Arts & Culture

The Manitoba Choral Association (MCA) is welcoming choirs, performers and audiences alike to come together in a celebratory day of singing.  

Gustavo Dudamel, the U.S.-based orchestral conductor, violinist and music education activist,  is the winner of this year's Glenn Gould Prize for lifetime contribution to the arts.

The Venezuelan-born conductor is currently the music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the music director of the Opéra National de Paris and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.

Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81.

Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday, said the tweet from Luaka Bop, the label that released his 2021 album, “Promises.” It did not specify a cause. A phone message to Luaka Bop in New York was not immediately returned.

Pre-pandemic fashion delirium is back.

After several calm COVID-induced seasons, Milan Fashion Week is back to its pre-pandemic splendor: with crowded seating, gridlocked streets and sidewalks packed with fashion fans wanting a glimpse of stars and influencers.

After a lot of pandemic talk of how the fashion system needed to change -- that is, slow down -- few have been able to resist returning to the world as they knew it. This week’s runway shows will close with the return of another Milan tradition: the Green Carpet Awards to recognize advances in sustainability.

There's a new nature documentary series that promises to show viewers incredible animal behaviour in vibrant clarity. Heard that all before? Well, this one is on steroids.

“Super/Natural,” a six-part series from National Geographic now streaming on Disney+, has tapped “Avatar” creator James Cameron as executive producer, and he's added special effects on top of leading-edge filmmaking technology.

The Winnipeg Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists presents New York-based concert organist Gail Archer in a solo recital.  

The natural environment has been something that has been AN inspiration for composers for hundreds of years. Whether it be Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Strauss’s Alpine Symphony, or Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony; nature has inspired many masterworks throughout the centuries.

Today with climate change and global warming being  at the forefront of our minds, twentieth and twenty-first century composers have also been inspired to compose works not only inspired by nature, but also works that hopefully make a statement about what man is doing to the planet.

On Thursday and Friday, pianist Jerry Hu makes two stops in Manitoba as part of a cross-prairie tour.  

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is showcasing the works of Indigenous playwrights to allow hidden voices to be heard.

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is showcasing the works of Indigenous playwrights to allow hidden voices to be heard.