Arts & Culture

The 2025 Winnipeg Baroque Festival gets underway on Sunday with an intimate offering in the College Chapel of St. John the Evangelist at the University of Manitoba.

All the King’s Men, the chapel’s resident ensemble, will present a program entitled Masters of the Early 17th Century, a mixture of English and Italian composers that will serve as a primer of sorts for the sixteen concerts that this year’s festival has to offer.

Artists in the classical music and jazz categories received their trophies last night at the 2025 Juno Awards. 

The bulk of the awards celebrating Canadian music were handed out at the Juno Awards Gala ahead of the mainstage event at Rogers Arena hosted by Michael Bublé.  

This Saturday morning at 9 a.m., it’s all about the piano. Why? Because March 29 is World Piano Day, and what better way to celebrate than by tracing the instrument’s incredible evolution through music? From its early days as a refined classical keyboard to its emergence as a powerhouse of expression and virtuosity, the piano has transformed alongside the great composers who wrote for it.

Every year since 2015, musicians all over the world have paid tribute to one of the most beloved instruments ever created. 

World Piano Day is celebrated on the 88th day of the year to mark the 88 keys that make up the modern instrument. Danny Carroll will be touching each one of those keys as he offers up a World Piano Day tribute concert in Winnipeg this weekend. 

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.