle dˆ©lirant pour les 10 ans du MAI
(English version will follow)

Spectacle prˆ©sentˆ© deux soirs seulement, les vendredi 29 et samedi 30 mai 2009, ˆÝ 21h, au MAI - 10 $ par personne
Ateliers gratuits samedi le 30 mai 2009 : Thˆ©ˆ¢tre d’Äôombres (11h) + Global Dancing (14h)

Pour fˆ�ter ses 10 ans d’Äôaudace artistique, le MAI (Montrˆ©al, arts interculturels) se paie un trip d’Äôextravagance et de dˆ©lire en prˆ©sentant les 29 et 30 mai une ˆ©dition spˆ©ciale d’ÄôECLECTIK, son ˆ©vˆ©nement annuel multidisciplinaire dˆ©diˆ© ˆÝ la crˆ©ation artistique. Cette annˆ©e, ce grand rassemblement d’Äôartistes se dˆ©roule sous le thˆ®me inspirant de Folies et donne carte blanche ˆÝ une trentaine d’Äôartistes ’Äì vidˆ©astes, danseurs, musiciens, poˆ®tes, DJs ’Äì qui crˆ©eront 10 courtes ‰ìuvres de forme libre, hybrides, dˆ©raisonnables, absurdes, aliˆ©nˆ©es, improvisˆ©es, drˆ¥les ou carrˆ©ment folles’Ķ Le tout animˆ© par Queen Ka, la reine de la soirˆ©e !

Eclectik : le spectacle
Fou d’Äôamour, fou ˆÝ lier, fou furieux ou fou de joie, il y a toutes sortes de maniˆ®res de vivre la folie. Agitation individuelle ou frˆ©nˆ©sie collective, nous la croisons dans les situations absurdes de nos vies quotidiennes, dans la violence et le chaos du monde moderne. Nous la rencontrons aussi en nous-mˆ�mes, dans nos espˆ©rances et nos peurs irrationnelles. Afin de favoriser les rencontres et l’Äôexpˆ©rimentation artistiques interdisciplinaires, le MAI a invitˆ© des artistes de diffˆ©rentes disciplines ˆÝ s’Äôinspirer des Folies pour crˆ©er des piˆ®ces ˆÝ leur faˆßon en duo ou en groupe. Artistes invitˆ©s : Khadija Baker, Alex Cattaneo, Valˆ©rie Chartier, Moe Clark, Stˆ©phanie de Courteille, Hinda Essadiqi, Sarah Febbraro, Gamaliel Fonseca, Ayesha Hameed, Guillaume Jodoin, Queen Ka, Fabrice Koffy, Komodo, Maya Kuroki, Meena Murugesan, Alexandra ’ÄòSpicey’Äô Landˆ©, Karl Lemieux, Clea Minaker, Tomomi Morimoto, Emmanuel Proulx, Tom Sokoloff, DJ Static, Handy Yacinthe, Danilo Villaflor, Erik West-Millette et bien d’Äôautres’Ķ

Eclectik : ateliers tout public (10 ans et plus)
La folie de l’Äôombre, le samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 11h :
Clea Minaker, marionnettiste et artiste en thˆ©ˆ¢tre visuel, animera un atelier de thˆ©ˆ¢tre d’Äôombres oˆ¼ les participants pourront expˆ©rimenter les multiples faˆßons d’Äôutiliser les ombres pour raconter toutes sortes d’Äôhistoires et de folies.

La danse, YouTube et l’Äôespace public, le samedi 30 mai ˆÝ 14h:
Dans le cadre de son projet Global Dancing, l’Äôartiste Sarah Febbraro invite les gens ˆÝ apprendre une chorˆ©graphie simple sur YouTube. Elle enseignera cette danse aux participants de l’Äôatelier. Cette performance collective sera prˆ©sentˆ©e devant le MAI puis diffusˆ©e en ligne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJVfY1WY-hA

Renseignements sur les ateliers et rˆ©servation : Zoˆ´ Chan, 514 982-1812 poste 224, artsvisuels@m-a-i.qc.ca

10 ans dˆ©jˆÝ
Vˆ©ritable promoteur des pratiques artistiques interculturelles et contemporaines, le MAI s’Äôest distinguˆ© depuis 10 ans sur la scˆ®ne montrˆ©alaise et canadienne et a su rejoindre une grande diversitˆ© de publics. L’Äôorganisme a offert aux artistes de toutes les disciplines et de tous les horizons un soutien ˆÝ la crˆ©ation et du mentorat, ainsi qu’Äôun espace de rencontre et de diffusion de leurs ‰ìuvres. Au fil des ans, ce lieu en constante ˆ©bullition a accueilli plus de 1200 artistes, prˆ©sentˆ© plus de 180 spectacles diffˆ©rents et 50 expositions. La contribution du MAI sur la scˆ®ne artistique est inestimable. Avec ECLECTIK, les artistes lui rendent un vibrant hommage pour son 10iˆ®me anniversaire.

Pour le spectacle, on peut se procurer les billets au coˆªt de 10 $ en se prˆ©sentant ˆÝ la billetterie du MAI, situˆ©e au 3680, rue Jeanne-Mance ou en composant le (514) 982-3386.

ECLECTIK 09 (2nd edition): A multidisciplinary whirlwind!
A wild show in celebration of the MAI’Äôs 10th anniversary

Two nights only! Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, 2009 at 9 p.m. at the MAI ’Äì 10$ per person
Free workshops Saturday, May 30, 2009: Thˆ©ˆ¢tre d’Äôombres (11 am) + Global Dancing (2 pm)

To celebrate its 10 years of audacious artistic programming, the MAI (Montrˆ©al, arts interculturels) is going on a wild and extravagant ride with a special edition of ECLECTIK ’Äì an annual multidisciplinary event dedicated to artistic creation ’Äì on May 29 and 30. This year, Eclectik is dedicated to the theme of Folies, giving carte blanche to thirty artists ’Äì video artists, dancers, musicians, poets, and DJs ’Äì who will create 10 short free-form, hybrid works’Ķ foolish, absurd, alienated, improvised, comic, or just plain mad! The evening will be hosted by the queen of the night, Queen Ka!

Eclectik: the show
Madly in love, mad as a hatter, stark-raving mad, mad with joy ’Äì there are many ways to live madness. Whether it is through individual agitation or collective hysteria, we encounter madness in the absurd moments of our daily lives, and in the violence and chaos of the modern world. But we also find it in ourselves, in our hopes and irrational fears. To encourage experimentation and new alliances in interdisciplinary art, the MAI has invited artists from various disciplines to represent madness in their own way, either as duos or as larger ensembles. Invited artists are Khadija Baker, Alex Cattaneo, Valˆ©rie Chartier, Moe Clark, Stˆ©phanie de Courteille, Hinda Essadiqi, Sarah Febbraro, Gamaliel Fonseca, Ayesha Hameed, Queen Ka, Fabrice Koffy, Komodo, Maya Kuroki, Meena Murugesan, Alexandra ’ÄòSpicey’Äô Landˆ©, Karl Lemieux, Clea Minaker, Tomomi Morimoto, Emmanuel Proulx, DJ Static, Handy Yacinthe, Danilo Villaflor and many others’Ķ

Eclectik: Workshops for Everyone (ages 10 and up)
The Folly of Shadow, Saturday, May 30 at 11 am:
Clea Minaker, a puppeteer and visual theatre artist, will give a shadow theatre workshop. Participants will experiment with the art of shadow theatre as a way to tell wild and crazy stories of all kinds.

Dance, YouTube, and Public Space, Saturday, May 30 at 2 pm:
Within the framework of her project Global Dancing, artist Sarah Febbraro invites the public to learn a simple choreography via YouTube. For the workshop, she will teach participants the dance routine. This group performance will be presented in front of the MAI, and then recorded and uploaded to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJVfY1WY-hA

For information on the workshops and reservations, contact Zoˆ´ Chan at 514 982-1812, ext. 224 or artsvisuels@m-a-i.qc.ca

10 years already
As a bona fide promoter of contemporary intercultural artistic practices for the past 10 years, the MAI has carved a place both on the local and national art scene while reaching out to diverse audiences. In addition, the MAI has provided creative support and mentorship as well as a meeting and exhibition space to artists of all disciplines and backgrounds. Throughout the years, this vibrant space has welcomed more than 1200 artists, and presented over 180 different productions as well as over 50 exhibitions. The MAI’Äôs contribution to the performing and visual arts milieu is invaluable. With ECLECTIK, artists pay it a brilliant tribute for its 10th anniversary.

Tickets for the show are 10$ and can be purchased at the MAI Box Office at 3680 Jeanne-Mance St or by calling (514) 982-3386.

Finals of the NACO Bursary Competition.

Young musicians compete for $18,750 in prizes at the Finals of the NACO Bursary Competition 2009 on May 19

Up to eight young musicians with connections to the National Capital Region will compete for prizes totaling $18,750 at the Finals of the 2009 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition to be held on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. in the National Arts Centre Salon. These finalists will be selected from 36 applicants who auditioned before a jury of National Arts Centre Orchestra musicians and guests on May 16 and 17. The winners will be announced and presented with certificates and cheques at the May 19 Finals. Admission is FREE, but donations to the NAC Orchestra Bursary Trust Fund are greatly appreciated.

Each finalist will perform short orchestral excerpts followed by a movement from a concerto or sonata that features their instrument, sometimes accompanied by piano. Refreshments will be served while the jury deliberates before the announcement of the winners.

The NACO Bursary Competition is open to music students in or from the region aged 16 to 24 who are following a recognized course of music study in preparation for careers as professional orchestral musicians. This year’Äôs Bursary Committee and Jury are chaired by Vernon G. Turner, Canada’Äôs former Ambassador to the USSR and to Israel, and an active volunteer at the National Arts Centre.

The NACO Bursary was established in 1979 to commemorate the 10^th anniversary of the founding of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and to thank the people of the National Capital Region for their support during the Orchestra’Äôs first decade.. The first competition took place in 1981. The NACO Bursary Trust Fund provides funding for the NACO Bursary of $7,000; the NACO Vic Pomer Award of $2,000; and the NACO Special Prize for Best Orchestral Excerpts worth $750. The NACO Bursary Committee also has available three additional prizes to be awarded at the Jury’Äôs discretion: the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award of $5,000; the Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra Award of $3,000, created in 1993 to celebrate the Orchestra’Äôs 25^th season; and the Piccolo Prix of $1,000 initiated in 2001 by Pasqualina (Pat) Adamo.

www.nac-cna.ca

www.artsalive.ca

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

VSO's June Concert Listings

We’Äôre hitting the home stretch, as June marks the final month of concerts for the VSO’Äôs 2008/09 Season! We’Äôre close to making it through another successful Symphony Season with just six performances in the month ’Äì but what a group of concerts!

June concerts begin right off the bat with pianist Benjamin Hochman making his VSO debut on June 1^st at the Orpheum. VSO Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducts the orchestra in a concert that features a rarely performed Mozart piano concerto and the passionate music of Russian master Sergey Prokofiev.

Next up is a classical blockbuster featuring Schubert’Äôs Rosamunde and Mahler’Äôs Symphony No.6. Mahler’Äôs deeply tragic Symphony No.6 is one of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever written, one of the great canons of the symphonic literature. This concert is sure to be an epic musical experience; live concerts with music like this is why symphony orchestra’Äôs exist.

Recognized as one of the most beloved musical figures of our time, the great Frederica von Stade (famously known as ’ÄòFlicka’Äô worldwide) makes her VSO debut teamed up with Samuel Ramey, the world’Äôs foremost operatic bass-baritone. A concert for the ages, these two extraordinary artists at the peak of their careers perform music by Gounod, Berlioz, Boito, Offenbach, Copland and Gershwin. Bramwell Tovey conducts.

The VSO’Äôs Season Finale is a real barn-burner: Carl Orff’Äôs celebrated Carmina Burana. This work is a musical setting of medieval poetry, from the sacred to the profane, from piety to drinking songs and debauchery. It also happens to be one of the wildest live concert experiences you can possibly have. A wonderful Season Finale for Lower Mainland audiences, and a prelude to the excitement of the 2009/2010 Season!

CONCERT INFO

PricewaterhouseCoopers Masterworks Silver Series:

Melody and Power: Mozart and Prokofiev

Saturday & Monday, May 30 & June 1, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

Benjamin Hochman, piano

Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture, Op. 24

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, Jeunehomme

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Generously Supported By:

Series Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Video Screen Sponsor: TELUS

Video screen presentations created and produced by students and staff of digital video productions at Columbia Academy.

Radio Sponsor: CKNW AM980

Masterworks Gold Series:

Classical Blockbuster: Mahler’Äôs Titanic

Saturday & Monday, June 6 & 8, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Schubert Rosamunde: Ballet Music (selections tbc)

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor, Tragic

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Generously Supported By:

Radio Sponsor: CKNW AM980

Specials

Flicka and Ramey: A Concert for the Ages

Thursday, June 11, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

Samuel Ramey, bass

Tickets $45 to $165 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Masterworks Diamond Series:

Carmina Burana!

Saturday & Monday, June 13 & 15, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Laura Whalen, soprano

Colin Ainsworth, tenor

Hugh Russell, baritone

Vancouver Bach Choir

Vancouver Bach Children’Äôs Chorus

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

Orff Carmina Burana

Tickets $25 to $78.50 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

Generously Supported By:

Radio Sponsor: CKNW AM980

The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre in the Canadian Premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Thetre and Reitmans (Canada) Ltd

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre and Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. present the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre (DWYT) in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Gilbert and Sullivan's misadventure on the high seas, from May 31 to June 16, in Yiddish with English and French supertitles. The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre is proud to bring this Canadian Yiddish premiere to Montreal in celebration of its 50^th anniversary.

"It's fun to go back and forth between the 19^th-century British silliness and sarcastic, campy Yiddish remarks ’Äì and remarkably smooth."

- Backstage, March 19, 2007

"This is England, circa 1890, where the British gentry are fair game for Gilbert's razor sharp wit," explains Director, Bryna Wasserman. "The star of the show, before anyone steps on stage, is without a doubt, the translator." In 1988, Al Grand achieved the monumental task of translating the dizzying tongue twisters and triple rhymes into Yiddish. However, for him it was a labour of love, combining his two great passions: the Yiddish language and the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Grand brilliantly upholds the harmony between Gilbert's lyrics and Sullivan's music while preserving the Yiddish culture and language. As Isaac Asimov, author and Gilbert & Sullivan aficionado, wrote at the time, "Al Grand doesn't change Sullivan's notes; they're all there; every one of them. And he doesn't change Gilbert's words in essence. He changes them into Yiddish, to be sure. But he keeps the rhymes, the lilt and the wit."

"From today you rank as a full-blown member of our band"

becomes’Ķ

"It's your buccaneer Bar Mitzvah"

Grand's adaptation is a delightfully whimsical treatment that transforms the popular standard from British to Yiddish. The original English plotline remains intact with Frederic, an apprentice indentured to pirates until his 21^st birthday, wooing Mabel, the Major General's daughter, only to discover that he was born on a leap year and won't be free to marry her until 1940. In the Yiddish version, the Major General becomes the Groyser General, an Orthodox Jew and friend of Benjamin Disraeli. Mabel is Malka, Frederic becomes Fayvl, a Yeshiva student, and Ruth, the hard-of-hearing nursemaid who mistook her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot (not pirate), becomes Rivke. To her, the wayfaring pirates brandishing their swords appear as a group of kosher butchers and the mayhem that ensues is pure Gilbert and Sullivan hijinks, replete with tongue-in-cheek satire and the legendary high-speed patter.

"He [Al Grand] also ably captures the silly, giddy humour that has endeared Gilbert and Sullivan to generations of fans."

- Forward, December 15, 2006

Gilbert and Sullivan operettas demand strong, nimble vocalists with split-second comedic timing and the DWYT delivers in spades with Gabor Hegedus, from the Segal production of Houdini, in the role of Fayvl opposite Montreal lyric soprano, Kerry-Anne Kutz, as Malka, his love interest. Stephen Mo Hanan reprises his role as the Groyser General from the 2006 New York Off-Broadway production and Jonathan Patterson, who played Ko-Ko in the Janiec Opera Company production of The Mikado, plays the mischievous Pirate King. Michelle Heisler, a DWYT fixture with a versatile range of characters to her credit, steals the show as the well meaning but deaf-as-a-doornail Rivke and Elan Kunin, (Harry Houdini in the DWYT production), rounds out the main cast of characters as the hilarious Head of Police.

Nick Burgess is at the musical helm of this lavish production, overseeing the six-piece live band. Since musically directing The Wise Men of Chelm last year, Nick has added YAYA (Young Actors for Young Audiences), the youth division of the DWYT to his association with the Segal Centre, and is currently developing the "Born for Broadway" program for the Academy. Having performed for eight seasons in various Gilbert and Sullivan productions at Stratford, under the direction of Canadian icon, Brian MacDonald, Jim White's choreography revitalizes the famous farce, drawing on a vast vocabulary from a 35-year career as a dancer and choreographer. Award-winning John C. Dinning, who has designed sets for more than twenty DWYT productions as well as across North America, creates the vibrant 'topsy-turvy' world where pirates and aristocrats collide. Three-time MECCA award winning costume designer, James Lavoie, crafts the grand upper crust attire and colourful buccaneering garb, with Kirsten Watt, having just designed the Segal's sold-out smash, Over the River and Through the Woods, providing the lighting. Paul Brian Imperial stage manages the sizeable 31-member cast, with assistance from Emilie Zifkin and Daphne Ben David.

This year, the annual trilingual offering from the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre is the inaugural production of the first MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL, an ambitious event running from June 17^th to 25th, initiated and hosted by the Segal Centre featuring companies from Poland, Israel, Australia, France and more. (For festival details, contact Suzanne Shugar: SShugar@segalcentre.org.)

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Run Dates: May 31 to June 16, 2009

Previews:

May 31 13.30

June 1, 2 & 3 20:00

Media Opening Night:

June 4 20:00

Performances:

Mon. ’Äì Thurs. 20:00

Friday DARK

Saturday 21:30

Sunday 19:00

Matinˆ©es

Sunday 14:00

Tickets:

Adult: $31 - $44.

Seniors: $29 - $40.

Students: $22

Groups (20 or more) $17 - $34

Venue:

Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre

Segal Centre for Performing Arts

5170, ch de la Cˆ¥te-Ste-Catherine

www.segalcentre.org

Box Office:

(514) 739 ’Äì 7944

Admission:

(514) 790 - 1245

Art of Jazz Global Jazz Village June 5 - 7 - The Distillery District, Toronto

The 4th annual Art of Jazz Global Jazz Village, taking place from June 5 - 7 in Toronto's historic Distillery District, is proud to welcome an outstanding line-up of artists to this year's event for a celebration of Italian and Cuban jazz. This year's performers include: Mario Romano, the Pat Martino Organ Trio with Tony Monaco, Roberta Gambarini together with Neil Swainson, and the Sicilian Jazz Project, an Italian Blues collective featuring Dave Rotundo with special guests Jumpin' Johnny Sansone and Rita Chiarelli. "This year's Art of Jazz celebration will pay homage to Italian and Cuban jazz and will feature a rich and diverse collection of artists," says Bonnie Lester, President, Art of Jazz. "In response to the current economic climate we are pleased to announce that the majority of our concerts will be offered to jazz-lovers for free." The opening night concert on Friday, June 5 will feature Mario Romano, one of the very first students to be part of York University's jazz program. At the age of 22 he was already recognized as one of the up and coming jazz pianists in Canada. His Argentinean background was influential to his approach to the piano, and to jazz itself. Romano will perform with his trio featuring Shelly Berger and Vito Rezza and will be joined by special guest Jane Bunnett. The concert will raise funds and awareness for Art of Jazz education programs and for the Villa Charities Foundation. On Saturday, June 6 Art of Jazz presents the Canadian debut of Anacaona, a 16 piece women's orchestra from Cuba nicknamed the "Buena Vista Sister's Club". This historic all-female Cuban dance band stormed to success in Cuba during the 1930's, and quickly became the toast of Old Havana. Also known as 'Las Mulatˆ‚simas del Sabor', Anacaona is considered one of the major forces in Cuban popular dance music globally. Tickets for this performance are $25 in advance at ticketweb.ca or $30 at the door. Art of Jazz welcomes the return of Rashid Ali who wowed audiences in our first year; Rashid will perform a free concert on Sunday, June 8 with his dynamic quintet On Sunday June 7, a special presentation of Nino Rota's music will be performed by a collection of this year's artists against a backdrop of some of Fellini's most memorable scenes. Roberta Gambarini, nominated for a Grammy in 2007 for Best Jazz Vocal Album and as 2009 Singer of the Year in the Jazz Journalist Association Poll, will perform in a special duo concert with bassist Neil Swainson on Sunday June 7 in the Fermenting Cellar. Throughout the weekend Art of Jazz will present intimate workshops by many of the featured artists including Roberta Gambarini and Christine Jenson. And back by popular demand is our Kids n' Jazz program with Canadian harmonica sensation with Mike Stevens and New Orleans blues man Jumpin' Johnny Sansone. This year, Trinity Square will be transformed into a piazza, featuring the best of Italian cuisine, fine wine, beer, street art and more. The Women in Jazz stage will showcase the Christine Jensen Quartet, the Dave Restivo Trio featuring drummer, percussionist, educator, clinician and composer Alyssa Falk, the Sienna Dahlen Quintet and a joint presentation of Lisa Particilli's 'Girls Night Out Jazz Showcase' featuring some of the finest jazz vocalists in Toronto. It is thanks to the generosity of Mario Romano and Castlepoint Investments that this year's Art of Jazz Global Jazz Village is able to present a weekend of stellar jazz. THE 4TH ANNUAL ART OF JAZZ CELEBRATION FRIDAY JUNE 5 - SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009 TORONTO'S HISTORIC DISTILLERY DISTRICT, 55 Mill St. Ticketed Events: $25 - $35 General admission tickets available at www.ticketweb.ca or call 1-888-222-6608 About Art of Jazz: Art of Jazz is an artist-founded, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the cultivation of jazz education and performance. Founded in 2005, the organization's mission is three-fold: to provide jazz education and mentorship programs to a new generation of artists and audiences in Canada; to present innovative-year-round programming; and to build a permanent home for jazz in Toronto. For more information on Art of Jazz visit: www.artofjazz.org

Monday, May 11, 2009

COC Welcomes Rising Opera Singers to the 2009/10 Ensemble Studio

The Canadian Opera Company is proud to announce the addition of six young artists to its renowned training program: intern music coach Anne Larlee, intern director Alistair Newton, soprano Simone Osborne, mezzo-soprano Wallis Guinta, baritone Adrian Kramer and bass Neil Craighead. These young artists join returning members: sopranos Laura Albino, Ileana Montalbetti and Teiya Kasahara; mezzo-soprano Erin Fisher tenors Michael Barrett and Adam Luther; and bass Michael Uloth.

Widely recognized as the country’Äôs foremost performance and training program for young opera professionals, the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio celebrates its 30th anniversary during the 2009/10 season.

Ensemble Studio members participate in a diverse and challenging training program that includes intensive vocal coaching, language studies, acting, personal training and Alexander Technique classes. They also participate in seminars and masterclasses with internationally recognized professionals. Ensemble members understudy as well as perform leading and supporting roles in COC mainstage productions. In addition, they participate in the COC’Äôs annual Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour, which provides young audiences throughout Ontario with an introduction to the world of opera. The 2009/10 school tour runs throughout the month of November 2009, delighting young audiences with and an bridged version of Rossini’Äôs The Barber of Seville and a production of Cinderella featuring a mix of Rossini and Massenet operas.

COC General Director Alexander Neef extends the company’Äôs warmest congratulations to sopranos Betty Allison, Lisa DiMaria, baritone Alexander Hajek, vocal coach Christopher Mokrzowski and conductor Samuel Tak-Ho Tam, who all graduate from the 2008/09 Ensemble Studio program this season.

"Le Violon fantastique" prˆ©sentˆ© au mois d’Äôaoˆªt sur les ruines du Vieux Couvent de Caraquet

Du 8 au 19 aoˆªt 2009 (sauf le 15), la Place du Vieux couvent de Caraquet accueillera une production multimˆ©dia grandiose, Le Violon fantastique. S'inspirant d'une lˆ©gende acadienne du Fonds Catherine Jolic‰ìur, le spectacle mettra en scˆ®ne une communautˆ© ensorcelˆ©e, un forgeron musicien et sa jolie fille aˆÆnˆ©e, ainsi qu'un ˆ©tranger dˆ©terminˆ© ˆÝ les corrompre. Le scˆ©nario du Violon fantastique est de Jules Boudreau et Jac Gautreau. Le Violon fantastique fait partie du volet ¬´ L'Acadie et ses humeurs ¬ª de la programmation officielle du Congrˆ®s mondial acadien 2009.

¬´ Il s'agit d'un spectacle qui marie une conception sonore et des chansons enivrantes, des ˆ©clairages et des effets spˆ©ciaux ˆ©poustouflants, des projections interactives et innovatrices et avant tout une histoire touchante remplie d'amour, de corruption et de sacrifice ¬ª, a expliquˆ© le directeur artistique et metteur en scˆ®ne, Jac Gautreau.

C'est Nicolas Basque qui jouera le rˆ¥le du cavalier alors que la fille du forgeron sera incarnˆ©e par Elisabeth Milo. Gaˆ©tan Robichaud complˆ®tera l'ˆ©quipe de comˆ©diens-chanteurs en interprˆ©tant le rˆ¥le du forgeron.

Le Violon fantastique est produit par Les Productions Tintamarre et le Comitˆ© de promotion de la Place du Vieux couvent. Normand Thˆ©riault est le producteur dˆ©lˆ©guˆ© de l'ˆ©vˆ©nement. Parmi les autres membres de l'ˆ©quipe de production et de conception, notons Jean-Franˆßois Mallet ˆÝ la conception musicale et sonore, Marjolaine Albert ˆÝ la direction de production, Philippe Cormier ˆÝ la direction technique, Steban Sanfaˆßon ˆÝ la scˆ©nographie, Normand Chassˆ© et Vincent Fournier ˆÝ la conception des ˆ©clairages, Cyr Sonorisation ˆÝ la sonorisation et Bernard Frigault de Feux d'artifices Borˆ©al aux feux d'artifices. La conception vidˆ©o est assurˆ©e par Jac Gautreau, Stˆ©ban Sansfaˆßon et l'ˆ©quipe de Corbo gˆ©nie conseil. Sans compter les ˆ©lectriciens, charpentiers, costumiers, perruquiers, machinistes, graphistes’Ķ l'ˆ©quipe du Violon fantastique compte une trentaine de personnes.

Le spectacle sera offert gratuitement tous les soirs ˆÝ 22 heures (ou un peu aprˆ®s 22 h selon l'arrivˆ©e de la noirceur), du 8 au 19 aoˆªt, ˆÝ l'exception du 15 aoˆªt. La premiˆ®re aura lieu le mercredi 5 aoˆªt, ou le lendemain en cas de pluie. Le spectacle sera prˆ©sentˆ© sur les ruines du Vieux couvent de Caraquet. Le couvent fut dˆ©truit dans un incendie en 1992 et les murs de pierre de ce magnifique ˆ©difice, situˆ© de l'ˆâglise, ont ˆ©tˆ© prˆ©cieusement conservˆ©s.

Si le spectacle peut ˆ�tre offert gratuitement au public, c'est en raison d'un apport financier de 100 000 $ de la Coop de Caraquet et de la Caisse populaire Acadie. ¬´ Cette contribution s'inscrit dans notre approche de contribuer au dˆ©veloppement de notre communautˆ©. Nous considˆ©rons que ce spectacle basˆ© sur les nouvelles technologies permettra ˆÝ la population de la Pˆ©ninsule acadienne et aux visiteurs qui viendront au Congrˆ®s mondial acadien de pouvoir apprˆ©cier les nombreux talents de comˆ©diens, chanteurs, concepteurs, techniciens et spˆ©cialistes de ce domaine de crˆ©ation que nous avons chez nous ¬ª, ont indiquˆ© le prˆ©sident du conseil d'administration de la Coopˆ©rative de Caraquet, Gabriel Lˆ©ger, et le prˆ©sident de la Caisse populaire Acadie, Jean-Yves Thˆ©riault.

Le spectacle est aussi rendu possible grˆ¢ce au financement du Congrˆ®s mondial acadien 2009, de la Province du Nouveau-Brunswick et de la Ville de Caraquet par l'entremise du programme Capitale culturelle.

Le comitˆ© de promotion de la Place du Vieux couvent est formˆ© de reprˆ©sentants de la Maison de la culture chrˆ©tienne, de Caraquet centre-ville, de la Chambre de commerce du grand Caraquet, de Patrimoine Caraquet et du Festival des arts visuels en Atlantique. Son objectif est de s'assurer que ce site historique soit animˆ©. Les Productions Tintamarre est un organisme apparentˆ© au Festival acadien de Caraquet et dont la mission est de concevoir, rˆ©aliser et produire des ˆ©vˆ©nements et des produits culturels et artistiques complˆ©mentaires ˆÝ celles du Festival acadien.

Mozart's Cosˆ¨ fan tutte Showcase the COC's Ensemble Studio

The Canadian Opera Company’Äôs Ensemble Studio culminates a year of training with a production of Mozart’Äôs masterpiece, Cosˆ¨ fan tutte. This new production showcases the talented artists of the COC’Äôs Ensemble Studio, the company’Äôs training program for young opera professionals. Cosˆ¨ fan tutte is sung in Italian, and is presented at the Imperial Oil Opera Theatre in the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front St. E., for four performances only on June 15, 17, 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. and June 21, 2009 at 2 p.m.

Set in 19th-century Naples, Cosˆ¨ fan tutte, Mozart’Äôs classic tale of the battle between the sexes, follows two soldiers, Ferrando and Guglielmo who believe that their fiancˆ©es, sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, will remain eternally faithful. Don Alfonso, an elderly cynic, plants the seed of doubt regarding the ladies’Äô faithfulness and wagers with them that if given the chance, the women will stray. Through the use of disguises, the men deceive their fiancˆ©es and all four learn important lessons about the uncertainty of love.

To showcase all Ensemble Studio members, each role will be shared over the course of four performances. The role of Ferrando is sung by tenors Michael Barrett and Adam Luther, while baritones Alexander Hajek and Ensemble Studio graduate Justin Welsh share the role of Guglielmo. Fiordiligi, Guglielmo’Äôs fiancˆ©e, is sung by sopranos Betty Allison, Ileana Montalbetti and

Laura Albino. Dorabella, Ferrando’Äôs fiancˆ©e, is sung by mezzo-sopranos Erin Fisher and former Ensemble Studio member Lauren Segal. Ensemble Studio graduate bass-baritone Jon-Paul Dˆ©cosse and bass Michael Uloth sing the role of the scheming Don Alfonso, and sopranos Lisa DiMaria and Teiya Kasahara alternate in the role of Despina, the sisters’Äô maid who encourages the women to pursue other men. Award-winning conductor and Mozart specialist Martin Isepp shares the podium with former Ensemble Studio member Steven Philcox, and Michael Albano, director of last season’Äôs mainstage production of The Barber of Seville, directs. Sets and costumes for Cosˆ¨ fan tutte are designed by Lorenzo Savoini while Renˆ©e Brode lights this comedic favourite.

Tickets for Cosˆ¨ fan tutte are $75 and are available online at www.coc.ca, by calling COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231, or in person at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

Box Office, 145 Queen St. W., Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. All performances are general admission. For more information on Cosˆ¨ fan tutte and the COC Ensemble Studio, visit www.coc.ca .

Production Co-sponsor of Cosˆ¨ fan tutte: Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee (COVC)

The COC Ensemble Studio is widely recognized as the country’Äôs foremost performance and training program for young opera professionals. The members of the Ensemble Studio are the COC’Äôs resident artists and are important ambassadors for the company. Since its inception in 1980, over 150 young professional Canadian singers, opera coaches, stage directors, and conductors have acquired their first major professional operatic experience through the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. Chosen through a national audition process, members of the Ensemble Studio receive a blend of advanced study and practical experience over a period of one to three years. Former members include Ben Heppner, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Gidon Saks, John Fanning and Wendy Nielsen.

The Ensemble Studio is generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, The Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee, The John A. Cook Young Artist Development Fund, Harris Steel Group, The Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation, The Hal Jackman Fund at the Ontario Arts Foundation, Jo Lander, Ruby Mercer Fund, George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, Roger D. Moore Ensemble Studio Endowment Fund, RBC Financial Group, The Slaight Family, The Stratton Trust, William and Phyllis Waters, and an anonymous donor.

About the Canadian Opera Company

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America, and has an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation. The COC currently enjoys a remarkable 99% attendance rate for its mainstage season. The company’Äôs new home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, was designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc. and is Canada’Äôs first purpose-built opera house. Acclaimed as one of the best opera houses in the world, the Four Seasons Centre is also the performance venue for The National Ballet of Canada.

Canadian Opera Company Website

The Canadian Opera Company’Äôs new website, at www.coc.ca , contains information on all productions including synopses, historical background, and production photographs.

MXCO announces Introduction to Forum Theatre Workshop

Mixed Company Theatre Announces

The Introduction to Forum Theatre Workshop!

Explore masks and manipulations to comprehend human behaviour as Mixed Company Theatre hosts its annual Introduction to Forum Theatre Workshop in Toronto, June 15 ’Äì 18, 2009. Designed for educators, social workers, community leaders, theatre students and professionals, workshop participants will learn the methodology of forum theatre.

Through improvisation and theatrical games, experienced workshop facilitator and Mixed Company Theatre Co-founder, Simon Malbogat, guides the group through the stages of ice-breaking, bonding, trust, and sensory awareness. Working with image theatre and forum theatre, the participants will take part in open-discussion and find images that represent their own perceptions of the challenges in their lives, or the lives of the people around them.

Forum Theatre techniques are designed to investigate all sides of hard-to-talk-about issues. In sessions limited to 25 participants, this 4-day interactive workshop provides a fresh perspective on improvisation and new insight into character development for participants.

Widely popular nationally and internationally, the Introduction to Forum Theatre Workshop is followed by Joker Master Class, for individuals with prior Forum Theatre training who want to learn how to play and advance their Joker role. For further information or to register for the June 15 - 18 Introduction to Forum Theatre Workshop, reach us at www.mixedcompanytheatre.com or 416 515 8080. Participants must submit the $450 Registration Fee by June 5 2009. These popular summer workshops are always well-attended, so book your space early!

Mixed Company Theatre produces innovative, socially relevant drama as a tool to educate, engage and empower for positive change.

Concerts Avant-goˆªts: Le mois de mai au Domaine Forget

Les deux premiers ˆ©vˆ©nements avant-goˆªts du Festival International du Domaine Forget auront lieu les 23 et 29 mai ˆÝ la salle Franˆßoys-Bernier. Le premier concert soulignera le 200^e anniversaire de la mort de Joseph Haydn avec la prˆ©sentation de la version pour quatuor ˆÝ cordes et rˆ©citant d'une ‰ìuvre d'une grande profondeur, Les sept derniˆ®res paroles du Christ sur la croix. Le 29 mai aura lieu le Marathon de musique de chambre prˆ©sentˆ© par Galaxie, le rˆ©seau de musique continue de Radio-Canada. Ces concerts ¬´ avant-goˆªts ¬ª mettent en vedette des musiciens et pˆ©dagogues chevronnˆ©s enseignant ˆÝ l'Acadˆ©mie de musique et de danse du Domaine Forget.

Samedi 23 mai Premiˆ®re soirˆ©e de musique de chambre

Un hommage ˆÝ Haydn empreint d'ˆ©motion

Composˆ© en 1786, le cycle Les sept derniˆ®res paroles du Christ sur la croix de Joseph Haydn est le fruit d'une importante commande venue d'Espagne destinˆ©e ˆÝ un service religieux pendant la semaine sainte. L'‰ìuvre consiste en sept mouvements lents illustrant chacune des sept derniˆ®res paroles du Christ. ˆÄ ces mouvements s'ajoutent une introduction, un interlude et un seul mouvement rapide, le dramatique Terremoto (Tremblement de terre) final. L'annˆ©e suivant la crˆ©ation de l'‰ìuvre, Haydn rˆ©alisa la version pour quatuor ˆÝ cordes qu'interprˆ©teront les violonistes Mark Fewer et Barry Shiffman, les altistes James Boyd et Steven Dann, les violoncellistes Anssi Karttunen et Kenneth Slowik et les ˆ©tudiants du stage de musique de chambre de l'Acadˆ©mie de musique et de danse du Domaine Forget.

Le rˆ¥le du rˆ©citant a ˆ©tˆ© confiˆ© au comˆ©dien Henri Chassˆ©, que l'on a pu voir dans Le monde de Charlotte, dans de nombreuses productions du Thˆ©ˆ¢tre du Nouveau Monde, et qui prendra la relˆ®ve de Robert Lepage pour la tournˆ©e europˆ©enne du Dragon bleu. Afin d'ajouter ˆÝ l'atmosphˆ®re de rˆ©flexion et de recueillement, le comˆ©dien a choisi des textes poˆ©tiques d'auteurs quˆ©bˆ©cois qui seront insˆ©rˆ©s entre les diffˆ©rents mouvements de l'‰ìuvre.

vendredi 29 mai Marathon annuel de musique de chambre

Un ˆ©vˆ©nement festif et sympathique !

Le vendredi 29 mai, les professeurs et leurs stagiaires de l'Acadˆ©mie de musique et de danse convient le public au Marathon de musique de chambre. L'ˆ©vˆ©nement, qui dˆ©butera ˆÝ 14 heures pour se terminer en soirˆ©e, rassemblera les violonistes Mark Fewer et Barry Shiffman, les altistes James Boyd et Steven Dann, les violoncellistes Anssi Karttunen et Kenneth Slowik et les 22 stagiaires en musique de chambre de l'Acadˆ©mie. Des ‰ìuvres de Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Sibelius, Bartok et Schoenberg sont au programme.

Les cours de maˆÆtre de l'Acadˆ©mie de musique et de danse

Le trompettiste Michael Sachs ouvrira la sˆ©rie des cours de maˆÆtres du Domaine Forget le mardi 2 juin ˆÝ 9 h 30. Au total, 13 cours de maˆÆtres seront prˆ©sentˆ©s gratuitement tout au long de la saison estivale.

Information et Rˆ©servation

418 452-3535 ou 1 888-DFORGET (336-7438)

Tˆ©lˆ©copieur : 418 452-3503

www.domaineforget.com

Les Avants-goˆªts du Festival

Samedi 23 mai, 20 h

Un hommage ˆÝ Haydn empreint d'ˆ©motion

Henri Chassˆ©, rˆ©citant

Mark Fewer et Barry Shiffman, violons

James Boyd et Steven Dann, altos

Anssi Karttunen et Kenneth Slowik, violoncelles

HAYDN Les Sept derniˆ®res paroles du Christ sur la croix

Coˆªt : adultes : 20 $ ; aˆÆnˆ©s (60 ans et plus) : 17 $ ; jeunes adultes (21 ˆÝ 30 ans) : 17 $;

ˆ©tudiants (13 ˆÝ 20 ans) : 17 $ ; enfants (12 ans et moins) gratuit. Les prix incluent toutes les taxes.

Vendredi 29 mai, dˆ®s 14 h

Soirˆ©e Galaxie

Marathon de musique de chambre

Mark Fewer et Barry Shiffman, violons

James Boyd et Steven Dann, altos

Anssi Karttunen et Kenneth Slowik, violoncelles

et les stagiaires de l'Acadˆ©mie de musique et de danse du Domaine Forget

‰íuvres de Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Sibelius, Bartok et Schoenberg

Concert de 14 heures :

Concert de 20 h

Coˆªt : adultes : 10 $ ; aˆÆnˆ©s (60 ans et plus) : 10 $ ; jeunes adultes (21 ˆÝ 30 ans) : 10 $,

ˆ©tudiants (13 ˆÝ 20 ans) : gratuit; enfants (12 ans et moins) gratuit. Les prix incluent toutes les taxes.

Montreal Guitarist Arturo Parra Explores ’ÄúCinema for the Ear’Äù

Montreal guitarist and composer Arturo Parra is the featured artist in the concluding concert of the 5-Penny New Music Concerts' season. The event will be held on Saturday, May 23, at 8 pm at St. Peter's United Church, 203 York Street, Sudbury. Admission is $15 and $10 for students. Tickets will be available at the door or at Black Cat, 96 Durham Street, Sudbury.

Parra will perform selections from his new CD, "Voz" (Voice). Scored for guitar with vocal sounds, the album's programmatic narrative depicts in four movements a musical pathway through the elements of earth, fire, air and water. Each movement is in three parts, beginning with the edge, progressing to the heart, and then moving to the deepest recesses. The piece also contains political and literary allusions. The third movement, subtitled "Spirit of Freedom," pays homage to the Spanish poet, Miguel Hernˆ°ndez, who died in 1942 at the hands of the Franco dictatorship in Spain. The finale, subtitled "The Sleepy Ship Weighs Anchor," contains references to Homer's Odyssey. Throughout, "Voz" displays Parra's gift for writing music of emotional breadth, and it also brilliantly showcases a gallery of extended guitar-playing techniques with vocal sounds.

A native of Columbia, Parra moved to Montreal in 1989, earning his masters and doctoral degrees in music at the Universitˆ© de Montrˆ©al in 1991 and 1998 respectively.

His compositional explorations have led him to develop innovative playing techniques that are complemented by a variety of "vocal expressions." According to Parra's web site, "The two 'voices,' guitar and guitarist, fuse to produce a kind of sound poetry suggestive of a 'cinema for the ear' ’Äì no screen or projector needed."

This event is presented in cooperation with Laurentian University and Cambrian College. It is also made possible with the financial support of the SOCAN Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Greater Sudbury.

Arturo Parra will also offer a series of conferences and workshops in the schools of Sudbury on May 21 and 22 thanks to the Socan Foundation.

For more information:

Robert Lemay, (705) 523-4167, rlemay@laurentian.ca

Arturo Parra, 514-525-8351, parraguitarra@yahoo.ca

Chapiteau Bromont: un nounours, un ˆ©chevelˆ© et des hˆ¥tesses de l'air

Heureusement que le Chapiteau Bromont est climatisˆ© car on y servira tout l’Äôˆ©tˆ© de l’Äôhumour chauffˆ© ˆÝ blanc. Grˆ¢ce ˆÝ une association entre les producteurs Juste pour rire sur scˆ®ne et Riez encore, trois spectacles ’Äì deux one-man-shows et une piˆ®ce de thˆ©ˆ¢tre ’Äì y pendront leurs quartiers d’Äôˆ©tˆ©, pour le plus grand bonheur des vacanciers, pˆ�cheurs de bon temps, touristes en mal de curiositˆ©s locales et autres chasseurs d’Äôhumour champˆ�tre.

MARIO JEAN : du 12 au 27 juin et du 11 au 19 septembre
Aprˆ®s trois ans d’Äôhibernation, notre ours prˆ©fˆ©rˆ© sort enfin de sa taniˆ®re et de sous ses couvertes avec un 4e spectacle solo au titre allˆ©chant comme un pot de miel : Gare au gros nounours. Amis des bˆ�tes (de scˆ®ne), courez vous mettre ˆÝ l’Äôabri car sous ses airs de bon gars, se cache un grizzli fˆ©roce aux griffes acˆ©rˆ©es et au regard tranchant. La priˆ®re, l’Äôhypersexualisation, la politique, la vˆ©ritˆ©, les ados et la bouffe figurent ˆÝ son nouveau tableau chasse qui ne sera prˆ©sentˆ© ˆÝ Montrˆ©al qu’ÄôˆÝ l’Äôautomne. Profitez-en avant tout le monde ˆÝ Bromont.

ANDRˆâ SAUVˆâ prˆ©sentˆ© par 7UP : du 8 juillet au 1er aoˆªt
Au secours, le grand frisˆ© dˆ©barque ˆÝ la campagne! Aprˆ®s avoir contaminˆ© Montrˆ©al avec ses ¬´ airs ¬ª qui roulent, ses phrases TGV et ses digressions paranoˆØdes, Andrˆ© Sauvˆ© prend la clˆ© des champs pour aller mettre le feu aux lacs de l’ÄôEstrie. Rˆ©vˆ©lˆ© aux terriens l’Äôautomne dernier, son premier spectacle solo est en nomination cinq fois au prochain Gala Les Olivier : spectacle de l’Äôannˆ©e, auteur de l’Äôannˆ©e, mise en scˆ®ne de l’Äôannˆ©e, spectacle le plus populaire de l’Äôannˆ©e et Olivier de l’Äôannˆ©e. Un record. Et un phˆ©nomˆ®ne ˆÝ voir pour 360 000 secondes d’Äôextase!

BOEING BOEING : du 6 aoˆªt au 5 septembre
D’Äôun record ˆÝ l’Äôautre il n’Äôy a qu’Äôun pas que le public est invitˆ© ˆÝ franchir’Ķ.en avion. Dˆ®s le 6 aoˆªt et aprˆ®s une escale au Monument-National, Boeing Boeing, la comˆ©die franˆßaise la plus jouˆ©e au monde, se posera au Chapiteau Bromont avec ˆÝ son bord Serge Postigo, Pierre-Franˆßois Legendre, Catherine-Anne Toupin, Marie Turgeon, Karine Belly et Alexandrine Agostini. Attachez vos ceintures pour plonger dans la vie de Bernard, un sˆ©ducteur pur beurre qui jongle avec trois fiancˆ©es, toutes hˆ¥tesses de l’Äôair. Aucun risque qu’Äôelles se rencontrent puisque chacune est tenue par des fuseaux horaires diffˆ©rents. Quand l’Äôune est chez lui et va partir, la deuxiˆ®me dˆ©colle et la troisiˆ®me atterrit. Jusqu’Äôau jour oˆ¼ Boeing entre en service’Ķ La mˆ©canique se dˆ©traque et c’Äôest l’Äôinˆ©vitable coup de thˆ©ˆ¢tre. Du pur vaudeville.

PROGRAMMATION 2009 DU CHAPITEAU BROMONT
Mario Jean : du 12 au 27 juin et du 11 au 19 septembre
Andrˆ© Sauvˆ© : du 8 juillet au 1er aoˆªt
Boeing Boeing : du 6 aoˆªt au 5 septembre

Les billets pour ces trois spectacles sont en vente dˆ®s aujourd’Äôhui ˆÝ la billetterie du Chapiteau, 450 224-0433 ou 1 866 727-0433 ou chapiteaux.ca, et sur le Rˆ©seau Admission, 514 790-1245. Pour les tarifs de groupe (20 personnes et plus), les forfaits ¬´ souper-spectacle ¬ª, le plan de la salle et les directions routiˆ®res, consultez le site Internet www.chapiteaux.ca.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Concert-bˆ©nˆ©fice 3 mai au profit Fondation Pierre-Laporte

Mont-Royal, le 5 mai : C'est devant une salle comble et comblˆ©e que s'est dˆ©roulˆ© le concert-bˆ©nˆ©fice au profit de la Fondation Musique de l'ˆ©cole Pierre-Laporte, le 3 mai ˆÝ la salle Claude-Champagne. Les artistes sur scˆ®ne ˆ©taient tous d'actuels et d'anciens ˆ©lˆ®ves qui ont jouˆ© admirablement bien et bˆ©nˆ©volement pour la cause.

La somme nette de prˆ®s de 15 000 $ a ˆ©tˆ© recueillie! L'objectif pour 2009-2010 est d'amasser 25 000 $ qui serviront principalement ˆÝ offrir des leˆßons individuelles aux ˆ©lˆ®ves du programme afin de poursuivre la tradition de l'enseignement ˆÝ Pierre-Laporte (www.fmpierrelaporte.org).

La soirˆ©e a dˆ©butˆ© rondement sous une salve de percussion endiablˆ©e, suivie de l'ˆ©nergique Isabelle Janes au piano et son Blok Note Big Band. Catherine Major a charmˆ© les gens avec son piano et sa voix. Une musique et des mots qui touchent en plein c‰ìur. A suivi le prodigieux virtuose Alexandre Da Costa, accompagnˆ© par l'orchestre symphonique de Pierre-Laporte dirigˆ©e par Louis Lavigueur. Plus jamais les spectateurs prˆ©sents n'ˆ©couteront Rˆ�verie de Michel Cusson de la mˆ�me faˆßon! Avec le stradivarius Di Barbaro de 1727, Alexandre, tout en grˆ¢ce, a ensorcelˆ© l'auditoire. Impossible de passer sous silence la prˆ©sence sur scˆ®ne des deux Prix d'Europe, Mariane Patenaude, pianiste, et Jocelyne Roy, flˆªtiste, ainsi que le talent exceptionnel du pianiste Olivier Godin. L'ˆ©poustouflante finale Carmina Burana, chantˆ©e par le ch‰ìur des ˆ©lˆ®ves de Pierre-Laporte, des anciens du programme et des membres du personnel a su captiver le public jusqu'ˆÝ la derniˆ®re note.

La Fondation Musique de l'ˆ©cole Pierre-Laporte remercie tous les musiciens, qui ont offert une performance riche en ˆ©motions musicales, ainsi que les partenaires et spectateurs qui, par leur contribution, permettent de poursuivre la notion d'excellence. Vive la Musique au c‰ìur de la rˆ©ussite!

Symphony Nova Scotia wraps up its 25th anniversary season with Beer & Beethoven!

Reminder: Symphony Nova Scotia wraps up its 25^th anniversary season with Beer & Beethoven!

Halifax, NS ’Äì Symphony Nova Scotia and the Stadacona Band combine on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 at 8:00 pm at Canadian Forces Base Halifax’Äôs Drill Hall to present the 17^th annual Beer & Beethoven. Saturday night’Äôs performance is sold out, but limited tickets are still available for Friday.

This IBM-sponsored fundraiser brings you an energetic mix of popular music classics and Maritime favourites, accompanied by plenty of drinks, food, and prizes. The two bands will be conducted by Stadacona Band conductor Ray Murray and Symphony Nova Scotia Resident Conductor Martin MacDonald ’Äì plus, music legend Howard Cable will make a special appearance conducting the combined forces of more than 70 musicians. The Stad Band will also be joined by special guest vocalist Liz Rigney, and the evening will be hosted by CBC’Äôs Heidi Petracek.

"I'm looking forward to coming and conducting the full forces of Symphony Nova Scotia and the Stad Band,’Äù says Cable. ’ÄúIt's going to sound great, and it'll be a lot of fun, too!"

Beer & Beethoven isn’Äôt just a performance ’Äì it’Äôs a lively social event where mingling and chatting is part of the fun. While the orchestra plays, audience members relax around tables with friends and socialize at the bar. They can also try their hand at winning one of three raffle prize packages ’Äì including a large silk painting, created live onsite during the performance by silk painter Holly Carr.

Seats are disappearing quickly, so reserve yours now! Tickets are only $26.50 (HST included) ’Äì call 494.3820 or 1.800.874.1669, or visit www.SymphonyNovaScotia.ca. Or, to reserve a table of 8 for only $200, call 421.1300, ext. 229.

Please note: since this event is licensed, patrons must be 19 or older.

Where is the Drill Hall? The Drill Hall is on the base at CFB Halifax, which is located between Barrington Street, Gottingen Street, and North Street in Halifax. Guests can either enter CFB Halifax at the Fleet Club Entrance on Barrington Street, or the Main Stadacona entrance on Gottingen Street. Volunteers and signs will direct guests to the Drill Hall once they arrive.

About the Stadacona Band

The Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces Atlantic is one of six regular force military bands serving the Canadian Forces. The band has always called Halifax its home and in 2009 will celebrate its 69th anniversary of representing the Navy, the Canadian Forces and the citizens of Canada at home and around the world. The Stadacona Band's 35 musicians can be found performing on a parade square, in a concert hall or at the dockyard welcoming naval vessels.

About Symphony Nova Scotia
Expect the Unexpected with Symphony Nova Scotia ’Äì from Baroque to Berlioz to bluegrass! Each year the 37-member ensemble performs for more than 40,000 audience members (including 14,000 young music lovers) in communities across Nova Scotia. Under the inspirational leadership of Bernhard Gueller, Symphony Nova Scotia is recognized as one of the finest orchestras in the country. Join the orchestra in celebrating its 25th anniversary this season!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Kings Place - This is Tues events

KINGS PLACE: THIS IS TUESDAY- Break Your Sound Barrier -

"’Ķa fantastic addition to the city's cultural life." (Musical Opinion)

VENUE: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG;

TIME: 8.00pm

PRICE: Tickets from £9.50 online (These prices are available online only. Please add an extra £2 to all ticket prices if booking in person or by phone.)

BOX OFFICE: 0207 520 1490

FURTHER DETAILS: www.kingsplace.co.uk

www.myspace.com/kpthisistuesday

Tues 12 May

THE SOUND SOURCE: Turned Off, Tuned Out

Featuring Andrew Lampert - Curated by no.w.here and Sound and Music

Visual artist Andy Lampert collaborates with three maverick musicians: US cellist/ improviser and Tzadik label artist Okkyung Lee, multi instrumentalist Steve Beresford and trumpeter Peter Evans, for a playful evening of music and film. www.myspace.com/okkyunglee

Tues 19 May

MULTIPLIER 6 - Curated by Graham Fitkin

The final Multiplier event with 3 stages, featuring the World premiere of Jeremy Peyton Jones' ensemble of a dozen guitarists on one, singers Melanie Pappenheim and Rebecca Askew performing vocal gymnastics on another, whilst the well known violinist Darragh Morgan will bring some rigor to the affair. Music from Michael Gordon, Orlando Gough, Jeremy Peyton Jones and Wayne Siegel. www.myspace.com/jeremypeytonjones

Tues 2 June
THIS ISN'T FOR YOU/ Music and Machines - Curated by Matt Fretton with Sarah Nicolls
Using as a start point the idea of the piano as a machine, this event will explore mechanical devices which produce sound in theatrical ways. Including performances by co-curator Sarah Nicolls; the evening will include intriguing installations and impressive feats of engineering entertainment. The last TI4U of the season.

www.myspace.com/sarahnicolls www.sarahnicolls.com

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Fairmont Music Store Press Release

FAIRMONT & EMI MUSIC LAUNCH

NEW MUSIC PLATFORM ONLINE

- Hotel Guests To Have Exclusive Access To Digital Music Through The Fairmont Music Store; Frequent Guests To

Receive 15% Savings On Song Downloads -

TORONTO, May 6, 2009 ’Äì Looking for an innovative way to further enrich the guest experience and provide travelers with a hotel benefit ’Äúin tune’Äù with their needs, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has partnered with EMI Music on a new branded music program providing hotel guests with exclusive access to an impressive catalog of digital music. Highlighting the new program is The Fairmont Music Store, an online portal housed on Fairmont’Äôs award-winning website, which enables guests in North America to gain access to discounts on digital music and other music related experiences from one of the world’Äôs top labels featuring artists such as Coldplay, Moby, Lily Allen, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, The Beach Boys, Secret City recording artist Patrick Watson (who appeared for an exclusive Fairmont performance at The Plaza hotel in New York City on May 5) and many more.

Through the new online music boutique, located at http://www.fairmontmusicstore.com/ and accessible at home, in the office, or at any Fairmont location in North America, site visitors have the ability to browse and download songs, albums, and distinctive Fairmont playlists from some of EMI’Äôs top-selling musicians and emerging artists.

As part of the new music initiative, Fairmont is also extending discounts and additional benefits to members of its guest loyalty program: Fairmont President’Äôs Club (FPC). Benefits range from a 15% discount for FPC members on any digital music purchased via the portal to priority access and ticketing privileges for special events and concerts featuring EMI artists.

’ÄúMusic is very emotive, and it’Äôs a universal expression that almost everyone on the planet can relate to,’Äù said Brian Richardson, Fairmont’Äôs Vice President, Brand Marketing & Communications. ’ÄúThe Fairmont Music Store enables us to deliver a benefit that is not only meaningful, but also tailored to the individual. We’Äôre excited to bring a personalized music experience to our guests and feel this is an innovative and interactive benefit that they’Äôll truly appreciate.’Äù

"We at EMI are thrilled as our relationship with Fairmont continues to grow and flourish," said Deane Cameron, President of EMI Music Canada. "Together we have created an online music store exclusively for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts guests to offer them the ultimate music fan experience with great convenience. Here they can explore our robust catalogue, preview exclusive content and purchase digital tracks from the personalized music store."

The Fairmont Music Store is the latest initiative from the two companies, which have partnered in the past to infuse music into the hotelier’Äôs Fairmont Fit program. In addition to providing frequent Fairmont guests with complimentary access to adidas workout apparel and footwear during their stay, the program features pre-loaded digital music players featuring hundreds of tracks from EMI Music artists.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts’Äô exclusive guest recognition program, Fairmont President's Club, provides frequent guests special benefits and privileges designed to reflect individual travel preferences and offer an enhanced level of service. Personalized travel profiles afford members customized stay experiences while in-hotel benefits include private check-in, complimentary room upgrades, high-speed Internet access, TaylorMade golf clubs at select locations and exclusive vacation offerings. Guests can enroll at time of booking or online at www.fairmont.com/fpc.

Ffin Records releases John Hardy composition

Orchestra piece is a step outside reality

With a salary of £30 and a mission to oversee every school in an area the size of England, Anne Ritchie set out on foot and by dugout canoe across vast terrains and wild country. Her letters home paint pictures of a truly foreign world, with schools so poorly equipped they have "children doing arithmetic on their bare arms," and where they found a "python over at St Mary's, but the girls killed it quite happily!"

Forty years after her return, her son John Hardy was commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to compose an accessible, energetic piece for a series of concerts. His inspiration for the music came from the stories his mother had told of her adventures in Africa. Her letters sent back home gave the piece its name: Blue Letters from Tanganyika. "What I did was to take some of them and use them as the basis for a sort of tone poem," explains John, "describing in music some of the colour and drama of her time there."

The 18-minute piece is split into four movements, each based on a different part of Anne's travels. "The first movement is her arrival there, a dangerous and rough journey, at one point she inadvertently walked through an area patrolled by lions; the second movement is a scherzo which describes travelling on a lake, sometimes calm and tranquil and other times stormy; the third describes the calm and peace of the very long and dark African nights near the Equator and then the last movement is an on-safari finale."

Full of exuberant African colours and textures, the piece is rich with imagery and imagination. Anyone who likes classical, orchestral, classical crossover and big film scores will feel instantly at home with this visual and visceral sound-world. Fresh and bold, Blue Letters from Tanganyika conjures an exotic world where lions are banished by bicycle bells, snakes are frightened away with hymns and the only person who can cure an aching tooth is a German nun.

Following the success of the piece in audience votes, radio broadcasts and five live performances, Ffin Records are releasing the music on Friday 1st May.

The tiny Cardiff-based record label has kept hold of the music in the face of serious attention from major companies who have described the piece as "great" (Universal Classics & Jazz) and "cinemagraphic" (Hyperion Records), praising the "great feel for atmosphere, beautifully scored" (EMI Classics).

Naxos even put in a bid to release the music themselves, noting "the music would appeal to a Classic FM audience." However, Ffin Records is committed to an independent release. "This music needs the attention it can only get from a personal, specialist label," manager Ed Scolding notes, "we know the music best ’Äì so we can help everyone experience this extraordinary music in the fullest possible way". Recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewellyn, Blue Letters from, Tanganyika will be released digitally on Friday 1st May at www.ffinrecords.co.uk. Part of the sale proceeds will be donated to charities supporting work around the area of Tanzania described in the letters.

Notes: John Hardy is a highly-acclaimed composer whose concert music has been described as 'utterly engrossing' and 'unique' by the Guardian, 'witty' by the Independent, 'gripping and intensely theatrical' by Opera Now and 'energetic, instinctive' by the Times.

He is regularly commissioned to write substantial choral and instrumental works for organisations such as Welsh National Opera, DV8, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, Test Dept. and Westminster Abbey.

Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al - 150+ Performances On Sale This Weekend

30TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRˆâAL ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 150 ARTISTS FOR THE INDOOR PROGRAM
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Wealth of Performances Including Jeff Beck, Harlem Gospel Choir, Buddy Guy, Mos Def, Pink Martini, The Dears, The Orb, Burning Spear, Toots & The Maytals and Many More
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Montrˆ©al to Host 650+ Concerts Over Two Weeks

May 6, 2009 - The 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al marks a genuine turning point in an already remarkable history. The world's #1 jazz event, presented by General Motors in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, the Festival offers a program of incredible diversity for this grand event, as Montrˆ©al is set to host 3,000 musicians & entertainers from 30 countries, more than 650 concerts, 400 accredited journalists and a total of 2.5 million attendees. The sheer amount of live music includes in excess of 450 free shows on 10 outdoor stages, plus more than 150 indoor concerts at 10 different concert halls, showcasing jazz and music in all its forms, inspired by every style including pop, rock n' roll, '80s gypsy music, Afrobeat and other genres from around the world.

From jazz legends and rock stars to the most buzzed about indie acts, more than 150 indoor concerts will light up Montrˆ©al's marquees from June 30 to July 12. This year, it's harder than ever to pick out individual gems, but just a few of them include: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck, hip hop heavyweight Mos Def, electronica pioneers The Orb, eclectic indie rockers Beirut and The Dears, classic reggae artists Burning Spear and Toots & The Maytals, genre busting collective Pink Martini, jazz rock hipsters The Bad Plus, and many more.

The Festival marks its anniversary by paying tribute to legendary record label Blue Note, which made global stars of Miles Davis, Al Green, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk as well as newcomers including Norah Jones. Many artists from the label's peerless catalogue will illuminate the program. The festival wll also mark the 55th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, represented by founder and "father" of all subsequent jazzfests George Wein, who brings in his Newport All Stars. Finally, a pair of 50th anniversaries of landmark albums will be celebrated in two Festival concerts: Time Out by Dave Brubeck, the first jazz album to have sold over one million copies, and Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the biggest-selling jazz album in history.

The opening concert of the Festival turns the spotlight on fabulous trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring flamenco piano sensation Chano Dominguez and his quartet. In the closing concert, Montrˆ©al Variations celebrates our city itself with its greatest pianists Oliver Jones, Franˆßois Bourassa, James Gelfand, Alain Lefˆ®vre, Guy Dubuc, Luc Beaugrand, Guy St-Onge and Lorraine Desmarais performing compositions created specifically with the metropolis as muse.

The program, series by series:

Pleins feux General Motors series, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, PdA:
Wynton Marsalis and Chano Dominguez (June 30)
Chris Botti (July 2)
Tony Bennett (July 3)
Dave Brubeck (July 4)
Al Jarreau and Molly Johnson (July 5)
Jeff Beck (July 6)
Pink Martini (July 7 and 8),
Joe Cocker (July 9)
Brian Setzer (July 10)
Jackson Browne (July 11)

Les Grands concerts TD Canada Trust series, 9:30 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (June 30, 8 p.m.)
Monterey Quartet with Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter and Eric Harland
Chucho Valdˆ©s (July 2)
Wayne Shorter Quartet (July 3)
Miles from India (July 4)
Branford Marsalis Quartet (July 5)
Ornette Coleman Quartet (July 9)
Mos Def and pianist Robert Glasper (July 10)
Harlem Gospel Choir (July 11)

Rythmes Bell series, 8:30 p.m., Mˆ©tropolis:
Kool & The Gang with opening act: Stˆ©phane Moraille (July 1)
Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi (July 2)
La India with opening act Jesus El Niˆ±o (July 3)
The Lost Fingers (July 4, exclusively at 6 p.m.)
The Positive Force (July 5)
Oumou Sangare and Alpha Blondy (July 8)
Burning Spear and Toots & The Maytals (July 9)
Beirut with opening act The Dodos (July 11)

En voix Rio Tinto Alcan series, 6 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Melody Gardot (July 1 and 2)
Madeleine Peyroux (July 3 and 5)
Susie Arioli (July 4)
Sophie Milman
Charlie Haden's Family and Friends show (July 8)
Van der Graaf Generator (July 9)
Patricia Barber (July 10)
John Pizzarelli (July 11)

Primeur ARTV series, 7:30 p.m., Cinquiˆ®me Salle, PdA:
Angˆ®le Dubeau (June 30, July 1 and 2)
Zachary Richard (July 8 to 11)
July 3 Montreal Guitar Show series: Monte Mongomery (6 p.m.), Peppino D'Agostino (8 p.m.) and Russell Malone (10 p.m.) July 4 Sylvain Provost (6 p.m.), Frank Vignola (8 p.m.) and Olivier Langevin (10 p.m.)
July 5 Don Alder (6 p.m.), Muriel and Valˆ©rie (8 p.m.) and Stanley Jordan (10 p.m.)

Les Couleurs SAQ series, 7 p.m., Club Soda:
Brazilian Duos (July 1)
Emilie-Claire Barlow (July 2)
Eleni Mandell (July 3)
Joyce (July 4)
John Butler (July 5) solo and in duet with Nicky Bomba
Pacifika(July 6)
Tˆ©rez Montcalm (July 8)
Farka Tourˆ© (July 9)
Lila Downs (July 10)
DeVotchKa's (July 11)

Invitation Hyatt Regency Montrˆ©al series, 6 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ© presented in collaboration with Galaxie:
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz Benares (July 1), Mexico(July 2), Paris (July 3).
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with pianist Aaron Parks, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Matt Penman (July 4)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Joe Lovano, Greg Hutchison, Reuben Rogers and Sam Yahel (July 5)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Brian Blade, Greg Hutchinson, Larry Grenadier and Reuben Rogers (July 6)
Garcia Fons (July 9) with Sabrina Romero (July 9)
Garcia-Fons with Jean-Louis Matinier (July 10)
Garcia-Fons with David Venitucci, Kiko Ruiz and Pascal Rolando (July 11)

Jazz Beat TD Canada Trust series, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Jean Duceppe, PdA. Presented by CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM):
Al di Meola (July 1)
Sadao Watanabe (July 2)
Eliane Elias (July 3)
Kenny Garrett (July 4)
Kenny Werner (July 5)
Jimmy Cobb's So What Band with Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis & Buster Williams (July 6)
Bill Frisell Quartet with Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston and Ron Miles (July 8).
Lorraine Desmarais (July 9)
George Wein, producer, promoter, pianist and father of jazz festivals, along with his Newport All Stars with Lew Tabackin, Randy Sandke, Howard Alden, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash (July 10).
Alain Caron & Franˆßois Bourrassa (July 11)

Jazz d'ici La Presse series, 6 p.m., L'Astral:
Oliver Jones (June 30)
Julie Lamontagne and her trio (July 1)
Guy Bˆ©langer (July 2)
Le Large Ensemble (July 3)
Auguste (July 5)
Karen Young, Stˆ©phane Moraille, Jean Vanasse and Martial Mˆ©ronˆ©, pay Tribute to ˆâval Manigat (July 6
Rˆ©mi-Jean Leblanc, Samuel Joly, Dan Thouin and Jocelyn Tellier (July 8)
Joel Miller (July 9)
Michel Donato (July 10)
Toussaint brothers of Sacbˆ© with Jean Pierre Zanella (July 11)

Jazz dans la nuit series, 10:30 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ©:
Enrico Rava (June 30)
The Baptiste Trotignon Quintet featuring Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt, Greg Hutchison and Matt Penman (July 1)
Esperanza Spalding (July 2) Lee Konitz, accompanied by Minsarah (July 3)
Brian Blade (July 4) with longtime friends the Fellowship Band
Hadouk Trio (July 5)
Julien Lourau, Serbian pianist Bojan Zulfikarpaic and Algerian drummer Karim Ziad are BoZiLo (July 6)
Hiromi (July 8)
Rudresh Mahanthappa (July 9)
Bill Charlap and Houston Person (July 10)
Greg Osby (July 11)
Concerts intimes Planˆ®te Jazz series, 7 p.m., Savoy
Mˆ©lissa Laveaux (July 1 and 2)
Jordan Officer (from July 3 to 5 July 4 exclusively at 8:30 p.m.)
NEeMA (July 6)
Jason Bajada (July 8 and 9)
Po'Girl (July 10 and 11).

Jazz au Club series, 9 p.m., L'Astral n collaboration with Galaxie:
Bad Plus (June 30, 11 p.m., and July 1, 9 p.m.)
Dominick Farinacci (July 2)
Aaron Parks (July 3)
Gerald Clayton (July 4)
Loueke (July 5)
Anat Cohen (July 6)
English Canada (July 8)
BˆØa (July 9)
Jill Barber (July 10)
Somi (July 11)

Les Nuits Heineken series, midnight, Club Soda:
Elsiane (July 1)
High Tone (July 3)
Thunderheist (July 4)
Pawa Up First (July 5)
The Dears (July 6)
The Orb (July 8)
The Bell Orchestre (July 9)
Bonobo (July 10)
DJ Misstress Barbara preceded by Claass (July 11)

Special events:
Festival Pre opening: Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, June 26, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier de la PdA
Jazzing Flamenco, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre du Nouveau Monde, June 30 (6 p.m.), July 2 to 6 and 8 to 11 presented by Air France
Battle of the Bands with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Harry James Orchestra, July 12, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, PdA

Complete programming for free outdoor concerts and activities at the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al will be announced on June 8.

Ode ˆÝ l’ÄôAcadie honorera ˆâdith Butler

Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie honorera ˆâdith Butler
au Centre national des Arts

(Caraquet ’Äì 6 mai 2009) - La troupe Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie a ˆ©tˆ© choisie afin d'honorer la cˆ©lˆ®bre musicienne acadienne ˆâdith Butler lors du Gala des Prix du Gouverneur gˆ©nˆ©ral pour les arts de la scˆ®ne, qui se dˆ©roulera le samedi 9 mai prochain au Centre national des Arts d'Ottawa. L'ˆ©quipe Ode s'envolera demain (jeudi) pour la Capitale nationale pour les rˆ©pˆ©titions du spectacle.

Des reprises des chansons Paquetville et Un million de fois je t'aime seront offertes ˆÝ ˆâdith Butler en guise d'hommage pour sa rˆ©ception du prestigieux Prix de la rˆ©alisation artistique. Un orchestre de 50 musiciens sera ˆ©galement au programme de la soirˆ©e afin d'interprˆ©ter l'Hymne ˆÝ l'espoir, alors que la comˆ©dienne Viola Lˆ©ger prˆ©sentera ˆâdith Butler.

Pour les sept artistes d'Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie, ce n'est pas peu que d'avoir ˆ©tˆ© choisis pour l'occasion, comme en tˆ©moigne Monique Poirier. ¬´ Nous sommes vraiment trˆ®s heureux de pouvoir participer ˆÝ l'hommage que recevra ˆâdith Butler dans le cadre de la remise des Prix du Gouverneur gˆ©nˆ©ral ˆÝ Ottawa. L'Acadie toute entiˆ®re a raison d'ˆ�tre fiˆ®re et de cˆ©lˆ©brer la contribution importante d'ˆâdith Butler ˆÝ la culture et ˆÝ la musique acadienne. Quand on nous a appris que c'est Edith elle-mˆ�me qui a suggˆ©rˆ© les artistes d'Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie pour participer au spectacle et de faire une prestation de quelques-uns de ses grands succˆ®s, nous nous sommes dit que c'ˆ©tait un beau cadeau qu'elle nous faisait, et nous avons hˆ¢te de monter sur scˆ®ne et de lui faire un cadeau ˆÝ notre tour. ¬ª

Cette annˆ©e, en plus d'ˆâdith Butler, les Prix du Gouverneur gˆ©nˆ©ral pour les arts de la scˆ®ne soulignent la contribution artistique de Robert Lepage, Clˆ©mence DesRochers, George F. Walker, Murray R. Schafer et Peggy Baker. Chaque laurˆ©at recevra une bourse de 25 000 $ remise par le Conseil des arts du Canada, ainsi qu'un mˆ©daillon frappˆ© par la Monnaie royale canadienne.

La notoriˆ©tˆ© d'ˆâdith Butler ne date pas d'hier. Avec plus de quarante ans de carriˆ®re, d'innombrables spectacles aux quatre coins de la planˆ®te, elle est prˆ©sentement en plein c‰ìur de sa tournˆ©e d'adieu, qui ne cesse de s'allonger tant l'intˆ©rˆ�t du public est soutenu. Cette annˆ©e, en plus de recevoir le Prix du Gouverneur gˆ©nˆ©ral, elle sera immortalisˆ©e en juillet par Postes Canada, qui lancera un timbre-poste ˆÝ son image dans le cadre de la sˆ©rie Artistes canadiens de la chanson, aux cˆ¥tˆ©s de Bryan Adams et Robert Charlebois. Mme Butler rejoindra les Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell et Paul Anka qui ont reˆßu cet honneur l'ˆ©tˆ© dernier.

Pour Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie, la prestation spˆ©ciale de ce samedi soir dans la capitale nationale s'ajoute ˆÝ une liste dˆ©jˆÝ imposante de rˆ©alisations comme la participation aux Sommets de la Francophonie de Ouagadougou et de Quˆ©bec et la prˆ©sentation de nombreux spectacles ˆÝ l'ˆ©tranger, plus spˆ©cifiquement aux ˆâtats-Unis, en France, en Belgique et en Suisse. Depuis sa crˆ©ation en 2004, quelques 170 000 personnes ont franchis les tourniquets du spectacle Ode ˆÝ l'Acadie et prˆ®s de 20 000 pour Carte blanche aux artistes d'Ode.

Les Productions Ode est une compagnie ˆÝ but non lucratif incorporˆ©e en 2005 qui reˆßoit l'appui des gouvernements du Nouveau-Brunswick et du Canada. La compagnie bˆ©nˆ©ficie ˆ©galement de partenariats et de collaborations spˆ©ciales avec la Coopˆ©rative de Caraquet, les Caisses populaires acadiennes, CHAU TVA, les Chalets de la Plage, le Village Historique Acadien, le Congrˆ®s mondial acadien 2009 et Techno 90.

Get Your Backstage Pass to The Metropolitan Opera's The Audition at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres

Get Your Backstage Pass to The Metropolitan Opera’Äôs

The Audition at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres

Advance tickets now available

TORONTO, ON, May 6, 2009 (CGX.UN) ’Äì Cineplex Entertainment is pleased to present The Metropolitan Opera’Äôs The Audition, a feature length documentary that provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make it in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts. The Audition will be shown in High Definition (HD) and digital surround sound on Saturday, June 6^th at 1 pm EST/12 pm CST/11 am MST/10 am PST and Monday, June 15^th at 7 pm local time at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres across the country.

’ÄúWe are excited to offer our guests The Audition, an addition to the acclaimed MET Opera: Live in HD series that guests have enjoyed at our theatres across the country for the past three years,’Äù said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. ’ÄúThe Audition offers an exclusive backstage pass into the intense pressures the competitors face as they try to launch an opera career with the Met. Our regular Met opera guests will love the drama and excitement in this production.’Äù

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, The Audition looks at the intense pressures young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts. The feature-length documentary takes you behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera’Äôs National Council Auditions, where each year thousands of hopefuls compete for a cash prize, the chance to sing on the Met stage and the opportunity to launch a major operatic career. The film covers the dramatic week leading up to the finals of the 2007 auditions, focusing on three very different tenor contestants: Michael Fabiano, a fiery 22-year-old grappling with his inner demons; Alek Shrader, a 25-year-old with movie star looks who attempts to sing nine high Cs in the fiendishly difficult aria that made Pavarotti a star and Ryan Smith, who at age 30, and with little formal training, is pursuing his dream of an operatic career. The Audition also includes a 20 minute panel discussion taped recently at The Met with Renˆ©e Fleming on the panel.

Advance tickets are now available online at www.cineplex.com/events as well as at participating theatre box offices. Admission for seniors and children ages 3 ’Äì 12 is $12.95 + tax and general admission is $14.95 + tax.

Cineplex Entertainment will present The Audition at the following select theatres across the country:

BRITISH COLUMBIA

SilverCity Coquitlam Cinemas 170 Schoolhouse Street Coquitlam, BC	SilverCity Riverport Cinemas 14211 Entertainment Way Richmond, BC
SilverCity Victoria Cinemas 3130 Tillicum Road Victoria, BC	Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver 900 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC
Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo 213-4750 Rutherford Road Nanaimo, BC	Famous Players Orchard Plaza Cinemas 160-1876 Cooper Road Kelowna, BC
Colossus Langley Cinemas 20090 91A Avenue Langley, BC SilverCity Mission Cinemas 32555 London Avenue Mission, BC Cineplex Odeon Victoria Cinemas 780 Yates Avenue Victoria, BC Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall Cinemas 700-1320 TransCanada Highway Kamloops, BC	Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas 200-333 Brooksbank Avenue North Vancouver, BC Famous Players 7 Cinemas 2306 Highway 6 Vernon, BC Famous Players 6 Cinemas 172-1600 Fifth Avenue Prince George, BC SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas 4700 Kingsway Avenue Burnaby, BC

ALBERTA

Cineplex Odeon Grand Prairie Cinemas 10330-109th Street Grand Prairie, AB Galaxy Cinemas Medicine Hat 3292 Dunmore Road SE Medicine Hat, AB Galaxy Cinemas Lethbridge 501-1st Avenue SW Lethbridge, AB Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton 8882-170 Street Edmonton, AB Cineplex Odeon Crowfoot Crossing Cinemas 91 Crowfoot Terrace NW Calgary, AB Cineplex Odeon Eau Claire Marketplace Cinemas 90-200 Barclay Parade SW Calgary, AB

Cineplex Odeon South Edmonton Cinemas 1525-99th Street NW Edmonton, AB Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 6455 MacLeod Trail SW Calgary, AB Galaxy Cinemas Red Deer 357-37400 Highway #2 Red Deer, AB Famous Players Westhills Cinemas 165 Stewart Green SW Calgary, AB Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton Cinemas 14231 137th Avenue NW Edmonton, AB

MANITOBA

SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas 815 St. James Street Winnipeg, MB

SilverCity St. Vital Cinemas 160-1255 St. Mary’Äôs Road Winnipeg, MB

SASKATCHEWAN

Galaxy Cinemas Regina 420 McCarthy Boulevard N Regina, SK

Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon 347 2nd Avenue S Saskatoon, SK

ONTARIO

Scotiabank Theatre Toronto 259 Richmond Street W Toronto, ON Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande Cinemas 4861 Yonge Street Toronto, ON SilverCity Fairview Mall Cinemas 1800 Sheppard Avenue E Toronto, ON Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas 1025 The Queensway Etobicoke, ON Colossus Vaughan Cinemas 3555 Highway 7 W Woodbridge, ON Galaxy Cinemas Barrie 72 Commerce Park Drive Barrie, ON Galaxy Cinemas Guelph 485 Woodlawn Road W Guelph, ON SilverCity Oakville Cinemas 3531 Wyecroft Road Oakville, ON Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas 7555 Montrose Road Niagara Falls, ON SilverCity London Cinemas 1680 Richmond Street London, ON SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas 771 Golf Link Road Ancaster, ON Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. Marie 293 Bay Street Sault Ste. Marie, ON SilverCity Burlington Cinemas 1250 Brant Street Burlington, ON Galaxy Cinemas Brantford 300 King George Road Brantford, ON Galaxy Cinemas Brockville 2399 Parkedale Avenue Brockville, ON Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge 355 Hespeler Road Cambridge, ON Galaxy Cinemas North Bay 300 Lakeshore Drive North Bay, ON Galaxy Cinemas St. Thomas 417 Wellington Street St. Thomas, ON Famous Players Lambton 9 Cinemas 1450 London Road Sarnia, ON Coliseum Ottawa Cinemas 3090 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas 2214 Bank Street Ottawa, ON

Coliseum Scarborough Cinemas 300 Borough Drive Scarborough, ON The Beaches Cinemas ’Äì Alliance Cinemas 1651 Queen Street E Toronto, ON SilverCity Yonge-Eglinton Cinemas 2300 Yonge Street Toronto, ON SilverCity Richmond Hill Cinemas 8725 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, ON Coliseum Mississauga Cinemas 309 Rathburn Road W Mississauga, ON SilverCity Brampton Cinemas 50 Great Lakes Drive Brampton, ON Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas 1351 Grandview Street N Oshawa, ON Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough 320 Water Street Peterborough, ON Cineplex Odeon Gardiners Road Cinemas 636 Gardiners Road Kingston, ON Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo 550 King Street N Waterloo, ON Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall Cinemas 3100 Howard Avenue Windsor, ON SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas 355 Barrydowne Road Sudbury, ON SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas 18151 Yonge Street Newmarket, ON Galaxy Cinemas Cornwall 1325 Second Street E Cornwall, ON Famous Players Belleville 8 Cinemas 160 Bell Boulevard Belleville, ON Galaxy Cinemas Collingwood 6 Mountain Road Collingwood, ON Galaxy Cinemas Midland 9226 County Road 93 Midland, ON Galaxy Cinemas Orangeville 85 Fifth Avenue Orangeville, ON Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound 1020 10th Street Owen Sound, ON SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas 850 North May Street Thunder Bay, ON SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas 2385 City Park Drive Gloucester, ON

QUEBEC

Starcitˆ© Montreal Cinemas 4825 ave. Pierre De Coubertin Montreal, QC Cineplex Odeon Brossard Cinemas 9350 boul. Leduc Brossard, QC Coliseum Kirkland Cinemas 3200 rue Jean Yves Kirkland, QC Galaxy Cinemas Sherbrooke 4204 rue Bertrand Rock Forest, QC Cineplex Odeon Beauport Cinemas 825 rue Clemenceau Beauport, QC Galaxy Cinemas Victoriaville 1121 Jutras Est Victoriaville, QC Galaxy Cinemas Fleur-de-Lys 4520 boul. des Rˆ©collets Trois Rivieres, QC

Scotiabank Theatre Montreal 977 rue Ste-Catherine O Montreal, QC Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy Cinemas 1200 boul. Duplessis St. Foy, QC Colossus Laval Cinemas 2800 rue Cosmodˆ¥me Laval, QC Gatineau 9 Cinemas 120 boul. de l’ÄôHˆ¥pital Gatineau, QC Cineplex Odeon Latin Quarter Cinemas 350 rue Emery Montreal, QC Cineplex Odeon Boucherville Cinemas 20 boul. de Montagne Boucherville, QC

OTHER LOCATIONS

Capitol Theatre 4920 - 52 Street Yellowknife, NWT Cinema St. Eustache 305 Avenue Mathers St. Eustache, QC Max Cameron Theatre 5400 Marine Avenue Powell River, BC Cinema Twin 101-1st Avenue NE Swift Current, BC Cinema Jonquierre 2445, rue St. Dominique Jonquierre, QC

Capitol Theatre 20 Queen Street Port Hope, ON Salmar Classic Theatre 360 Alexander Street Salmon Arm, BC Art Spring Theatre 100 Jackson Avenue Salt Spring Island, BC Meaford Opera House 1-12 Nelson Street E Meaford, ON

About Cineplex Entertainment LP

As the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada, Cineplex Entertainment LP owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,328 screens serving more than 63.5 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex Entertainment operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the largest exhibitor of digital, 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of more than 9,000, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. The units of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, which owns approximately 99.5% of Cineplex Entertainment LP, are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol CGX.UN). For more information, visit www.cineplex.com.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Un franc succˆ®s pour le 14e radio-don.

UN FRANC SUCCˆàS POUR

LE 14^e RADIO-DON DE RADIO VILLE-MARIE

Le 14^e radio-don de Radio Ville-Marie, qui se tenait les 1, 2 et 3 mai, a ˆ©tˆ© un franc succˆ®s. Le chiffrier indiquait dimanche soir ˆÝ 22h la somme de 140 205 $, dˆ©passant malgrˆ© la rˆ©cession l'objectif prˆ©vu. ¬´ C'est un ˆ©vˆ©nement magique, une fˆ�te exceptionnelle! ¬ª affirme Jean-Guy Roy, directeur gˆ©nˆ©ral. Prˆ®s de deux cents personnalitˆ©s et intervenants du monde social, politique, religieux et des affaires sont venus appuyer la station en plein essor.

Jacques Houde ˆ©tait l'animateur principal de cette grande fˆ�te des ondes sous le thˆ®me ¬´ Donnons avec coeur!¬ª Les porte-parole, Louise Harel, Claude Lafortune et Claire Pimparˆ©, ont collaborˆ© activement ˆÝ la rˆ©alisation de l'activitˆ© et ˆÝ la promotion de la station. Lors de cet ˆ©vˆ©nement, les sommes amassˆ©es sont exclusivement des dons individuels. ¬´ C'est un coup de coeur des auditeurs, un geste d'amitiˆ© et de solidaritˆ© ¬ª mentionne le directeur gˆ©nˆ©ral.

Dans les jours qui viennent la station recevra encore des montants provenant des activitˆ©s de financement organisˆ©es en rˆ©gion par des auditeurs. L'ˆ©quipe de Radio Ville-Marie tient ˆÝ remercier toutes les personnes qui ont travaillˆ© de prˆ®s ou de loin ˆÝ la rˆ©alisation de cette fˆ�te du coeur. Rappelons que ce mˆ©dia spˆ©cialisˆ© est la propriˆ©tˆ© d'une sociˆ©tˆ© sans but lucratif.

Radio Ville-Marie rˆ©pond ˆÝ un besoin rˆ©el et le grand public lui a encore manifestˆ© avec gˆ©nˆ©rositˆ© sa grande satisfaction au cours de ce 14^e radio-don. Ce mˆ©dia spˆ©cialisˆ© est devenu au fil des ans l'un des plus culturels du Quˆ©bec. Plus de 306 000 personnes sont ˆÝ l'ˆ©coute de la station (CROP 2007). Radio Ville-Marie est un vaste rˆ©seau de personnes et d'organismes engagˆ©s dans la promotion des valeurs de justice, de solidaritˆ©, de tolˆ©rance et de respect. On peut ˆ©couter CIRA-FM ˆÝ Montrˆ©al (91,3 FM), Sherbrooke (100,3 FM), Trois-Riviˆ®res (89,9 FM), Victoriaville (89,3 FM), Rimouski (104,1 FM). Tout un monde ˆÝ dˆ©couvrir!

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Monday, May 4, 2009

More Confirmed Names Added to TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Fest

Room Eleven, Van der Graaf Generator, Alain Caron Band and The Bug Added to Toronto Jazz Festival Line-Up

Toronto ’Äì Several new shows have been added to this summer's line-up making the 23rd edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival a little bigger and a lot more eclectic as it takes over the city from June 26 ’Äì July 5, 2009. With the addition of Room Eleven, Van der Graaf Generator, Alain Caron Band and The Bug, these groups push the boundaries of jazz with their mix of progressive rock, pop, blues and dubstep.

Room Eleven ’Äì 07/01, Supermarket
A spicy Dutch cocktail of bossa nova, folk, blues and pop interpreted by a jazzy rhythm section, colourful horns and funky guitars, Room Eleven is known for their effervescent live gigs. Formed in 2001, word of mouth quickly spread in Amsterdam about this quintet and in 2006 they released their debut album, Six White Russians & a Pink Pussycat.

The Bug ’Äì 07/04, The Social
As a part of the UK's Dubstep scene, The Bug offers up a mix of dancehall, industrial hip-hop, and electronic music with influences ranging from Miles Davis and John Coltrane to the Wu-Tang Clan and Public Enemy. The diverse music style can be attributed to the collection of over 20 musicians that have contributed to The Bug since its inception in 1997. The Bug's mix of influences and collective performance style translates into to a live show that is high energy, high impact and highly danceable.

Van der Graaf Generator ’Äì 07/04, Opera House
An English progressive rock / experimental band that achieved great success in Italy during the '70s, Van der Graaf Generator earned an intense cult following as one of the era's preeminent art rock groups. Named after a piece of electric equipment designed to produce static electricity, today the group is composed of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans.

Alain Caron Band ’Äì 07/05, Nathan Phillips Square
Hailing from Montreal, bassist Alain Caron and his electric quartet will bring their unique jazz sound to Nathan Phillips Square in a double bill concert with Sadao Watanabe. The electric quartet includes John Roney on piano and Paul Brochu on drums.

Other confirmed performances include:
Alex Pangman's Lickin' Good Fried opening for Susan Tedeschi ’Äì 07/03 @ Opera House
Justis performing with wordPEOPLE ’Äì 07/02 @ Supermarket

All tickets are on sale now and available by calling 416.870.8000 or www.ticketmaster.ca

For more information, visit www.torontojazz.com

L'OSJM cˆ©lˆ®bre Mendelssohn - Concert le 9 mai 2009 ˆÝ 20h

L'OSJM cˆ©lˆ®bre Mendelssohn!

Montrˆ©al, le 4 mai 2009 ’Äì ˆÄ l'occasion du 200e anniversaire de naissance du compositeur allemand Fˆ©lix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, l'Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montrˆ©al et son chef d'orchestre Louis Lavigueur lui consacrent leur troisiˆ®me concert de la saison. Cette soirˆ©e aura lieu le samedi 9 mai prochain ˆÝ 20 h, ˆÝ la salle Claude-Champagne de la facultˆ© de musique de l'Universitˆ© de Montrˆ©al (200, avenue Vincent d'Indy). Au programme : l'ouverture du Songe d'une nuit d'ˆ©tˆ©, le Concerto pour violon en mi mineur, opus 64 avec le soliste Martin Chalifour et finalement, la Symphonie n¬ƒ 5 en rˆ© mineur, opus 107 ¬´ Rˆ©formation ¬ª. Cet ˆ©vˆ©nement est placˆ© sous la prˆ©sidence d'honneur de Monsieur Jˆ�rg Metger, Consul gˆ©nˆ©ral d'Allemagne ˆÝ Montrˆ©al.

Martin Chalifour ’Äì Nˆ© ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, Martin Chalifour reˆßoit dˆ®s l'ˆ¢ge de quatre ans ses premiˆ®res leˆßons de violon. Aprˆ®s avoir obtenu un Premier Prix ˆÝ l'unanimitˆ© au Conservatoire de Montrˆ©al, il complˆ®te ses ˆ©tudes au prestigieux Curtis Institute de Philadelphie. Il reˆßoit un Certificat d'Honneur au Concours International TchaˆØkovski de Moscou (1986) et est laurˆ©at du Concours International de Montrˆ©al (1987). Martin Chalifour se produit rˆ©guliˆ®rement comme soliste, tant en rˆ©cital qu'avec orchestre, et comme chambriste. Il s'est notamment fait entendre avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al, les Violons du Roy, le Cleveland Orchestra et l'Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, ainsi qu'avec des artistes tels que Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Janos Starker, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph Eschenbach, Lynn Harrell, Yuri Bashmet et des membres du Quatuor Tokyo. Il a ˆ©tˆ© membre fondateur du Quatuor Atlanta et du Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio. En avril 1995, il est nommˆ© Violon-solo de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles, dirigˆ© par Esa-Pekka Salonen. Au moment de cette prestigieuse nomination, il occupait le poste de Violon-solo (par intˆ©rim) de l'Orchestre de Cleveland, aprˆ®s en avoir ˆ©tˆ© le Co-soliste; il avait auparavant occupˆ© les mˆ�mes fonctions au sein de l'Orchestre d'Atlanta. Peu aprˆ®s son arrivˆ©e en Californie, il remplace le violoniste Vadim Repin dans les Deux Rhapsodies de Bartok et Tzigane de Ravel avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles. Ce concert, dirigˆ© par Pierre Boulez, lui vaut alors les ˆ©loges de la critique. Martin Chalifour est membre du L.A. Philharmonic Piano Trio et enseigne ˆÝ l'ˆ©cole de Musique Thornton de l'Universitˆ© U.S.C. ˆÝ Los Angeles.

L'OSJM ’Äì L'Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montrˆ©al (OSJM) rˆ©unit une soixantaine d'instrumentistes ˆ¢gˆ©s en moyenne de 18 ans, admis aprˆ®s audition. L'OSJM a effectuˆ© plusieurs tournˆ©es au Quˆ©bec, en Ontario, en Alberta, en ˆâcosse, en Grˆ®ce et en France. Il compte ˆÝ son actif plusieurs disques, dont la Symphonie n¬ƒ3 avec orgue de Camille Saint-Saˆ´ns, Le Lac des cygnes et Casse-Noisettes de TchaˆØkovski et la Symphonie n¬ƒ5 de Mahler.

Louis Lavigueur - Au pupitre de l'Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montrˆ©al depuis plus de vingt ans, le chef d'orchestre Louis Lavigueur est ˆ©galement chef-adjoint et coordonnateur de l'Orchestre du Conservatoire de musique de Montrˆ©al depuis 1980, chef de l'Orchestre de Pierre-Laporte depuis 1985 et de l'Ensemble Sinfonia de Montrˆ©al depuis 2001. Pˆ©dagogue recherchˆ©, Louis Lavigueur a enseignˆ© aux universitˆ©s de Montrˆ©al, Laval et McGill, ainsi qu'au Conservatoire de musique de Montrˆ©al oˆ¼ il est toujours actif. Il a signˆ© plusieurs disques de compositeurs quˆ©bˆ©cois avec l'Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain, ainsi que des ‰ìuvres de Saint-Saˆ´ns et TchaˆØkovski avec l'OSJM, qu'il a menˆ© en tournˆ©e en Grˆ®ce et en France.

Billets en vente dˆ®s maintenant : 20 $ (rˆ©guliers); 10 $ (ˆ©tudiants)
Billetterie : 514 645-0311 ou par courriel au osjmontreal@gmail.com

Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montrˆ©al
6045, 42e avenue Montrˆ©al
Montrˆ©al (Quˆ©bec) H1T 2S7
Canada
www.osjm.org

Sunday, May 3, 2009

BC Scene Festival Wraps-up

BC Scene Festival Wraps-up

Next up: Prairie Scene in 2011

OTTAWA (Canada) ’Äî BC Scene, the largest gathering of British Columbia artists ever presented outside the province, culminates this weekend with two sold-out shows by Diana Krall, Canada's internationally acclaimed queen of jazz.

BC Scene, the National Arts Centre's dazzling multi-disciplinary arts festival, began April 21 and ends today. The festival featured 600 artists from disciplines as varied as music, theatre, dance, visual and media arts, literature and culinary arts, in more than 30 venues around the National Capital Region.

Ms. Krall was not the only B.C. artist to perform to capacity audiences over the last two weeks. Others included dance sensations Crystal Pite and Wen Wei Dance; classical music performers Borealis String Quartet, musica intima, Francois Houle, Hard Rubber Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; rockers Hey Ocean!, Said the Whale and Black Mountain; world beat master Celso Machado, jazz saxophonist Seamus Blake and Celtic-Punjabi electronica band Delhi 2 Dublin. Also playing to full houses were theatre productions such as BIOBOXES, Moms the Word 2: Unhinged and the children's opera Jack Pine. Culinary events were also a big hit, notably the cooking demonstration by renowned B.C. chef Robert Clark and National Arts Centre chef Michael Blackie.

British Columbia artists have been creating a buzz in the Nation's Capital since the festival's opening night event called SWARM, a unique and mind-opening tour of visual and media art installations at 11 local galleries that culminated in a massive party in the National Arts Centre lobby.

It's no wonder Heather Moore, BC Scene's Producer and Executive Director, calls this latest edition of the festival "the best ever".

The National Arts Centre created the Scene concept back in 2003 with Atlantic Scene, followed by Alberta Scene in 2005 and Quebec Scene in 2007. In addition to providing a national showcase for artists from the different regions of Canada, these festivals are designed to help emerging and established artists further their careers thanks to an innovative presenters' program. For example, about 60 presenters ’Äì producers, buyers, or talent scouts ’Äì from 17 countries (including Canada) were invited to BC Scene. The initial reaction by participating presenters has been very positive. Discussions are underway that will likely soon culminate in invitations to dozens of B.C. artists to perform across Canada and abroad.

Since 2003, hundreds of Canadian artists have benefited from being a part of the Scene festivals. For instance, after Alberta Scene, Alberta artists received 150 new bookings. A survey done six months after the 2007 Quebec Scene found that performing arts groups had already received 51 bookings that represented more than $500,000 in revenue.

Ms. Moore and her team of organizers are already working on the next edition of the festival, the Prairie Scene, which will showcase the artists of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the Nation's Capital in the spring of 2011.

Partners

BC Scene would like to thank the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia, Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support of this event.

The National Arts Centre and National Arts Centre Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of Presenting Partner Plasco Energy Group, Special Partners The Radcliffe Foundation, The Audain Foundation, Martha Lou Henley, Milton and Fei Wong and Dr. Donald B. Rix. Acknowledgment is also extended to Major Partners Enbridge Inc. and Hy's Steakhouse and Cockail Bar, as well as Supporting Partners Anndraya T. Luui, Canwest, HSBC Bank Canada, Holiday Inn and Screen Siren Pictures. BC Scene Media Partners include CBC/Radio-Canada, National Post, Vancouver Magazine and Western Living, Ottawa Citizen, LeDroit, and the Vancouver Sun.

The NAC Foundation also extends a warm thank you to the B.C. Strategy Council and Friends, a committed group of individuals whose leadership, support and guidance have been key to the success of BC Scene. The B.C. Strategy Council and Friends is led by Honorary Chairs Milton and Fei Wong, Chair Donald B. Rix and includes David Aisenstat, Michael Audain Foundation, Shirley Barnett, Peter Bentley, Eric Charman, Robert Fairweather, Moh and Yulanda Faris, Martha Lou Henley, Joanne Louie Mah, Anndraya T. Luui, Radcliffe Foundation, Scott Shepherd, Donald Shumka, Kathleen Speakman.

For more details about BC Scene or to view event photos, visit bcscene.ca.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

The Metropolitan Opera Offers Free Weekend Preview of Met Player beginning Friday, May 1

The Metropolitan Opera Offers Free Weekend Preview of

Met Player beginning Friday, May 1

Subscription Service Features Met’Äôs Award-Winning High Definition Productions and Extensive Audio Visual Catalog

Many Historic Video and Audio Performances Available for the First Time Since Their Original Broadcast

New York, NY (April 28, 2008) ’Äì The Metropolitan Opera will offer a free weekend of unlimited access to Met Player, the subscription service that makes much of the company’Äôs extensive video and audio catalog of full-length performances available to the public online, in exceptional, state-of-the-art quality. The free preview begins at 5pm ET on Friday, May 1, and runs through midnight on Sunday, May 3. During this time, users logging into Met Player will have access to the entire collection of more than 200 audio and video performances, including 20 of the company’Äôs acclaimed HD productions from the first three seasons of The Met: Live in HD series. HD titles recently added to the Met Player catalog include this season’Äôs transmissions of Massenet’Äôs ThaˆØs starring Renˆ©e Fleming and Thomas Hampson, Puccini’Äôs La Rondine featuring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, and Donizetti’Äôs Lucia di Lammermoor with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. Met Player also features the wide range of Music Director James Levine’Äôs work, from Mozart’Äôs comic masterpiece Cosi fan Tutte to Wagner’Äôs epic Ring cycle.

Recent upgrades to Met Player include the addition of multi-language subtitles (French, German, and Spanish) to the current season’Äôs HD titles; English subtitles are available for all videos (but can be turned off if preferred).

Met Player offers a wealth of video performances to choose from, including Puccini’Äôs La Bohˆ®me with Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti (1977), Plˆ°cido Domingo in Verdi’Äôs Otello (1995), and Verdi’Äôs La Forza del Destino with Leontyne Price (1984), as well as the recent HD live shows from the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, including Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flˆ„rez in Donizetti’Äôs La Fille du Regiment. Some of the initial offerings have never been seen since their original television broadcasts: Mascagni’Äôs Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’Äôs Pagliacci with Tatiana Troyanos, Teresa Stratas, and Domingo (1978); Price’Äôs legendary farewell performance in Verdi’Äôs Aida (1985); and Tschaikovsky’Äôs The Queen of Spades with Galina Gorchakova and Domingo (1999).

The legendary audio performances include Bizet’Äôs Carmen starring Rosa Ponselle (1937), as well as other Met radio performances from such celebrated artists as Carlo Bergonzi, Jussi Bjoerling, Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Lauritz Melchior, Zinka Milanov, Birgit Nilsson, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, and Richard Tucker.

In order to register for the free weekend of Met Player, users must have an active username and password for the Met website. New users can set this up by visiting the ’ÄúRegister’Äù page at metopera.org and providing basic contact information. No credit card will be required. Additional information will be available on the Met website during this free period to assist customers.

Subscription fees are priced at $14.99 per month or $149.99 for a yearly plan. As a special benefit for Met members who contribute at the $125 level or above, a six-month introductory package is available for $49.99. Individual purchases will cost $4.99 for HD videos and $3.99 for an audio performance or non-HD video; these individual purchases may be played in a six-hour period within 30 days. Met Player will provide a free downloadable audio and video website player with any rental or subscription order. A one week free trial subscription will be available to anyone after registration.

About Met Player

The Met is the first performing arts organization in the world to present such a wide variety of performances in such high quality resolution, available whenever its users wish to see or hear them. The Met developed the new service over the past year, working with a consortium of new technology companies ’ÄìMove Networks, mPoint, PermissionTV, and POP ’Äì adapting recently developed technologies to ensure superior picture and sound quality for the Met’Äôs long-form programming.

For an optimal viewing experience, a multi-core processor, with at least 1GB of memory and 32MB of video RAM, is recommended.

Utilizing the technology of Met Player, users have the option of hooking up their computers to new HD TV sets and home-stereo sound systems, delivering the Met’Äôs catalog in high quality. The cleanly-designed, simple, easy-to-navigate interface on the Met’Äôs website will allow users to find their favorite performances quickly.

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