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...
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...
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...
Postlude Notes On Saturday, September 22, 2012, the High River United Church was filled to capacity, with a sell-out crowd privileged to hear two extraordinary young musicians—Kevin Chen on piano and Ainsley Soutière, soprano, accompanied by Ron Bennie. These two...
Calgary-born cellist Arnold Choi now resides in Los Angeles. He frequently performs as soloist and as a member of the popular Janaki String Trio. A prize- winner at Korea’s Gyeongnam International Music Competition, Choi has also won the Pasadena Showcase...
“One of the world’s most beautiful baritone voices”, (New York Newsday), Canadian opera sensation Russell Braun has performed on all the great stages of the world including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, L’Opera de Paris, the State Opera in Vienna, La Scala in...
