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"Over a year ago, the executives at听Analekta Records听approached Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al, to help them spearhead a three-year, three-album initiative that would focus a spotlight on OSM musicians in a chamber music setting."
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Since their founding in 2006, the percussion ensemble Sixtrum has been striving for听听Made up of six virtuosic and multi-talented performers,听Noam Bierstone (current Schulich DMus student in percussion), Joao Catalao, Julien Gr茅goire, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim (Part-time Instructor at the Schulich School of Music)听and Fabrice Marandola (Percussion Area Chair and Professor at the Schulich School of Music), the ensemble
Finalists for the 听have officially been announced, and once again听the Schulich community is well represented!听Established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Qu茅bec's musical offering, les Prix Opus delivers annually to artists throughout a variety of categories. This year's听winners will be announced .
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After several years of research into Armenian music,听violinist , a doctoral student at the Schulich School of Music, is making waves with her debut album听Hidden Treasure: Classical Armenian Music for Violin and Piano.听Born in Siberia, Melik has Armenian, Georgian and Jewish roots.听After her move to听Montreal in 2009, she began to explore the music of composers from her upbringing in her fight for inclusivity in classical music, "recording not what she knows will make her famous, but what she believes needs to
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"Of the current crop of fresh young Canadian classical voices, mezzo听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.
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"Originally from Sherbrooke, pianist Tristan Longval-Gagn茅, fell into the 鈥渕usical pot鈥� 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鈥檚 first teacher.
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鈥檚 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.
Hosted by the 听and presented at the Conservatoire de musique de Montr茅al, two public masterclasses were held November 29th to 30th听with acclaimed tenor Julian Pr茅gardien featuring students from le Conservatoire, Universit茅 de Montr茅al and the Schulich School of Music of 不良研究所.
Voice area chair Stefano Algieri describes:
Thanks to an exciting initiative, graduate conducting students at the Schulich School of Music are now eligible to receive a substantial new award 鈥� the . Launched at Schulich in September 2017, the $15,000 Fellowship will be awarded to an exceptional Canadian graduate student at Schulich as of the 2018-19 school year.
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
Violinist Mark Fewer is well-known for his ability to fit seamlessly into a variety of musical situations, from harpsichord duets to . This Friday, December 1, Montreal audiences will be able to hear him in yet another setting as he appears as the soloist on Ligeti鈥檚 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra along with the 不良研究所 Contemporary Music Ensemble. We spoke to Fewer in a recent email exchange to learn more about this upcoming performance.
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