News Releases
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Canada’s National Arts Centre announces Alexander Shelley as its Music Director-designate Renowned conductor to lead NAC Orchestra in 2015-2016
October 30, 2013
Ottawa (Canada) — Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) announced today that Alexander Shelley has been appointed Music Director-designate for the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He will assume the role of Music Director as of September 1, 2015. “Alexander Shelley is one of the leading figures in the new generation of international conductors,” said Peter Herrndorf,... 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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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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NAC 2013 – 14 Season Tickets on Sale September 3! IT’S A TIME FOR CELEBRATION AT THE NAC AS 25 MILLION TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD
August 29, 2013
DANCE MUSIC THEATRE NAC 2013 – 14 Season Tickets on Sale September 3! IT’S A TIME FOR CELEBRATION AT THE NAC AS 25 MILLION TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD In June of 1969, the National Arts Centre opened to the public. Over this summer, the 25 millionth ticket in NAC history was sold. Imagine how many performances, events, and artists have graced the NAC stages to reach that magical... Read more
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Exciting week of stellar public performances! Summer Music Institute brings exceptional musicians from U.S., China, France, Germany
June 20, 2013
OTTAWA – For the second week in a row, Ottawa music lovers can hear high-calibre, live performance by some of the most talented young classically-trained musicians in the world. NAC Music Director Maestro Pinchas Zukerman created the Summer Music Institute 15 years ago. It's an exceptional music training institute that runs this year until June 29, welcoming students from most... Read more
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More loyalty to NAC Orchestra than ever before! Subscribers renew their seats for 2013-14 in record numbers
June 4, 2013
OTTAWA – The numbers add up to a new record set. Eleven percent more subscribers to National Arts Centre Orchestra concerts renewed their subscriptions for the upcoming season than they did a year ago, with a record 15 percent more tickets sold than at the same time last year. “It’s fantastic news. The 2013-14 season lineup is full of extraordinary artists performing... Read more
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The National Arts Centre Orchestra tours China for the first time Linking Canada and China through Performance, Education and Technology
April 15, 2013
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman will tour China for the first time in its 43-year history from October 4-20, 2013. At the official media launch in Ottawa today, the National Arts Centre (NAC) announced that 70 musicians from Canada’s National Orchestra will travel to 7 cities including: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Fuling,... Read more
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NAC Orchestra 2013-14 Season Unveiled! New series, soprano Renée Fleming, Forsyth Double Concerto, and Paul Anka NAC Gala wow the crowds!
March 13, 2013
The National Arts Centre Orchestra and Music Director Pinchas Zukerman launch their 2013-14 season today, including a new Casual Fridays concert series! Designed with an earlier start time, a compact program and inspired tapas-style offerings from NAC Executive Chef John Morris, Casual Fridays captures an additional audience of young urbans and commuters for its stellar lineup of guest artists:... Read more
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Johannes Moser returns with his rock-star energy to perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto
March 7, 2013
Cellist Johannes Moser returns to the NAC after his acclaimed debut in 2010 to perform Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, an elegiac and expressive work that showcases the young cellist’s virtuosity. Concerts are Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the NAC’s Southam Hall. Ticket holders are invited after this energizing concert to join cellist Johannes... Read more
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Maestro Pinchas Zukerman welcomes pianist Yefim Bronfman to the National Arts Centre, as the two musicians perform with the National Arts Centre Orchestra Wednesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 7.
February 1, 2013
The two are lifelong friends, having met when they were in their teens. Having reached the highest heights of the international classical music realm, the two have developed a musical communication, with years of performance experience to be witnessed in this brilliant exploration of beautiful Brahms melodies, onstage. Maestro Pinchas Zukerman: “Fima, I’ve known since he was 15.... Read more