David Gordon Duke
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Young pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko joins the Casals Quartet for Vancouver performance
Salmon Arm native joins Catalonian Cuarteto Casals for Friends of Chamber Music at the end of the month. → Read More
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream a brave exploration of a possible new path for Vancouver Opera
Vancouver Opera opened a three-performance run of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. → Read More
UBC Opera's The Florentine Straw Hat a mid-winter charmer
Nancy Hermiston’s UBC Opera Ensemble presents Nino Rota’s too rarely heard The Florentine Straw Hat. → Read More
Müzewest Concerts make madrigals the moment
Featuring a cadre of singers from the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the program presents non-stop madrigals from the late Renaissance. → Read More
Classical music: Duet’s recital to warm up winter at Music in the Morning
Four morning concerts highlight a soprano prepared to explore her potential. → Read More
A look back at a year of classical music in Vancouver
Music by women has never before featured with such frequency on classical programs. → Read More
Classical music: Make time in your hectic seasonal schedules for these concerts
Classical Music: If you're looking to cram in some Christmas cheer, here are some musical events to consider → Read More
Classical music: Cantatas Christmas concerts highlighted by Bach to Bach affairs
Early Music Vancouver taking its program to the North Shore for the first time. → Read More
Classical music: Choir get together to celebrate return to normalcy
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Parker and Kamensek tackle Bernstein with experience and efficiency
Chicago-born conductor Karen Kamensek's debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra was admittedly a bit of a three-ring circus, but one of the more interesting Masterworks Gold programs this season. → Read More
Review: Vancouver Opera's The Pearl Fishers is beautifully paced and full of musical and theatrical delights
Opera fans interested in the considerable joys of the French Romantic tradition should hurry to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the two remaining performances of George Bizet’s 1863 The Pearl Fishers, which opened on Saturday. → Read More
Classical music: Vancouver Opera’s The Pearl Fishers an enchanting charmer
With its smallish cast, George Bizet’s masterpiece is a practical work to launch an exciting opera season. → Read More
Review: City Opera Vancouver's Chinatown was well worth the wait
City Opera Vancouver’s latest project, Chinatown, with music by Alice Ping Ye Ho and a libretto by Madeleine Thien, opened a five-performance run at the Vancouver Playhouse Tuesday evening. → Read More
Fall Arts Preview 2022: 31 things to do, read and watch in Metro Vancouver
The must-see theatre, concert, book, visual arts, dance and classical events happening this season around Metro Vancouver this fall. → Read More
Classical music: Chinatown, the opera a poignant part history, part romance
City Opera Vancouver’s new production has been improved, in effect, by COVID-imposed delay from original 2017 concept. → Read More
Classical music: July’s Bellingham festival celebrates its visionary founder
Michael Palmer saw potential for special event in Pacific Northwest, decided Washington state city had right stuff for a classical festival. → Read More
VSO serves up orchestra, al fresco
Summer means various informal or al fresco musical options. → Read More
Vancouver Recital Society ends extraordinary season on two high notes
Pianist Steven Osborne plays The Orpheum on June 5; soprano Golda Schultz sings at The Vancouver Playhouse on June 14. → Read More
Classical music: Palatial pleasures fit for a (French) king comes to Vancouver
Vancouver hears all-French programs rather rarely, and scarcely ever music from the first half of the 17th century. That’s changing May 6. → Read More
Classical music: Goodnight, Vienna as world renowned piano trio Wiener Klaviertrio to bow out
One of world’s leading chamber ensembles, Wiener Klaviertrio to make final Vancouver appearance as trio disbands later this year. → Read More