News Releases

  1. National Arts Centre hosts Canadian Conductors Workshop February 25-29, 2012 Young Canadian conductors lead NAC Orchestra in rehearsal during five days of intense, hands-on training led by renowned conducting instructor Kenneth Kiesler

    February 14, 2012

    OTTAWA, ON—Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Institute for Orchestral Studies will host the 2012 Canadian Conductors Workshop from February 25-29, 2012. A supplement to the highly successful Conductors Program of the NAC Summer Music Institute, the Canadian Conductors Workshop will offer intense conducting instruction for emerging professional and pre-professional... Read more

  2. Pinchas Zukerman, star soloists from the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and guest pianist Angela Cheng are featured in the National Arts Centre’s ‘Music for a Sunday Afternoon’ concert on February 26 at the National Gallery of Canada

    February 13, 2012

    The third ‘Music for a Sunday Afternoon’ concert of the National Arts Centre’s 2011-2012 season features Pinchas Zukerman and Jessica Linnebach (Associate Concertmaster of the NAC Orchestra) playing the violin, cellist Amanda Forsyth (NACO principal cello), violist Jethro Marks (NACO principal viola), and guest pianist Angela Cheng. The concert includes the following... Read more

  3. Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and viola soloist, and Danish violin phenomenon Nikolaj Znaider shine in Zukerman, Znaider, and Mozart, the fifth NAC Orchestra Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the season at the National Arts Centre on February 23-24

    February 9, 2012

    In the fifth Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the 2011-2012 season, Music Director Pinchas Zukerman leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra and renowned violinist Nikolaj Znaider in the music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Canadian composer Jacques Hétu. Pinchas Zukerman conducts the concert, and he is viola soloist in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Nikolaj Znaider performs in both... Read more

  4. National Arts Centre presents Canada’s culinary superstars at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada

    February 6, 2012

    Master Chef Susur Lee, Food Network’s Lynn Crawford and Vancouver’s Vikram Vij to headline Ottawa (Canada) –The National Arts Centre will feature Canada’s top culinary stars and some of Ottawa’s most popular chefs at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada on March 25, 2012. Showcasing new culinary trends and the best cuisine from Canadian chefs, the event will... Read more

  5. National Arts Centre presents Canada’s culinary superstars at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada

    February 6, 2012

    Master Chef Susur Lee, Food Network’s Lynn Crawford and Vancouver’s Vikram Vij to headline Ottawa (Canada) –The National Arts Centre will feature Canada’s top culinary stars and some of Ottawa’s most popular chefs at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada on March 25, 2012. Showcasing new culinary trends and the best cuisine from Canadian chefs, the event will... Read more

  6. National Arts Centre presents Canada’s culinary superstars at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada

    February 6, 2012

    Master Chef Susur Lee, Food Network’s Lynn Crawford and Vancouver’s Vikram Vij to headline Ottawa (Canada) –The National Arts Centre will feature Canada’s top culinary stars and some of Ottawa’s most popular chefs at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada on March 25, 2012. Showcasing new culinary trends and the best cuisine from Canadian chefs, the event will... Read more

  7. National Arts Centre presents Canada’s culinary superstars at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada

    February 6, 2012

    Master Chef Susur Lee, Food Network’s Lynn Crawford and Vancouver’s Vikram Vij to headline Ottawa (Canada) –The National Arts Centre will feature Canada’s top culinary stars and some of Ottawa’s most popular chefs at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Chefs of Canada on March 25, 2012. Showcasing new culinary trends and the best cuisine from Canadian chefs, the event will... Read more

  8. Street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012

    February 3, 2012

    Please note the following street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012:   On Saturdays, Feb 4, 11 and 18, 2012, from 9:30 am to 8:30 pm On Sundays, Feb 5, 12 and 19, 2012, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm   Laurier Avenue, between Nicholas and Elgin On and off ramps from Laurier to QED QED northbound at Somerset   Elgin St. at Slater and Albert Entrances... Read more

  9. Street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012

    February 3, 2012

    Please note the following street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012:   On Saturdays, Feb 4, 11 and 18, 2012, from 9:30 am to 8:30 pm On Sundays, Feb 5, 12 and 19, 2012, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm   Laurier Avenue, between Nicholas and Elgin On and off ramps from Laurier to QED QED northbound at Somerset   Elgin St. at Slater and Albert Entrances... Read more

  10. Street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012

    February 3, 2012

    Please note the following street closures around the National Arts Centre during Winterlude 2012:   On Saturdays, Feb 4, 11 and 18, 2012, from 9:30 am to 8:30 pm On Sundays, Feb 5, 12 and 19, 2012, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm   Laurier Avenue, between Nicholas and Elgin On and off ramps from Laurier to QED QED northbound at Somerset   Elgin St. at Slater and Albert Entrances... Read more

Join our email list for the latest updates!