April 5, 2012
National Arts Centre Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman leads the NAC Orchestra – and is viola soloist – in a concert on Saturday April 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. Well-known writer-broadcaster Eric Friesen hosts the concert. PearTree Financial Services is the NAC Orchestra Toronto Touring Partner. This concert marks the NAC Orchestra’s fifteenth... Read more
April 4, 2012
In the seventh Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the 2011-2012 season, Music Director Pinchas Zukerman conducts the National Arts Centre Orchestra and also performs as violin and viola soloist. Featured in this superb concert are Concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki, Joanna G’froerer and Emily Marks (flute), Charles Hamann (oboe), and guest artists Andrew McCandless (trumpet) and Jon Kimura... Read more
April 3, 2012
Tickets for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert go on sale to the general public on Thursday April 12 at 10 a.m. This special presentation -- sure to thrill both music lovers and film buffs -- includes a screening of Peter Jackson’s 2001 full-length film with the music performed live by the NAC Orchestra. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert... Read more
March 21, 2012
The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Music Centre co-present a tribute to Canadian JUNO Award nominees in classical categories with a special one-hour free concert on Friday March 30. Classical JUNOs in Concert takes place in the main foyer of the National Arts Centre at 3:30 p.m.; no tickets are required. This concert will feature JUNO nominated performers Susan Hoeppner, Heather Schmidt,... Read more
March 8, 2012
Tenor Benjamin Brecher will replace Colin Ainsworth in A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster, a National Arts Centre Orchestra CTV Pops concert to be performed at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall of the NAC on Thursday March 22, Friday March 23, and Saturday March 24, 2012. Conductor Jack Everly (Principal Pops Conductor of the NAC Orchestra) leads Ms. MacMaster, the National Arts Centre Orchestra,... Read more
March 8, 2012
Experience the down home joie de vivre “Cape Breton Girl” Natalie MacMaster brings to stages around the world in A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster, the fourth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2011-12 season. Conductor Jack Everly (Principal Pops Conductor of the NAC Orchestra) leads Ms. MacMaster, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, tenor Colin Ainsworth, piper... Read more
March 6, 2012
Alice Sara Ott en récital – le troisième concert de la série Grands interprètes de la saison 2011-2012 du Centre national des Arts (CNA) – met en vedette l'une des étoiles montantes du piano. Alice Sara Ott en récital est présentée à la salle Southam le mardi 20 mars 2012 à 20 h. Le programme de la soirée... Read more
February 27, 2012
In the sixth Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the 2011-2012 season, conductor Diego Matheuz leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra and a superb roster of singers in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The program also includes music by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály and Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. Carmina Burana is at 8 p.m. in the NAC’s Southam Hall on Thursday... Read more
February 22, 2012
The National Arts Centre Orchestra today announced programming details of its 2012-2013 season – Pinchas Zukerman’s fourteenth season as Music Director and Principal Conductor. The season -- built around exciting firsts, fresh perspectives, and great music performed by great artists – offers exhilarating, deeply emotional experiences to music lovers, who will be entertained,... Read more
February 17, 2012
The NAC Orchestra Bursary Benefit Concert is a concert of chamber music favourites featuring NAC Orchestra Concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki, Associate Concertmaster Jessica Linnebach, musicians of the NAC Orchestra (Sean Rice, clarinet; David Hutchenreuther, cello; Hilda Cowie, double bass), and violist Paul Casey, who was awarded the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award at the 2011 NAC Orchestra Bursary... Read more