by Leslie Lyne | May 27, 2013 | 2013/2014 Season, cello, guitar, past concert series artist, pipa
Discover the mesmerizing sounds of the pipa, a 2000-year-old Chinese instrument, brilliantly and elegantly played by musician Yadong Guan. Joining her are Bruno Roussel on guitar (Canadian Guitar Quartet) and Christophe Lobel on cello (Quebec Symphony Orchestra). This...
by Leslie Lyne | May 27, 2013 | 2013/2014 Season, cello, past concert series artist, violin
Colleen Venables and Tate Zawadiuk both performed as Young Musicians Extraordinaire at age 17. Tate’s passion for the cello and Colleen’s devotion to the violin had already brought them to soloist’s spotlights with both the Vancouver Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic...
by Leslie Lyne | Jun 4, 2012 | 2012/2013 Season, chamber ensemble, past concert series artist
John Lowry, violin, Beth Root-Sandvoss, cello, Susanne Ruberg-Gordon, piano and special guest James Campbell, clarinet, will make history in High River. Land’s End is one of Canada’s leading ensembles dedicated to bringing chamber music into the 21st century. This...
by Leslie Lyne | Jun 4, 2012 | 2012/2013 Season, opera, past concert series artist
photo by Alex Bonyun Calgary Opera’s innovative Emerging Artist Program presents eight talented young singers as they step into the spotlight of the professional opera scene. Imagine the wiles of Carmen or the tricks of a bird catcher or perhaps one of those...
by Leslie Lyne | Jun 4, 2012 | 2012/2013 Season, guitar, past concert series artist, violin
Postlude Notes Style, charm, talent—Jasper Wood and Daniel Bolshoy have it all. On Sunday, February 10 more than 200 concert goers were transported by Jasper’s violin teamed with Daniel’s guitar to an unlikely rendezvous in Paris. Bach and Paganini led the...
by Leslie Lyne | Jun 4, 2012 | 2012/2013 Season, past concert series artist, piano
Minsoo Sohn, piano virtuoso and recording artist, was the 2006 Honens International Piano Competition First Laureate. Praised as “an artist of Olympian magnitude”, Sohn performs around the world to great acclaim. The New York Times has named his recording of Bach’s...
