Arts & Culture

This Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 pianist Luke Welch will grace the stage at St. Andrew’s River Heights United Church as part of Virtuosi Concerts' Northern Magnolias performance.

The University of Manitoba Concerto Competition announced its three winners after a final round performance on the stage at the Desautels Concert Hall last week.  

Out of nine performers, pianist Ari Hooker, violinst Shion Tamashiro, and percussionist Nathan Gibbens came out on top of  a field that was open to all students in U of M’s Desautels Faculty of Music.  

The Desautels Faculty of Music’s artists in residence have chosen a seemingly unlikely pairing for their latest concert.  

On the one hand, you have the stalwart Ludwig van Beethoven, whose String Trio in G major, op. 9, no. 1 bears all the hallmarks of the composer’s so-called first period. On the other, you have Kintsugi for Piano Trio, whose composer, New Zealand’s Salina Fisher, was born just shy of two centuries after the string trio was written.  

This Sunday, March 30th, at 7:00 PM, composer and drummer Tetyana Haraschuk will perform at the Fort Garry Hotel, delivering a powerful, emotionally charged musical experience to Winnipeg audiences. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine to Ukrainian and Cuban parents, Haraschuk blends jazz, contemporary composition, and deeply personal storytelling, creating a unique fusion of sound that has garnered attention across genres. 

Opera lovers, get ready for a season of passion, power, and intrigue as Manitoba Opera (MO) announces its highly anticipated 2025/26 lineup. The company’s 53rd season will feature two of the most celebrated operas of all time—Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. These productions, performed by world-class artists, promise to deliver an unforgettable experience at the Centennial Concert Hall.

The fourth annual Winnipeg Baroque Festival is set to provide Winnipeg music lovers with a buffet of musical offerings from the city’s best choirs and instrumentalists. 

In anticipation of National Poetry Month in April, Plume Winnipeg (formerly known as the Winnipeg International Writers Festival) is putting out the call to poets from across the province for its annual Writes of Spring. Writers of all backgrounds, geographies and styles can submit their works for a chance at earning money for their works, publication, and live readings.

This year’s Writes of Spring is extra special as the initiative, which began as a collaboration with the Winnipeg Free Press, is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2025.

This Saturday is World Piano Day. Every year, on the 88th day of the calendar, music lovers around the world unite to celebrate World Piano Day—a nod to the 88 keys that make up a standard piano. This annual event is more than just a tribute to an instrument; it’s a global appreciation of the music, creativity and emotions the piano has inspired for centuries. 

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) is set to close its season with a historic triple bill, marking the farewell of Artistic Director André Lewis after a remarkable 50-year tenure. Lewis, who has led the company for three decades, will take his final bow at the Centennial Concert Hall from May 1–4, 2025, in what promises to be an unforgettable celebration of his legacy.