2022 Calefax Composers Competition Announced
In honor of the competition’s 15th anniversary, this year’s prize has been raised to €5,000. The prizewinning composition will be performed by outstanding reed quintets from around the world.
Gilles Vonsattel Nominated for Opus Klassik Awards
His new recording of Kurt Leimer’s Klavierkonzert Linke Hand is up for Instrumentalist of the Year and Concert Recording at this year’s ceremony.
Mathieu Lussier Named Artistic Director of Domaine Forget Academy & Festival in Quebec
Mathieu’s new position at Domaine Forget marks the third high-profile appointment to a major Quebec cultural institution in recent months.
June 13th, 2022: Gregory Vajda Appointed Principal Conductor of Hungary’s Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Over the past two years, the orchestra has worked with twenty conductors and almost unanimously expressed a desire to work with Vajda.
May 17th, 2022: Broadway World Reviews Labadie’s St. Matthew Passion
Me. Labadie led the successful evening with a firm and loving hand.
Drag star Thorgy Thor brings her star power to the world of orchestral music
It often seems like the worlds of orchestral music and drag performance couldn’t be further apart.
One taps into centuries of tradition and carefully crafted precision, the other lives for unbridled creativity and spontaneity. But they also share the power to inspire, and recently, they’ve had the chance to overlap.
May 16th, 2022: New York Times Reviews Vonsattel at Carnegie Hall
Pianist Gilles Vonsattel received a glowing review from the New York Times, for his performance at Carnegie Hall, on May 12th. Vonsattel was performing Carlos Chávez’s Piano Concerto.
May 16th, 2022: Canadian soprano Hélène Brunet wins Classical Album of the Year Juno Award!
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE): Solfeggio L’Harmonie des saisons, conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène Brunet ATMA*Naxos.
April 8th, 2022: Bernard Labadie conducted the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall
Labadie, the orchestra’s music director and a Bach specialist, managed that complex flow of beauty and rage with a mastery worthy of DeMille.
March 9th, 2022: Orchestra of St. Luke’s Renews Bernard Labadie’s Contract as Principal Conductor Through 2024-25
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York, has renewed Bernard Labadie’s contract as Principal
Conductor for three additional seasons, positioning him to become the ensemble’s longest tenured conductor to date.