'Li Keur', Michael Cavanagh to be honoured at Ruby Awards in Toronto
Manitoba’s opera artists will be well-represented as one of the most prestigious Canadian opera awards are handed out in Toronto tonight.
Prairie love, holiday cheer, and musical legacies: This week in arts & culture
This week on Classic 107, we celebrate the vibrant arts and culture scene in Winnipeg and beyond. From love letters to the Prairies to holiday films making waves, here's a look at the stories that captivated our audience this week.
How a Winnipeg artist turned a heart condition into a mesmerizing masterpiece
What does it mean to hear your heart in a whole new way? Winnipeg multimedia artist Zoë LeBrun has transformed their cardiovascular system into a breathtaking symphony, inviting audiences to step into the rhythm of life itself.
At the Poolside Gallery at Artspace in the Exchange District, LeBrun's The Body is a Score blurs the lines between art, science, and humanity.
'City of Song' is a tribute to the nature of Winnipeg's musical community
“In the heart of the prairies, where the rivers entwine/is a place filled with music and rhythm and rhyme.”
Those are the opening words to a new choral work being debuted on November 16 at Bethel Mennonite Church by six different choirs that are joining together for Winnipeg – One Great Chorus, part of the ongoing City of Song celebrations being presented by the Winnipeg Arts Council.
Sound Ad-Weiss: Eybler Quartet records music of Beethoven contemporary Franz Weiss
On November 29th, a fantastic new 2 CD set will drop that is sure to shake things up in the classical music world.
Canada’s renowned Eybler String Quartet have recorded music of the violist, composer and contemporary of Beethoven, Franz Weiss.
New song cycle celebrates confluence of local classical music and poetry
The Winnipeg Arts Council continues its City of Song celebrations this weekend with a unique collaboration of words and music between the city’s classical music community and one of its most celebrated rock stars.
Prairie Sons (Suns): Virtuosi, WMC and Prairie Debut sends a Love Letter to the Prairie
This Sunday afternoon, November 17th at The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Muriel Richardson Auditorium at 3pm, Virtuosi Concerts in collaboration with the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg and Prairie Debut will be presenting two sons of the prairie.
Dialogue: MCO performs with world renowned pianists Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt this Thursday
This Thursday, November 14th at 7:30 pm at the Crecent Arts Centre the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra will be welcoming not one, but two world renowned pianists to Winnipeg.
When a child prodigy composer matured into a noblewoman, her legacy got complicated
Delphine von Schauroth (1813–1887) was spectacularly famous in the early 19th century.
The German virtuoso pianist and composer was hailed as a musical genius by critics for her powerful and inventive performances and her original and deeply expressive compositions.