La Scene Musicale is Canada’s premier classical music magazine, and Mezzo Soprano Annamaria Popescu one of Canada’s most preminent internationally respected classical musicians. She is also Vocal Advisor to QSCM, working with artistic director Sebastian…
QSCM’s All Terrain Tour is back this spring with Toronto’s 6ix Quartet led by QSCM’s artistic director, Sebastian Sallans. Click below for highlights from the 2018 Tour and plan to attend May 22, 23 and…
Until I heard Ben Smith perform Sonata No. 4 at Stirlingfest in October, I had never heard of Ornstein. I was mesmerized by this sonata; it was fresh, and exuberant with gorgeous melodies over an…
StirlingFEST’s classical performance featuring Benjamin Smith and a program of popular beloved works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Chopin brought the audience at St. John’s Anglican Church in Stirling this afternoon to its feet. But for…
Until fairly recently, the impact that Clara Schumann had on the artists and composers of the Romantic period had disappeared into the mists of history. Her legacy had been that of a gifted pianist of…
Lets start with what chamber music is (and isn’t). Essentially, chamber music describes music written for one or more performers. An ensemble that could fit comfortably in a living room or a salon with room…
Michael Ibsen on Sonata #1 in d minor which Nathan Bredeson wrote for him…. Nathan has already relayed the story of how the piece came about, I would just like to add one aspect of…
Hello, Our names are Nathan Bredeson and Michael Ibsen, and we would like to invite you to come hear us perform and share new music for guitar by Canadian composers at an evening concert put…
I asked Michael Ibsen about the difference between music written for guitar by guitarists and and non-guitarists. Michael Ibsen: The guitar has so many little idiosyncrasies and restrictions, as well as special ways to achieve…