Pianist Timothy Ledger to perform Beethoven alongside guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Timothy Ledger, a current doctoral student who won the 2017-18 Classical Concerto Competition back in November 2017, is set to perform with the McGill Symphony Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni. To learn more about this opportunity, we spoke to Timothy in a recent email exchange.
First Play: OSM Soloists, Beethoven, Strauss
Original article from CBC Music.
"Over a year ago, the executives at Analekta Records approached Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, to help them spearhead a three-year, three-album initiative that would focus a spotlight on OSM musicians in a chamber music setting."
Sixtrum's excellent end to 2017
Since their founding in 2006, the percussion ensemble Sixtrum has been striving for “excellence and the thrill of discovery in aims to become a reference in the percussion world of tomorrow.” Made up of six virtuosic and multi-talented performers, Noam Bierstone (current Schulich DMus student in percussion), Joao Catalao, Julien Grégoire, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim (Part-time Instructor at the Schulich School
Schulich nominees for the 21e Prix Opus
Finalists for the Conseil québécois de la musique's 21e Prix Opus have officially been announced, and once again the Schulich community is well represented! Established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Québec's musical offering, les Prix Opus delivers annually to artists throughout a variety of categories.
Finding her voice: Anna-Sophie Neher wins Wirth Vocal Prize
Excerpt taken from the McGill Reporter.
Nuné Melik: Hidden Treasures Projects
After several years of research into Armenian music, violinist Nuné Melik, a doctoral student at the Schulich School of Music, is making waves with her debut album Hidden Treasure: Classical Armenian Music for Violin and Piano. Born in Siberia, Melik has Armenian, Georgian and Jewish roots. After her move to Montreal in 2009, she began to explore the music of composers from her upbringing in her
Philippe Leroux: critique de son nouveau disque dans le Monde.fr!
Article provenant du site lemonde.fr
Mezzo-Soprano Simone McIntosh Stays True To Her Growing Reputation
Original article from Ludwig Van Toronto.
"Of the current crop of fresh young Canadian classical voices, mezzo Simone McIntosh has that rare quality that makes the listener sit up and take notice. She combines a beautiful, well focused, gleaming high mezzo with an innate theatricality that bodes well for the future.
Tristan Longval-Gagné
Original article from My Scena:
"Originally from Sherbrooke, pianist Tristan Longval-Gagné, fell into the “musical pot” early. In fact, his parents were both musicians and ran a music school in their home. He is now proudly a co-owner and teaches at the school. His first memories are therefore inevitably related to music and to his piano-teaching father, Tristan’s first teacher.
Soprano Anna-Sophie Neher wins the 2017 Wirth Vocal Prize
After a very exciting final round held on Saturday, December 2nd in Pollack Hall, we are excited to announce that soprano Anna-Sophie Neher is this year’s winner of the Wirth Vocal Prize. Alongside collaborative pianist Esther Gonthier, Anna-Sophie performed works by Mozart, Morlock, Poulenc, Wolf and Rossini to secure the title.
Schulich students participate in masterclasses with tenor Julian Prégardien
Hosted by the Montreal Bach Festival 2017 and presented at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, two public masterclasses were held November 29th to 30th with acclaimed tenor Julian Prégardien featuring students from le Conservatoire, Université de Montréal and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.
Voice area chair Stefano Algieri describes:
Schulich launches new conducting Fellowship
Thanks to an exciting initiative, graduate conducting students at the Schulich School of Music are now eligible to receive a substantial new award – the Hnatyshyn Foundation Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting. L
Schulich students and alumni shine at the OSM Manulife Competition
The results of the 2017 OSM Manulife Competition are in!
A conversation with Simone McIntosh: Life after winning the Wirth Vocal Prize
(A blog post by Digital Ambassador Vanessa Croome)
Photo by Gaetz Photography.
