News Releases
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NAC Orchestra Concert in Salisbury Cathedral to be Broadcast on British and Canadian Radio and TV (Recorded October 29th during highly successful tour of the United Kingdom)
November 6, 2014
OTTAWA (Canada) — The National Arts Centre Orchestra concert recorded at the historic Salisbury Cathedral last month during their highly-successful five-city, 10-day tour of the United Kingdom will be broadcast on British and Canadian radio stations beginning tonight. The full concert will air at 8 p.m. today on Classic FM in the United Kingdom (not available in Canada) and in Canada on CBC... Read more
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Institute for Orchestral Studies Free Chamber Music Concert – November 7, 2014
October 29, 2014
OTTAWA (Canada) — The Apprentices of the 8th annual Institute for Orchestral Studies make their Ottawa chamber music debut on Friday, November 7th at 19h30 in the Auditorium at the National Gallery of Canada. The Apprentices will have just returned from accompanying the National Arts Centre Orchestra on its Tour of Remembrance and Education in the United Kingdom. Youth is the theme of this... Read more
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David Zinman to lead Conductors Workshop at the National Arts Centre - January 24-26, 2015
October 29, 2014
OTTAWA (Canada) — Renowned International conductor and pedagogue David Zinman will lead a three-day workshop for young conductors at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Four participants will be selected to study with Maestro Zinman in working sessions with a small ensemble and with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in repertoire by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak. The workshop is a... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA – LED BY RENOWNED MAESTRO PINCHAS ZUKERMAN – WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL U.K. TOUR WITH A CONCERT IN BRISTOL ON OCTOBER 30
October 29, 2014
October 29, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) —Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, featuring internationally acclaimed Music Director and violinist Pinchas Zukerman as conductor and soloist, will perform an inspiring concert in their Bristol debut at Colston Hall on Thursday October 30 at 7:30 p.m. It will be the Orchestra’s final performance of their highly successful U.K.... Read more
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ISRAEL’S L-E-V MAKES THEIR NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE DEBUT WITH HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 11
October 29, 2014
Headed by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, L-E-V is an audacious and provocative new Israeli company. L-E-V’s fiercely talented dancers (including Eyal) lure audiences into “a Hieronymous Bosch painting of an extraterrestrial rave.” House is an extreme close-up, a fragmented, cinematic collage of images of human relationships that flicker and vanish. It delves fearlessly into the... Read more
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CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA LED BY THE RENOWNED PINCHAS ZUKERMAN PERFORMS A DAZZLING CONCERT IN SALISBURY CATHEDRAL OCTOBER 29
October 27, 2014
October 27, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) — Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, featuring internationally acclaimed Music Director and violinist Pinchas Zukerman as conductor and soloist, will perform an inspiring concert under the soaring English Gothic arches of 794-year-old Salisbury Cathedral on Wednesday October 29 at 7:30 p.m. Exactly one hundred years ago this... Read more
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THE EXTRAORDINARY TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA BAUSCH RETURNS TO THE NAC WITH VOLLMOND – A DAZZLING CANADIAN PREMIERE – ON NOVEMBER 7-8
October 27, 2014
Vollmond (Full Moon) is a masterstroke, one of the legendary Pina Bausch’s most celebrated works. A lush expression of the rapturous effects of the full moon, Vollmond dazzles with wit, humour, and lush, engaging songs. Casting a keen eye on love and lust, Pina Bausch’s ingenious choreography explores courtship and conflict, the eternal battle between the sexes, and simple humanity.... Read more
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HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES TO ATTEND PERFORMANCE OF CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA AND THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CANADIAN SOLDIER CPL. NATHAN CIRILLO
October 24, 2014
October 24, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) — On Monday October 27, Pinchas Zukerman will bring together Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra (of which he is Music Director) and London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (of which he is Principal Guest Conductor) for a poignant concert dedicated to a young soldier and father who was killed last week while he stood guard beside... Read more
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CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA TO PAY TRIBUTE TO VICTIM OF TRAGIC OTTAWA SHOOTING
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) — A minute of silence will be observed by Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra before tonight’s concert at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, as a mark of respect for Corporal Nathan Cirillo, the Canadian soldier killed in Ottawa yesterday. Tonight is the first performance of the NAC Orchestra’s 10-day, five-city tour of the United... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE PERFORMANCES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
October 22, 2014
National Arts Centre performances for Wednesday, October 22 have been Cancelled October 22, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Due to the unfortunate incidents in the downtown core today, the performances of Once and The Importance of Being Earnest scheduled for tonight, Wednesday October 22, at the National Arts Centre, have been cancelled. Once, playing in Southam Hall, will continue its run... Read more
