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The Benefit Concert Series

The theme of this concert series is local, local, local…local musicians, local food and drink, all in support of worthy local causes.

Coming up February 4th is the […]

Christmas is just around the corner. And Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker has become synonymous with the holiday season. There are countless interpretations, but here is Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin […]

The world-class virtuoso artist Lang Lang returns to Montreal to perform a solo recital in March 2015. Versatile and charismatic, the young pianist powerfully and expressively interprets Mozart’s Piano Concerto in […]

Montreal will soon have a taste of the Catalan cuisine of maestro of avant-garde tapas Carles Abellan. The international outpost of his restaurant Tapas 24 is expected to make its highly anticipated debut this […]

Summer is here finally! Here’s a video of an interpretation of one of Villa-Lobos’ pieces I recorded on a friend’s piano one Saturday afternoon.

According to several sources, jazz legend and composer extraordinaire Horace Silver died today at the age of 85. Thank you for all the great music!


On May 5th, Google announced that it’s streaming music service, Google Play Music, was now available in Canada. I’ve been using it for the free trial period, and I have to say I’ve been amazed at the amount of music I get to choose from for the same price as my Netflix subscription. I’ve now had a chance to explore albums that I would likely never have tried. While this is still lossy compressed audio, it is still as good as, if not better than expected from a streaming audio service. I’ll probably blog about some of the discoveries (and rediscoveries) I find.




A fantastic video of 2014 Juno Award (“Vocal Jazz Album of the Year”) winning songwriter and guitarist Mike Rud. Recorded at CBC Studio 12 in Montreal, this track features a number of Montreal’s top musicians, as […]

Carlo Gesualdo – Sesto libro di madrigali: XVII. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo. An incredible piece of music written in the 15th century, the chromaticism is something that is very unusual for this era.

Carlo Gesualdo – Sesto libro di madrigali: XVII. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo. Composée au XVe siècle, cette oeuvre musicale étonnante présente un chromatisme très inusité pour cette période.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVPu71D8VI

Une reprise extraordinaire du classique de Thelonious Monk, « Round Midnight », par le trio Esbjörn Svensson, saisie sur le vif en 2000. Une interprétation intime et tout en douceur, et une fabuleuse prestation du regretté Svensson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7jX0nTGlfE

Stanley June’s live recording of City of Angels (acoustic) from the album Imitating Art.

Stanley June’s live recording of City of Angels (acoustic) from the album Imitating Art