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Newswire | Voces Boreales 20th Season Set to Shine

By Newswire on 9 September 2025 Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Vocal

20 years of bold artistic vision calls for a grand celebration! This anniversary season is both a tribute to our history and a promise for the future. With our new subscription plan and inclusive pricing, it has never been easier to join the celebration. This season is sure to be an unforgettable experience! Towards Peace Saturday October 18, 7:30 p.m. Église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus What if peace were more than just a dream? To mark its 20th anniversary, Voces Boreales invites you to an extraordinary evening—a musical journey celebrating peace and the enduring human pursuit of it. As the centerpiece, Friede…

Newswire | CollabWest: An Annual Festival of Creative Collaboration

By Newswire on 5 September 2025 Scena Arts, Vancouver, West

September 4, 2025, Vancouver, BC – On October 18, 2025, an artisan woodworking studio in North Vancouver will host the inaugural launch party of CollabWest ‘25 — an event featuring the work of three handpicked creatives, brought together to collaborate, create, and support a mutually chosen charitable cause. This year’s collaborators—Keith Stride, Chairman Ting, and The Team behind Reduxwood West join forces to create three unique pieces presented in an exclusive silent auction with 100% of proceeds going to HeadsUpGuys, a program of the University of British Columbia and the global leader in men’s mental health support. Collaboration is Key – Three Creatives. One…

Newswire | Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra to Open 2025-26 Season with Tosca, Opera in Concert

By Newswire on 5 September 2025 Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, West

September 5, 2025 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) will open its 2025–2026 season dramatically with a semi-staged presentation of Tosca, Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera, in Southam Hall. Proudly produced with Edmonton Opera’s Emerging Artist Program, the opera in concert features an all-star cast of soloists, including soprano Ailyn Pérez in the title role, tenor Matthew Cairns as Mario Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Nathan Berg as Baron Scarpia. They will be joined by the Ewashko Singers, an Ottawa-based chamber choir, led by Chorus Master Laurence Ewashko. Helming Tosca is acclaimed opera director Joel Ivany, who returns to…

LMMC at 134: A Season of Debuts and Returns

By Wah Keung Chan on 4 September 2025 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Piano, Strings

Montreal’s Ladies’ Morning Musical Club (LMMC) is entering its 134th season, and this volunteer-led committee continues to offer Montrealers access to the world’s finest chamber music. Generations of artists have graced its stage; for musicians, an LMMC appearance is an honour. For audiences, it’s Sunday afternoon delight, now for its second season at Oscar Peterson Hall on Concordia’s west end Loyola campus, while its usual venue, McGill’s Pollack Hall is being renovated. This year’s lineup blends legends, fresh voices, and programs designed to surprise as much as satisfy. Here are the LMMC’s five fall offerings. September 7: Alban Gerhardt &…

Youth 2025-2026: A Season of Programs for the Younger Set

By Heather Weinreb on 4 September 2025 Dance, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Orchestral, Ottawa, Quebec City, Theatre, Toronto, Vocal

Montreal Jeunesses Musicales Jeunesses Musicales’ 2025-26 season is full of original children’s programming. Opéra Bon-Bon, an operatic retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel, will be performed on Oct. 26. On Nov. 16, Rythmo-Rigolo, an interactive percussion concert, will get children drumming in a variety of ways. Penguin musicians set the stage for this year’s Christmas concert, Le grand bal de Noël, on Dec. 7. On Feb. 8, La forêt des mélomanes takes children on a musical walk through an enchanted forest. On March 22, three musicians and their puppets help children navigate the complex world of friendships—and the…

New and Contemporary Music: An Invigorating Season Begins

By Benjamin Goron on 4 September 2025 Contemporary, Montreal, Quebec City

The autumn of 2025 promises to be a rich one for new and contemporary music throughout Quebec. The season is shaping up to offer a diverse landscape where established institutions, innovative collectives and specialized festivals intersect. Le Vivier: An Autumn Synonymous with Density and Intensity True to its mission of bringing together the driving forces of musical creation, Le Vivier opens the season with a series of daring concerts that, over the course of a month, offer a veritable compendium of contemporary experimentation. On Sept. 16, Paramirabo ensemble kicks things off with Bad Trip, an electroacoustic concert focusing on the…

Opera Across Canada: A Mostly Safe 2025-26

By Gianmarco Segato on 4 September 2025 Montreal, Opera, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Vocal, West

As opera companies continue to navigate the challenges of skyrocketing costs and audience retention, most Canadian organizations are opting to program well-known titles in 2025-26. Here’s a season rundown from west to east. Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director Brenna Corner presents a season in keeping with POV’s always-careful mix of repertoire stalwarts and less-usual fare. October brings a new production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw staged by Canadian theatre director Michael Shamata, with a stellar Canadian cast including Kirsten MacKinnon, Isaiah Bell, Jonelle Sills and Catherine Daniel. In February, Corner herself stages Puccini’s Tosca with a role-debuting Meghan…

CMIM Announces Jury & Guest Conductor for 2026 Edition – Violin

By Newswire on 3 September 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Strings, Violin

Montréal, September 3, 2025 – Virtuosity, intensity, and passion will converge in Montréal from May 27 to June 4, 2026, for the next edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM). Applications are now open for the 24th edition of the Concours, dedicated to the violin. Following a rigorous process of evaluation, 24 of the best violinists of the new generation from around the world will be invited to Montréal to take part in the 2026 edition of the Concours. They will perform at Salle Bourgie and Maison symphonique de Montréal before a prestigious jury, measure themselves against the…

Baroque: The New Season in Montreal and Toronto

By Philippe Gervais on 3 September 2025 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Montreal, Toronto

Montreal Bourgie Hall Bourgie Hall seems to have reduced its early-music programming compared to recent years, but there are still excellent concerts presented by the Arion Baroque Orchestra and Les Idées Heureuses. It should be noted that most of these concerts are special events and are not listed in the hall’s annual season brochure. On Nov. 15 and 16, Arion features Armenian violinist Chouchane Siranossian in her Montreal debut. The program will include an early symphony by Mozart, Haydn’s famous Farewell symphony, and a tantalizing rarity, Andreas Romberg’s Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor. Siranossian will be the best…

Chamber Music & Solo Performances 2025-26: Canadian and International Stars

By Emma Yee on 3 September 2025 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto

MONTREAL Bourgie Hall Bourgie Hall’s 2025–26 season offers concerts across various musical genres. The second year of their complete Franz Schubert lieder series includes concerts by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (Oct.16); baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and Bourgie Hall’s co-artistic director, pianist Olivier Godin (Oct. 30); soprano Aline Kutan, clarinetist André Moisan, and pianist Michael McMahon (March 15); and baritone Olivier Bergeron, pianist Chloé Dumoulin, and dancers Diana León and Paco Ziel (March 28 & 29). Musicians of the OSM will also feature Schubert’s string music (Oct. 24). Piano will be central this season, with headliners Leif…

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