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New works being premiered this month

krista — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:11 +0000

Rob Teehan: a new work by this Toronto-based composer is being premiered Friday, 11 May by Sinfonia Toronto, led by Nurhan Arman.

Tim Brady: his Short Stories/Courts métrages for electric guitar, video and orchestra, gets its world premiere on May 9 as part of a program devoted to film music, being performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval led by music director Alain Trudel, with the composer as soloist.

Airat Ichmouratov: this busy conductor, clarinettist and composer leads the world premiere of his own Three Romances for viola, harp and strings with I Musici de Montréal on May 16 and 17.

Premieres and Classics at Sinfonia Toronto

krista — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:24:57 +0000

On Friday, November 18, Sinfonia Toronto (a professional chamber orchestra, led by conductor Nurhan Arman) continues its Toronto series with an intriguing program at the Glenn Gould Studio. The concert features pianist Ratimir Martinovic and bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly in lyrical new works by Torontonians Rob Teehan (Zephyr) and Christos Hatzis (Extreme Unction: In memoriam Gustav Ciamaga), along with a Mozart piano concerto and an arrangement for string orchestra of Beethoven’s Quartet in c minor, Op. 18, No. 4. For more information, please visit sinfoniatoronto.com.

Belated Juno Nomination Congratulations

jennifer — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:35:44 +0000

Hearty, if belated congratulations to the Orchestras Canada members whose recordings have been nominated for Juno Awards this year! The nominations were announced March 3, and the awards will be presented during Juno week, April 12-18 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

In the Classical Album of the Year, Large Ensemble or soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment category, we salute OC members
Les Violons du Roy – Bartok
Louis Lortie and Orchestre symphonique de Québec - Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Symphony No. 5
National Youth Orchestra of Canada – Selections From the 2009 National Tour
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Orchestre Métropolitain - Bruckner Symphony No. 8

In the Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble, we honour
I Musici de Montreal – Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Quartet No. 1

And, in the Classical Composition of the Year category, we recognize the nomination of Rob Teehan‘s Dreams of Flying, recorded by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

For more information on the Juno Awards, you can visit the website here.