News Releases
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The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s seventh Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert – Mahler’s Fourth – features magnificent music by Mozart and Schubert, as well as Gustav Mahler’s extraordinary Fourth Symphony
May 18, 2011
The seventh Mark Motors Audi Signature concerts of the season – entitled Mahler’s Fourth – will be performed on Wednesday June 1 and Thursday June 2 at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall. The National Arts Centre Orchestra – under the baton of Music Director Pinchas Zukerman – showcases NAC Orchestra principal clarinet Kimball Sykes, and features guest artists soprano Erin... Read more
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Winners of the 2011 National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary Competition Finals are announced
May 17, 2011
On Monday May 16, the 2011 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition Finals were held in the NAC Studio. Winners were announced and presented with cheques and certificates before an enthusiastic audience of over 100 people. National Capital Region music students (aged 16 to 24) who are studying for careers as orchestral musicians competed for prizes totaling $18,750. Eight finalists were selected from... Read more
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Winners of the 2011 National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary Competition Finals are announced
May 17, 2011
On Monday May 16, the 2011 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition Finals were held in the NAC Studio. Winners were announced and presented with cheques and certificates before an enthusiastic audience of over 100 people. National Capital Region music students (aged 16 to 24) who are studying for careers as orchestral musicians competed for prizes totaling $18,750. Eight finalists were selected from... Read more
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The National Arts Centre hopes to minimize transportation and parking challenges for NAC patrons on Ottawa Race Weekend -- May 28-29
May 16, 2011
The National Arts Centre wishes to advise all patrons that they may face significant challenges getting to, and parking nearby, the NAC during Ottawa Race Weekend, May 28-29. Tens of thousands of people will converge on the downtown core during the weekend, some roads will be closed, and parking may be difficult to find. Because of road closures and the predicted high volume of both vehicular and... Read more
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The National Arts Centre hopes to minimize transportation and parking challenges for NAC patrons on Ottawa Race Weekend -- May 28-29
May 16, 2011
The National Arts Centre wishes to advise all patrons that they may face significant challenges getting to, and parking nearby, the NAC during Ottawa Race Weekend, May 28-29. Tens of thousands of people will converge on the downtown core during the weekend, some roads will be closed, and parking may be difficult to find. Because of road closures and the predicted high volume of both vehicular and... Read more
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Charlotte and the Music-Maker – the fourth TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the season – will be performed on Saturday May 28 in the NAC’s Southam Hall
May 13, 2011
Charlotte and the Music-Maker -- the fourth TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the 2010-11 season – brings conductor Alain Trudel, outstanding musicians, writer-performer Peter Duschenes, and Ottawa’s own Platypus Theatre to the NAC’s Southam Hall on Saturday May 28. Performances are at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.... Read more
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Charlotte and the Music-Maker – the fourth TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the season – will be performed on Saturday May 28 in the NAC’s Southam Hall
May 13, 2011
Charlotte and the Music-Maker -- the fourth TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the 2010-11 season – brings conductor Alain Trudel, outstanding musicians, writer-performer Peter Duschenes, and Ottawa’s own Platypus Theatre to the NAC’s Southam Hall on Saturday May 28. Performances are at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.... Read more
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Grammy-nominated piano sensation Yuja Wang performs Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the National Arts Centre Orchestra under conductor Thomas Dausgaard in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody, the season’s fifth Ovation Series concerts on May 25-26
May 12, 2011
The fifth Ovation Series concerts of the NAC’s 2010-2011 season, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody, feature conductor Thomas Dausgaard, Grammy-nominated piano sensation Yuja Wang performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 1 by Jean Sibelius, and the hugely enjoyable A Freak in Burbank by Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer. The concerts are at 8 p.m. in Southam... Read more
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Grammy-nominated piano sensation Yuja Wang performs Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the National Arts Centre Orchestra under conductor Thomas Dausgaard in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody, the season’s fifth Ovation Series concerts on May 25-26
May 12, 2011
The fifth Ovation Series concerts of the NAC’s 2010-2011 season, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody, feature conductor Thomas Dausgaard, Grammy-nominated piano sensation Yuja Wang performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 1 by Jean Sibelius, and the hugely enjoyable A Freak in Burbank by Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer. The concerts are at 8 p.m. in Southam... Read more
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La La La Human Steps performs New Work by Edouard Lock at the NAC on May 18 and 19, 2011
May 10, 2011
La La La Human Steps performs New Work by Edouard Lock in the NAC’s Southam Hall on May 18 and 19, 2011. This NAC co-production is the final dance presentation of the 2010-2012 NAC Dance season and features international star Diana Vishneva of the Mariinsky Ballet. The bold kinetic style and physical complexity of Edouard Lock’s creations have made La La La Human Steps one of the most... Read more