Music and Arts

Pianist Tomasz Ritter, winner of the 1 st  International Chopin Competition for Period Instrument, gave an online all-Chopin recital under t...

During this strange period of “social distancing”, the one person I think of immediately is Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould’s entire life was...

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 ...