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Composer and avant-garde sparkplug Constantine Katsiris plays a last set before heading to Greece

At Vancouver New Music’s Letting Go farewell concert, fellow explorers join him in a structured game piece

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 6, 2022Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, SPRING

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings ode to Handel and Bach at DIXIT DOMINUS, March 20 at the Orpheum

The composers’ early works bring Baroque beauty to the historic theatre

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, VCC, SPRING

Stir Q&A: Sapphire Haze blends natural and unnatural sounds at Music on Main's Digital Salons

Violinist Cindy Kao and electronic artist Aysha Dulong conjure a mesmerizing exploration of humans’ relationship to water in Asphyxiation

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022livestream, Homepage feature, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Sapphire Haze

Isata Kanneh-Mason returns solo, with adventurous program and electrifying playing, to Vancouver Recital Society, March 6

The stylish sibling of famed cellist Sheku is deservedly making her Canadian solo recital debut

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022Isata Kanneh-Mason, VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING

Friends of Chamber Music welcomes back the Pavel Haas Quartet

The world-renowned Czech ensemble’s Vancouver visit marks its fifth FCM concert and its first with new violist Luosha Fang

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content, SPRING

Early Music Vancouver celebrates Women of Note, March 4

The live concert is in honour of International Women’s Day

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EMV, International Women's Day

Moe Clark ignites the stage with Feast of the Invisible

The Métis Two-Spirit artist brings a multi-dimensional musical journey to the Decolonize the Chan series

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Chan Centre, Partner Content, SPRING

Steven Page comes out of the pandemic—and to Vancouver—with a new appreciation for live, in-person concerts

The iconic Canadian singer-songwriter and former Barenaked Ladies member performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra—a dream come true, he tells Stir

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Steven Page, Homepage feature, SPRING

Spring Arts Preview: Music, dance, and theatre in Vancouver to welcome brighter days

Grab your calendar: Here’s a handful of the hottest shows hitting local stages this season

Russian war on Ukraine reverberates through local classical-music scene

Vancouver Recital Society has pledged not to book Russian artists who don’t speak out against attacks

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VRS

Taj Mahal headlines as Vancouver Folk Music Festival readies to return live to Jericho Beach Park July 15 to 17

The huge outdoor event is back to its outdoor site after two years

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

Indigenous artists Elisapie, Leonard Sumner, and Moe Clark speak from the heart through music and sound

Stir connects with the groundbreaking artists who are performing live as part of the month-long series Decolonize the Chan

Fiddles and jigs as Festival du Bois announces its return to Mackin Park, April 1 to 3

Jocelyn Pettit, Le Diable à Cinq, Alpha Yaya Diallo, and more music artists fill the grand chapiteau

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Festival du Bois, SPRING

Vancouver musical community celebrates prolific composer Stephen Chatman's birthday

Concert by Canadian Music Centre, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and the UBC School of Music spans the esteemed award-winning artist’s career

For Czech-based Bennewitz Quartet violinist Štěpán Ježek, it's personal

The musician compares the string quartet to black-and-white photography

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Bennewitz Quartet, homepage feature, Homepage feature

London's Castalian String Quartet plays music to move you

The acclaimed ensemble takes on Schubert’s final string quartet in Vancouver Recital Society performance

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, chamber music, string quartet

Bonding over difficult birth stories, composer and violist deliver a new creation at Inhale/Exhale

In Taylor Brook’s Provenances, Turning Point Ensemble players synchronize their breathing, while soloist Marina Thibeault takes on the mother’s role

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, Marina Thibeault

Takács Quartet, the only chamber string ensemble to be named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame, comes to Vancouver, February 22

The renowned ensemble will be joined by esteemed English pianist Stephen Hough in Friends of Chamber Music concert

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Friends of Chamber Music

From Vancouver Island to the world's greatest concert halls, Nikki Chooi embraces the violin's range

Making his Vancouver Symphony Orchestra debut, the globally in-demand musician plays everything from opera to bluegrass

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Nikki Chooi, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, violin

As Coastal Jazz cofounder John Orysik speaks out with a plea for calm, group announces interim artistic programmers

Amid controversy, long-serving member asks music community to “step back and not rush to judgment”.

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2022Jazz Fest

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