The music industry is grappling with rising uncertainty, inflation -- and, in the case of classical music -- audiences who simply aren't ready to return.
As many teachers and students have discovered in the last two years of on-and-off virtual school, music lessons during the pandemic have unearthed some pleasant surprises.
Thanks to the work of a team of music historians, musicologists, composers and computer scientists, Beethoven’s vision for his 10th Symphony will come to life.
This year marks Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday. Though some of his creations have been overexposed, there are still others waiting to be discovered.
Ludwig Van checked in with music students and educators at every level, from amateurs to elite performance programs, to see how the first full academic year since COVID began is going.
"I am an observer. I borrow the moment, then share it," says Toronto-born photographer Mark Rash in a conversation about his art and career capturing classical musicians.
Songs in Self-Isolation brings together musicians, healthcare workers and others to deliver the gift of music to isolated hospital patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the beginning of June, an unnamed group of people started an Instagram account called Opera is Racist (OIR). Dozens of posts quickly went up, all anonymous, no names, all with a common theme — the racism specific to being in opera.
With government-ordered COVID-19 pandemic restrictions beginning to lift, the burning question for the performing arts sector is: will audiences come back?
We talk with the artistic directors of three summer chamber music festivals during the COVID-19 crisis: Festival of the Sound (James Campbell); Roman Borys (Ottawa Chamberfest); and Stratford Summer Music (Mark Fewer).