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For Dior Quartet, different backgrounds come together in perfect harmony

Appearing with Music on Main, string group jumps from Romanticism through Impressionism and on to the ultra-modern

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 1, 2024MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main

Pianist Timo Andres blends Ellington with an array of American classical pieces, at Music on Main

Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and other works sit easily with “Duke”’s, as Month of Tuesdays launches

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2024Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN

With Inheritances, Adam Tendler mines fraught father-son relationship through piano

Music on Main and PuSh Festival present moving solo concert that began with a surprise envelope of cash and a desire to process loss

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2024Homepage feature, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, PuSh Festival

Cascading sand and warbling strings: A few standout moments from 2023's stage and gallery scene

Random memorable scenes from the year in arts span 50 dancers swirling in BOLERO X, a powerful Julius Caesar speech, and a cello star’s finale with local string students

Music on Main’s Music for the Winter Solstice celebrates stillness

With pianists Robyn Jacob and Rachel Iwaasa, and more, ninth edition of popular winter concert offers a chance to pause and reflect

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 7, 2023Music on Main, Holiday 2023

In Hopeful Monster, Eve Egoyan and Mauricio Pauly create eerie abstraction at Music on Main’s Modulus Festival

Pianist and multi-instrumentalist’s album collaboration wields a supernatural sound using digital processing, among other techniques

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023Music on Main, Modulus Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: Santour to string quartets, a few picks from Music on Main's Pop-Up Summer Concerts in Mount Pleasant Park

Saaz O Raaz, Orchid Ensemble, and more, with food trucks to fuel the outdoor experience

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 9, 2023Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Summer 2023

Arts organizations join forces to pay tribute to composer Jocelyn Morlock, May 24

Fittingly, free public celebration of life will be filled with music, by Standing Wave, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Erika Switzer, and many others

Gabriel Kahane brings journeying Book of Travelers and inward-looking Magnificent Bird to Music on Main

One of the songwriter’s works grew out of a 9,000-mile train trip through Middle America, the other through COVID introspection

MUSICJanet SmithMay 4, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Spring 2023

Gabriel Kahane performs two captivating albums at Music on Main, May 10 and 11

Magnificent Bird, released in 2022, makes its Canadian premiere at the Annex

MUSICStir VancouverApril 18, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main

Review: Graveyards and Gardens grows new rhythms in its live rendition, via vocoders, violas, and clicking lamps

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman play with the tension between the human and the mechanical

Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s Graveyards and Gardens loops and echoes its way back to the live stage

The immersive sound-and-dance piece has hit symphony and skateboard spaces before circling back to Vancouver—lamps, amps, and all

SFU Woodward's and Music on Main join forces to present live version of Graveyards and Gardens

In latest podcast, ArtScape’s Michael Boucher speaks to dance artist Vanessa Goodman about her celebrated creation with Caroline Shaw

Pianist Vicky Chow finds the room for expressiveness in Philip Glass's mesmerizing Études

At Music on Main, the New York virtuoso brings unique insight to the composer’s music and methodology

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Vicky Chow, Spring 2023

Music on Main presents sound-and-dance performance Graveyards and Gardens

Piece premiered via livestream and has now graced across stages in Calgary, Edmonton, Portland, and Berlin

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Music on Main welcomes back pianist Vicky Chow on March 28

The Canadian pianist will play a powerful rendition of works by composer Philip Glass

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 28, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main

Each piece in Joby Burgess’s A Percussionist’s Songbook tells its own, rich story

From the warmth of West African drumming to the marimba-laced electronics of Stravinsky’s grandson, Music on Main and PuSh Fest concert is expansive and collaborative

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 18, 2023PuSh Festival, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Homepage feature