Finalists for the Prix Opus Are Announced!

The Conseil Quebecois de la Musique has announced the nominations for the 13th annual Prix Opus for 2008-2009.  These awards are designed to celebrate the excellence and the diversity of the province’s musical scene – and, once again this year, we are delighted to highlight the nominations of many of Orchestras Canada’s members!

The Grand Prize ceremony is scheduled for 31 January at 3:30 pm at the Salle Claude-Champagne in Montreal.

Concert of the Year, Montreal
La porte du ciel : Société de musique contemporaine du Québec and the Faculté de musique of l’Université de Montréal.
Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise (Canadian debut):  Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Concert of the Year, Quebec
Beethoven and Mihaela Ursuleasa:  Les Violons du Roy
Une voix dans la nuit/A voice in the night :  Les Violons du Roy
Plácido Domingo in Québec :  Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Festival d’été de Québec

Concert of the Year, Regions
Le Boléro: Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières

Concert of the Year – Medieval, Renaissance or Baroque
Flûtes alors!:  Les Violons du Roy

Concert of the Year, Classical, Romantic, Post-romantic, Impressionist
Impressions russes/Russian Impressions: Les Violons du Roy
Une voix dans la nuit/A Voice in the Night:  Les Violons du Roy

Concert of the Year, Modern or Contemporary
La porte du ciel:  Société de musique contemporaine du Québec and the Faculté de musique of l’Université de Montréal
Messaien’s Saint François d’Assise : Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Des artistes au sommet de leur art/Artists at the Peak of their Powers :  Orchestre Métropolitain

Young Audiences
Aventure en mer/Ocean Adventure: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Musique et Images/Music and Images :  Orchestre symphonique de Laval

Recording of the Year, Classic, Romantic, Post-romantic, Impressionist
Bruckner 9, Orchestre Métropolitain, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), ATMA Classique
Haydn La Passione, Arion orchestre Baroque, Gary Cooper (guest conductor), early-music.com
Idyla, Ensemble instrumental Appassionata, Daniel Myssyk (conductor), Fidelio Classique

Recording of the Year, Modern or Contemporary
Unsuk Chin: Rocana, Concerto for violon, Viviane Hagner, violin, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano, direction, Analekta

Composition of the Year
Étude patente, by André Ristic, premiered by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal + and Les quatre éléments Ponticello

Congratulations to all – we look forward to celebrating the winners!

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