Morgan Luethe 
Violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong opened the 2016-2017 season as part of Ehnes’s concert tour titled “James Ehnes @ 40.” Ehnes, who turned 40 years old on January 27, 2016, is taking this year as an opportunity to tour Canada and rediscover his Canadian roots with his family. The pair played for a … Read more
June was brought to a satisfying end in Edmonton this summer, as the annual Summer Solstice Music Festival rounded out yet another program of fine music making. Featuring some of the most gifted names in the world of chamber music (notably The Fine Arts Quartet, cellist Matt Haimovitz, and acclaimed pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin), the 2016 … Read more
Bringing this year’s concert season to a satisfying close, the audience at Convocation Hall spent the evening with the renowned Miró Quartet, appearing alongside the formidable percussionist-genius, Colin Currie. Theirs was a collaborative program which should be applauded not only for its hair-raising display of instrumental pyrotechnics, but also for its honest aim of presenting … Read more
It was clear that Tafelmusik’s March 11th presentation of Allison Mackay’s multimedia program House of Dreams was intended to reach beyond what one might expect of a conventional concert. The ensemble, under the always capable direction of Jeanne Lamon, once again delivered an evening of first-rate music making, the sort of which has, for years, established the … Read more
