Music and Arts

Last evening I had the privilege of attending the Canadian premiere of Mieczys ł aw Weinberg’s opera  Pasa ż erka  (The Passenger), sung b...

Maestro Jun Märkl’s now annual concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has become the highlight of my concert season in the city. On...

Conductor Zubin Mehta returned to “his” orchestra in Los Angeles for a series of concerts to begin the New Year. In the 1960’s and 1970’s,...

Early Music Vancouver’s presentation of Handel’s  Messiah  was probably the most overwhelmingly spiritual, emotional, and musical experien...

Pianist Kevin Kenner made his second Vancouver recital appearance yesterday, playing a musically satisfying performance that represented ...

Lightning struck the audience at the Vancouver Playhouse yesterday afternoon when pianist Zlata Chochieva played her debut recital for T...

I had been greatly anticipating Daniil Trifonov’s concerto debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto N...