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Unsettled Scores: Redefining Contemporary Canadian Music
Unsettled Scores, the Canadian contemporary music collective, has been captivating audiences with its innovative approach to operatic and instrumental works. Best known for their boundary-pushing operatic output, the collective’s 2023 collaboration with Toronto’s Native Earth Performing Arts, The Toronto Consort,
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An Interview with Alicia Rytlewski
A Composer’s Journey from Teaching to Album Creation
Alicia Rytlewski, a Milwaukee-based composer and piano teacher, has found her voice in the music world through her dedication to both her students and her compositions. With a bachelor’s degree in music from Ripon College, a liberal arts school in
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Rasa Vitkauskaite
A Pianist’s Journey and A Concert Piano Christmas at Boston Symphony Hall
Lithuanian pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite, a prize-winning Steinway Artist, is celebrated for her “poetic and observant sensitivity” (Gramophone) and hailed as a “Beethoven interpreter of penetrating insight” (Fanfare). Performing across 30 countries, her career highlights include a recital at the Dame
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Landscapes of Memory
Emilie Cecilia LeBel on Crafting Sonic Atmospheres
Canadian composer Emilie Cecilia LeBel has emerged as one of the country’s most acclaimed musical voices, known for her atmospheric and introspective compositions that captivate listeners. Following the success of her JUNO-nominated debut album, field studies, LeBel’s latest release, Landscapes
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Bringing Music to Life
An Interview With Claudia Chan
Canadian pianist and conductor Claudia Chan decided early on that contemporary music was what interested her. Through traditional music training, she’s learned the usual – Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin – but in her adventures in contemporary music, she’s learned how
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Morgenwind: The Secrets of Lovers and a Musical Spring
The expressive, yearning sound of the kamancheh, a traditional Iranian bowed string instrument, kaleidoscopes in and out of rippling piano textures and deep, sonorous drums: this is the sound of the German-Persian Joolaee Trio, who have just released their first
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A Conversation With Trio Bohémo Pianist Jan Vojtek
Trio Bohémo was founded in 2019 by three talented Czech musicians: Jan Vojtek (piano), Matouš Pěruška (violin), and Kristina Vocetková (cello). In only five years, they have performed extensively all over the world and received numerous prestigious awards, including the
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Meet Kara Huber
Grammy-Nominated Canadian-American Pianist Sharing Her New Release: Joan Tower Piano Works
Dr. Kara Huber is a Grammy-nominated Canadian-American pianist and conductor with an impressive background in piano and conducting. She has performed with various orchestras and worked with renowned conductors. Ms. Huber has also received several awards for her performances and
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