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Elinor Frey takes a deep dive into Bach's Cello Suites at Early Music Vancouver's new LUMEN Festival

Seattle-born, Montreal-based string star takes a fresh approach to the masterworks

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2024EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Handel's Messiah continues to delight renowned soprano Sherezade Panthaki

Vancouver audiences have two chances to catch the epic work from 1741 this season

HOLIDAY23, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 1, 2023Handel, Messiah, Holiday 2023, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Early Music Vancouver, choir

The Golden Road spotlights Afghan rubab virtuoso Homayoun Sakhi at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 18

Musician is joined by setar player Kiya Tabassian, percussionist Hamin Honari, and bamboo flutist Shashank Subramanyam in Early Music Vancouver copresentation

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithNovember 16, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Profeti della Quinta resurrects the 400-year-old music of Salamone Rossi at Early Music Vancouver

Acclaimed Switzerland-based ensemble celebrates one of the Renaissance’s most radical innovators in Jewish liturgical music

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, Renaissance music

Marco Tulio's painting of Christine de Pizan debuts at Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival

Unveiled last night, the magic-realist portrait of 15th-century feminist poet was commissioned to celebrate Our City of Ladies concert

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Early Music Vancouver

Tallis Scholars, Reginald Mobley, Le Consort, and more as Early Music Vancouver announces 2023-24 season

A new mini-winter fest called LUMEN and appearances by North Indian and Afghani virtuosos also fill out the roster

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 19, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Nightingales to warblers, La Rêveuse: The Birds Concert draws inspiration from avian song

French ensemble goes beyond sonic beauty with compelling ecological message in Early Music Vancouver program

Early Music Vancouver launches new emerging artist competition May 1 to 15

Those 30 years of age or younger can apply from around the world

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 11, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Cornetto meets the human voice in Early Music Vancouver's On the Breath of Angels, March 3 at Christ Church Cathedral

Prague soprano Hana Blažíková joins forces with musician Bruce Dickey and their Breathtaking Collective

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 2, 2023Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Early Music Vancouver presents pianist Angela Hewitt on March 12

Award-winning Canadian artist will play a solo recital of works by Bach, Brahms, and Scarlattimore

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 28, 2023Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver

Early Music Vancouver presents On the Breath of Angels, at Christ Church Cathedral on March 3

The show features Czech soprano Hana Blažíková, cornetto player Bruce Dickey, and their ensemble The Breathtaking Collective

Acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley finds his freedom in the higher registers of Baroque music

He bookends his Early Music Vancouver concert Raise, raise the voice with Purcell and Ellington

Early Music Vancouver presents Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley on February 3

The artist known for his social activism will perform Purcell’s “Raise, raise the voice”

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 10, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Soprano Arwen Myers relishes the joy in Early Music Vancouver's Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat

The in-demand Portland-based vocalist is among several guest artists performing Bach’s exuberant Magnificat and Cantata BWV 110 (Let Our Mouth be Full of Laughter)