News Releases
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The National Arts Centre's intimate Dance Series C kicks off the new season with Australia's Lucy Guerin Inc performing Weather on November 7-8-9
October 23, 2013
Celebrated Melbourne-based dance artist Lucy Guerin – one of Australia’s most renowned choreographic talents – has created an atmospheric new dance work, an homage to the breathtaking power of the elements. Weather explores the extremities of our ever-changing climate. An immersive voyage into the elements around us, Weather pits the human form against the uncontrollable power... Read more
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Visage de feu at the NAC Studio
October 18, 2013
Ottawa, 18 October 2013 – The NAC’s Théâtre français is proud to present Visage de feu (Fireface) by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Joël Beddows. At the heart of this incendiary play, a “normal” nuclear family lives together under the same roof: an engineer father, a stay-at-home mother... Read more
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Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman, performs final concert of its landmark China Tour in Shanghai on October 19
October 17, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)—Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra brings its extraordinary musicianship to the Shanghai Concert Hall on October 19, in a grand finish to eighteen wonderful days of teaching, performing, and cultural exchange with music students and audiences across China. A masterclass by Pinchas Zukerman is the highlight of this last educational destination for the... Read more
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Media invited to attend unique videoconference event linking Ottawa and Beijing, featuring Laureen Harper and Dashan
October 15, 2013
WHAT: Media are invited to attend ConneXXions 2013, a unique, high-definition videoconference event linking music students at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage in Ottawa and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China. WHEN: ... Read more
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Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman, Dashan, and Ottawa’s Stellae Boreales light up Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts
October 15, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)— Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will offer a dazzling evening concert at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts on October 17, 2013. Mr. Zukerman will play Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work for which he received a rave review from The New York Times this year. The Beijing... Read more
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Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman, will dazzle at the Fuling Grand Theatre on October 10 and Chongqing’s Grand Theatre on October 11
October 9, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)—Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra brings its extraordinary musicianship to the Fuling Grand Theatre on October 10 and the Chongqing Grand Theatre on October 11 as part of its landmark China Tour, which incorporates teaching, performing and opportunities for cultural exchange with music students and audiences across China. Zukerman will play... Read more
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The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Tour of China: Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman, will dazzle at the Fuling Grand Theatre on October 10 and Chongqing’s Grand Theatre on October 11
October 8, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)—Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra brings its extraordinary musicianship to the Fuling Grand Theatre on October 10 and the Chongqing Grand Theatre on October 11 as part of its landmark China Tour, which incorporates teaching, performing and opportunities for cultural exchange with music students and audiences across China. Zukerman will play... Read more
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Tango Legends will replace Tango Pasión at the NAC
October 8, 2013
Regrettably, Tango Pasión has had to cancel their Canadian tour and will therefore no longer perform at the NAC on April 8, 2014. In its place, NAC Dance is thrilled to announce that another amazing Tango production, Tango Legends by Mariela Maldonado & Pablo Sosa, has been booked for this same performance date and time. The acclaimed Tango Legends features 12 award-winning... Read more
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The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Performance and Education Tour of China: Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman, will dazzle at Guangzhou’s Xinghai Concert Hall on October 8
October 7, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)—Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will offer a dazzling evening concert at Guangzhou’s Xinghai Concert Hall on October 8, 2013. Zukerman will play Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work for which he received a rave review from The New York Times this year. The Guangzhou concert also features a... Read more
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Canada’s NAC Orchestra, under the baton of the renowned Pinchas Zukerman and with the support of Honorary Patron Richard Li, launches China Tour on October 6 in concert with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
October 3, 2013
Ottawa (Canada)— Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will perform a joint concert with the internationally acclaimed Hong Kong Sinfonietta at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Kowloon on October 6, 2013. Musicians of the NAC Orchestra will also lead education and outreach activities with local students during their stay in Hong... Read more